Appraisal Scam

[smonline]

Got several e-mails claiming potential domain purchase.

Tried to get me to get a domain appraisal at:

1) "allfordomains.com".

2) $200 appraisal at domainmart.com

3) Sedo (last resort)

I played the game long enough to get a name/affiliate link.

This dude posed as:

"Neil Stichbury, Ph.D.
President
Back Office Net Solutions"

Real name seems to be -- Sukin TySyn

e-mail -- [email protected]

Keep a heads up.

 

[Andrew Shaw]

This is a classic scam... Chances are thats not his real name. Thanks for the heads up though.

Andrew Shaw

 

[gdubz]

This has happened to me a couple times, luckily i never fell for it. But i posted about it on DNF and Namepros and this has happened to alot of people. It always "AllforDomains". I dont know how they are still in business

 

[internext]

I received his inquiry and was going to lead him on some... but....

Final-Recipient: RFC822; <[email protected]>
Action: failed
Status: 5.1.1
Remote-MTA: dns; mx3.bonbon.net (38.113.3.65)
Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 550 <[email protected]>: Recipient address rejected: Account Closed by [email protected]

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Come to think of it... this guy may actually be a member here... he was writing specifically about a name I had for sale (actually I was the buyer) on here in the platinum forums domains for sale. Domain was listed on 11/24 and he wrote me on 11/27, asking if the name was still for sale and whether I had received any other offers.

 

[Rarethings]

I too was contacted by the scammer. It seems he makes his daily rounds at the forum.

It's pretty obvious to tell that it's a scam though...

He contacted me with a domain, (clearly one of my worst domains), so, since I suspected a scammer, I countered with 167,000$. His response was this:

$167,000 USD. Ok. ......Do you have an appraisal?

He goes under many names, and runs a "software developement company".