To the Pros, a question about Scammers

[Montiahall]

Hello all,
How do I know if an offer I get on a domain name I have is a scam? I recieved an offer and I looked up the email address and the extension was under "Domain blacklist" What do these scammers do if they start corresponding with you and whats thier goal? Thank in advance.

[biggedon]

every offer may not be a scam


reply by asking them to make an offer either within a range or minimum offer.

if they reply with something like....

We need an appraisal from "someappraisalservice.com" before making an offer then it's a scam.

[Montiahall]

Should I ask him to make an offer through sedo where it's listed? I will ask him to make an offer and see where it goes.
I see what your saying, they may want to take your money by asking for some bogus appraisal?

[Acro]

Those random, generic "...my client is interested in your domain blah blah" emails are usually attempts to lowball. I point them to the URL parked at sedo.

[Montiahall]

Right. It said his company develops domains as an investment. We'll if he makes an offer. Also asked if I had any others to offer.Thanks!

[Acro]

I know which one you mean, it's a "ping" email to either collect responses or attempt to take a domain at a low price. It's the same people using different domains. I think this last one was from a domain ending in .US ?

[Montiahall]

It ended in .com, but how so you know if it's one of these "Ping" emails or legit? I think I'll only respond to offers thru sedo URL pages. :/

[Acro]

If you'd paste here the email without the contact info I'd be able to tell you if we're talking about the same person.