Have you ever been Ripped Off / Scammed? - DNForum - Domain Sales, Domain Forum, Domain Appraisals, Domain Registrars

**ComScout.com** · 04-30-2008, 10:40 AM

Have you ever been Ripped Off / Scammed?

When I first got on the net in 2001 with my first website, I got scammed over $5000 USD with paypal reverse payments. I have a traffic hits website which supplied traffic to people, they paid me via paypal, I delivered the hits, the a few weeks later they would write an email to paypal saying someone had fraudulently used their paypal account ... in other words "they would pay me for the goods, I delivered, then they wrote to paypal and got their money back and the goods for free!"

I learnt the hardway! Be very wary guys!

**acronym007** · 04-30-2008, 10:56 AM

Sorry to hear about that. I feel your pain, only allot less pain. Mine in total were never that high in value. All these Paypal abuses make me sick. I think anyone who's done domain sales for any period of time has experienced a reverse. It makes you so angry to see money withdrawn immediately with no recourse.

**LintonInvestments** · 04-30-2008, 01:38 PM

I use Escrow.com for all my domain transactions. I would always suggest using this so you know you won't be scammed - it's well worth the extra $25 for the piece of mind that it brings.

**BobDiGiTaL** · 04-30-2008, 01:46 PM

I bought some OWE domains based solely on the number, got burned.
I also was fooled by TDNAM's stats and overpaid for some TDNAM names.
I have also bought names based on link traffic that subsided after a few months, maybe not scammed buy was not informed the traffic would eventually be "0"

**TheLegendaryJP** · 04-30-2008, 01:48 PM

There are tools available to verify traffic and some free research to gauge accuracy as well. I suggest everyone use these tools before spending money. JMO