Watch out for a Domain Appraisal Scam that is going the rounds. Here’s how it works – guy gets your details from your auction or site listing, emails you and says he’s interested with a good price. You reply, he says he needs a domain appraisal. Points you in the way of a fake bulletin board that recommends somewhere called domain explorer. You buy appraisal from domain explorer, he gets the money, never buys your sites.

Here is the email I received:

“Hello,

What is the price of your domain?

Investing in domains is a profitable business and our company is
interested in good and easy-to-remember domain names.

Looking forward to do business with you.

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

Regards,
Charles Highsmith
CEO
Elite Invest Gmbh”

Followed by this email:

“Sorry for delay with answer. Our family was celebrating newborn child of my sister.

Can you accept 9,000 USD?

Do you sell domain with a web site or just the name?

Domain without content is ok with me. Web site is not necessary.

Have you had your domain names evaluated in the past? I mean domain appraisals. Without valuation we cannot be sure in the sale price. It’s very important for me in terms of reselling too. But we must engage a valuation company with REAL manual service. So I will only accept valuations from independent sources I and my partners trust.

To avoid mistakes I asked domain experts about reputable appraisal companies.

Please check this blog with suggestions from other sellers and buyers:
http://domainblog.007sites.com/683014.htm

If, for example, the valuation comes higher you can adjust your asking price accordingly. It will be fair. I also hope you can give me 12% – 15% discount.

After you send me the valuation via email (usually it takes 1-2 days to obtain it) we’ll continue our negotiations.

What is your preferred payment method: Escrow.com, International wire transfer, PayPal.com or something else?

Hope we can come to an agreement fast.

Looking forward to your reply.”

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For those who are new to domaining just be careful of these scammers.  They are nothing but scumbags looking to take advantage of some poor naive shmuck.

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