After all these years, it’s still going strong.
It’s one of the oldest scams in the books, and apparently it’s still working.
The domain appraisal scam goes like this: someone says they’re interested in buying your domain name, and they think it’s worth a lot of money. But before they can go through with the purchase, you need you to get an appraisal from a specific service. Once they get a validation of the value, they promise to buy the domain name.
Once you pay for the appraisal, however, the buyer disappears. The scam was to get you to pay for the appraisal service they run.
The email sent today still tries to spoof UK registrar 123-Reg, using the email address [email protected]. 123-reg-support.info forwards to 123-reg.co.uk, a legitimate registrar. But the domain name isn’t owned by the registrar.
Here’s a copy of the email:
Hello!
Our client is interested in purchasing [redacted].com.
The buyer is an investor from Qatar with a solid budget for different online projects.
He is a professional investor with 17 years of experience.
I located your contact information in a domain name whois lookup and understand that you own the domain name.
Are you still interested in selling?
I work for a hosting company based in UK.
I help our clients to buy and sell intellectual properties.
Do you have more names? Can you send a list?
Are you an experienced seller?
Best Regards,
Edward Green
Vice President
123 REG UK
and here is the follow up email, trying to get you to buy an appraisal from SmartDomainSales.net.
The buyer will pay you the appraised value. I think it will be fair and secure for both parties.
Based on my experience, I think your name is in $15,000 – $20,000 range and my client has enough funds to pay you this sum.
Do you have a certificate of the appraised value?
If you don’t have it’s not a problem. You can order it online.
He needs it from a source he knows and trusts.
I’m also interested in a good estimate of the market price because he pays me % on each sale.
The process is very easy:
1. Go to the certificate agency site (see instructions below) and submit your domain for the certification. Please let them know you have a buyer with $XX,XXX offer. It will help you to get a better valuation. In the comment field please ask them to guarantee that the appraised value will be higher than the appraisal service fee. In this case you will not risk to pay and get a low appraisal. I suggest you this company because they protect you as the seller from getting a low appraised value. They will send you the payment instruction only if your domain is worth $1000 or higher. Otherwise your request will be declined and you will not pay hem anything. Other companies does not offer this option.
2. If your request will be approved, please pay them the fee and wait for 24 hours. Then send me the results via email and we will start the sale process. As soon as he receives your certificate, he will buy your domain via an escrow service. Any escrow service will be able to pay you via Paypal, Wire, Western Union or any other method you prefer.
He wants to ensure the safe delivery of the funds to you. Furthermore, since this is our first time conducting any business, I believe that using a third-party escrow service can provide a safe, well defined sale process.
The certificate must include only 2 things to be accepted by my buyer:
1. Independent valuation of the market price. Only manual valuation is accepted. No valuations generated by scripts.
2. Trademark infringement verification. It proves your domain has no trademark problems. He would like this verification to be included in the appraisal report. It’s not a problem because some companies include the TM verification for free.
You can read about the recommended certification agency at Google Answers: http://archive.answers-google.org/answers/threadview/id/9618035.html (“Domain Broker” is my nickname there).
If you are new to certifications, I can send you step by step instructions.
I’d be delighted to review this appraisal service, but I’ll need a $100 negotiation fee first…
Domain Broker <[email protected] sent me this…
The buyer is going to pay you $15,000 – $16,000.
My investor is using borrowed money from banks to invests in online projects and domains. His projects generate a good profit but banks cannot lend money for purchasing a domain without a professional appraisal certificate. They need it for accounting and tax purposes.
Do you have a certificate of the appraised value? If you don't have it – it's not a problem. You can order it online.
He needs it from a source his bank knows and trusts.
I’m also interested in a good estimate of the market price because he pays me % on each sale.
The process is very easy:
1. Go to the certificate agency site (see instructions below) and submit your domain for the certification. Please let them know you have a buyer with $XX,XXX offer. It will help you to get a better valuation. In the comment field please ask them to guarantee that the appraised value will be higher than the appraisal service fee. In this case you will not risk to pay and get a low appraisal. I suggest you this company because they protect you as the seller from getting a low appraised value. They will send you the payment instruction only if your domain is worth $1000 or higher. Otherwise your request will be declined and you will not pay hem anything. Other companies does not offer this option.
2. If your request will be approved, please pay them the fee and wait for 24 hours. Then send me the results via email and we will start the sale process. As soon as he receives your certificate, he will buy your domain via an escrow service. Any escrow service will be able to pay you via Paypal, Wire, Western Union or any other method you prefer.
He wants to ensure the safe delivery of the funds to you. Furthermore, since this is our first time conducting any business, I believe that using a third-party escrow service can provide a safe, well defined sale process.
The certificate must include only 2 things to be accepted by my buyer:
1. Independent valuation of the market price. Only manual valuation is accepted. No valuations generated by scripts.
2. Trademark infringement verification. It proves your domain has no trademark problems. He would like this verification to be included in the appraisal report. It's not a problem because some companies include the TM verification for free.
You can read about the recommended certification agency at Google Answers: http://archive.answers-google.org/answers/threadview/id/7018325.html (“Domain Broker” is my nickname there).
If you are new to certifications, I can send you step by step instructions.
The scammers trying to pretend as they belong to uk registry 123-reg.co.uk. But it is not true. But the 123-reg-uk.co is scammer. Better we mark them as spam in our mail server and i think with in a week their mails will be automatically filtered by most mail providers as spam also.
I am really grateful for the information. However, it’s my negligence I never checked before falling into this Scarm in 2016. I have my domain listed in Flippa, just few days, I got the same email that has been going round. The whole conversation email is exactly the same. Initially, it sounded too good to be true, valuing my domain at $15,000 -$20,000. Still I went and gave it a go. I paid for the Certification $179 to 2000charge.
Then I asked him to place Bid in Flippa, next his client will only deal with Domain Services, and asked me to register my Domain paying premium $199, to take advantage of Escrow service which his client prefers for 100%delivery.
To cut this short, this is very annoying. I have got the Certificate. that even valued my Domain at $24,500. Now he is asking me to send the Certificate to him, and I must register it with Domain services for his client to still be interested. That’s when it dawned on me to search for this guy, and led to me confirming this scam.
My concern is, I cannot recover my money because they have given me Certificate, as I am not sending the certificate, can they do anything to my domain without the certificate, because I believe both this 123Reg guy, and Domain services are into same business.
I received the email also
The following picture regarding this email: http://s23.postimg.org/7edeyi5hn/domain.png
I was a victim for their scam in 2000. But shocking to still this continues. Every month I get atleast 2 mails of such scam.
That they keep doing it shows that it works
It’s always disappointing to see scam spam like this being issued. We have asked GoDaddy to remove the domain names mentioned above and we would urge our customers to stay vigilant around unusual emails regarding their domains. Please do not hesitate to give us a call if you’re unsure about any unsolicited contact you’ve received.
Got the email today as well.
Heh, almost went through with it. Thank you google!
Here is the screenshot -> http://note.io/1P7zXSd
This is the thread they pointed me to to find the website they’re advertising. -> http://archive.answers-google.org/answers/threadview/id/7518604.html
The scammers trying to pretend as they belong to uk registry 123-reg.co.uk. But it is not true. But the 123-reg-uk.co is scammer. Better we mark them as spam in our mail server and i think with in a week their mails will be automatically filtered by most mail providers as spam also.
On Wednesday, February 3, 2016 5:39 AM, “[email protected]” wrote:
Hello!
I represent a professional investor from Scotland who wants to buy “xxxxxxx” for a new project.
I located your contact information in a domain name whois lookup and understand that you own the domain name.
Are you still interested in selling?
If you have more names I can help you to sell them.
Best Regards,
Walter Dawson
Customer Support
Domain Names Department
1and1 UK
Then the Pfisher replied with :
On Wednesday, February 3, 2016 12:19 PM, Domain Broker wrote:
My buyer invests money in web projects. He buys 30-40 domains for each project to get the maximum traffic possible. After that he sells developed web sites and make a good profit.
