Scam email? anyone got this one?

[hugegrowth]

Got an email I can only assume is a scam, but wonder why they use a paypal email with the namepros.com domain?

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Dear NamePros member,

You have received this email because you advertised your domains for sale on the www.NamePros.com forum. NamePros.com is the leading domain forum. Thank you for choosing www.NamePros.com. Our team of professionals has found a buyer for your domain name. He is ready to pay $20,000 for your domain. But in order to proceed further you should pay us $100 for our services to our PayPal account at [email protected]. Please send us this money at [email protected] within 24 hours for our selling services. As soon as we receive this payment we will help you with the transfer.

Looking forward to do business with you.

Regards,

xxxxx xxxxxx
COO of NamePros

http://www.NamePros.com
NamePros - The leading Domain Forum

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[INVIGOR]

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[katherine]

That can't be right. Check the actual links.

 

[copper]

Weird, indeed.
Forward that email to RJ at namepros?

 

[demaxxus]

Definitely smells like a scam, but like you said, what's with the NP Paypal address. It's just bizarre.

 

[draggar]

New appraisal-style scam?

 

[Dorkside]

I got the same e-mail this morning.

 

[hugegrowth]

I'm guessing the scammer made a mistake with the email address - lol

 

[Aleksandar]

Lookup the email headers to see where did it really came from.

Here's a more detailed link to check up: http://www.visualware.com/resources/tutorials/email.html

(I'm in no way affiliated with this software, just read the info to get an idea how emails work)

 

[RON2]

Same old appraisal scammers. They were using @thenamepros.com addresses to perpetuate their scam. When called out on it, the scammers spoofed a batch of @namepros.com emails to "prove" a connection between NamePros the forum and these bogus appraisal companies.

[email protected] isn't even a valid email address or PayPal account.

 

[snicksnack]

would be interesting to see if any NP user fell for the scam.

 

[katherine]

The scammers even posted on Namepros - they have nerve