: "Another company is trying to register some domain names with us" - legit? I was wondering if anyone has encountered this before and knows whether or not it's legitimate. A domain registrar

@Chiappetta492

This is a known "scam".

This is a legitimate, though questionable approach. Big chance there isn't actually anyone trying to register it, they just tell you that to add time pressure. They do nothing wrong with offering it to (and if they're not offering it now, they will be in their follow up mail).
They often simply do [your_domain].[some less common extention] via an automated process.

They're trying to scare people into buying the domains. We've encountered this a few times ourselves, that a client of ours will call us to say that someone has offered them the same as you've been offered. They're often slightly panicked that someone might 'steal their domain'. We then explain that they're hoping you panic and buy the domain(s). Sometimes acting all 'friendly' that they wanted to inform you first.

The question you must ask yourself:
Is this a domain I'd like to have?
- If so, register it yourself (or via your host) because they haven't actually registered it for you
- If not -> ignore them.

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