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                             I'm not the only one

I found the following in my email box today:

> From: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: the domain con guy email
> Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:04:24 EST
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> Hi, I just read your post on your site about the domain name guy. I did a
> search for domainguardsystem.com because I has just received the same email
> from him, only of course a different domain. When I checked on the .com
> domain of the .org that I used to own, it was available also. This silly
> person is trying to sell domains he does not own for a huge markup. You can
> buy the name with GoDaddy for $7.69 using a discount code and probably
> cheaper at other places, and he wants to sell names he does not own for
> $99!! Unreal … At any rate, I am glad you posted about it. He only bought
> his domain in October, so he is fairly new at this and seems to be
> targeting the owners of dot orgs right now.
>
> Cindy
>

Glad I could help, Cindy (and it seems that Cindy [1] blogged about
domainguardsystem.com [2] as well).

[1] http://www.thewahmagazine.com/about/
[2] http://www.thewahmagazine.com/2008/12/10/beware-of-a-domain-name-buying-scam/

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