TheDomainInvestors.com Scam

[Vision]

TheDomainInvestors.com is a perpetual scam via spam -- a white collar crime wave via email --

here are their bull$hit templates --

----- Forwarded message from coddington@thedomaininvestors.com -----
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:38:36 -0400
From: coddington@thedomaininvestors.com
Reply-To: coddington@thedomaininvestors.com
Subject: your domain - (edited).com (sent 03/19/10)


Hello,

We buy and sell domains and web pr®jects. What is your price for the
domain?

If you have other domains for sale feel free to send your list.

Looking forward to do business with you.

Regards,

Maria Coddington
Vice President
Internet Investment Startegies LLC

From: Withrow <withrow@thedomaininvestors.com>
To: (edited)
Sent: Wed, March 17, 2010 1:31:32 AM
Subject: Re: (edited) (sent 3/17/10)


It's a big risk to proceed without professional valuation. I already spoke
to industry experts and they prohibited me to do business without
valuation..

Without manual valuation nobody will buy. You'll sit on your domain for
years in this case, paying renewal fees to your registrar. Just think about
it. So sooner or later, you'll have to obtain an appraisal. Why waste time
now?

As a seller, you can use a valuation certificate to sell names to other
buyers. I cannot do the same because I don't keep control over your domain.

I'm still interested in your domain. Hope you'll change your position. I
simply don't want to take additional risks.

Thank you for understanding. I'm looking forward to do business with you.

[silentg]

ResearchAppraisals(.)com - These guys are also another crooks with similar scam going on. I get tons of e-mails from these goons.

[DTalk]

Yes, these folks are a pest...

This whole 'evaluation' scam has been around for so long now, its surprising they keep on with it.

But, I suppose, there are newby players coming in all the time that fall for it - enough of them, anyway, to make it worthwhile for these ratbags to keep doing it.

[Gerry]

As long as money is involved, there will always be scams and fraud.

[URLtrader]

I got email from hopkins@thedomaininvestors.com asking price of a domain hand regged by me last week. I replied asking for his phone number.

[JMX]

Here was my response:


From: John xxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 1:03 AM
To: 'hopkins@thedomaininvestors.com'
Subject: RE: digipay.me (sent 04/12/10)
Hello,
I’ll settle for…
One billion dollars.
Looking forward to doing business with you.
Regards,
John
Vice President
Intelligent Scam-detecting Strategies LLC
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From: hopkins@thedomaininvestors.com [mailto:hopkins@thedomaininvestors.com]
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 4:44 PM
To: John xxxxxxxxx
Subject: digipay.me (sent 04/12/10)
Hello,

We buy and sell domains and web pr®jects. What is your price for the domain?

If you have other domains for sale feel free to send your list.

Looking forward to do business with you.

Regards,

Stephen Hopkins

Vice President

Intellectual Investment Strategies LLC

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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.

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[tonyfloyd]

Nice!...

Here was my response:


From: John xxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 1:03 AM
To: 'hopkins@thedomaininvestors.com'
Subject: RE: digipay.me (sent 04/12/10)
Hello,
I’ll settle for…
One billion dollars.
Looking forward to doing business with you.
Regards,
John
Vice President
Intelligent Scam-detecting Strategies LLC
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NOTICE - This communication contains a response that is for the sole use of the fake businessperson (the direct recipient) who tries to make a living by mass e-mailing as many people as he/she could possibly find in the hopes that he/she will find someone to bite and create some sort of monetary gain for themselves, since their lack of creativity has rendered them incapable of committing to any other option. The viewing, copying or distribution of, or reliance on this message by unintended recipients will follow and is encouraged. If you are a direct recipient of this message, it is suggested that you re-evaluate your role in the business world, seek more education in some capacity, or otherwise seek inspiration to help enable you to find a better way to make money or spend your time, or risk settling for a life of worthlessness and contributing only noise and clutter to your direct environment and the world at large.
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From: hopkins@thedomaininvestors.com [mailto:hopkins@thedomaininvestors.com]
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 4:44 PM
To: John xxxxxxxxx
Subject: digipay.me (sent 04/12/10)
Hello,

We buy and sell domains and web pr®jects. What is your price for the domain?

If you have other domains for sale feel free to send your list.

Looking forward to do business with you.

Regards,

Stephen Hopkins

Vice President

Intellectual Investment Strategies LLC

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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.

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[Diabro]

They probably get more $$$$'s from people registering their first domain then they do people who have had multiple domains for multiple years.

I could see how somebody who registered "JoeBlow.com" for their personal site might feel someone is actually interested in their personal nickname or brandable.

[copper]

They must still make good money from this to continue year after year.

[Maxwell]

The scary thing is, is that "Withrow" is a real person.

I got that same email, didn't hear back for a few days, and decided to google around for this guy to see if he had a phone number.

Sure enough, he did.

I spoke with him, and he said "I never sent out any such email".

I got a reply from the fake "Withrow" a few hours later, and needless to say, he didn't hear back from me.