Has anyone encountered a similar Domain name email scam? Is it?

Question

Where can i report this person? Have you encountered similar scams?

So I got an email from someone holding this email address:[e-mail].
The email is as follows:
Hello!

We are interested in purchasing (domainname).com. I noticed that it was for sale. Please let me know your price.

Our company is investing in web projects and web names.

If you sell more domains I will review them.

Best Regards,

David Abramson

Co-owner

Web Host Clue Inc.

I hoped it was a legitimate interest so i checked out the website connected to there email address(www.web-name-service.com) and I was forwarded to a site that looked legitimate(http://www.webhostingclue.com/)

So I replied with a price for the domain name to see if this person was serious.
I then got this reply:
1500. Ok.
1. I need a professional evaluation (appraisal) from you.

It should be from an independent evaluation company. I don't trust automated services from companies I've never heard about.

Without a professional evaluation we both cannot be sure in the final sale price. It will minimize the investing risks.

2. I need the evaluation service with a trademark verification. It's important for us to know that you domain has no problems
with trademarks. Some evaluators include this option in the appraisalsal service.

I asked in the forum about reliable evaluation services. Please read this information:
http://www.forum-windows-club.com/Archive/794586031.htm

If the evaluation comes higher you can change your asking price. After you send me the professional evaluation via email (usually it takes one day to obtain it) we'll be doing business.

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

So after reading that, I was a bit uneasy, I felt it could be a scam. So i digged deeper:
First I checked out the Whois information for the forum he recommended
and it was private registration but it was just recently registered this very year.
Red Flag.
Secondly I checked the Whois info for the domain name connected to his email address and not to my surprise these were the results:
Registrant:
Frank Tschakert
12 Regent Close Saxton Road
Hohenweiden, Sachsen 06179
Germany

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, LLC (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: WEB-NAME-SERVICE.COM
Created on: 11-Apr-12
Expires on: 11-Apr-13
Last Updated on: 11-Apr-12

Administrative Contact:
Tschakert, Frank [e-mail]
12 Regent Close Saxton Road
Hohenweiden, Sachsen 06179
Germany
0-148-265-4490

Now, somebody seemed to have forgot private registration this time-So this Whois says the identity of the person sending me the email is not:
Best Regards,

David Abramson

Co-owner

Web Host Clue Inc.

But a German named Frank.

And Im am sure the owner of www.webhostingclue.com where Franks email is forwarded to does not know frank.

Registrant:webhostingclue.com
Yin Cai
Unit 2008, 22/F, Wu Chung House
213 Queen's Road East, Wanchai
HongKong, HongKong 510098
Hong Kong

On top of this- Franks so called web address- was registered this past April. Wow I have so much confidence getting an appraisal for this dude.

Answer 1

Trust your instinct. It looks and sounds like a scam to me.

Answer 2

yep its a scam people nowadays try to be really good into scamming people, you should never open emails or look at these as long as you know you have given your email address to them.



firstly how did he get you email address, its a bit obvious its a scam i had similar to these. you do seem to do some detective work but trust no one, NEVER OPEN/RESPOND TO THESE EMAILS.



in my class in college she was applying for student finance but when she got an email. it was from the bank it said some professional words on it. but she knew that she has halifax and not hsbc bank. usually they would scam you and say that we need to confirm on sort cord blah blah.



so never open it just delete it. simples

Answer 3

The full name3 and first registration to Yahoo

Answer 4

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Answer 5

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Best Regards