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I know, I know, if you have to ask and all that...
Their website appears a bit sparse as well...
[i]Hello,
We're a marketing company working in corporate names and domain names. We're working on a project and would like to put something together to bring to the Iveco company. We're interested in your domain name "ivecoforums.com" so I'm seeing if you might be willing to transfer it to us. We're looking for something economical. Transferring and making payment is easy if you use Sedo or escrow.com and I'm happy to help. We're working on a number of names so we need to know about yours as soon as possible.
I hope to hear from you soon and perhaps we can work something out.
Best,
Robin
Robin Davidson
Sales & Marketing
BackNames, LLP
info@backnames.com
[/i]
Looks fine to me, better English than you can find on here, almost too good.
I had similar email - and £500 better off now, thanks to Travis Perkins via an intermediary....
The rule thumb is that anyone start an email with "Hello" ... you should say goodbye or delete it.
Be careful. There have been some rulings that have judged that, where a domain registrant has agreed to accept payment for a domain-name transfer, the registrant was "cybersquatting" and awaiting the "true" IP holder to cough up. Has resulted in some domains being reassigned to their "rightful owners".
http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/cybersquatting-what-what-can-be-29778.html
Might not be that but be canny all the same. I'd ask that they give you an assurance in writing that you won't be ripped off. Not sure that would do any good though.
The rule thumb is that anyone start an email with "Hello" ... you should say goodbye or delete it.
wondered why nobody ever writes back to me.
From now on I'll start all correspondence with "Oi! ****flaps". Should get peoples attention
Phone them up and see what you think after speaking to them.
Domain has been registered a while.
http://whois.domaintools.com/backnames.org
Domain ID:D158884690-LROR
Domain Name:BACKNAMES.ORG
Created On:15-Apr-2010 13:59:35 UTC
Last Updated On:10-Apr-2012 13:13:33 UTC
Expiration Date:15-Apr-2014 13:59:35 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:GoDaddy.com, LLC (R91-LROR)
Status:CLIENT DELETE PROHIBITED
Status:CLIENT RENEW PROHIBITED
Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Status:CLIENT UPDATE PROHIBITED
Registrant ID:CR45848659
Registrant Name:Admin Domain
Registrant Organization:BackNames
Registrant Street1:15111 N. Hayden Rd.
Registrant Street2:Ste 160, PMB 353
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:Scottsdale
Registrant State/Province:Arizona
Registrant Postal Code:85260
Registrant Country:US
Registrant Phone:+1.4806242599
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant FAX:+1.4806242598
Registrant FAX Ext.:
Registrant Email:
Admin ID:CR45848664
Admin Name:Admin Domain
Admin Organization:BackNames
Admin Street1:15111 N. Hayden Rd.
Admin Street2:Ste 160, PMB 353
Admin Street3:
Admin City:Scottsdale
Admin State/Province:Arizona
Admin Postal Code:85260
Admin Country:US
Admin Phone:+1.4806242599
Admin Phone Ext.:
Admin FAX:+1.4806242598
Admin FAX Ext.:
Admin Email:
Tech ID:CR45848661
Tech Name:Admin Domain
Tech Organization:BackNames
Tech Street1:15111 N. Hayden Rd.
Tech Street2:Ste 160, PMB 353
Tech Street3:
Tech City:Scottsdale
Tech State/Province:Arizona
Tech Postal Code:85260
Tech Country:US
Tech Phone:+1.4806242599
Tech Phone Ext.:
Tech FAX:+1.4806242598
Tech FAX Ext.:
Tech Email:
I'd ask that they give you an assurance in writing that you won't be ripped off.
Thanks guys, glad I posted now! Will give it some thought.