The buyer will pay you the appraised value. It will be fair since he does not want to pay something over the real market value.
Based on my experience, I think your name is in $15,000 – $20,000 range.
Do you have a certificate of the appraised value?
If you don’t have it’s not a problem. You can order it online.
He needs it from a source he knows and trusts.
I’m also interested in a good estimate of the market price because he pays me % on each sale.
The process is very easy:
1. Go to the certificate agency site (see instructions below) and submit your domain for the certification. Please let them know you have a buyer with $XX,XXX offer. It will help you to get a better valuation. In the comment field please ask them to guarantee that the appraised value will be higher than the appraisal service fee. In this case you will not risk to pay and get a low appraisal. I suggest you this company because they protect you as the seller from getting a low appraised value. They will send you the payment instruction only if your domain is worth $1000 or higher. Otherwise your request will be declined and you will not pay hem anything. Other companies does not offer this option.
2. If your request will be approved, please pay them the fee and wait for 24 hours. Then send me the results via email and we will start the sale process. As soon as he receives your certificate, he will buy your domain via an escrow service. Any escrow service will be able to pay you via Paypal, Wire, Western Union or any other method you prefer.
He wants to ensure the safe delivery of the funds to you. Furthermore, since this is our first time conducting any business, I believe that using a third-party escrow service can provide a safe, well defined sale process.
The certificate must include only 2 things to be accepted by my buyer:
1. Independent valuation of the market price. Only manual valuation is accepted. No valuations generated by scripts.
2. Trademark infringement verification. It proves your domain has no trademark problems. He would like this verification to be included in the appraisal report. It’s not a problem because some companies include the TM verification for free.
You can read about the recommended certification agency at Google Answers: http://archive.answers-google.org/answers/threadview/id/50479382.html (“Domain Broker” is my nickname there).
If you are new to certifications, I can send you step by step instructions.
we just answer them sending them this link 😉
Hello!
I represent an investor from Wales who wants to buy open water friday com for a new project.
I located your contact information in a domain name whois lookup and understand that you own the domain name.
Are you still interested in selling?
If you have more names I can help you to sell them.
Best Regards,
Greg Neumann
Vice President
HostGator UK Hosting
hostgator co uk
I received an email yesterday from “Greg Moore”, Vice President of Intellectual Property at Hostgator and I nearly fell for it, luckily I did some background research.
He appears to own some Hostgator and 123-Reg domains, I am reporting him and those domains to both companies and I hope my actions will at least temporarily put a stop to his scamming. So far, I do know 123 Reg are aware of him and are investigating.
same here! currently trolling then… taking them on a long ride full of hope and frustration 😉
I became a victim of same fraud.
Is there any way to track this?
I received this yesterday, and nearly fell for this. Please keep this in mind true buyers never deal with appraisals. I was once told something is only of value if someone wants it and is willing to pay for it. And I have dealt with top buyers on Domain Sherpa and appraisals are useless. Beside if someone wants to purchase your property it is up to them to incur the expense of an apprasial.
I hope with an IP Address they can track this loser.
All the best
Same here in May 2017:
Alleged name/address of the “broker”:
Yoshihiko Kawanaka
Personal Broker
Heteml.jp
Hosting Company
Tokyo, Japan
Mail: [email protected]
Do you own “.net” extension? If it’s yours he would be interested in purchasing it too.
Commission of our company is only 5%. It’s paid by the buyer.
He will pay you via the Authorize Merchant Escrow service. They accept payment from his country and can pay you via wire, Paypal, check or any other method you prefer.
The buyer offers a price in $15,000 – $20,000 range.
Do you have a certificate? It’s required by his bank.
The final sale price will depend on the certificate.
If you don’t have the certificate it’s not a problem. You can order it online.
Please note he cannot accept it from any agency. He needs a manual service. It also must be a third party independent agency (not your broker our auction site) and must be accepted by his bank.
The certification includes the following:
1. Independent valuation of the market price. It will show your domain name is not overpriced. On the other hand if the valuation comes higher, he will increase the price accordingly. In the domain name industry, there are many appraisal tools that people use to estimate the value of a domain name. My client does not want to risk and doesn’t accept services that use scripts. If you are unsure about some service feel free to ask me.
2. TM verification. It proves your domain has no trademark problems. He would like this verification to be included in the appraisal report. It’s not a problem because some companies include the TM verification for free.
You can read about certification agencies at http://answersgoogle.org/answers/threadview/id/40351682.htm (“Domain Broker” is my nickname).
The process is very easy:
1. Go to the certificate agency site and order a certificate. Just submit your domains and let them know you have a buyer with $XX,XXX offer. It will help you to get a better valuation.
If your domain is worth at least $1000, they will send you the payment instructions. If it’s not possible, they won’t send you the instructions. This way you will not lose anything. It’s very convenient and gives you the full protection. Other services charge you upfront even if your domain is not worth spending the appraisal fee, so I don’t recommend them.
2. Send the certificate to me and we will start the sale process. As soon as he receives your certificate he will buy your domain.
If you are new to the certification process, I can help you with the step by step instructions.
Just received the email from a Broker in South Korea. How exciting! THIS time I’m sure it’s a real offer.
Yes i Just recived mail from Korea too.
It is said “you must be sure you will sell it for at least $15,000. To avoid any risks just contact the certification agency ” ” a*u*t h o r iz**e – n a m e . n*e*t
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2u47pl1&s=9
OMG I HAVE FALLEN VICTIM TO THIS AND HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR ALMOST 2 MONTHS FOR THE SO-CALLED BROKER TO RECEIVE THE CHECK!
This exact address is who’s been communicating with me [email protected]
and the site they directed me to for the escrow and appraisal company is http://names.authorize-merchant.net/
I paid over 1000$ to them for appraisals and listings so far.. Anyone have any help that I could leverage into scaring them into giving my money back?
I also fell for this scam! i am now nearly £3000 out of pocket. The ‘agency’ received the cheque the other day, I am ‘waiting’ for them to clear it and then transfer me the funds. Can’t believe I fell for it. If you do come up with a way of getting any of the money back please do let me know
Hi,
Today I received one email for purchase domain names. In my case the scammer comes from Japan 🙂 from the same authorize-merchant.net!!!!!
Please check these screenshots of our e-mails.
http://prntscr.com/g852du
http://prntscr.com/g852n6
http://prntscr.com/g852uo
Thanks,
Vanitha
They are pretending to be GMO, a major internet company and domain registrar in Japan.
I received an email from email address “dns@sakura-ne-jp[dot]info”
Email sender is pretending as representative of a buyer from Kyoto (Japan) who wants to buy MYDOMAIN for a new web project.
When i replied as YES, they sent me another email. Second email was to convince me to get a appraisal service.
OMG, they are offering 15000-30000 USD for a domain which has 1000$ “buy now” price on flippa[dot]com.
I had provided flippa’s sale page link in my first reply.
So i am 100% sure about the scam.
I just got one from Korea
[email protected]
Nov 7 (2 days ago)
to me
Hello!
I represent a buyer from Seoul who wants to buy radioafrikaans.com for a new project.
We have found your email via WHO IS.
Is your domain still available for acquisition?
If you have more names please email me the list. I may help you to find investors for them.
Best regards,
Jin Kyong Jung
Vice President
PHPS Korea Hosting
Seoul
Korea
Phone: +82 2-3782-4512
Is this a scam???
The scammer can be traced back from the payment gateway he used. If many raise issues to them, they might help.
