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Was just clearing out my junk emails and in amongst all the CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA, Former USA ambassador Re: transfer of $10.5 MILLION DOLLAR, etc etc, was a simple email from a lady with a normal-ish name saying: Hi, if you're not using hbfhugfuhqwfhu.com* anymore, can I buy it for $500?
So, quick to regard it as junk, but maybe not? It's not a colossal sum of money if you really wanted a certain domain for a startup for example, and how else would you go about trying to acquire it?
I seem to have loads of random domains that I've bought for projects that never get off the ground, or just because I thought it was funny at the time. I'm not actually using it so would sell it if she's real. Maybe try and push her up.
So should I just reply to it? That can't hurt can it? I've replied to blatant scammers in the past for the lols and I didn't die.
How are they usually traded?
I'd be worried about why that email has gone into your spam folder. Suggests that the sender has sent a lot of similar emails, rather than specifically emailing you.
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 Suggests that the sender has sent a lot of similar emails, rather than specifically emailing you.
That's not at all how a spam filter works...!
Where did they get your email address from?
No idea. I assume the company I bought the domain from. I should check to see if it's available, that should tell me everything I need to know.
I assume the company I bought the domain from.
So that would be a breach of GDPR, then?
Breach of GDPR would depend on whether the domain was registered as an individual or an organisation, I think.
In the pre-gdpr days the email (and address) used for title were readily available. Usually masked behind the registrant now.
They could've sent it to info@hbfhugfuhqwfhu.com which is automatically forwarded by the domain hosting to your registered email. Mine does that if people email me at something-else@mydomain.com, it'll get copied to my other email.
Might also explain the spam filter as this sort of auto forwarding can get filtered
Breach of GDPR would depend on whether the domain was registered as an individual or an organisation, I think.
DPA, then.
It's by the by, anyway. If J Random Company had approached my domain name registrar asking for my email address and they'd gone "sure here you go" I'd be royally pissed off.
They could’ve sent it to info@hbfhugfuhqwfhu.com
I suppose that rather begs the question, which address was it sent to? info@thatdomain? SomethingElse@thatdomain? The admin address registered with the registrar? Something else entirely?
which is automatically forwarded by the domain hosting to your registered email.
That's surely down to individual configurations these days, I don't think you can assume that it always does that (or even commonly does that). If you sent an email to info@ my domain it'd end up in the bit bucket.