The latest domain name scam ?

gonzo · 03-22-2009

Been getting these messages all weekend.
Anyone else?

Dear sir,
we are interested to buy your domain AGUYANDHISMAC.COM and offer 65% of the appraised market value.
As of now we accept appraisals from one of these leading companies:
sedo.com
pozde.com
accuratedomains.com
Should you already have an appraisal please forward it to us.
We appreciate your business,
Sincerely,
R. Thomas
DNR, Inc.

Toby · 03-22-2009

I may have, but my spam bot is probably feasting on them.

RawAlex · 03-22-2009

I got a bunch of them, particularly aiming at 4 letter .com domains and similar (one offer was $50 for an 11 year old 4 letter .com - what a fucking joke). My feeling is that they may be looking to get an email reply in a way that they can try to use the headers to fake out a transfer on unlocked domains, or an attempt to find controlling email addresses that are no longer valid (expired, which is great for scooping up domains, just register the email address domain and accept the mail).

I also think they are doing the same thing that came when 2257 came up a couple of years ago: Fishing for people getting out of business who might be willing to sell their domains cheap, with the intention of turning around and selling them at a higher price right away. Plenty of people are going out of business right now, there is actually some potential out there to score big on the cheap.

03-22-2009	#1
gonzo Fat Fucking Nobody Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Atlanta,Ga. Posts: 17,795 Blog Entries: 11	The latest domain name scam ? Been getting these messages all weekend. Anyone else? Dear sir, we are interested to buy your domain AGUYANDHISMAC.COM and offer 65% of the appraised market value. As of now we accept appraisals from one of these leading companies: sedo.com pozde.com accuratedomains.com Should you already have an appraisal please forward it to us. We appreciate your business, Sincerely, R. Thomas DNR, Inc. __________________ We are putting the bastards of this world on notice; greed and corruption will always be met with "a voice made of ink and rage." "Never try and be like anyone else" - Hunter S. Thompson "The truth is the truth no matter how you try and package a lie" - Shellee Hale

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RawAlex Members $100 for every ImLive sign-up Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,036	Re: The latest domain name scam ? I got a bunch of them, particularly aiming at 4 letter .com domains and similar (one offer was $50 for an 11 year old 4 letter .com - what a fucking joke). My feeling is that they may be looking to get an email reply in a way that they can try to use the headers to fake out a transfer on unlocked domains, or an attempt to find controlling email addresses that are no longer valid (expired, which is great for scooping up domains, just register the email address domain and accept the mail). I also think they are doing the same thing that came when 2257 came up a couple of years ago: Fishing for people getting out of business who might be willing to sell their domains cheap, with the intention of turning around and selling them at a higher price right away. Plenty of people are going out of business right now, there is actually some potential out there to score big on the cheap. __________________ Let's go to the edge of disaster Push the pedal and go a little faster Let's slam into a wall at ramming speed Let's go to the edge of a mountain Jump off and lets start countin' Hit the ground and tell me if it bleeds