I got a similar mail on day before yesterday. Here is the screenshot:
http://prntscr.com/i66g82
Now the bizarre story goes like this. This domain in which the so called broker had shown interest and had offered me huge price was sold by me to another buyer at flippa couple of months ago. So I contacted him and asked to sell me the domain back. He replied that he has already sold it to another buyer. Eventually I contacted the new buyer and bought the domain. Meanwhile I replied to the so called “Domain Broker” that I am interested in selling the domain for the offered price (who wouldn’t be?). Then after few hours I received another mail from the broker. Here is the screenshot: http://prntscr.com/i66izt
In this mail broker asked me to get certificate from authorize-online.net because buyer will be accepting certificate from here only and it is mandatory to get certificate for domain and buyer won’t buy it unless I get certificate. When I went to authorize-online.net, I felt something fishy and checked it’s trust rank from various tools and found that this site has alarmingly low trust value and site age itself is just 110 days. Then I further did online research and landed here. I made a loss of $100 (extra price which I paid to the second buyer of my domain) in buying the domain back, Still I am happy as I didn’t proceed for certificate which would have costed me $259. At least I have my domain with me and I can get it sold for some price. If I prove to be lucky I am get my $100 back.
Funny thing is I am still amidst the negotiation with that son of a b***h broker and I am gonna ask him to come to Flippa for getting my domain (I am sure he won’t). After that I shall stop responding him and will mark his mail a spam. But big question is who is the watchdog for these fraud agencies and sick and greedy b*****ds who are looting the hard earned money of the domain owners? I request everyone who has been cheated or have received such cheating mails to unite and teach these scumbags a hard lesson.
PS: In my case the broker claimed to be a senior domain broker from ivyro Hosting Solutions Inc. Korea. Interestingly when I opened the extension part of his email it redirected me to ivyro.net, a reputed hosting company of seoul, South Korea.
I fell into the similar scam with a big lost. Hope this bunch of low life scammer will get caught with the technology.
Forget to attach their fake authorize appraiser site http://authorize-inc.net/
It is still active but a fake scammer site.
I just don’t know how to report them. All the email and communcation are all similar to the one mention in this forum.
This site has taken abount $400 from me for certificates – http://domain-trademarks.com/netapi.html
I knew they’re scamming with me but i given it a try, when they asked me to list the domain at their non-trusted site, i scorched them with all the bad words i had in my stock
In fact the first email made me think it is unprofessional by checking the subject line and some copy / paste words,
Losing a few money is nothing to, as i am an entrepreneur,
But many internet newbies are the future victims of this fucking business schemes operated by poorest scammers.
Best alert friends
My scammer– See the email below
My name is Abd Al Jabbar Abdullah . I work for TopLine – one of the leading hosting providers in Saudi Arabia.
I act on the behalf of our VIP client (domain investor) and will help you to sell your domain. The buyer purchases several domains to generate traffic to his new web project.If you need faster response please contact me in Telegram. My user name in Telegram: DNBroker (@DNBroker). Our commission is only 6 %. The commission is divided between you (3%) and the buyer (3%) and paid after you get the money.
The buyer offers $45000 USD in Litecoins or $44000 USD via International wire transfer/Western Union.
The payment to you will be made via escrow service to protect both parties during the transaction. You will get 50% before the domain transfer and 50% after.
To proceed with the sale, the bank of the buyer requires a verification of compliance with Saudi Arabia law and trademarks because he will run his startup in Saudi Arabia. Please don’t worry. If you don’t have it you can order it online. I will help you with instructions and will not leave you along with this.
According to his country law the domain holder may lose domain if it has trademark conflicts or other legal restrictions. He is a professional investor and cannot afford to lose the money and domain and will send you the funds only after you send him a verification from an independent agency that make legal verification in Saudi Arabia. I hope you understand it.
The verification must include the following:
– The certification agency must be certified to verify domains in Saudi Arabia.
– Verification of compliance with Saudi Arabia law and trademarks.
– The certificate must be up to date (issued during last 30 days).
– Official copy of the verification in English and Arabic.
– The certification agency must be authorized by the buyer and his bank.
We asked him if GoDaddy or Sedo appraisal certificates will work as a verification for him. I’m not sure they have a license to verify domains in Saudi Arabia. Now we are awaiting for his answer.
I talked to the buyer. GoDaddy and Sedo certificates don’t meet the requirements (no copy in Arabic and no Saudi Arabia law compliance verification). His bank accepts certificates from DigiRock Inc. (part of GMO Cloud): http://www.DigiRock.net They do the law compliance certificates and support English/Arabic copies in PDF format. Go to this site and click Certification. Then submit your domain and wait for payment instructions.
If they approve your request they will send payment instructions via email. The certificates will be sent to your email in PDF. Send them to me as attachments and we will proceed with the sale.
Will you forward the email to me? Some interesting twists in that one
Speaking of domain name appraisals, Estibot is still making the rounds too.
https://imgur.com/gallery/4INYuNF
My scammer uses Woobi Hosting
It asks you certify the domain using http://whois-korea.org Services. This will redirect you to http://digirock-incorporated.net/home.html
The email content is:
My name is Eun Jung Sun. I work for Woobi Inc. (hosting provider from Korea).
I act on the behalf of our VIP client (domain investor) and will help you to sell your domain. The buyer purchases several domains to generate traffic to his new web project.If you need faster response please contact me in Telegram messenger.
Please send me your Telegram messenger user name. My user name in Telegram: Sun_Support (@Sun_Support). Our commission is only 6 %. The commission is divided between you (3%) and the buyer (3%) and paid after you get the money.
The buyer offers $45000 USD in Litecoins or $44000 via International wire transfer/Western Union.
The payment to you will be made via escrow service to protect both parties during the transaction. You will get 50% before the domain transfer and 50% after.
To proceed with the sale, the buyer requires a verification of compliance with Korean law and trademarks because he will run his startup in South Korea. Please don’t worry. If you don’t have it you can order it online. I will help you with instructions and will not leave you along with this.
According to his country law the domain holder may lose domain if it has trademark conflicts or other legal restrictions. He is a professional investor and cannot afford to lose the money and domain and will send you the funds only after you send him a verification from an independent agency that make legal verification in Korea. I hope you understand it.
The verification must include the following:
– The certification agency must be certified to verify domains in South Korea.
– Verification of compliance with Korean law and trademarks.
– The certificate must be up to date (issued during last 30 days).
– Official copy of the verification in English and Korean.
We asked him if GoDaddy or Sedo appraisal certificates will work as a verification for him. I’m not sure they have a license to verify domains in Korea. Now we are awaiting for his answer.
If you are ready to to sell to my client please let me know.
Got a similar one. http://whois-korea.org was just registered in Seoul on May 2. they pretend having sold domains for over 2 billon USD just in the month of April… haha Well they got me to pay for certification and listing. The domains were never listed but I got the bid. Now they ask me to place a refundable deposit of 0.5 BTC for escrow service. They pretend using Swiss Escrow but don’t provide any evidence. Doing research as the website is legally incomplete and badly done I got here.
The Mail came from Woobi Hosting and the domain is redirected to the Korean hosting company woobi.co.kr so it looks quite real. woobi-co-kr.info actually is Swiss based
Now they threaten me that I will have to pay a penalty of 0.2 BNC if I cancel the deal:
“We provide refund when you sell through our service and your domain is not sold.
Full money back guarantee. If none of your domains receives a bid within 15 days or the bid is lower than your asking price we will give you full refund.
Sorry, you have received the bid and you are not eligible for refund at this moment.
You already accepted the bid. If you wish to cancel you will have to pay 0.2 BTC penalty fee for the cancelled transaction.
This rule is written on our web site http://whois-korea.org/escrow.htm:
“If Buyer or Seller cancels the transaction in the middle this party must pay a cancellation penalty: 0.2 BTC.”
If you are going to proceed please make the refundable deposit.”
Haha!
Glad I checked. Exactly as described above with the whois-korea.org and Telegram communication. When it seems too good to be true… you know what happens. When I saw $289 for this certificate crap, my first thought was ‘why not do this for as many people as possible who have their domain listed for sale and be on the receiving end of the $289 with every transaction’…?! There’s where the real money is.
That’s the same one I received.
My name is Lee Sang Su. I work for Dothome Korea Ltd. (hosting & domain services).
I act on the behalf of our VIP client (domain investor) and will help you to sell your domain. The buyer purchases several domains to generate traffic to his new web project.If you need faster response please contact me in Telegram messenger.
