Anyone got any idea about this email?

[MAllie]

Earlier today I received the email below from this address: Domain Admin [cdomains37@googlemail.com]

Does anyone know who this person is? Does he/she automatically write to everyone who receives the type of offer referred to below? Is he/she some sort of anti-fraud vigilante?

I had received such an offer just a short while before, and felt it was a little creepy to get this close on its heels. I hadn't the slightest intention of clicking on anything in the first (or this email either), but I still think it's a little strange. It's almost as if this person knew the first person was emailing me.
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If you receive an offer from some company to sell a .com version of your domain name, DO NOT PURCHASE IT.
.COM domain names can be deleted within 5 days after registration for a full refund. He only paid $6.42 for the .com domain name after it expired.
He is "tasting" the domain for 5 days to see if you're willing to pay around $997 for the domain name and will DELETE THE DOMAIN FOR A FULL REFUND if no one is interested.
DO NOT FALL FOR HIS SCAM!
You will be able to register the domain by yourself at any registrar company at prices generally less than $10 after 5-15 days usually (he may re-taste the domain).
DO NOT CLICK THE LINKS IN HIS E-MAIL(S) OR CONTACT HIM, SINCE HE CAN TRACK IF YOU VISITED THE SITE AND WILL KNOW THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED.
IF YOU MUST PURCHASE, DO NOT OFFER MORE THAN $100 - $150. HE WILL STILL ACCEPT IT.
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[stewie]

I get them...some good advice in it , I also get the emails they talk about... I delete them both... treat them as junk mail. thats what I do.

[Rico]

i get a lot of that kinda mails

[MAllie]

Thanks, Stewie and Rico. Yes, I get a lot of the first emails, but I've never had the second one and, as I said, coming so soon after the first it felt like more than a coincidence, and I wondered if the second writer could have known about the first email and have some sort of angle. I mean, is the second email from an altruist who is just concerned for me, or has he/she got some sort of angle - maybe just that I might reply and verify the address if it's from a spammer.

[stewie]

I wondered too...first time now its like ...another one... delete it

don't click on anything or responsed to it. just delete

[Carter]

Don't worry Monica delete it.

[MAllie]

Thanks, Jacopo.

[Johnn]

Make a sticker and stick it on the computer:

"Do Not Click Any Link from Email"

[MAllie]

I agree, Johnn. I have never done so. I think that's basic security.

[PokerPie]

people always call this kind of thing a scam. i don't see how its a scam. he is running a business, and a clever one at that. he is also performing a service and letting you know the domain is available

[draggar]

Originally Posted by Johnn

Make a sticker and stick it on the computer:

"Do Not Click Any Link from Email"

I agree but the email is right.

I receive offers for me to buy the .com of a domain that I own (once in a while offering to sell me a name I already own). 99% of the time the .com is unregistered and if I want it, I just register it.

As for the email itself, it comes from Googlemail (now known as gmail) - ignore and delete it.

[sdsinc]

Originally Posted by PokerPie

people always call this kind of thing a scam. i don't see how its a scam. he is running a business, and a clever one at that. he is also performing a service and letting you know the domain is available

It is spam. Whatever the 'service' is, it was unsolicited.

[ck89102]

Originally Posted by stewie

I get them...some good advice in it , I also get the emails they talk about... I delete them both... treat them as junk mail. thats what I do.

I get both of these types daily. However, I do not delete the "For Sale" emails. I simply save them into a special file and if I ever want one of them, they are always available to hand register for reg fee.

[Onward]

Originally Posted by PokerPie

people always call this kind of thing a scam. i don't see how its a scam. he is running a business, and a clever one at that. he is also performing a service and letting you know the domain is available

You know...I think I agree with this statement.

I actually bought a name this way and paid about $150...it was a .com which I had the .net for and would have paid 10x that (as I was going to develop the .net....I felt that it was a little creepy how I was approached, but I was very careful and I used escrow.com - even with a small transaction - got the name....and at the end of the day was very happy with the purchase.

I actually wanted a complete list of the names he was selling as there may have been some gems in there....and there were....these are the names which slip through the 'drop' cracks.