information SPAM email inquiries for four letter dot coms that come from a gmail

[xynames]

All of the SPAM emails seem to be inquiries about one of my four letter dot coms. All seem to be phony SPAM phishing type inquiries sent to my email address on file under WhoIs.

All are sent from a gmail account that seems to have nothing to do with the signatory's name.

The text is always close to the same, with the actual four letter dot com in bold:

Hello,

I am interested in purchasing this domain **** . com and would appreciate hearing your asking price.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Peter G.


Hi,

I'm interested in your domain name **** . com

Is it available for sale? If so, what is the asking price?

Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Andy C.


I have responded to some of them, before figuring out what is going on, with a legitimate inquiry.

Others I write back with a hostile, Get lost spammer!

Nary a response. None.

What is the end game? What are they hoping to achieve?

 

[AEProgram]

yoi have milion better and faster ways to warmup your account then sending these how much emails

if that was the case we would all be getting a ton of spam, we don't. This is 2025 not 2015. I suspect this is what's going on.

 

[xynames]

I think these emails are part of a major spam operation.

Any kind of unsolicited email, let alone at this level, is spam.

 

[Moj]

I also received an email from Andy C. (ember**[email protected]).
Before that, I got an email from Jeff.
When I replied to both of them, they never responded.
Could they be scammers?

 

[scithe]

Someone mentioned these names are people who are in the domain industry. So sounds like imposters pretending to be them.

 

[karmaco]

The spammer is probably reading this thread. Definitely a member here.

 

[xynames]

Got another one from "Andy C." today and replied, "Get lost spamming scumbag." and reported the spam itself to SpamCop.

 

[mani0307]

I have also received 3 similar emails from same guy Andy C...

 

[likemike]

Unfortunately some or a lot of these seem like they are spam bots similar to some I have received. Ever hear of time wasters?

 

[alop]

The spammer is probably reading this thread. Definitely a member here.

Whutttt

 

[rosco]

All of the SPAM emails seem to be inquiries about one of my four letter dot coms. All seem to be phony SPAM phishing type inquiries sent to my email address on file under WhoIs.

All are sent from a gmail account that seems to have nothing to do with the signatory's name.

The text is always close to the same, with the actual four letter dot com in bold:

Hello,

I am interested in purchasing this domain **** . com and would appreciate hearing your asking price.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Peter G.


Hi,

I'm interested in your domain name **** . com

Is it available for sale? If so, what is the asking price?

Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Andy C.


I have responded to some of them, before figuring out what is going on, with a legitimate inquiry.

Others I write back with a hostile, Get lost spammer!

Nary a response. None.

What is the end game? What are they hoping to achieve?

I receive numerous emails annually regarding permits [.com] and other premium domains I own.

Legal has advised caution in responding, as companies with trademark status (registered or unregistered) may hire firms to acquire these domains. One of the many tools in the toolkit is to find ways to prove cybersquatting, where the domain is used to profit from the trademark owner's goodwill by selling it at a high price or diverting traffic to a competitor's site.

Any misstep in your response could provide a pathway for the company to seize the domain through:

1. Arbitration via ICANN’s Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP).
2. Legal action under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA).

Example Case:

The Prudential Insurance Company of America v. Shenzhen Stone Network Information Ltd. (4th Cir. 2023)​

• Case Details: Prudential Insurance Company, owner of numerous PRU-formative trademarks, pursued an ACPA claim against Shenzhen Stone Network (SSN) and an individual, Zhang, over the domain "pru.com." Prudential initially attempted to acquire the domain through GoDaddy’s brokerage services (a third-party intermediary) before filing suit.
• Facts: SSN rejected Prudential’s purchase offer via GoDaddy and a subsequent $50,000 offer during a Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) proceeding, which Prudential later dismissed to pursue an ACPA claim in federal court. The lawsuit was filed in the Eastern District of Virginia against both Zhang and the domain itself (in rem jurisdiction). Prudential’s legal team argued that SSN’s registration and re-registration of "pru.com" showed bad faith intent to profit from Prudential’s trademarks.
• Outcome: The district court granted summary judgment for Prudential, finding that SSN’s actions, including rejecting offers and a pattern of registering domains of well-known companies, demonstrated bad faith. The Fourth Circuit affirmed, clarifying that "re-registration" of a domain also falls under the ACPA. The court ordered the transfer of "pru.com" to Prudential.
• Relevance: This case explicitly involves a third party (GoDaddy’s brokerage service) initially acting on Prudential’s behalf to attempt domain acquisition, followed by legal counsel pursuing the ACPA claim. It highlights how trademark owners use intermediaries and succeed in federal court to recover domains.

 

[Wesley S]

i also received this email and do not have a 4L.com in my inventory anyway.. .

 

[alop]

i also received this email and do not have a 4L.com in my inventory anyway.. .

I gave my email to more than 4 Ts but I peep invalid logins across country


Can you help

 

[xynames]

It highlights how trademark owners use intermediaries and succeed in federal court to recover domains.

I would say in general big companies especially use a third party to make offers on domains. I sold one to a major gas company, where some random inquirer made the initial offer. However, I realized quickly that no one would make even the offer the inquirer made unless it was for the gas company, and I priced the counteroffer accordingly. We settled somewhere in between, and I sold.

Not much different from where a third party is used by billionaires and celebrities to make offers on real estate.


As far as the "Zhang" example I would say that most of what killed it for him was that they were able to show "a pattern of registering domains of well-known companies," because otherwise, declining a mere $50K for a three letter dot com isn't representative on its own of bad faith. (Once the $50K offer was couched in a UDRP proceeding from a major INSURANCE company, however, it might have been a bad business decision to turn it down.)