Please send me your Telegram messenger user name. My user name in Telegram: Hyuk_Legal (@Hyuk_Legal ). Our commission is only 6 %. The commission is divided between you (3%) and the buyer (3%) and paid after you get the money.
The buyer offers $43000 USD. How do you prefer to get paid: bank transfer/Paypal/paper check or crypto currency (Bitcoin/Ethereum)?
The payment to you will be made via escrow service to protect both parties during the transaction. You will get 50% before the domain transfer and 50% after.
To proceed with the sale, the buyer requires a verification of compliance with Korean law and trademarks because he will run his startup in South Korea.
The buyer pays good money but he must be sure he will not be sued for using it in his country. He needs an independent certification of compliance with Korean law that proves it can be used in South Korea.
Please don’t worry. If you don’t have it you can order it online. I will help you with instructions and will not leave you along with this.
Please note this is not a SSL certificate. I hope you understand it.
The certification must include the following:
– The certification agency must be certified to verify domains in South Korea.
– Verification of compliance with Korean law and trademarks.
– Legal restrictions for his counrty
– Independent valuation by market exerts
– The certificate must be up to date (issued during last 30 days).
– Official copy of the verification in English and Korean.
If the appraisal comes higher the buyer will increase the offer accordingly. If it comes lower please don’t worry. The price for your domain will be the same.
We asked him if GoDaddy or Sedo appraisal certificates will work as a verification for him. I’m not sure they have a license to verify domains in Korea. Now we are awaiting for his answer.
Hello
I got one as well from “[email protected]”
First email:
“Hello!
Our client from South Korea wants to buy xxx.com. You received this because your email has been found via online WHO IS service as the legal domain owner email.
Please confirm you are the legal owner so I can send you the details.
E. Hyuk.
Domain Broker
Gabia Hosting”
Second email:
“My name is Elizabeth Hyuk. I work for Gabia Korea Ltd. (hosting & domain services).
I act on the behalf of our VIP client (domain investor) and will help you to sell your domain. The buyer purchases several domains to generate traffic to his new web project.If you need faster response please contact me in Telegram messenger.
Please send me your Telegram messenger user name. My user name in Telegram: Hyuk_Legal (@Hyuk_Legal ). Our commission is only 6 %. The commission is divided between you (3%) and the buyer (3%) and paid after you get the money.
The buyer offers $45000 USD. How do you prefer to get paid: bank transfer/Paypal/paper check or crypto currency (Bitcoin/Ethereum)?
The payment to you will be made via escrow service to protect both parties during the transaction. You will get 50% before the domain transfer and 50% after.
To proceed with the sale, the buyer requires a verification of compliance with Korean law and trademarks because he will run his startup in South Korea.
The buyer pays good money but he must be sure he will not be sued for using it in his country. He needs an independent certification of compliance with Korean law that proves it can be used in South Korea.
Please don’t worry. If you don’t have it you can order it online. I will help you with instructions and will not leave you along with this.
Please note this is not a SSL certificate. I hope you understand it.
The certification must include the following:
– The certification agency must be certified to verify domains in South Korea.
– Verification of compliance with Korean law and trademarks.
– Legal restrictions for his country
– Independent valuation by market exerts
– The certificate must be up to date (issued during last 30 days).
– Official copy of the verification in English and Korean.
If the appraisal comes higher the buyer will increase the offer accordingly. If it comes lower please don’t worry. The price for your domain will be the same.
We asked him if GoDaddy or Sedo appraisal certificates will work as a verification for him. I’m not sure they have a license to verify domains in Korea. Now we are awaiting for his answer.”
I am glad I googled this issue before making any payment!
And it continues! Just received:
My name is Elizabeth Jeong. I work as an intellectual property lawyer for TopLine – one of the leading hosting providers in Saudi Arabia.
I act on the behalf of our VIP client (domain investor) and will help you to sell your domain. The buyer purchases several domains to generate traffic to his new web project. If you need faster response please contact me in Telegram messenger.
Please send me your Telegram messenger user name. My user name in Telegram: DomainBrokerJeong (@DomainBrokerJeong).
The buyer offers $42000 USD. How do you prefer to get paid: bank transfer/Paypal/paper check or crypto currency (Bitcoin/Ethereum)?
The payment to you will be made via escrow service to protect both parties during the transaction. You will get 50% before the domain transfer and 50% after.
To proceed with the sale, the buyer requires a verification of compliance with Saudi Arabia law and trademarks because he will run his startup in Saudi Arabia. Please don’t worry. If you don’t have it you can order it online. I will help you with instructions and will not leave you along with this.
According to his country law the domain holder may lose domain if it has trademark conflicts or other legal restrictions. He is a professional investor and cannot afford to lose the money and domain and will send you the funds only after you send him a verification from an independent agency that make legal verification in Saudi Arabia. I hope you understand it.
The verification must include the following:
– The certification agency must be certified to verify domains in Saudi Arabia.
– Verification of compliance with Saudi Arabia law and trademarks.
– The certificate must be up to date (issued during last 30 days).
– Official copy of the verification in English and Arabic.
We asked him if GoDaddy or Sedo appraisal certificates will work as a verification for him. I’m not sure they have a license to verify domains in Saudi Arabia. Now we are awaiting for his answer.
If you are ready to to sell to my client please let me know.
I just got contacted by the same scammer. Same exact narrative
Thanks for all the info here. I recently had an email from an Elizabeth Lee of Woobi Inc of S. Korea operating from Switzerland. Wanting to buy one of my domains. Same process with payment for certification to be made via Simplex. I almost fell for it!
Dangggg just received the same.
My name is Liza Takigawa. I work for a hosting provider from Japan.
I act on the behalf of our client. I will be your broker in this deal. He will use your domain to generate traffic to his new web project.
My commission is 6 %. It is divided between you and the buyer (50%/50%).
Please join my Domain Sales Group in Telegram: https://t.me/DomainSaleChat Join this group in Telegram messenger and send me a private message (@Eizabeth1978 is my nick name). You may also talk to other domain sellers in this group who used my services in the past. You will see it’s a real offer and I have many happy customers.
If you don’t have Telegram please download it on your Smartphone from Google Play or AppStore. Then make search for DomainSaleChat and join my group.
I work with many domain investors from Japan, Korea, Singapore etc. If you have other domains I may help you to sell them to my investors.
The buyer owns a big sum in crypto currency who wants to invest in web projects. The buyer offers $8000 USD in Litecoin/Bitcoin or via International wire transfer/Western Union. Do you also own .net and .org version? The buyer would like to buy them too to secure the brand. He is a professional investor and entrepreneur and will use domains to generate traffic to his new project.
The payment to you will be made via escrow service to protect both parties during the transaction. You will get 50% before the domain transfer and 50% after.
To proceed with the sale, the buyer requires certification of compliance with Japanese law and trademarks because he will run his startup in Japan.
The buyer pays good money but he must be sure he will not be sued for using it in his country. He needs an independent certification of compliance with Japanese law that proves it can be used in Japan.
Please don’t worry. If you don’t have it you can order it online. I will help you with instructions and will not leave you along with this.
Please note this is not a SSL certificate. I hope you understand it.
The certification must include the following:
– The certification agency must be certified to verify domains in Japan.
– Verification of compliance with Japanese law and trademarks.
– Legal restrictions for his country.
– Independent valuation by market experts.
– The certificate must be up to date (issued during last 30 days).
– Official copy of the verification in English and Japanese.
But the certification gives a big advantage to you. If the certification shows a higher value he will pay the higher price. If it comes lower he will pay you the sum I mentioned earlier.
We asked him if GoDaddy and Sedo certificates meet the requirements.
If you are ready to to sell to my client please let me know.
Best regards,
Elizabeth Takigawa
Senior Broker
XREA Inc.
Tokyo
Japan
Phone: 81671537140375
xrea.com
xrea-japan.info
Just got this same one, almost word-for-word. I was excited too because the domain I’m selling is related to Japanese goods, so it seemed logical that someone from Japan would reach out…
I have had the same,to be honest it looked real at first but after reading all the comments above I became curious
My name is Elisa Hayashida. I work as a broker of International clients in Japanese hosting company – Heteml Inc. (part of GMO Clod). I will help you to finish the sale.
