Domain Email Spam Scam Service – Read This!

Like most mornings I was sifting through my spam emails when something caught my eye.

Now normally, I quickly go through my spam folder to see if something important might have slipped through and then move on to more important things.

On a typical day, I see a lot these domain WHOIS spam emails trying to get me to buy the .net or a .com I own or vice versa. Usually I ignore these, but since I am in the middle of acquiring mass amounts of geo domains for my project (LocalSiteBuilder.com) one email really stood out.

I had purchased the domain YellowPagesOklahomaCity.net, since it was a nice geo name with exact match keyword potential and now, I have an email telling me that I can own the .com version.

So I decided to check the link and see what the guys over at SwiftDomainRecovery.com are up to.

Below is what my eyes lay hold of. For an easy $99, I can buy the .com and close the deal in under 5 minutes. My first thought is that this is not too shabby of a business model. Heck they are probably buying dropped domains and doing a quick flip to make some quick cash.

But that is when I thought through the process . . . and I asked:

Why even buy the domain at all?

So I head over to Moniker.com and doing a check availability check.

BAM! – YellowPagesOklahomaCity.com is not even registered!

So here are 2 ways to think about this;

#1 – I could get mad that someone was trying to dupe me (wouldn’t be the first and I am sure it won’t be the last).

Or

#2 – I could thank these guys for the amazing free service they are offering me.

Think about it – now, I don’t even have to keep close tabs on sweet top TLD’s that are no longer registered.

I can just wait for their email and if the domain is enticing enough, I know I can head over to my favorite registrar and pick it up.

So while I still think SwiftDomainRecovery.com is a scam and that SwiftDomainRecovery.com sucks – I am still highly appreciative of the work they do.

FYI – I did register the domain, in case you wanted to try and grab it (too late!)