Comments on: Domain Name Purchase Proposal

By: rentdn

rentdn — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:54:41 +0000

You’re not alone !!! reminds me Michael Jackson song

Same email , I guess I’ll use it as a template for low balling you guys

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 01:32:36 +0000

haha i got the same offer today for a nine year old domain. these are the new generation of scammer domainers.

By: dan

dan — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:59:23 +0000

Thanks for posting this – good to get a little more info on this offer. I couldn’t imagine why they would be interested in my domain — it’s my family name, which is unique to my immediate family (thanks to some cavalier shortening and misspelling when my great-great grandaddy came through Ellis Island). there are only about 10 people with this last name in the U.S., and none outside the U.S. I’ll be damned if I can imagine a for-profit use for it.

Having seen your post, I can feel better about ignoring this mail.

BTW, I was offered $50 too.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:20:44 +0000

Leo, they must be sending these in large quantities, so naturally a few not so good domains slipped through
I don’t think they need the emails, it’s easy to get them from whois and most would be valid.

By: Indigo

Indigo — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:54:54 +0000

Got the same… word 4 word minus the RockyHill.com.

By: Domain Spinners

Domain Spinners — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:00:44 +0000

I got the same mail but for a domain I naively registered a while back. Its expiring in a couple of weeks and I’m fairly certain its not worth the $50 they want to pay for it! So what are they trying to get? valid emails?

Leo

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:31:26 +0000

You only got 50 USD offer? Laughable -> I got offered 500 USD by the same chick!

By: MJ

MJ — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 06:10:18 +0000

I just got this email too. $50… I emailed her back asking if she was real or a bot.

By: Bruce Marler

Bruce Marler — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:20:17 +0000

Just got it for a very good GEO .com I own, remembered reading your post.

By: Rolan

Rolan — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:47:41 +0000

I got the same spam this morning. I suspected it was part of some scan or phishing scheme or perhaps a way to probe for valid email addresses based on people replying.