I am reaching out to you on behalf of a buyer from Tokyo. Your buyer is a company from Japan. Your domain will be used to generate traffic to their new mutli-million dollar web project so they offer a good price. Commission of our company is 6%. It’s paid when you get the money.
They will pay you via the Escrow.com or Swiss Escrow service. You can be paid via wire, Paypal, check or any other method you prefer.
The buyer offers $60,000 usd.
Do you have a certificate? It’s required by their bank.
The final sale price will depend on the certificate ($60,000 minimum – if it comes higher they will pay more).
If you don’t have the certificate it’s not a problem. You can order it online.
Please note he cannot accept it from any agency. He needs a manual service. It also must be a third party independent agency (not your broker our auction site) and must be accepted by his bank.
The certification includes the following:
1. Independent valuation of the market price. It will show your domain name is not overpriced. On the other hand if the valuation comes higher, he will increase the price accordingly. In the domain name industry, there are many appraisal tools that people use to estimate the value of a domain name. My client does not want to risk and doesn’t accept services that use scripts. If you are unsure about some service feel free to ask me.
2. TM and law compliance verification. It proves your domain has no trademark problems. He would like this verification to be included in the appraisal report. It’s not a problem because some companies include the TM verification for free.
3. Copy in Japanese.
The process is very easy:
1. Go to the certificate agency site and order a certificate. Just submit your domains and let them know you have a buyer with $XX,XXX offer. It will help you to get a better valuation.
If your domain is worth at least $10000, they will send you the payment instructions. If it’s not possible, they won’t send you the instructions. This way you will not lose anything. It’s very convenient and gives you the full protection. Other services charge you upfront even if your domain is not worth spending the appraisal fee, so I don’t recommend them.
2. Send the certificate to me and we will start the sale process. As soon as the buyer receives your certificate they will buy your domain.
If you are new to the certification process, I can help you with the step by step instructions.
To communicate with me online please use Telegram messenger. Here is the invitation link to our Domain Sale Group: https://t.me/joinchat
Add me (@ElisaLawyer) to your contacts and we will be able to chat in Telegram. If you don’t have Telegram you may install it on your smartphone from Google Play or AppStore.
Please respond ASAP. We have another seller and he agrees to certify the domain. If you don’t respond we will buy his domain.
E Hayashida
Vice President
Investor Relations
Kagoya Inc.
26-2 Sakuragaokacho ·
Tokyo, Japan
Just got the same thing from Elisa in Japan— exact same email, except last name is different. I knew it to be a scam, so I have been trolling the criminal, making them keep answering my questions.
I just received this today and just came online to check it out. Sounded too good to be true so I suspected it was!
Letter below:
[email protected]
7:41 PM (42 minutes ago)
to me
Thank you for responding!
My name is Elisa Nakamura. I work foreign clients in a hosting company – Heteml Inc. (part of GMO Clod). I will help you to finish the sale.
I am reaching out to you on behalf of a buyer from Tokyo. Your buyer is a corporation from Japan. Your domain will be used to generate traffic to their new multi-million dollar web project so they offer a good price. Commission of our company is 6%. It’s paid when you get the money.
They will pay you via the Escrow.com or Swiss Escrow service. You can be paid via wire, Paypal, check or any other method you prefer.
The buyer offers $60,000 usd.
Do you have a certificate? It’s required by their bank.
The final sale price will depend on the certificate ($60,000 minimum – if it comes higher they will pay more).
If you don’t have the certificate it’s not a problem. You can order it online.
Please note he cannot accept it from any agency. He needs a manual service. It also must be a third party independent agency (not your broker our auction site) and must be accepted by his bank.
The certification includes the following:
1. Independent valuation of the market price. It will show your domain name is not overpriced. On the other hand if the valuation comes higher, he will increase the price accordingly. In the domain name industry, there are many appraisal tools that people use to estimate the value of a domain name. My client does not want to risk and doesn’t accept services that use scripts. If you are unsure about some service feel free to ask me.
2. TM and law compliance verification. It proves your domain has no trademark problems. He would like this verification to be included in the appraisal report. It’s not a problem because some companies include the TM verification for free.
3. Copy in Japanese.
The process is very easy:
1. Go to the certificate agency site and order a certificate. Just submit your domains and let them know you have a buyer with $XX,XXX offer. It will help you to get a better valuation.
If your domain is worth at least $10000, they will send you the payment instructions. If it’s not possible, they won’t send you the instructions. This way you will not lose anything. It’s very convenient and gives you the full protection. Other services charge you upfront even if your domain is not worth spending the appraisal fee, so I don’t recommend them.
2. Send the certificate to me and we will start the sale process. As soon as the buyer receives your certificate they will buy your domain.
If you are new to the certification process, I can help you with the step by step instructions.
You may check my recent domain sales in my private domain sale group in the Telegram messenger: https://t.me/joinchat/R6SOOVGtGy-sk18XyN63tA
Also add me (@ElisaLawyer) to your contacts and we will be able to chat in Telegram. If you don’t have Telegram you may install it on your smartphone from Google Play or AppStore.
Please respond ASAP. We have another seller and he agrees to certify the domain. If you don’t respond we will buy his domain.
E Nakamura
Vice President
Investor Relations
Heteml Inc.
26-2 Sakuragaokacho ·
Tokyo, Japan
Heteml . JP
Ugh. I just fell victim to this. I actually did buy the certificate for $349. Was about to get the additional version of the certificate in a different language for additional $$ (“Elisa” requested it) although she messed up because she originally asked for Norwegian and then came back and asked for Korean, so I was suspicious. She also told me the buyer was going to raise the price. Then, I logged into Telegram to discover a random DM from another user warning me that it’s a scam.
Although I had searched about the certification process prior to this, I got more specific with search terms this time and this page popped up – wish I’d seen it earlier 🙁 Anyways I got almost the same email as the one above with the name slightly tweaked. She said her name was Elisa but gave a different last name and a Norway address and pretended to be Norwegian. The certificate url she directed me to (over Telegram) is https//cert.authorize-incorporated.net, so yeah, stay away from that url. God, I really should have known better when I couldn’t find her in search.
After reading this I DM’ed her on Telegram confronting her and summarizing everything I’ve learned about this scam but didn’t hear back.
Email below:
“My name is Elisa. I’m a domain broker and lawyer from Oslo. I represent a buyer from Oslo, Norway. Your buyer is a corporation from Norway. Your domain will be used to generate traffic to their new multi-million dollar web project so they offer a good price. Commission of our company is 6%. It’s paid when you get the money.
They will pay you via the Escrow.com or Swiss Escrow service. You can be paid via wire, Paypal, check or any other method you prefer.
The buyer offers $50,000 usd.
Do you have a domain certificate for Norway? It’s required by their bank.
The final sale price will depend on the certificate ($50,000 minimum – if it comes higher they will pay more).
If you don’t have the certificate it’s not a problem. You can order it online.
Please note they cannot accept it from any agency. They need a manual service. It also must be a third party independent agency (not your broker our auction site) and must be accepted by their bank.
The domain certificate allows to use your domain for commercial purposes and includes the following:
1. Independent valuation of the market price. It will show your domain name is not overpriced. On the other hand if the valuation comes higher, they will increase the price accordingly. In the domain name industry, there are many appraisal tools that people use to estimate the value of a domain name. My client does not want to risk and doesn’t accept services that use scripts. If you are unsure about some service feel free to ask me.
2. TM and law compliance verification. It proves your domain has no trademark problems.
3. Copy in Norwegian.
The process is very easy:
1. Go to the certificate agency site and order the certificate. Just submit your domains and let them know you have a buyer with $XX,XXX offer. It will help you to get a better valuation.
If your domain is worth at least $10000, they will send you the payment instructions. If it’s not possible, they won’t send you the instructions. This way you will not lose anything. It’s very convenient and gives you the full protection. Other services charge you upfront even if your domain is not worth spending the appraisal fee, so I don’t recommend them.
