Comments on: Beware the “First Name” Domain Name Buyer

By: Sharelle

Sharelle — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:13:55 +0000

Well isn’t it nice to know that there are enough intelligent AND nice people left in the world that make it easier for those of us just getting the spam/scam emails from the ignorant and greedy to do a quick search and find this page thereby halting my need to even respond.

While I can appreciate the initial thought and point of view presented by hennie (and I would love to meet LLL from that sleepy little town), the fact that more than one comes from one posing as *Someone* Beneters (in my case Sharelle Beneters), I would highly doubt that there is a large family of Beneters that are interested in finding out the worth of their domain name. Something is only worth what someone is willing to pay.

My email of interest came through my registrar since I register most of mine by proxy. It was identical to the posted email content from “bob” (except for the obvious first name)

At first, I thought perhaps I was contacted by another Sharelle interested in purchasing my domain since there is another performer in CA with the name Sharelle and she owns sharelle.net even though I know that other Sharelle’s last name is not Beneters. But with that thought, I did an anywho.com search first for any last name “Beneters” in CA…interestingly enough, not one single Beneters in CA…or AK, AL, and on down through a few more states. Seems that the Beneters are quite an evasive clan – perhaps even not on our particular sphere of residence.

Waffled – HILARIOUS!
Dave – I wish to purchase your last name only!! Now that would be buying a bunch of Crap!

Thanks for all that have take their time previously to post here. It has been quite helpful.

By: hennie meijer

hennie meijer — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:06:56 +0000

Looking at the quality of the first names presented here, it might just be that this person is trying to find out what his/her mediocre/weak first name domain is worth.

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:47:06 +0000

I Just received the foloowing email:

From: beneters@gmail.com

Subject: Im interested in buying your domain othella.com

Hello,

My name is Othella Beneters and Im interested in buying your domain http://www.othella.com Are you are interested in selling it? If you are, do you have any idea how much you want for it? If you don’t, let me know and I will make you an offer instead and we can take it from there.

Many thanks for your time,

Othella Beneters

By: Daniel Sanchez

Daniel Sanchez — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:41:05 +0000

They are actually attempts to pish out your email address. Look out for spoof emails from your registrars and hosting companies. I have seen a couple of them come thru.

By: NameDrive Blog » Blog Archive » ND Weekly

NameDrive Blog » Blog Archive » ND Weekly — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:04:48 +0000

[...] Lest you think this may actually be a legitimate offer from a person named Latroy, Michael has received several similar e-mails. They all follow the same pattern, simply substituting a different name like this (my example; not one of Michael’s names)… More… [...]

By: another scam

another scam — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:42:31 +0000

The other scam that I’m getting often are from organizations that want me to donate a 3 letter domain to them.

They will say, we run a non-profit organization called “Don’t Know What”. We help the poor seniors in our area. We wish for you to donate your domain DNW.com .

I’m positive if someone donated a domain that domain would be sold immediately to someone else.

By: Jan Huts

Jan Huts — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:05:23 +0000

I am already waiting a long time for Clariz
Golddigger contacting me to make an offer
for my domain name Clariz.com
Clariz, where are you ?

Thanks.
Jan Huts