advice Scam or no scam?

[Want2learn]

I received this email today . . .I inserted the Xs and the XY

Hello!
I represent a buyer from XXXXXXX who wants to buy XXXXXXXX.com for a new web project.
Are you still interested in selling?
The buyer is a professional investor with a good budget.
I located your contact information via whois search.
I help VIP clients of our hosting company to buy names.
If you have more names please email me the list.
Best Regards,
XY
Personal Broker
XXXXXXX
Hosting Company
Tokyo, Japan

 

[Aspiring Billionaire]

Scam.

 

[Want2learn]

That is what I suspected! Thanks.

 

[shorterwinters]

well, if I got that email......and I am buying domains and hope to sell them....I sure would pursue it.
I wouldn't go giving a list of my names quite yet but I would acknowledge the offer and find out what he had in mind of paying for it before revealing other related names.
Might be a scam......might not.
I just sold a name and it pretty much started out that way and straight out of left field tho there was no mention of an investor with a big budget or hosting company or vip. It was just some person asking if I was interested in selling the name.
Why wouldn't you reply?

 

[awwalmb]

SCAM !
After replying you'll get this insane offer only if you do a manual appraisal, but of course this 'kind' person will help you through it all.

 

[RevolutionaryDomains]

Age old appraisal scam. Next reply from them after your agreement to sell would be their requirement for an appraisal from one of their entities.

Delete and move on with life...cheers!

 

[MapleDots]

Dead giveaway....

I want your domain

If you have more domains I am also interested.

A real end user could care less about your other domains.... they want the one they want and that is it.

Scam all the way

 

[Want2learn]

Everything written has happened. I did respond back. Now I just need a certificate to make it happen! They loved the domain a lot, 15-20k. Sheesh why can't they be on NP doing my appraisals

 

[shorterwinters]

Dead giveaway....

I want your domain

If you have more domains I am also interested.

A real end user could care less about your other domains.... they want the one they want and that is it.

Scam all the way

Bingo! that would be true.

well......want2learn posted while I wrote this.
Nice deal....congrats and good luck
you just never know I guess

 

[EmotiveDomains]

I don't think many genuine buyers start off negotiations by telling you they have a 'good budget'.

 

[Want2learn]

Lol I should have started my negotiations and played hard ball!

 

[barefooted]

Just google a part of email when in doubt - here are results for your email:
https://www.namepros.com/threads/scam-or-not.1012188/
https://www.namepros.com/threads/scam-or-not.1012188/

http://morganlinton.com/most-popular-domain-name-scams-part-i/ - see comment from
rg May 15, 2017, 6:14 pm:

They’re still out there doing this. I got one today 5/15/2017 see below. I reply asking them to make an offer and when they replied $85000.00 I knew it was a scam and then search and found this tread.


Hello!


I represent a buyer from Osaka who wants to buy XXXXXX.org for a new web project.
I help VIP clients of our hosting company to buy names.
Are you still interested in selling?
The buyer is a professional investor with a good budget.
I located your contact information via whois search.
If you have more names please email me the list.
Best Regards,
Yoshihiko Kawanaka
Vice President
Investor Relations
Heteml ltd.
Hosting Company
Tokyo, Japan​

 

[Aspiring Billionaire]

Sheesh why can't they be on NP doing my appraisals

. . .

 

[Want2learn]

Bingo! that would be true.

well......want2learn posted while I wrote this.
Nice deal....congrats and good luck
you just never know I guess

It was def worth the reply!! Just not the result I wanted

 

[Nerevar]

Appraisal scam. He will ask to have domains appraised for a fee.

 

[tomcarl]

Offer the domain to him for $50 bucks, see if he asks you to buy an appraisal.

Received the same email 6 years ago.

 

[nomen]

Always wondered what is the success rate of this scams... Apparently high enough for them to keep on trying.

 

[Pierre Barnard]

scam

 

[Ategy]

Yeah .. scam .. but at least he's not claiming to be a student! lol

The real key is no phone or email at the bottom ... in fact you can usually tell right away based on the sender's email address ... pretty much 100% of offers from emails with numbers or hyphens in them are scams!

 

[frank-germany]

you always want to answer
And treat them as a customer

as long as its obvious that they are scam

I once treated a guy like a gangster
and in the end I pissed off a bulk buyer
I still own that domain he wanted to give me 750 for ..