Reverse Hijack ?

[Creature]

I own a domain name which happens to be the same as some guys company name but with an s on the end. It is two words but generic. He has a tm in the US.

I knew nothing about the company or tm until the bloke contacted me by email a couple of years ago and offered a few hundred dollars. I said about 1k will be fine. No reply until a few days ago (below). I restarted the escrow but again no reply, no contact.

Therefore is the email below the start of a reverse hijack attempt? Perhaps there is nothing to worry about. I have already written back to say that I will cancel the escrow after today. I see that his email suggests that I made the first contact but this is not the case. He was first to contact me.

Any thoughts?

Creature


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Are you still interested in selling me that URL, once in a while a client mistypes our URL www.****sound.com.

They put an “S” on the end and I have to correct them over the phone.

So to avoid this small inconvenience I was considering your offer all this time.

Are you in away or the UK?

We could do the escrow thing.

All the best Mate,
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[fab]

The letter sounds quite unprofessional. I would try contacting them by phone, to see if they are really serious.

 

[Creature]

I cancelled the escrow as no further contact.

 

[March2005]

The e-mail text seems suspicious to me.