This is why you should always research a domain beforehand...

[BinderGang]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...MEWA:IT&viewitem=&item=170132395929&rd=1&rd=1

Anyone here notice what I noticed before I bid on the above auction?

 

[Krossat]

yeah its 1sles (one-sles) instead of an I

 

[BinderGang]

yeah its 1sles (one-sles) instead of an I

Nope! But, you're close.

 

[briman1970]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...MEWA:IT&viewitem=&item=170132395929&rd=1&rd=1

Anyone here notice what I noticed before I bid on the above auction?

Yep... it's an "L". Still got bid up to $765.00! Somebody is gonna get a neg feedback! :yell:

 

[briguy]

First time for me checking out an Ebay domain sale..but did find this

Service to United States

only sells to the United States?

 

[BinderGang]

Yep... it's an "L". Still got bid up to $765.00! Somebody is gonna get a neg feedback! :yell:

The BIN was set at $3k when it first went up. If it was isles.com, I would have bought it in a second.

However, I knew it was too good to be true and I copied and pasted straight from the auction. I realized right away. BINGO!

Guy knew what he was doing, but he TECHNICALLY didn't do anything wrong.

 

[briguy]

lol glad I don't buy from Ebay...when I first looked at it..it sure look like isles.com (captial I)

 

[TrexHost]

May I ask what is so special about lsles vs Lsles ?

 

[*AllThings.tv*]

Thanks BinderGang, I posted this on my blog:

http://www.allthings.tv/web/index.php/article/domain_scams_buyers_beware/

 

[BinderGang]

May I ask what is so special about lsles vs Lsles ?

Lsles is not a word.

isles is.

Thanks BinderGang, I posted this on my blog:

http://www.allthings.tv/web/index.php/article/domain_scams_buyers_beware/

Hey HotNames,

Just read it. Great article , glad I can help people around here.

 

[coast]

Thanks for the heads up. Rep added.

 

[Smiler]

Wow, good catch. But how and where (what site or tool did you used?) did you determined that the name was illegitimate. It really does look like Isle.com NOT Lsle.com. eBay is a good place for certain things you want to buy for cheap but Domain names that cost more than $500 is sketchy. Thanks for sharing that one. If you have any other suggestions for spotting these types of fraud please share it with me and other domainers so that we can spot it if we get in the same situation. Thanks.

 

[BinderGang]

Wow, good catch. But how and where (what site or tool did you used?) did you determined that the name was illegitimate. It really does look like Isle.com NOT Lsle.com. eBay is a good place for certain things you want to buy for cheap but Domain names that cost more than $500 is sketchy. Thanks for sharing that one. If you have any other suggestions for spotting these types of fraud please share it with me and other domainers so that we can spot it if we get in the same situation. Thanks.

Seems like people are wondering how I did this exactly. I'll be more than happy to explain:

Obviously, isles.com is worth alot more than $3000. If an offer is too good to be true, like I said, it usually is. HOWEVER, I have had some "too good to be true" offers in the past...actually be TRUE! So, I always check because you don't want to pass up on a legitimate good deal because you were afraid of being scammed.

Basically, I copied the word "lsles" from the eBay auction without the extension. I pasted it into my Google Toolbar as I knew that if the name was spelled wrong Google would suggest to me the correct spelling. Wallah! Google told me it was the wrong spelling and suggested the word "isles".

Pretty simple as I found my answer right away. If I had not, I would have done some more research on the domain through Whois info, etc.

 

[.X.]

In my opinion, that whole auction was a SCAM, The seller had intent to deceive, Imo, And the Ebay vero team should look into this, So i have e-mailed them about this auction, I will post what they reply when i get a notice from them.

 

[Coopey]

If you look at the image, he has actually used and 'I'- so the image says Isles.com- this is misleading

 

[muttley]

May I ask what is so special about lsles vs Lsles ?

It's special for somebody like me who lives in the British Isles, not the British Lsles :D

 

[mwzd]

Out and Out con.

Why would you not capitalize the domain to start with?

Only to try and fool people. Whoever bought this is going to be MAD.

 

[GeoOwners]

Seems like people are wondering how I did this exactly. I'll be more than happy to explain:

Obviously, isles.com is worth alot more than $3000. If an offer is too good to be true, like I said, it usually is. HOWEVER, I have had some "too good to be true" offers in the past...actually be TRUE! So, I always check because you don't want to pass up on a legitimate good deal because you were afraid of being scammed.

Basically, I copied the word "lsles" from the eBay auction without the extension. I pasted it into my Google Toolbar as I knew that if the name was spelled wrong Google would suggest to me the correct spelling. Wallah! Google told me it was the wrong spelling and suggested the word "isles".

Pretty simple as I found my answer right away. If I had not, I would have done some more research on the domain through Whois info, etc.

good advice...I do the same thing with most names I'm looking at...got one lately that was too good to be true...tested...was real...got the name


.

 

[CHILLY]

3 Day auction as opposed to a regular 7 or 10 also raises a little suspicion as well. In his picture with the green highlight, the first "l" is fatter than the second "l", so as to differentiate it from second "l" so it would like more like an I. It does not look like he was able to do that with the ebay fonts...Is it worth that as a typo? perhaps legal issues?

 

[briman1970]

Wow, good catch. But how and where (what site or tool did you used?) did you determined that the name was illegitimate. It really does look like Isle.com NOT Lsle.com. eBay is a good place for certain things you want to buy for cheap but Domain names that cost more than $500 is sketchy. Thanks for sharing that one. If you have any other suggestions for spotting these types of fraud please share it with me and other domainers so that we can spot it if we get in the same situation. Thanks.

1) Copy the word from the auction listing.
2) Paste it into Wordpad and highlight the text.
3) Click "format" then click "font" and switch to an all uppercase font. Viola!