Domain Name Scam Moves Web Site Again - Scam moves to a new domain. I’m getting tired of writing these stories (again), but I consider them a public service announcement. A long running domain name appraisal scam has moved to a new domain name, Macez.com. That the scammers keep moving shows that the scam is working well by getting unsuspecting people to pay for an appraisal at Macez.com. If you receive this email, hit “report spam” on your email client. Do not buy a domain appraisal from macez.com. from ... read more ...

PDDomains.com Latest Scam Appraisal Site - Scam gets a new home. The domain name appraisal scam seems to be mutating too quickly to follow, which means it may be time to create a web site dedicated specifically to it. The latest domain name to host the scam is PDdomains.com. Here’s an example e-mail being sent out. If you receive this email, hit the “report spam” button in your email client. To be clear, Sedo and AccurateDomains are included in the e-mail as decoys for legitimacy. They are not part ... read more ...

Domain Appraisal Scam Migrates to TropicalNames.com - Warning: avoid purchasing domain name appraisals from TropicalNames.com. The domain name appraisal scam — which was reborn with a different tact last month — has changed its target domain name appraisal service. A new scam email requests a domain name appraisal from TropicalNames.com. TopicalNames.com was just registered on April 2. Last month’s e-mails tried to get users to pay for domain name appraisals at a bogus outfit called Pozde.com. The emails offer ... read more ...