here is my two cents on the story
sorry for a strong language, guy gets roudy in the end; i didn't get scammed but how many people did? i also filed a formal complaint with IFCC, their business is registered in US so they might do smth, if somebody else gets swindled, please go to
http://www1.ifccfbi.gov/index.asp and file a complaint, maybe by joint efforts we will bring fastdomainsales.com down:
From : James Brown <
[email protected]
Reply-To : <
[email protected]
Sent : Sunday, April 25, 2004 8:08 PM
To : "Dmitry Gapkalov" <
[email protected]
Subject : RE: sportsbetmaker.com
Lawyers? Don't make me lough. You are not a rich man to afford several lawyers.
Or do you sell drugs like many other guys in Costa Rica?
TVSlave exists but I don't want to wsate my time with such sucker and prove
something to a complete idiot.
You canot afford lawyers but you may afford to suck your cock. **** off and god
bye liar!
Lawyers.. ha ha ha. How stupid you are. All Russians are ****ing idiots even if
they live in Costa Rica.
Don't forget to suck your RUSSIAN dick and lick your stupid butt.
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Dmitry Gapkalov" <
[email protected]
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 20:47:14 +0000
Dear James,
Haha, your name doesn't sound like Norwegian to me. Also tvslave.com doesn't
exist. Any comment on that? I bet address is a fake too. I will have my
lawyers looking into it.
I apologize if I sounded abusive, one can't be overly careful on the
internet, too much fraud. Plus it does look like an easy way to lure people
in to make appraisals and sounds very suspicious that you will only accept
appraisal from them, don't you think?
I live in Costa Rica, Central America. My parents are from Russia
originally, that is how I got my name. Please feel free to verify registrar
information and Mafia connections, haha.
It is a freedom of speech in this world so you go ahead and do what you find
necessary to do and I will go ahead and publish this correspondence and give
fasdomainsales.com some bad publicity.
Good luck in your endeavors,
Dimitry
From: "James Brown" <
[email protected]
Reply-To: <
[email protected]
To: "Dmitry Gapkalov" <
[email protected]
Subject: RE: sportsbetmaker.com
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 09:32:10 +0200
Dear Dimitri,
Your letter sounds abusing.
I run a software development company in Oslo, Norway.
I recommended you USA based companies so I cannot be connected with them.
After receiving your letter I visited those sites and found they did not
provide any affiliate programs. I don't know other way how to prove that
I'm not connected.
I laso have some concerns dealing with a guy with russian name. I know that
almost all Russians are hackers who use stolen credit cards and bank
accounts. Perhaps you used stne credit card to register this name. I don't
want to buy stolen names or be involved in any criminal activity of Russian
mafia. I may also raise some questions in forums regarding you and Russian
mafia.
I may also contact your registar and ask them to verify your real address
and name.
Or you are from Bulgaria?
I may also ask my lawyer to start investigation on you if you continue to
abuse me in my letters.
My address in Oslo
Munkebekken 25
Oslo, NO 1061
Norway
So be my guest.
Are you from Moscow?
Anyway it does not matter for me because I already found another seller.
I'm not interested in your name since I've spent some cash.
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Dmitry Gapkalov" <
[email protected]
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 20:32:37 +0000
You know what I think now mr.Brown, i think it is a very clever way to
lure
people into getting an appraisal done with fastdomainsales.com by playing
on
a psychological aspect of it, person who sells a domain for $10000 will
surely spend $55 on appraisal, no?
Looks very suspicious to me and i will raise some questions on online
forums. There is no obvious connection between you and fastdomainsales as
your email extension is tvslave.com, which doesn't exist, nevertheless, I
am
determined to shed light on this story, especially if i get no answer to
this email. Do you have an address for your "software development"
company?
From: "James Brown" <
[email protected]
Reply-To: <
[email protected]
To: "Dmitry Gapkalov" <
[email protected]
Subject: RE: sportsbetmaker.com
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 19:53:13 +0200
No. Never heard about them. Sorry. I prefer not to risk.
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Dmitry Gapkalov" <
[email protected]
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 16:01:59 +0000
You haven't replied to my last email. Do you agree with an appraisal
from
sedo.co.uk? it is much more reputable than fastdomainsales.com.
From: "James Brown" <
[email protected]
Reply-To: <
[email protected]
To: "Dmitry Gapkalov" <
[email protected]
Subject: RE: sportsbetmaker.com
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 08:36:40 +0200
I don't trust software made appraisals. As far as I know nobody is
used
any
calculators in MANUAL appraisals.
But if you have an official response from fastdomainsales that manual
service and calculator are the same service I'll agrre with you.
I think you may ask them and send a reply.
At this moment I cannot agree with you.
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Dmitry Gapkalov" <
[email protected]
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 21:11:04 +0000
I do sell domains as hobby and I used to market an online loan
business.
