My Domain -- Question on sale!

[Encrypted]

Hey all, i recently received an offer of about $850 for my domain ps-4.com

Do you think I should take it or ask for more?

Edit: Just about all of the tld's are taken. .com, .net, .info, .org, .biz and i believe .us is as well.

[plainjane]

hmm...hard to say on this one. Could be worth something in the future! Ask for more

[Encrypted]

Ehh i just took 850 to be on the safe side. Better than nothing, considering i paid $7 for it.. lol

[Encrypted]

Okay, turns out the buyer was fraudulent. As of now i lost my domain. I am so damn pissed. Anyone know what steps i can take to get my domain back? I tried calling godaddy but they wouldn't do anything.

[FormPay]

How did you get scammed? did he pay you via paypal and hack into someone else's account? or how did the transaction take place?

[Mega B]

It would help other people if you could expand on how this was a scam

[Encrypted]

Okay, i got the payment from paypal. So i transferred the domain. 15mins after i get the payment paypal F***ing holds the payment for review.. They then withdraw it from my account and tell me it was an unauthorized transaction. But when we called paypal, they couldn't give us details on what form of unauthorization occurred. They told us there were various forms. So how can they take money out of my account and not tell me why it was unauthorized! Can i sue?

I don't see why it would take them 15minutes after the fact that i received the payment to hold the funds.

[rogercbryan]

I'm sure this does not help now... but anytime you are selling an item over $50 like this you need to use www.escrow.com so you can avoid these types of situations. Where did you find the buyer? If it was from a forum at least make sure you report it to the admins so they can ban the user.... this kind of stuff happens all the time and paypal could care less about you...

[Encrypted]

Also, i called the number affiliated with the current whois and he said that he has'nt been on a computer in months. Do you think Godaddy can send the domain back to me with that information?

Yeah it was on sitepoint.com

[rogercbryan]

Also, i called the number affiliated with the current whois and he said that he has'nt been on a computer in months. Do you think Godaddy can send the domain back to me with that information?

Yeah it was on sitepoint.com

Did you transfer it to another godaddy account? Who is the registrar you sent it too?

[Encrypted]

I sent it to another godaddy account...

[rogercbryan]

I sent it to another godaddy account...

Then godaddy should be able to help you. You need to call them back and file an online complaint. Do not let up on them.

[Encrypted]

he said because i willingly sent the domain there is nothing they can do

[Encrypted]

trust me, im still trying to get it back, i emailed the origonal owner of the paypal account to see if he can call godaddy and get them to send it back, since it's under their name at the moment.

[Encrypted]

Okay, well my dad is the Captain of the PA State Police and this is what he told me most likely happened.

Due to Canada's laws, they don't give much a crap about what goes on. So there was most likely a team of people who set me up to get my domain. The paypal account owner, who lives in Canada, and the "buyer" who, through his chat, seemed like he/she was from a foreign country. This is what they do... The buyer sets up a plan to buy the domain, and sends the funds to your account. He gives you bogus phone numbers etc for when you change the domain account info. After the domain is transfered, paypal holds the funds (not sure how they get them to do that) and paypal sends the funds back to the buyer. Leaving me without any money and without a domain. Since my dad works for the government, he is helping me find a way to screw these two over. I requested to get their IP address from SitePoint and we'll go from there.