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

 

[DNGear]

how many people would fall for this everyday?
As a NP member we knew about this scam. What about new domainers?

 

[MarkMetric]

No one tells you they have a good budget to buy domains. SCAM move on.

 

[shorterwinters]

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

ok, with this post, another post or two after this one by you as well, and with my dyslexic mind I am not sure what you have found out and I am curious. Scam or no scam? Were they really interested in the initial domain or not?

 

[Want2learn]

ok, with this post, another post or two after this one by you as well, and with my dyslexic mind I am not sure what you have found out and I am curious. Scam or no scam? Were they really interested in the initial domain or not?

Sorry, it was a scam! PresidentFailures.com according to the email was worth 15-20k . . . which is laughable, obviously

 

[shorterwinters]

Sorry, it was a scam! PresidentFailures.com according to the email was worth 15-20k . . . which is laughable, obviously

Bummer.
Uhmmmm, yeah. That kind of money on that from out of left field would kind of make me really wonder as well although I think you could make something out of that and get some traffic especially in these times. From there? No clue, I am a beginner as well but my first thought of that name is if you got something off and running with whatever ideas you had that inspired you to reg/buy that name and then promoted it for sale you could make a few bucks for sure.
(nope, I not interested in making something from that tho I can see it being done)

 

[420domainer]

You're officially a domainer!

 

[Raymond C]

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

Just tell them you want $2M minimum........

 

[MapleDots]

Sorry, it was a scam! PresidentFailures.com according to the email was worth 15-20k . . . which is laughable, obviously

HeHeHe..... Actually... maybe not.

All depends on how much Trump @#$% up!

Hold on to it and you may actually find a buyer that hates Trump enough to fork money over for the domain.

Seriously.... I'm not kidding.

 

[briguy]

Hopefully, one day, there will be email addresses put into images and or another form of anti-bot preventative measure on those "whois" sites.

 

[lock]

I had this email few weeks ago ended up in spam bin but i did read it.

 

[offthehandle]

You posted your ties to domains on Ebay. I had a similar inquiry after posting on ebay, so I suspect that could be the origin of troll as I have registered many elsewhere and since never another inquiry with different whois info. I had posted a similar question and thread here to back then and I kindly received answers like you have.

 

[Kamaz]

Totally Scam Man,

Rule #1: 99% of Scammers come as a representer for someone who interested! ====> DAMN SCAMM
Rule #2: "Good Budget??" ====> Scam as well!
Rule #3: Replied with High Offer, before negotiation, or MORE than it worth!! ====> SCAM too!

 

[anantj]

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?

This is a classic known appraisal scam. Go to the scams subforum and read the numerous details of similar e-mails/scams. That is why it's not worth replying. It is merely a waste of time!

 

[Toptrade]

Dirty scam. Tell them to pay for the appraisal.

 

[Joseph CA]

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

I have just received the same email from zenlogic-jp.info, the mailing domain was just registered in the .info extension while the .com is available for registration. What a cheap scam.

 

[Want2learn]

HeHeHe..... Actually... maybe not.

All depends on how much Trump @#$% up!

Hold on to it and you may actually find a buyer that hates Trump enough to fork money over for the domain.

Seriously.... I'm not kidding.

I have updated my BIN on presidentfailures.com and iimpeachtrump.com

Lol the other day I reached out to members of the US Senate via Twitter. LOL, they are the only ones who can truly say "I impeach Trump"

I am in the air flying to Vegas right now. Who knew the inter webs went that high I keed I keed. But I was happy to see Hillary is on the attack now! Come on make me money . . .

 

[Duncan729]

Been there. Done that. Woops

 

[Marc Riccio]

Newbie question.....

What is the scam? I don't understand what would happen. Do they stealyour name? How?

I thought domaining would be a little difficult learning, but the more I learn, the tougher it get. Great mind exercize.

M

 

[Duncan729]

Newbie question.....

What is the scam? I don't understand what would happen. Do they stealyour name? How?

I thought domaining would be a little difficult learning, but the more I learn, the tougher it get. Great mind exercize.

M

They make you an offer and then say the buyer will only accept if you get a manual appraisal from a site of their choice. The appraisal site is linked to them and is not legitimate and usually costs around £200. Then the buyer dissapears.

They also often provide a link to a google question site to try legitmise the site, this is not real either.

 

[Marc Riccio]

They make you an offer and then say the buyer will only accept if you get a manual appraisal from a site of their choice. The appraisal site is linked to them and is not legitimate and usually costs around £200. Then the buyer dissapears.

They also often provide a link to a google question site to try legitmise the site, this is not real either.

Seem to me that selling a domain should work like selling real estate. I put up my house for sale. You want it, you get your own appraisal and then make an offer. My choice to accept or reject..
i would respond to that in this manner.... Ok, you get the appraisal and deduct the $200 from your bid.