Scam or golden opportunity? REP ++

[johntxy]

hey,guys this is the story of my domain: milliondollarjobs.info

I received this email from a guy named Andrew Riley (ariley[@]bonbon.net) offering $5000 to 10k for this domain. I was well aware the .com TLD was featured in sedo for $10k. So i replied the man (or woman or scammer) asking for an exact quotation.

We exchanged email a few times and he( lets jus put it as he) expressed interest in the domain. He say he wants to trade it off and earn a few percent of profit. The price was set at $7000. Then he sent me this email:

I need a proof (independent valuation) that your price is fair. I hope you
understand the importance of this question.

Domain sellers always provide buyers with certificates. This is a common
practice.

I heard many appraisal companies often made inaccurate appraisals. So I
cannot accept appraisal from each and every site. I will only accept
appraisals from independent appraisal companies I know and trust.

Reading responses from experienced sellers I was impressed by one reply:
"Many Internet users are not smart enough and popular domain brokers are
using this fact to make money. They offer them cheap appraisal services. But
if their customers would have something in their heads they'd understand
experts could not make a professional research for $15-$20. These appraisals
are made by machines. Easy money for such appraisers as
http://www.Afternic.com and several other major brokers that offer cheap
auto-generated appraisals. In my eyes, all services under $60-$65 are not
manual and the results are generated by special scripts. I don't trust
auto-generated appraisals."

The same is true for GoDaddy and SEDO. Their services are not manual. They
are just collecting money using their well-known names.

Thank you for understanding. I'm looking forward to do business with you.


I do not know if i should continue to trade with him? And what is your appraisal for this domain? And should i get it certified? Help me out guys!
hahaz. Thanx.

 

[carltonleon]

Sounds like a scam to me.

This is what they do , the get you interested in selling and then they hit you with the "I Need An Independent appraisal" and it has to be of their choosing.

If you do a search on this site for email scams or appraisal scams , you will find loads of similar stories posted.

I would stay well away from it

 

[EbookLover]

Where do you get it certified?

A common scam is that he will tell you to go to such and such a site (which he or a partner owns, but he won't tell you that) to get an appraisal or certified and you will have to pay a few hundred or so. He will tell you that he will pay whatever they say it's worth.

Then, after you go through with it and get the certification/appraisal, you won't here back from him again. Why? Because he was that appraiser and all he was merely looking to do was to screw you into buying an appraisal and make a buck off you.

Be careful. If he comes back at you with an appraisal site you never heard of or cannot verify that he does not own it, then forget it.

It's a common scam.

 

[mojojo]

ariley[@]bonbon.net<-----Scammer

better luck another time.

 

[johntxy]

hmm. so i guess afterall it's a scam? alright...thanx alot. rep added!

 

[Untitled]

Its scam alright! I got same mail. Do you recognise these mails:

Hello,

I think you have not sold your domain name yet. I'm very interested in it. Can you send your price for the domain?

Did you get offers from other people already?

I run a software company. We develop client-server systems and databases in MS SQL and Delphi. Buying and selling domain names is not my main business. Just another way to invest money and make additional income.

Looking forward to do business with you.

Best regards,
Robert Kramer Ph.D.
President
BIT Engineering

Check out this thread for more details ;

http://www.namepros.com/domain-name...ficates.html?highlight=Appraisal+Certificates

Thank you

Untitled

 

[Jeffrey]

That's a SCAM for sure.

He/She has found another method.

 

[FanCube]

Seems to be a scam. Many other members here at NamePros have got simular mails from people accepting any offers as long as you just use a specific appraisal service... Hope you will find a real buyer to your domain.

 

[faisj]

I got the same mail some time ago...
sorry buddy..

 

[kev]

I have had the same email not once, but TWICE! :imho:

 

[Devil_Dog]

Run.... Far, FAR Away.

 

[stscac]

Scam. Plain and simple.

-Steve

 

[staskul]

Hey johntxy!
IT'S SCAM!!! I recived such letters some time ago

 

[snowdog]

As a newbie it looks like I got the same thing with a guy called Frank Moss Ph.D. (also at bonbon.net) and another president. He even pointed me to a website where he asked a question about a good appraiser http://domaintalk.ourplace.com/Archive/49057.htm. The link works but the website is shut for maintenance. http://www.AllDomains.com and http://www.GreatDomains.com. are the two companies he recomended and I tried one and got a larger than expected value for the domains which he offered to sell but I have not heard anything since. You live and learn

 

[cjcjcj]

SCAM - they get people who get excited thinking they're going to get paid.

Another one I had was asking if I could go to a site and pay to verifiy my ownership of my name.
















(I didn't)

 

[khuldun]

BONBON LOL...... i got this one a few times, everytime i laugh at it, especially at BON BON :D

 

[fonzie_007]

Scam... these emails have been going around for the past few months.

 

[VegasCoupons]

I know it is a scam, but how does he get money if you go directly to Afternic or Greatdomains for an appraisal?

 

[IAmAllanShore]

Affiliate commissions are a possibility, but more than likely you'll end up in the same 'ol circle they've used if you bite on the first come-on.
-Allan

 

[floatingworld]

all sing along now: scam spam scam scam spammmmm scam (not exactly a rocket science question was it?)