What I thought was with this particular scam from Googling as well as from the messages I got it seems they insist you talk to them via Telegram all the time, because an end to end encrypted service is harder for the police to trace if they ever went after the scam.
Someone trying to scam me?
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I got a similar approach for one of my domains last week via contact form (which was a little odd) and ignored it
ThunderMaze
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Do Wire Transfer or Bitcoin if your scared of a scam.
BraveBotter
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Did you at least read the thread?
MAG WEB DESIGNS
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Same thing here. I will report back. Appreciate any updates here as well.
They contacted me through whois they say.
Guess I have to sign up for Telegram now.
They contacted me through whois they say.
Guess I have to sign up for Telegram now.
They want me to spend $250 buying a certificate in Japanese. I'm not doing that and they won't pay me the $35,000 without it. lol They contacted me because of Whois. I didn't buy privacy from GoDaddy.
The thing is...they only want to talk to you on Telegram and not continue to chat via email and I think the reason is because police can't easily get copies of conversations in Telegram like they can with ordinary texts, emails etc....if anyone comes for them about the scams? This is my guess about why they immediately wanted to talk to me only on Telegram?
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Don't buy their certificate. Googling I saw one guy saying how with something similar he paid the $250 and never heard from them again. It wasn't people using the same names but I'm sure it's the same scam.
Sally Shears
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I have precisely the same offer. Here's the first step in their gambit:
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.
Our commission is only 6 %. The commission is divided between you and the buyer and paid after you get the money.
The buyer offers 635 Litecoins (about $35000). Litecoin - crypto currency. If it's ok let's proceed. You will be paid in Bitcoins/Litecoin/Ethereum or in USD (Paypal, wire transfer or Western Union). His escrow accepts Litecoin and may convert it to USD if necessary.
The payment to you will be made via escrow service to protect both parties during the transaction. He can only send via escrow. His bank prohibits him to send money direct to avoid scam. It's not safe. The bank requires a certification in Japanese to avoid selling illegal goods to Japan.
Our commission is only 6 %. The commission is divided between you and the buyer and paid after you get the money.
The buyer offers 635 Litecoins (about $35000). Litecoin - crypto currency. If it's ok let's proceed. You will be paid in Bitcoins/Litecoin/Ethereum or in USD (Paypal, wire transfer or Western Union). His escrow accepts Litecoin and may convert it to USD if necessary.
The payment to you will be made via escrow service to protect both parties during the transaction. He can only send via escrow. His bank prohibits him to send money direct to avoid scam. It's not safe. The bank requires a certification in Japanese to avoid selling illegal goods to Japan.