2. Send the certificate to me and we will start the sale process. As soon as the buyer receives your certificate they will buy your domain.
If you are new to the certification process, I can help you with the step by step instructions.
You may check my recent domain sales in my private domain sale group in the Telegram messenger: https://t.me/joinchat/R6SOOVGtGy-sk18XyN63tA
Also add me (@ElisaLawyer) to your contacts and we will be able to chat in Telegram. If you don’t have Telegram you may install it on your smartphone from Google Play or AppStore.
Please respond ASAP. We have another seller and he agrees to certify the domain. If you don’t respond we will buy his domain.
Regards,
Elisa Larsen
Lawyer
Dronning Eufemias gate 16, 0191
Oslo
47 930 02 716″
There is one coming from Japan … see below.. they are now asking you to pay commission BEFORE release of the funds…this is what alerted me…I have almost 100 emails from the parties involved..they only deal in CRYPTO Currency…they mistakenly allowed me access to their “wallets” so I was able to take A LOT of pictures of the crypto going in and being sent to another wallet…Interested to know if someone can use this for prosecution purposes..
THIS IS THE INITIAL SCAM CONTACT:
E Yoshida
Vice President
Investor Relations
Heteml Inc.
26-2 Sakuragaokacho ·
Tokyo, Japan
Heteml . JP
Same scam……
Meg
I read all of them, so I was not a victim 🙂
1.Email:
My name is Elisa Tsoy. You received email from my colleague. I’m responsible for communications with English speaking clients in Cafe24 (hosting provider from Korea).
I represent your buyer. Commission of our company is 6%. It’s paid when you get the money.
The buyer offers $55,000. They will pay you via the Escrow.com or Swiss Escrow service. You can be paid via wire, Paypal, Ethereum or any other method you prefer.
The buyer is a crypto company. They launched ICO in 2018 and keep a big sum in Ethereum and Litecoin which they are going to invest in web projects and domains. But they must be sure your domain can be used for commercial purposes in their country.
If your domain has legal restrictions or trademark problems it cannot be used for commercial purposes and the buyer will loose big money and domain. Hope you understand it.
Do you have a law compliance business certificate for Korea? Not SSL but the law compliance document. The certification agency must be accredited for the buyer’s country. We asked him if Sedo or GoDaddy certificates are ok. Waiting for the buyer’s response.
The final sale price will depend on the certificate ($55,000 minimum – if it comes higher they will pay more).
If you don’t have it’s not a problem. You can order it online. Only domain owner can order because they will verify your Id (passport or driver’s license). To get it you need to have a valid ID. It must have a copy in English and the buyer’s native language because he doe snot speak English.
There is no risk for you. If your domain fails certification your application won’t be approved and you won’t pay for it. Some agencies also offer extended refund guarantees so the process will be very safe for you. The process is very easy:1. If you have the law compliance document please send it to me. If not you may order online. You need to send this document to me in PDF.
2. The buyer will pay you via escrow.com or Swiss escrow. It will be safe for both parties. You will be paid via Paypal, bank transfer or Bitcoin/Ethereum.
3. Even if something goes wrong you may order the extended refund guarantee to insure your deal and get your certification fee back. So even if the sale fails you won’t loose the money you spent on the certification.
The buyer has serious intentions so you can be sure you will be paid in full the same day you send us the certificate.
You may check my recent domain sales in my private domain sale group in the Telegram messenger: https://t.me/joinchat/R6SOOVGtGy-XGTsFJRq9PA
Add me to your contacts and we will be able to chat in Telegram. If you don’t have Telegram you may install it on your smartphone from Google Play or AppStore.
Best regards,
Elisa Tsoy
Vice President
Investor Relations
Cafe24 Hosting
Seoul
Korea
Phone: 82671537169376
cafe24.com
2.Email:
I don’t want you to force to pay for this document but there is no other exit. If you don’t want to pay – I understand. In this case we may cancel the five figure usd sale. But if you wish to proceed please follow my instructions:
I talked to the buyer. GoDaddy and Sedo certificates don’t meet the requirements of his security department (no copy in his native language and no trademark infringement verification).
But we have found the solution. His bank accepts the law compliance document from the accredited agency (owned by AuthorizeNet – Visa company)- Authorize International Domain Services https://authorize-incorporated.net They make the law compliance documents for Korea and support copies in Korean in PDF format.
Go to this site and click Certification. Specify in the comment field “I have a buyer from South Korea with $XX,XXX USD offer. I need legal verification for Korea with copies in English and Korean”. Then submit your domain and wait for payment instructions.
If the appraisal in the certificate shows a higher figure the buyer will pay more.
Super thankful I found this thread! Thanks guys!
______________________________________________________________
My name is Elisa Myeong. You received email from my colleague Oh Min Eung. I’m responsible for communications with English speaking clients in Cafe24 (hosting provider from Korea).
I am reaching out to you on behalf of a buyer from Daegu. Your domain will be used for SEO optimization to their new online project with 3M USD budget so they offer a good price. Our commission is only 4%. You will pay it after after receiving the money.
They will pay you via the Escrow.com or Swiss Escrow service. They accept payment from his country and can pay you via wire, Paypal, check or any other method you prefer.
The buyer offers $55,000 usd. How do you prefer to get paid: Bank wire, Paypal or Bitcoin/Ethereum? We recommend the following safe way (we’ve completed many transactions this way):
1. You send us the required document for the buyer’s bank.
2. We open escrow.com or DigiRock (Swiss escrow) transaction. The buyer puts money into escrow. Escrow pays you 50% upfront.
3. You transfer from your GoDaddy account to the account of my buyer – it’s free.
4. Escrow.com verifies the transfer via WHO IS and releases the rest of the funds to you via Bank wire, Paypal or Bitcoin/Ethereum.
Do you have a law compliance certificate with a professional appraisal for Korea? It’s required by his bank.
The final sale price will depend on the certificate ($55,000 minimum – if it comes higher he will pay more).
If you don’t have the certificate it’s not a problem. You can order it online.
Please note he cannot accept it from any agency. He needs a manual service. It also must be a third party independent agency (not your broker our auction site) and must be accepted by his bank.
The certification includes the following:
1. Independent valuation of the market price. It will show your domain name is not overpriced. On the other hand if the valuation comes higher, he will increase the price accordingly. In the domain name industry, there are many appraisal tools that people use to estimate the value of a domain name. My client does not want to risk and doesn’t accept services that use scripts. If you are unsure about some service feel free to ask me.
2. TM and law compliance verification. It proves your domain has no trademark problems.
3. Copy in Korean.
I asked the buyer if GoDaddy, Sedo or DigiRock certificates will meet requirements of his bank. We used their services earlier and our clients were satisfied. Waiting for his response.
You may check my recent domain sales in my private domain sale group in the Telegram messenger: https://t.me/joinchat/R6SOOVGtGy-XGTsFJRq9PA
Also add me (@ElisaAttorney) to your contacts and we will be able to chat in Telegram. If you don’t have Telegram you may install it on your smartphone from Google Play or AppStore.
Please respond ASAP. We have another seller and he agrees to certify the domain. If you don’t respond we will buy his domain.
Best regards,
Elisa Myeong
Vice President
Investor Relations
Cafe24 Hosting
Beonangil3 661 Sure-ro Wabu-eup Namyangju-si Gyeonggi-do,133-833 KOREA
Phone: 82671537169371
cafe24.com / cafe24-hosting.com
I got this one Yesterday…
___________________________
Just passed the GoDaddy’s verification so we can communicate direct. It’s a Godaddy’s certified offer and you will be protected during the transaction.
My name is Elisa Pressler. I work as a broker of International clients in a hosting company – Galcomm Co. from Israel. I will help you to finish the sale.
I am reaching out to you on behalf of a buyer from Tel Aviv. Your buyer is a company from Israel. Your domain will be used to generate traffic to their new mutli-million dollar web project so they offer a good price. Commission of our company is 6%. It’s paid when you get the money.
