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Dharma
Baiting Guru
Joined: 11 Jun 2008
Posts: 2254
Location: The Empty Quarter
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Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:01 am |
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I’m back again
It seems that I will be working a car dealer to my whole family
http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1393265
It’s now my brother who wants to buy a car from the US,
the thing is we don’t know anybody there , so I’m forced unwillingly to deal again with the car sites as my brother doesn’t speak English (sure I’m not better than him )
To keep it short and simple I thought of using this site as eBay instructs its customers to do so
https://www.escrow.com/index.asp
as you can see, it’s an escrow site that claims to guarantees the buyers money and it’s responsible of delivering the sellers’ money .
Is it a legitimate site?
I’m afraid as I read a lot about the escrow fraud!
Imagine what my brother would do to me if he’s money went to Lagos instead of a car dealer in New York
419eater one of a few sites that I can completely TRUST (along with the BBC of course) and for that reason I’m seeking your help with this |
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DoraTheExplorer
Baiting Guru
Joined: 18 Nov 2008
Posts: 9263
Location: Magnolia, Mississippi
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Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:34 am |
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Hi subway and welcome back!
Yes, escrow.com is legit.
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escrow.com.
aliases www.escrow.com
addresses 216.154.246.76
Domain Whois record
Queried whois.internic.net with "dom escrow.com"...
Domain Name: ESCROW.COM
Registrar: GODADDY.COM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com
Referral URL: http://registrar.godaddy.com
Name Server: NS39.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
Name Server: NS40.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Status: clientRenewProhibited
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Status: clientUpdateProhibited
Updated Date: 23-jul-2007
Creation Date: 23-aug-1994
Expiration Date: 16-nov-2011
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A great place to ask questions about potential scams for verification is at our sister site, ScamWarners.com. It's a wonderful place and you might notice some familiar faces over there!
And in fact, your question regarding this site has been answered over there. http://scamwarners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1929&hilit=www.escrow.com%2F
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About ScamWarners.com
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* Identify individuals or groups who may be vulnerable to scams
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The scams we are qualified to talk about are
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* Charity scams
* Check scams, particularly those used in auctions and online selling, or job offers and employment scams
* Fake banks and fake escrow sites
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Tsnerd
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Joined: 14 Jul 2005
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Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:08 am |
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Dora is quite correct.
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it’s an escrow site that claims to guarantees the buyers money and it’s responsible of delivering the sellers’ money. |
This is how escrow works - similar to a bond/bailer/bailee relationship (don't feel like digging out my books for the correct terms if this is incorrect) - one party puts up a financial guarantee of performance in accordance with a contract, rendering the contract null and void (and often forfeiting the agreed upon amount) if that party fails to follow through.
The escrow company is the disinterested party and entrusted with the money.
Escrow.com is legitimate and is one of the companies on the sticky at ScamWarners.com:
They have a very good section about escrow fraud - please note the https: in the URL:
https://www.escrow.com/fic/index.asp |
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Dharma
Baiting Guru
Joined: 11 Jun 2008
Posts: 2254
Location: The Empty Quarter
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Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:33 pm |
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DoraTheExplorer
Tsnerd
Many thanx for your kind responses
http://www.scamwarners.com/ has many useful tips, I would like to thank them for their wonderful work
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