Domains - Scam! - GoFuckYourself.com

DateDoc · 07-29-2009, 06:16 AM

We talked about this a week or so ago but the emails have begun to keep coming more frequently. If you get an email like this it is a scam to get you to pay for an appraisal.

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We are interested to buy your domain name xxxx.COM and offer to buy it from you for 80% of the appraised market value.

As of now we accept appraisals from either one of the following leading appraisal companies:

- fleos.com
- sedo.com

If you already have an appraisal please forward it to us.

As soon as we have received your appraisal we will send you our payment (we use paypal for amounts less than $2,000 and escrow for amounts above $2,000) as well as
further instructions on how to complete the transfer of the domain name.

We appreciate your business,

Yours truly,

Mark Evans
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This is the reply I sent although one really isn't necessary:

If you want to buy the domain make an offer. If you want an appraisal to guide you in your offer buy one. I will not pay for an appraisal for you.

Robocrop · 07-29-2009, 06:22 AM

Uhh what?

megatgpdotnet · 07-29-2009, 06:36 AM

Yeah welcome to 1995.... they basically try to sell you an appraisal and never buy the domain.. thats it

Czech · 07-29-2009, 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by megatgpdotnet

Yeah welcome to 1995.... they basically try to sell you an appraisal and never buy the domain.. thats it

Thats exactley what I was thinking it has been around for the past 10 years.

DateDoc · 07-29-2009, 06:41 AM

Def been going on a while and the emails are becoming more frequent

notime · 07-29-2009, 09:32 AM

Like a stripper.
Tease & take but no real action

closer · 07-29-2009, 01:56 PM

Are there actually still people falling for this scam?

st0ned · 07-29-2009, 02:00 PM

I fell for that BS years ago when I first got into the game, seems it has been going on forever.

Cyber Fucker · 07-29-2009, 02:03 PM

stupid fucks lol

Manowar · 07-29-2009, 02:05 PM

yeah they never buy it for what they say anyway, even if you already have an appraisal and in the odd case they are not BSing

DaddyHalbucks · 07-29-2009, 03:59 PM

Somebody should find out who is perpetrating the scam, and have the guy arrested.

papill0n · 07-29-2009, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by DaddyHalbucks

Somebody should find out who is perpetrating the scam, and have the guy arrested.

CYF · 07-29-2009, 04:21 PM

Yeah, this has been around for quite a while.

HandballJim · 07-29-2009, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by DaddyHalbucks

Somebody should find out who is perpetrating the scam, and have the guy arrested.

Although it is a scam, there really is no crime. If you choose to get an appraisel because someone showed interest in your domain. The guys who do this I am sure are pro cyberscammers and have all their tracks covered.

If there is someone to question it would be the appraisal companies listed. Just about everyone goes with the cheaper fee, instead of the more reconized company. The one thing you learn on these boards is that domains are worth what someone is willing to pay for it...so no need for an appraisal.

How about this other legal scam....you read an ad in a newspaper about how to make a ton of money...please send $1 and a self address stamped envelope. You get the info about how to make money, and they tell you to just place a ton of ads in newspapers asking for $1 for the same info you just received.

STAROTICA · 07-29-2009, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by notime

Like a stripper.
Tease & take but no real action

PornMD · 07-29-2009, 07:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HandballJim

Although it is a scam, there really is no crime. If you choose to get an appraisel because someone showed interest in your domain. The guys who do this I am sure are pro cyberscammers and have all their tracks covered.

Yup unfortunately. But yea, this has been around almost longer than the internets themselves.

lazycash · 07-29-2009, 07:07 PM

Everyone and their mother who owns a domain has gotten this over the years. If you haven't yet, then your whois info is probably false.

LiveDose · 07-29-2009, 07:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by notime

Like a stripper.
Tease & take but no real action

You're going to the wrong clubs...

07-29-2009, 06:16 AM	#1
DateDoc Outside looking in. Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: To Hell You Ride Posts: 14,243	Domains - Scam! We talked about this a week or so ago but the emails have begun to keep coming more frequently. If you get an email like this it is a scam to get you to pay for an appraisal. --------------------------------- We are interested to buy your domain name xxxx.COM and offer to buy it from you for 80% of the appraised market value. As of now we accept appraisals from either one of the following leading appraisal companies: - fleos.com - sedo.com If you already have an appraisal please forward it to us. As soon as we have received your appraisal we will send you our payment (we use paypal for amounts less than $2,000 and escrow for amounts above $2,000) as well as further instructions on how to complete the transfer of the domain name. We appreciate your business, Yours truly, Mark Evans ----------------------- This is the reply I sent although one really isn't necessary: If you want to buy the domain make an offer. If you want an appraisal to guide you in your offer buy one. I will not pay for an appraisal for you. __________________

07-29-2009, 06:36 AM	#3
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07-29-2009, 06:41 AM	#5
DateDoc Outside looking in. Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: To Hell You Ride Posts: 14,243	Def been going on a while and the emails are becoming more frequent __________________

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07-29-2009, 02:00 PM	#8
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07-29-2009, 06:22 AM	#2
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07-29-2009, 09:32 AM	#6
notime Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: cyberspace Posts: 8,022	Like a stripper. Tease & take but no real action

07-29-2009, 02:03 PM	#9
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07-29-2009, 02:05 PM	#10
Manowar jellyfish Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 71,528	yeah they never buy it for what they say anyway, even if you already have an appraisal and in the odd case they are not BSing

07-29-2009, 03:59 PM	#11
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07-29-2009, 07:07 PM	#17
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