This has got to be my strangest domain sale.
Wednesday night I recieved an email from someone interested in one of my domains. I responded and he responded back right away so I knew he was online. He liked the domain and we emailed back and forth for awhile and I could see that he had a similar business model for it I had and so we agreed on $1150 transferred from GD to NS.
Here is where it gets weird, when I googled and people searched his name and email I could find nothing, he told me that he was out of the country in Asia but had an american type name and he said he had problems with pay pal and could mail me a check or money order and when I cashed it and it clears I could transfer the name. I told him I am not too keen on checks but I could send a pay pal invoice and he could use a credit or debit but I would hold it for 30 days before I transferred the name because of my skepticism or he can initiate an escrow transfer. I sent an invoice but because the email he gave me was linked to a pay pal account the invoice could not be paid unless he logged in. So I sent invoice to another email and he still could not use his credit or debit.
He again asked if he could send a check or money order and again I said I dont like checks and kinda joking I said I do accept Western Union or Money Gram which I have accepted before as payment. He asked my name and where to send it and that was the last response from him. It was late and I went to bed thinking it was all a scam and what a waste of my time and I need to watch myself.
In the morning I checked my inbox and there where a couple emails from him like he was continuing on with the conversation and wondered why I logged off. He gave me two master control numbers for Western Union, one for $650 and one for $500. I could not believe what I was seeing so I called Western union and they confirmed so I went down to the nearest outlet and cashed in.
He is where it gets weird again, that was thursday morning it is now Saturday morning. I wrote him back to tell him I recieved the funds and how would he like to pick up his domain. and he has not responded back yet, more than likely he will respond and will repost when he does but I cant help but feel I just got scammed.
Wednesday night I recieved an email from someone interested in one of my domains. I responded and he responded back right away so I knew he was online. He liked the domain and we emailed back and forth for awhile and I could see that he had a similar business model for it I had and so we agreed on $1150 transferred from GD to NS.
Here is where it gets weird, when I googled and people searched his name and email I could find nothing, he told me that he was out of the country in Asia but had an american type name and he said he had problems with pay pal and could mail me a check or money order and when I cashed it and it clears I could transfer the name. I told him I am not too keen on checks but I could send a pay pal invoice and he could use a credit or debit but I would hold it for 30 days before I transferred the name because of my skepticism or he can initiate an escrow transfer. I sent an invoice but because the email he gave me was linked to a pay pal account the invoice could not be paid unless he logged in. So I sent invoice to another email and he still could not use his credit or debit.
He again asked if he could send a check or money order and again I said I dont like checks and kinda joking I said I do accept Western Union or Money Gram which I have accepted before as payment. He asked my name and where to send it and that was the last response from him. It was late and I went to bed thinking it was all a scam and what a waste of my time and I need to watch myself.
In the morning I checked my inbox and there where a couple emails from him like he was continuing on with the conversation and wondered why I logged off. He gave me two master control numbers for Western Union, one for $650 and one for $500. I could not believe what I was seeing so I called Western union and they confirmed so I went down to the nearest outlet and cashed in.
He is where it gets weird again, that was thursday morning it is now Saturday morning. I wrote him back to tell him I recieved the funds and how would he like to pick up his domain. and he has not responded back yet, more than likely he will respond and will repost when he does but I cant help but feel I just got scammed.
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