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No but your question made me think of this: Someone recently tried to scam be by offering to sell a domain similar to one I already own. The message I received
by pytyper2 8y ago
No but your question made me think of this: Someone recently tried to scam be by offering to sell a domain similar to one I already own. The message I received wanted 200 USD, a reasonable price for a domain that was owned and unavailable to purchase for years, I had even attempted to contact the owner and received no response. Instead of responding to the 200 USD offer, I pulled the domain up in aws, it was available, I clicked buy immediately for 12 USD.
- ghostbrainalpha 8y agoA lot of Spammers do this same thing, but send that first email out a couple weeks in advance of the domain expiring so it looks more legitimate. If you agree to buy, then they buy on expiration and sell to you for the higher price. If you agree, but then the actual owner renews they just ignore you. And if they aren't totally evil return your payment.