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Checking my emails as usual and have been coming across an email from a guy called Paul Timmers. Paul Timmers is offering to sell me a .com domain name that I own the .info for.

Last Call For Domain *DOMAIN*:

We will be offering *DOMAIN* for sale today. We see that you previously respond to an email about this domain, but did not submit an offer. This is your last chance to submit an offer on *DOMAIN*, or we will make other arrangements.

To submit an offer of at least $97 now, click URL REMOVED

But I don’t know how much to offer!
Often people do not submit offers, because they don’t know how much to offer. Our minimum offer price is $97. If you submit an offer of at least $97, then you will reserve your position for this domain. In almost all cases, this is enough to win the domain.

To submit an offer of at least $97 now, click here

How do I know that this is a safe transaction?
We do everything possible to make sure our customers are confident that this is a safe transaction:
1. We deliver the domain to you BEFORE you make payment! That’s right – you pay only after you have full control of the domain!

2. You can pay by PayPal, bank wire, check or Western Union in order to keep your payment details confidential

3. We are BONDED by BuySafe.com.

4. We have been VERIFIED by TrustGuard.com.

To submit an offer of at least $97 now, click here

Will my personal information by kept confidential?
YES! Our privacy policy is very simple – your data is never shared, reused, sold or distributed in any way whatsoever.

To submit an offer of at least $97 now, click here

I don’t want to pay this amount every year for the domain.
This is a ONE-TIME payment, after which the domain becomes your exclusive property. You never have to pay us anything for the domain ever again.

To submit an offer of at least $97 now, click here

I don’t want to rebrand everything with the new domain name
You do not have to rebrand at all. Our service includes FREE domain and email forwarding! You simply redirect the traffic from *DOMAIN* to *DOMAIN* and gain the benefit of having the preferred *DOMAIN* without having to change hosting or rebranding at all.

How will I know that I own the domain?
After purchase, you will be the exclusive owner of the domain. All rights and title are transferred to you. You will be able to verify ownership by checking the WHOIS record for the domain, and you will see that the domain is in your name. Also, you will be able to manage every aspect of the domain, including name servers, whois record, host records, domain forwarding and email forwarding. You will also be able to obtain the authorization code for the domain.

To summarize – you can bid as low as $97, you do not pay until you receive delivery and you never have to reveal your personal payment details to anyone. This your best possible opportunity to get the preferred *DOMAIN* to complement your *DOMAIN* domain.

To submit an offer of at least $97 now, click here

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Kind regards,

John Timmers

InTrust Domains

4845 A Pearl East Circle

Boulder, CO 80301

Of course there is 1 problem with the fact of him trying to sell me the domain. HE DOES NOT OWN IT.

The following is the whois for this particular domain name:

Registrar: GODADDY.COM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com
Referral URL: http://registrar.godaddy.com
Status: pendingDelete

Expiration Date: 2009-07-02
Creation Date: 2008-07-02
Last Update Date: 2009-09-13

Name Servers:
ns31.domaincontrol.com
ns32.domaincontrol.com
ns49.domaincontrol.com
ns50.domaincontrol.com
See psntrophies.com DNS Records

As you can see it is currently sitting in the “pending delete” status. What he is actually trying to do is confirm a sale prior to actually trying to catch the domain in the drop market.

As you can see in the email he is claiming to be able to sell the domain name today and insinuating that he owns the domain name. If you receive an email like this I strongly suggest that you delete them immediately. Do not even click on the links in the email as they are used to track who click on the link and helps them gauge interest.

If you actually do want the domain in question I strongly suggest you use a reputable drop catcher associated with a registrar (preferably the registrar that currently holds the domain, in this case GoDaddy). Avoid scumbags like John Timmers and “services” such as bestinitrustdomains.us.

Domains he also seems to use are initrustway.us and itdomainnames.net.