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The problem is, that in order to claim their $47,000 they first have to send the "broker" their 10% commission - a mere $4,700. When the guy who lost his money told the con man that he did not have that much on hand, the "broker", during one of several phone conversations they had, kindly offered to let him send just half the money now and the rest after the mark was paid for the domain. Who wouldn't jump on a deal like that (except for anyone who gave it more than 5 seconds thought, of course)!? 

So the victim mailed his money off to an address in Goodyear, Arizona. Then, the weirdest thing happened. The broker stopped answering his emails or taking his calls. Go figure! Upon further investigation, the victim learned that the "office" address he sent the money to was actually a rented mailbox in a UPS Store.

The main reason these two cases were reported to me is that the "broker" pointed the marks 

toward one of the weekly domain sales reports at DN Journal to show them the domain they claimed belonged to the victim had been sold for the amount the broker stated. That is obviously no proof whatsoever that the domain sold belonged to the person who never remembered owning it in the first place - but a small percentage of people ignore the obvious and throw caution - and their money - to the wind.  I'm just hopeful those who weren't already aware of this ruse will  remember these few words "it it's too good to be true..."