They will pay you via the Escrow.com or Swiss Escrow service. You can be paid via wire, Paypal, check or any other method you prefer.
The buyer offers $60,000 usd.
Do you have a certificate? It’s required by their bank.
The final sale price will depend on the certificate ($60,000 minimum – if it comes higher they will pay more).
If you don’t have the certificate it’s not a problem. You can order it online.
Please note he cannot accept it from any agency. He needs a manual service. It also must be a third party independent agency (not your broker our auction site) and must be accepted by his bank.
The certification includes the following:
1. Independent valuation of the market price. It will show your domain name is not overpriced. On the other hand if the valuation comes higher, he will increase the price accordingly. In the domain name industry, there are many appraisal tools that people use to estimate the value of a domain name. My client does not want to risk and doesn’t accept services that use scripts. If you are unsure about some service feel free to ask me.
2. TM and law compliance verification. It proves your domain has no trademark problems. He would like this verification to be included in the appraisal report. It’s not a problem because some companies include the TM verification for free.
3. Copy in Hebrew.
The process is very easy:
1. Go to the certificate agency site and order a certificate. Just submit your domains and let them know you have a buyer with $XX,XXX offer. It will help you to get a better valuation.
If your domain is worth at least $10000, they will send you the payment instructions. If it’s not possible, they won’t send you the instructions. This way you will not lose anything. It’s very convenient and gives you the full protection. Other services charge you upfront even if your domain is not worth spending the appraisal fee, so I don’t recommend them.
2. Send the certificate to me and we will start the sale process. As soon as the buyer receives your certificate they will buy your domain.
If you are new to the certification process, I can help you with the step by step instructions.
To read the review you must have Telegram Messenger installed on your smartphone. To communicate with me online please use Telegram messenger. Here is the invitation link to our Domain Sale Group: https://t.me/godaddysales
Add me (@ElisaAttorney) to your contacts and we will be able to chat in Telegram. If you don’t have Telegram you may install it on your smartphone from Google Play or AppStore.
One of my sellers already sold to this buyer from Tel Aviv. You may read his review at https://t.me/godaddysales/1754 Feel free to contact him.
Please respond ASAP. No risk for you to proceed since this is a certified by GoDaddy domain offer with full proof of funds. If you send the certificate the buyer will have to pay you the same day.
Elisa Pressler
Vice President
Investor Relations
Galcomm Co.
Aba Hillel Silver St 99
Haifa 3269514
Israel
Just got this same email today 🙂
I also just received this scam inquiry from Elisa Pressler with an offer from Norway. So glad I Googled her name and found this thread. Thank you all for posting your experience. Saved.
I just got the same type email today. GoDaddy/ SEDO. Mine is from Elizabeth Kristiansen using the email [email protected]. I just hate scammers.
Darn! And I thought for a brink moment someone was rich enough to give me 60k for a domain. Thanks for posting about Elizabeth Kristiansen. That’s apparently how I found this enlightening thread.
Lol i Get the same one! This guys think that everyone can fall. Never ever sell out of the listing place. Easy.
Hello!
Our offer has been finally verified by SEDO so we can write each other direct now. Since it’s a SEDO certified offer you will be protected during the transaction.
My name is Elizabeth Kristiansen. I work as a broker of International merchants in a merchant provider company – Authorize Inc.(Norwegian Subsidiary). We help our VIP clients to establish a business online (secure domain, develop a web site and establish our payment system). I will help you to finish the sale of your domain.
I represent a buyer – a company from Bergen. They want to use it to drive more traffic to their new web project. Commission of our company is only six percent. It’s paid when you get the money.
They will pay you via the Escrow / Swiss Escrow service. You can be paid via wire, Paypal, check or any other method you prefer.
The buyer offers $60,000 usd.
Do you have a law compliance certificate for Norway? It’s required by his registrar SEDO (partner of GoDaddy) to protect the buyer.
The final sale price will depend on the certificate ($60,000 minimum – if it comes higher they will pay more).
If you don’t have the certificate it’s not a problem. You can order it online.
The certification must be from a source authorized by SEDO and contains a copy in Norwegian.
The certification includes the following:
1. Independent valuation of the market price. It will show your domain name is not overpriced. On the other hand if the valuation comes higher, he will increase the price accordingly. In the domain name industry, there are many appraisal tools that people use to estimate the value of a domain name. My client does not want to risk and doesn’t accept services that use scripts. If you are unsure about some service feel free to ask me.
2. TM and law compliance verification. It proves your domain has no trademark problems. He would like this verification to be included in the appraisal report. It’s not a problem because some companies include the TM verification for free.
3. Copy in Norwegian.
The process is very easy:
1. Go to the certificate agency site and order a certificate. Just submit your domains and let them know you have a buyer with $XX,XXX offer. It will help you to get a better valuation.
If your domain is worth at least $10000, they will send you the payment instructions. If it’s not possible, they won’t send you the instructions. This way you will not lose anything. It’s very convenient and gives you the full protection. Other services charge you upfront even if your domain is not worth spending the appraisal fee, so I don’t recommend them.
2. Send the certificate to me and we will start the sale process. As soon as the buyer receives your certificate they will buy your domain.
If you are new to the certification process, I can help you with the step by step instructions.
To read the review you must have Telegram Messenger installed on your smartphone. To communicate with me online please use Telegram messenger. Here is the invitation link to our Domain Sale Group: https://t.me/dnsales
Add me ( @ ) to your contacts and we will be able to chat in Telegram. If you don’t have Telegram you may install it on your smartphone from Google Play or AppStore.
One of my sellers already sold to this buyer from Oslo. You may read his review at https://t.me/dnsales/1754 Feel free to contact him.
Please respond ASAP. No risk for you to proceed since this is a certified by SEDO domain offer with full proof of funds. If you send the certificate the buyer will have to pay you the same day.
Elizabeth Kristiansen
Vice President
Investor Relations
Drammensveien 149
0277
Oslo, Norway
Authorize Inc. (Norwegian Subsidiary)
I receive same BS. They can S* my D*** F* Scammers.
Hello!
Our offer has been finally verified by SEDO so we can write each other direct now. Since it’s a SEDO certified offer you will be protected during the transaction.
My name is Elizabeth Kristiansen. I work as a broker of International merchants in a merchant provider company – Authorize Inc.(Norwegian Subsidiary). We help our VIP clients to establish a business online (secure domain, develop a web site and establish our payment system). I will help you to finish the sale of your domain.
I represent a buyer – a company from Bergen. They want to use it to drive more traffic to their new web project. Commission of our company is only six percent. It’s paid when you get the money.
They will pay you via the Escrow / Swiss Escrow service. You can be paid via wire, Paypal, check or any other method you prefer.
The buyer offers $60,000 usd.
Do you have a law compliance certificate for Norway? It’s required by his registrar SEDO (partner of GoDaddy) to protect the buyer.
The final sale price will depend on the certificate ($60,000 minimum – if it comes higher they will pay more).
If you don’t have the certificate it’s not a problem. You can order it online.
The certification must be from a source authorized by SEDO and contains a copy in Norwegian.
The certification includes the following:
1. Independent valuation of the market price. It will show your domain name is not overpriced. On the other hand if the valuation comes higher, he will increase the price accordingly. In the domain name industry, there are many appraisal tools that people use to estimate the value of a domain name. My client does not want to risk and doesn’t accept services that use scripts. If you are unsure about some service feel free to ask me.
2. TM and law compliance verification. It proves your domain has no trademark problems. He would like this verification to be included in the appraisal report. It’s not a problem because some companies include the TM verification for free.
3. Copy in Norwegian.
The process is very easy:
1. Go to the certificate agency site and order a certificate. Just submit your domains and let them know you have a buyer with $XX,XXX offer. It will help you to get a better valuation.
If your domain is worth at least $10000, they will send you the payment instructions. If it’s not possible, they won’t send you the instructions. This way you will not lose anything. It’s very convenient and gives you the full protection. Other services charge you upfront even if your domain is not worth spending the appraisal fee, so I don’t recommend them.
