I received following email this morning! Hello, We are interested in your domain name for sale. Please email us your desired price in USD or euros for the domain name in the subject line. If you have other names for sale please email us yiur full list with prices for consideration. Looking forward to doing business with you. Regards, David Grantz President Web Domains & Hosting LLC ======================================================== NOTICE - This communication may contain confidential and privileged information that is for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any viewing, copying or distribution of, or reliance on this message by unintended recipients is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. ======================================================== Code (markup): I replied him back about price, other domains for sale etc. Reply from "David Grantz" I'm thinking about 15,000 - 16,000 USD for all your domains. What do you think about this price range? Have you had your domain names evaluated in the past? I mean domain appraisals. Without valuation we cannot be sure in the sale price. It's very important for me in terms of reselling too. But we must engage a valuation company with REAL manual service. So I will only accept valuations from independent sources I and my partners trust. To avoid mistakes I asked domain experts about reputable appraisal companies. Please check this blog with suggestions from other sellers and buyers: http://www.thenamepros.com/Archive/51848269.htm Do you sell domain with a web site or just the name? Domain without content is ok with me. Web site is not necessary. If, for example, the valuation comes higher you can adjust your asking price accordingly. It will be fair. I also hope you can give me 12% - 15% discount. After you send me the valuation via email (usually it takes 1-2 days to obtain it) we'll continue our negotiations. What is your preferred payment method: Escrow.com, International wire transfer, PayPal.com or something else? Hope we can come to an agreement fast. Looking forward to your reply. Code (markup): After reading his e-mail I searched on google for this So be aware of scams like this! always search for author name & e-mail address on google - before you buy or shell domains.
I have had a few of them in the past. Same MO just different appraisel site (max apprasels). Obviously the scam is to get you to shell out for crappy appraisels.
I also got few of those... Never answered though, because it sounded too good to be true... Thanks for the info!
i've read almost all of the google's result about this scammer but have they'd actually scammed anyone? i mean, has anyone admitted that they've sold domains to them? because i don't think they really can with that kind of mail lolz
This has been happening for quite some time, the domain valuation scam. Yes, those are odd services that will entice people on buying a valuation service which is worthless. Good thing you brought this up.
Yes, this is a very old typical domain appraisal scam. Don't fall for this coz you'll never hear from the "buyer" again after you do the appraisal.
Yep, the oldest scam in the domain names industry! Though these guys sound more legit than some who contacted me (offering $5000 for my domains, which they probably never saw, as there's a few of them that cost like $200 ...