Scam?

[Scott]

Hi,

I saw your domain listed for sale.

Is it still available for sale? Have you received any bids from other buyers?

If it's still available for sale please email me your asking price.

If you have other good domains for sale feel free to email me the full list with asking prices.

If I can afford your domain I will contact you. Please don't send me multiple emails if you don't receive a reply from me and keep my email address and our correspondence confidential.
Just email me your asking price. If I decide to buy I will contact you as soon as possible.

I run a software development company. We provide custom software development in Linux, Windows XP, MS Access, MS SQL, PHP and Delphi for our clients in USA, Hong Kong, UK and Switzerland. Selling & buying names is not my main business. Just another way to invest free money and make some income.

Kindest regards,

Jack Martin

CEO

MCSE, MCSD

Martin Software Consulting

Products/Services:Billing-Direct, Cost Analysis & Revenue Assurance Software

and

Dear Scott,

Thank you for responding.

I think your name is worth something around 10,000.

We need an appraisal before making a final offer.

Our partners (webmasters and domain owners) always recommend us to verify an
independent appraisal first. It would be fair for both of us.

Please note that we don't trust free or cheap appraisals. We were burned
after accepting such appraisals in the past. So we cannot accept appraisal
from each and every site.

I asked about reputable appraisal companies in a well-known webmaster forum

http://domaintalk.ourplace.com/Archive/13476.htm
People in this suggested the following independent appraisers
http://www.AllForDomains.com and
http://www.GreatDomains.com

After we verify an appraisal from you we'll continue our negotiations.

How do you prefer to get paid: www.PayPal.com, www.escrow.com, check or
wire?

Looking forward to your reply.

Kindest Regards,

Jack Martin

Sound like a scam?

Thanks,
Scott

 

[Scott]

He said....

You ask for serious money and I need a proof.

I understand you, but usually sellers provide buyers with appraisals. It's a
common practice. Independent appraisers are involved in any serious
purchase.

and I replied with

Feel free to pay for the appraisal and deduct it from the offer, if you choose to make one.

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[TLDnetworks]

Scam. See http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=58440

Don't even waste your time responding...

 

[Badger]

This must be the 2-300th time ive read such a thread.. I remember one member here, cant remember who, started corresponding with these morons and stringing them along... After 3 or 4 delay inducing questions and time wasting bits of fun, these a*holes got real nasty and sent him some threatening stuff...

One word of advice: people spending their days trying to solicit money out of people using illegal activity do not like being messed with themselves....

 

[fandie]

Hi

I had a few of these emails too. It was great fun stringing them along I found that . I think they are based in russia run by someone called Andrew (Not very russian umm most def not real name. Said i was visiting russia soon and we could discuss the details then . They soon stopped,