Hello everyone,
Last week I initiated an escrow transaction at Escrow.com as a seller and I used the following buyer details:
Chriss Barrett (igchrisbarrrett84@gmail.com)
The transaction amount was in starting 6 figures and the moment I initiated the transaction, it took less than 2 hours for another email to arrive from transaction@serverescrow.com which says the following:
Hello xxxxxxxxx (redacted), Payment have been secured for your transaction. Congratulations, Payment has been received on your transactionxxxxxx of xxxxxxxxxxxx Congratulations, the payment of transactionxxxxxx – xxxxxxxxxxxxx has been now received, please send us login information by replying to this email so we can send you next steps to secure the account in escrow hands. Please do not share any confidential information with buyer or anyone for your safety concerns. I’m writing to inform you that we need you to please complete the Credentials (Email / Password) of your Transaction by doing as follows:Complete your Transaction details by providing your Credentials (Email / Password) Your payment has been received and is secure in Escrow trust account, we will notify Email by providing your Credentials initiate the transfer to escrow transaction manager email. Transactionxxxxxxxxxx payment received. If we can be of assistance in any way, please contact us at Transaction@serverescrow.com or call 888-511-8600 (Domestic) and 1-415-801-2270 (International). A friendly member of our team will be happy to help you. Sincerely, Escrow.comYou can reach us for support at support@socialappsescrow.com or call 888-511-8600 (residents of U.S. and Canada) or 1-415-801-2270 (international customers). A friendly member of our team will be happy to assist you between 8.00am and 4.00pm US Pacific Standard Time, Monday to Friday. |
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If anyone reads the English grammar, one can spot that it’s poorly written English and serverescrow.com is registered just 2 days ago. Also in the footer, the domain used is socialappsescrow.com which is available for hand registration!
This scammer is such a dumb person that after initiating the transaction, how can the 6 figure payment be sent from his/her end and receive by Escrow.com which they approve it within 2 hours and notify me to transfer and reply via email only. Everything well within 2 hours. Also, at Escrow.com, the status is showing that “Awaiting Payment Arrival”.
So you idiot using fake name and phishing email, I’m not going to be your victim and you’re already been notified to Escrow.com and this post will make fellow domain investors aware of this dirty trick in potentially looting valuable assets.
Feel free to share if anyone of you’ve received such a phishing email or any other relevant one to make others aware of it.
Thank you for reading.
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Thank you Abdul!
This is a great reminder to carefully read and check the origin of emails. Earlier this year for a U.S. passport renewal, (Through the U.S. Postal Service office), I had to signup to receive text updates for delivery information. A few days later I received a text from “them” with a USPS tracking number and a link.
The URL was off so I typed in the official “usps.com”, entered in the tracking number and their reply was that it was a tracking number know to be used in scams!
Randy
Thanks Randy for sharing your experience.
It’s really sad to see that people invest their valuable time at looking out to cheat innocent people and not doing something which is genuine and legal.
Hey Abdul, Your content relevant to the domain industry is a gem. I am new to this industry and have been struggling to decide where to put domain names in the marketplace as Pakistan doesn’t have PayPal support. Also, where can Chinese domains having Chinese characters be sold? Thanks
Thank you Ahsan!
If you already have a Wise account, you may receive domain sale proceeds in that and then withdraw it. Also you may use Payoneer for sending/receiving funds.
On the other hand, if you’re interested in joining a WhatsApp group made for Pakistani Domainers (currently 140+ members), you can contact me.
Thanks for such an informative reply. I would love to be part of that WhatsApp group.
Thank you!
Kindly contact me via https://www.abdulbasit.com/contact-abdulbasit with your phone number to be added in the group.