Almost got taken...

[Lyte]

two days ago by some bozo buying sites/domains over on Digital Point. I had put up my credit card site for sale and this guy... johncarlos301 ... offered me $300 for the domains and site which I accepted. He then asked me to let him know when I was ready to make the transfer and then he'd send payment. If I wasn't already cautious by the fact that he was new to DP that immediately sent up a RED flag! Who says that?! Anytime I've ever bought or sold a domain name the person (or I) just sends the money! Then, typically with a few hours or one day at most the domains are tranferred.

So, I PM'ed him back saying that if he was ready to buy I would think he'd send payment. In that same PM I asked him where else might I find him on the web?

Side note.... I've offered to buy/sell stuff when I've been new to a forum too but usually I've a sig that points people here or to Name Pros or to my credit card site... ya know, something that suggest to people I ain't a ghost and I'm not here to rip you off!

Anyway... I figured I'd make the transfer when I got to work... assuming payment was sent. I get there and there's no payment and NO response to my PM. On DG, you can't go invisible so I could see him online, see him making Private Messages, see him looking at other threads in the buy area but he never sent a PM back to me. Second RED flag!

Well, to make a long story short! Turns out I was right and very blessed not to have immediately trusted this guy and/or transfer my domains & site. Turns out I was not the only one who was nearly taken!

If someone's new to a forum, try and get references before you sell....ask them where they hang out... what other forums are they on... to whom have they bought or sold before?

Lyte