I have been scammed a few times before out of some really nice domains. Back when the LLLL.com market was at it’s highest point, I was scammed out of two domains, FKKJ.com and PJJG.com. Now, although they don’t have much value now, back at the time they were worth a good $250. It was the first time I had been scammed in my domaining career, but it happens to the best of us. One thing that I really should have looked for is matching information.

When I was scammed, the scammers all had different PayPal and GoDaddy emails. And they had one name that they told me to transfer the domain to, and one name on their Paypal account from where they sent the payment. These are two major signs of a fraudulent buyer/seller. The GoDaddy and PayPal emails are just a clue in that you may want to look into this guy a little more and make sure he is legit. But when he wants you to transfer the domain to a different name then the PayPal payment was sent from, and the emails aren’t matching, be very careful. Wait for the payment to clear. Take precautions. This is just a helpful hint when wanting to make sure a buyer is absolutely legitimate.