2. Send the certificate to me and we will start the sale process. As soon as the buyer receives your certificate they will buy your domain.
If you are new to the certification process, I can help you with the step by step instructions.
To read the review you must have Telegram Messenger installed on your smartphone. To communicate with me online please use Telegram messenger. Here is the invitation link to our Domain Sale Group: https://t.me/dnsales
Add me ( @ ) to your contacts and we will be able to chat in Telegram. If you don’t have Telegram you may install it on your smartphone from Google Play or AppStore.
One of my sellers already sold to this buyer from Oslo. You may read his review at https://t.me/dnsales/1754 Feel free to contact him.
Please respond ASAP. No risk for you to proceed since this is a certified by SEDO domain offer with full proof of funds. If you send the certificate the buyer will have to pay you the same day.
Elizabeth Kristiansen
Vice President
Investor Relations
Drammensveien 149
0277
Oslo, Norway
Authorize Inc. (Norwegian Subsidiary)
Just got a scam too, almost fail for it today.
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Thank you for responding!
We passed all verifications and this is the verified offer now. The buyer is obligated to purchase.
My name is Elizabeth Hashimoto. I work as a broker and domain attorney in Japanese hosting company – Kagoya (we are in top 10 hostings in Japan). I will help you to finish the sale.
The buyer is a rich crypto investor and professional trader (top 10 on Bitfinex). To complete the sale safely we need to use an escrow service. He cannot send the funds direct to you without a guarantee. The escrow will protect both parties during the transaction.
The payment to you will be made via escrow service to protect both parties during the transaction. You will get 50% before the domain transfer and 50% after.
My commission is 6 %.
To communicate faster install Telegram Messenger on your smartphone. The send me your Telegram user name (nickname after @ ).
Then join my Domain Sale Chat by clicking this link in Telegram https://t.me/sedosales. Add me to your contacts.
This chat contains reviews of my clients. I have many happy customers. I work with many domain investors from Japan, Korea, Singapore and China. If you have other domains I may help you to sell them to my investors.
The buyer keeps a big sum in crypto currency who wants to invest in web projects. The buyer offers $75000 USD in Litecoin/Bitcoin or via International wire transfer/Western Union. Do you also own .biz and .jp extensions? The buyer is a professional investor. He earns serious money on web projects. Your domain will generate traffic to hos new project because it has a good potential and search engine friendly. That’s why he can offer a good price for your domain. Professional investors buy through personal brokers. They don’t use Flippa or GoDaddy Auctions so you cannot sell there for good money.
To proceed with the sale, the buyer requires certification of compliance with Japan law and trademarks because he will run his startup in Japan.
The buyer pays good money but he must be sure he will not be sued for using it in his country. He needs an independent certification of compliance with Japan law that proves it can be used in Japan.
Please don’t worry. If you don’t have it you can order it online. I will help you with instructions and will not leave you along with this.
Please note this is not a SSL certificate. I hope you understand it.
The certification must include the following:
– The certification agency must be certified to verify domains in Japan.
– Verification of compliance with Japan law and trademarks.
– Legal restrictions for his country.
– Independent valuation by market experts.
– The certificate must be up to date (issued during last 30 days).
– Official copy of the verification in English and Japanee.
But the certification gives a big advantage to you. If the certification shows a higher value he will pay the higher price. If it comes lower he will pay you the sum I mentioned earlier.
We asked him if GoDaddy and Sedo certificates meet the requirements. If you are ready to to sell to my client please let me know.
We have another seller and he agrees to certify the domain. If you are not going to proceed we will buy his domain.
Elizabeth Hashimoto
Vice President
Invetor Relations
Kagoya Inc.
26-1 Sakuragaokacho · +81 3-5457-5520
Tokyo, Japan
kagoya.jp
kagoya-jp.org
Thank you for responding!
We passed all verifications and this is the verified offer now. The buyer is obligated to purchase.
My name is Elizabeth Hashimoto. I work as a broker and domain attorney in Japanese hosting company – Kagoya (we are in top 10 hostings in Japan). I will help you to finish the sale.
The buyer is a rich crypto investor and professional trader (top 10 on Bitfinex). To complete the sale safely we need to use an escrow service. He cannot send the funds direct to you without a guarantee. The escrow will protect both parties during the transaction.
The payment to you will be made via escrow service to protect both parties during the transaction. You will get 50% before the domain transfer and 50% after.
My commission is 6 %.
To communicate faster install Telegram Messenger on your smartphone. The send me your Telegram user name (nickname after @ ).
Then join my Domain Sale Chat by clicking this link in Telegram https://t.me/sedosales. Add me to your contacts.
This chat contains reviews of my clients. I have many happy customers. I work with many domain investors from Japan, Korea, Singapore and China. If you have other domains I may help you to sell them to my investors.
The buyer keeps a big sum in crypto currency who wants to invest in web projects. The buyer offers $75000 USD in Litecoin/Bitcoin or via International wire transfer/Western Union. Do you also own .biz and .jp extensions? The buyer is a professional investor. He earns serious money on web projects. Your domain will generate traffic to hos new project because it has a good potential and search engine friendly. That’s why he can offer a good price for your domain. Professional investors buy through personal brokers. They don’t use Flippa or GoDaddy Auctions so you cannot sell there for good money.
To proceed with the sale, the buyer requires certification of compliance with Japan law and trademarks because he will run his startup in Japan.
The buyer pays good money but he must be sure he will not be sued for using it in his country. He needs an independent certification of compliance with Japan law that proves it can be used in Japan.
Please don’t worry. If you don’t have it you can order it online. I will help you with instructions and will not leave you along with this.
Please note this is not a SSL certificate. I hope you understand it.
The certification must include the following:
– The certification agency must be certified to verify domains in Japan.
– Verification of compliance with Japan law and trademarks.
– Legal restrictions for his country.
– Independent valuation by market experts.
– The certificate must be up to date (issued during last 30 days).
– Official copy of the verification in English and Japanee.
But the certification gives a big advantage to you. If the certification shows a higher value he will pay the higher price. If it comes lower he will pay you the sum I mentioned earlier.
We asked him if GoDaddy and Sedo certificates meet the requirements. If you are ready to to sell to my client please let me know.
We have another seller and he agrees to certify the domain. If you are not going to proceed we will buy his domain.
Elizabeth Hashimoto
Vice President
Invetor Relations
Kagoya Inc.
26-1 Sakuragaokacho · +81 3-5457-5520
Tokyo, Japan
kagoya.jp
kagoya-jp.org
Just got the same. Here in 2021. So still going around.
My name is Eliza Krein. I will help you to finish the sale of your domain. I work for Onamae Inc. – hosting provider from Japan. I help our clients who don’t speak English approach domain owners abroad.
The buyer offers $75,000 usd.
Your buyer is a company from Tokyo, Japan. They want to use it to drive more traffic to their new web project. Commission of our company is only 6%. It’s paid when you get the money.
They will pay you via the Escrow / Swiss Escrow service. You can be paid via wire, Paypal, check or any other method you prefer.
Do you have a domain report? As a domain hosting and brokerage service we require this document to protect our domain buyers.
The final sale price will depend on the report ($75,000 minimum – if it comes higher they will pay more).
If you don’t have the report it’s not a problem. You can order it online.
The certification includes the following:
1. Valuation
2. TM and law compliance verification.
3. Copy in Japanese.
I chatted with major agencies. “GoDaddy/Afternic” don’t make it in Japanese.
Fortunately, there is the agency that does Israeli certificates. I may help you with isntructions how to get it.
We may also chat in Telegram messenger. Here is the invitation link to our Domain Sale Group: https://t.me/dnsbroker
Add me to your contacts and we will be able to chat in Telegram. If you don’t have Telegram you may install it on your smartphone from Google Play or AppStore.
If you are ready to proceed with the sale please respond and I will help you to finish the sale.
Eliza Krein
Vice President
Investor Relations
Onamae.jp / Onamae-jp.com
Hosting Services
27-2 Sakuragaokacho +81-3-3461-2217
Thank you for responding!