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  • DateDoc
    Outside looking in.
    • Feb 2005
    • 14243

    #1

    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.

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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
    -----------------------

    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
    Confirmed User
    • Aug 2008
    • 2785

    #2
    Uhh what?

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    • megatgpdotnet
      Confirmed User
      • Jun 2004
      • 1296

      #3
      Yeah welcome to 1995.... they basically try to sell you an appraisal and never buy the domain.. thats it
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      • Czech
        Confirmed User
        • Oct 2005
        • 2694

        #4
        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.

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        • DateDoc
          Outside looking in.
          • Feb 2005
          • 14243

          #5
          Def been going on a while and the emails are becoming more frequent

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          • notime
            Confirmed User
            • Jun 2003
            • 8027

            #6
            Like a stripper.
            Tease & take but no real action

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            • closer
              Confirmed User
              • Sep 2005
              • 1707

              #7
              Are there actually still people falling for this scam?

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              • st0ned
                Confirmed User
                • Mar 2007
                • 8437

                #8
                I fell for that BS years ago when I first got into the game, seems it has been going on forever.
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                • Cyber Fucker
                  Hmm
                  • Sep 2005
                  • 12642

                  #9
                  stupid fucks lol

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                  • Manowar
                    jellyfish  
                    • Dec 2003
                    • 71528

                    #10
                    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

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                    • DaddyHalbucks
                      A freakin' legend!
                      • Feb 2004
                      • 18975

                      #11
                      Somebody should find out who is perpetrating the scam, and have the guy arrested.
                      Boner Money

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                      • papill0n
                        Unregistered Abuser
                        • Oct 2007
                        • 15547

                        #12
                        Originally posted by DaddyHalbucks
                        Somebody should find out who is perpetrating the scam, and have the guy arrested.

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                        • CYF
                          Coupon Guru
                          • Mar 2009
                          • 10973

                          #13
                          Yeah, this has been around for quite a while.
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                          • HandballJim
                            Confirmed User
                            • Sep 2008
                            • 4024

                            #14
                            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.
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                            • STAROTICA
                              So Fucking Banned
                              • Aug 2004
                              • 1079

                              #15
                              Originally posted by notime
                              Like a stripper.
                              Tease & take but no real action



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                              • PornMD
                                Mainstream Businessman
                                • Jan 2007
                                • 9291

                                #16
                                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.
                                Want to crush it in mainstream with Facebook ads? Hit me up.

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                                • lazycash
                                  Troll Patrol
                                  • Aug 2002
                                  • 15214

                                  #17
                                  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.
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                                  Its crazy..."

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                                  • LiveDose
                                    Show Yer Tits!
                                    • Feb 2002
                                    • 25792

                                    #18
                                    Originally posted by notime
                                    Like a stripper.
                                    Tease & take but no real action
                                    You're going to the wrong clubs...

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