I
do not claim to know everything but my experience with these
'appraisal'
companies have always been negative. I do not like to waste money
on
something I believe is not worth it.
Here is a fact for you. FastDomainSales.com sells this appraisal
software
for $65 which you can buy on ebay for $12 and charges $55 for a
single
domain appraisal where their "professional opinion" is done
"manually"
and
usually is a swing of $500-$2000 from the figure the software gives
you
and
it is a plus $500-$2000 if words are generic and easily marketable
and
minus
if nobody searches for the words; or if they are trademarked they
tell
you
to stay away. A no brainer. What they do is basically is make $55
for
ten
minutes of work.
If you are serious about getting this domain, let's make an
experiment, I
am
sending you the screenshot of the software appraisal which I just
did,
it
states that the value of the site is $7,347.00. I am even sending
you
a
copy
of software, feel free to use it but please do not distribute.
by using
http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/
tool
you can see that keywords "sports bet" were searched 65873 times
last
month,
these are the keywords the site is really targeting (not "sports
bet
maker",
it was chosen because the name is catchy and easy to remember),
which
justifies check mark on the box "Well known industry term or
phrase"
Now, if you are serious, go order that appraisal form
fastdomainsales.com
and if it comes way different from the price the software gives us,
I
will
discount you the $55 from the price agreed if you buy.
Good day,
Dimitry
From: "James Brown" <
[email protected]
Reply-To: <
[email protected]
To: "Dmitry Gapkalov" <
[email protected]
Subject: RE: sportsbetmaker.com
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 21:45:41 +0200
I run a software development company in Oslo, Norway. We make
software
projects in MS SQL, Delphi, MS Access and Interbase.
Selling & buying names is not my main business. Just another way
to
invest
free money and make some income.
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Dmitry Gapkalov" <
[email protected]
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 18:59:36 +0000
Mr.James Brown,
Which company do you represent? Can I get some details please
before
we
go
any further?
Regards,
Dimitry
From: "James Brown" <
[email protected]
Reply-To: <
[email protected]
To: "Dmitry Gapkalov" <
[email protected]
Subject: RE: sportsbetmaker.com
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 09:27:30 +0200
I deon't care about this software. I don't trust software made
appraisal.
I'm interested in MANUAL appraisals only from
http://www.fastdomainsales.com/appraisal.htm
or
http://www.greatdomains.com
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Dmitry Gapkalov" <
[email protected]
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 22:33:15 +0000
Domain only.
I will not be spending money on appraisal as I have the same
software
they
all use:
http://www.fastdomainsales.com/calculator.htm I
will
be
able
to
use it tomorrow and I will send you the screen shot with the
result.
If
you
would like to appraise it with somebody else please feel
free.
Payment by bank wire only. Dealing through escrow.com or
similar
service,
split costs.
Sincerely,
Dmitry Gapkalov
From: "James Brown" <
[email protected]
Reply-To: <
[email protected]
To: "Dmitry Gapkalov" <
[email protected]
Subject: RE: sportsbetmaker.com (second letter 18.04.04)
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 22:00:12 +0200
10,000. Ok.
Is it a developed site or just a domain name? We are mostly
interested
in
domains without web content.
I need an appraisal for domains priced in your range.
Do you have an appraisal certificate for your name? Please
note
that
I
don't trust free or unprofessional appraisals. It can be an
appraisal
certificate from
www.FastDomainSales.com or
www.GreatDomains.com
or
www.HollywoodDomains.com. It does not matter because they
were
recommended
to me by experienced experts.
After I receive your appraisal I'll make my offer.
How do you prefer to get paid: PayPal, check or wire?
Looking forward to your reply.
Best regards,
James Brown
CEO
MCSD, MSCE
---------- Original Message
----------------------------------
From: "Dmitry Gapkalov" <
[email protected]
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 16:43:02 +0000
Mr.Brown,
My apologies for the delay with an answer, I was
travelling
and
I
was
unable
to connect to the internet. The price is $10,000.
My best regards,
Dmitry Gapkalov
From: James Brown <
[email protected]
To:
[email protected]
Subject: sportsbetmaker.com (second letter 18.04.04)
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 20:18:38 +0400 (MSD)
Hi there,
My name is James Brown. Our company is a domain investor.
I
wrote
you
24
hours ago but did not receive a reply. Perhaps, there
were
some
communication problems between our email servers.
Our company is a domain investor.
I've decided to contact you direct via email. I've found
your
email
address
via WHO IS.
Is this domain still available for sale? Even if it's not
for
sale
please
let me know.
If it's still available for sale please email us your
asking
price.
If you have other good domains for sale feel free to
email
me
the
full
list
with asking prices.
If I can afford your domain I will contact you. Please
don't
send
me
multiple emails if you don't receive a reply from me and
keep
my
email
address confidential.
Just email me your asking price. If I decide to buy I
will
contact
you
as
soon as possible.
Kindest regards,
James Brown
CEO
MCSE, MCSD