“First Name” Domain Name Buyer — Beware the

A fresh domain buying inquiry makes the rounds.

Michael over at Coin Network has received a number of domain inquiries lately with an interesting twist. The buyer states his or her first name is the domain name they want to buy. Here’s an example:

Hello,

My name is Latroy Beneters and Im interested in buying your domain www.latroy.com Are you are interested in selling it? If you are, do you have any idea how much you want for it? If you don’t, let me know and I will make you an offer instead and we can take it from there.

Many thanks for your time,

Latroy Beneters

Lest you think this may actually be a legitimate offer from a person named Latroy, Michael has received a number of similar e-mails. They all follow the same pattern, simply substituting a different name like this (my example; not one of Michael’s names):

Hello,

My name is Brazil Thomas and Im interested in buying your domain
www.brazil.com Are you are interested in selling it? If you are, do you have
any idea how much you want for it? If you don’t, let me know and I will make
you an offer instead and we can take it from there.

Many thanks for your time,

Brazil Thomas

The e-mails come from [email protected].

I suspect the inquirer really wants to by the domain, but is trying to go the sympathetic/not-a-domainer route. Even so, I recommend not responding. Anyone who uses a fictitious name is not worthy doing business with.