For the past months I have been receiving offers to buy heavydeck.com from an assortment of email accounts with similar writing style, similar typos, and considering the sheer volume of messages, it feels like desperation on their part.

As I said in My little SPAM collection I do not, nor have I been interested in owning, the dot com version of this same domain, since this is, after all, just my personal site which started as a joke on a game I haven’t played in close to a decade.

The domain

During all of this (ongoing) story, the whois of heavydeck.com looked more or less like this

Domain Name: HEAVYDECK.COM
Registry Domain ID: 1811259001_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com
Registrar URL: http://www.godaddy.com
Updated Date: 2023-09-08T11:06:39Z
Creation Date: 2013-06-27T13:07:41Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2023-06-27T13:07:41Z
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registrar IANA ID: 146
Domain Status: pendingDelete

It looks the domain is about to expire as per the pendingDelete status so I will just ignore any and all messages until it is free or renewed. Then I may respond to all the email accounts messaging me as show on the next section.

Edit: I didn’t. Too lazy. Also, the scammers have renewed the domain for one more year, so I will wait to make an update post later this year with attempt 2. For completeness sake, here is the whois data as of today:

Domain Name: HEAVYDECK.COM
Registry Domain ID: 2813857442_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois-service.virtualcloud.co
Registrar URL: https://www.sav.com/
Updated Date: 2023-11-13T18:28:13Z
Creation Date: 2023-09-14T18:20:18Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2024-09-14T18:20:18Z
Registrar: SAV.COM, LLC
Registrar IANA ID: 609
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited

The email messages

As of the last few days I have received no less than an email a day asking if I was interested in purchasing the dot com version of the domain. With each new email the tone seems to subtly change. At first is just a “hey you” kind of thing:

From: lorettalornahashem2@gmail.com
Hey there!

We noticed that you own heavydeck.net? Do you have any interest in heavydeck.com? Only the name is on sale, it does not have a website.

If you are not interested, have a nice day and sorry to bother you about this.
Viva Tetrick

Notice the name of the person does not match the origin email. On the next email they fixed it:

From: hooleymatilda40@gmail.com
Hi!

We noticed that you own heavydeck.net? Do you have any interest in heavydeck.com? If so please let us know and we will get back to you with the full details.

In any case, I wish you a great day! Matilda Hooley

Next time they claim their dot com domain is getting traffic, despite not ever having any site hosted there. To prevent any confusion, no name is signing this email.

From: petunianames@gmail.com
Greetings,

I have noticed a significant increase in traffic to my domain HeavyDeck.com and decided to conduct some online research. It came to my attention that you also operate a website with similar Keywords.

I would like to inquire if acquiring this domain name from us could be beneficial for you. I kindly request you to provide a response to this email to let me know your thoughts. Your reply would be highly appreciated.

Last so far, another email where the name signing the message does not match the address.

From: akiopetrad@gmail.com
Hello, Do you like to own heavydeck com? You already possess .net version, therefore maybe you’ll be interested.

Sincere greetings,
Didik

Now they are diversifying the email domains, maybe to look more legit:

From: admin@payastro.com
This “HeavyDeck.com” premium domain name is Now available for acquisition.

This is a dotcom name, and dotcom is the most popular, commonly used web extension. and thought you might want to upgrade.

Please let me know if you want to know more about This domain name or have any Offers in mind.

Best regards,
Ahmed Gamal

Now they try to look more professional, adding a “Consultant” title.

From: mrhellaanir@gmail.com
Hi
I own the domain name heavydeck.com and am looking to sell it.
The .com extension can help build your brand identity better. A .com extension can contribute to better building your brand identity and can also help you differentiate yourself from your competitors and show your uniqueness.

Please let me know if you have any offer ($) or have any questions?

best regards,
anir hella
domain consuhant
email marketing

Bad English, and a different account each time. If this is a bot doing things props for having some diversity on the messages. If this is a human, next time you send a message, please add an eggplant emoji “🍆” as the greeting and I might give you an answer.

Back to plain old normal people. I’m still waiting for the 🍆 lady!

From: amycarson0312@gmail.com
Hi there,
Would you be interested in buying/owning the website name heavydeck.com so you can redirect it to your website?

Kind regards,
Amy

Now back to a “consultant” which happens to have a phone number but uses a plain old GMail account. Also, my family is doing well, thanks.

From: emaavaconsult@gmail.com
Greetings,
I hope you and your family are doing well.

I am reaching out regarding a premium domain name “HeavyDeck.Com”, now we are ready to sell the domain name to the new owner.

Let us know if you are interested in acquiring the domain name?
Cheers

Emma Ava Sr. Domain Consultant - Client Relations
Emma Ava (646-844-1126)

That phone number is lacking an international prefix, and it feels quite natural to type on the numpad, as if someone typed at “random” with one hand or otherwise this is a very lucky consultant.

A few days later and the domain is renewed, and an apparent final message with a “we give up” is sent to me.

From: akiopetrad@gmail.com
I just want to be sure you read this one last time, but if you don’t care, you may disregard it once again, and this will also be the last message.

I apologize if this is bothering you and wish you much happiness and success.

I hope they do give up and stop bothering me. Let’s see if when the next expiration date 2024-09-14T18:20:18Z is close, they will bother me again or not.

Quick rundown of people

Email Name Notes
Viva Tetrick lorettalornahashem2@gmail.com  
Matilda Hooley hooleymatilda40@gmail.com  
Hannah Benson petunianames@gmail.com  
Didik akiopetrad@gmail.com Emailed many many times
Anir Hella mrhellaanir@gmail.com Consultant firm using GMail
Amy amycarson0312@gmail.com  
Emma Ava emaavaconsult@gmail.com Consultant firm using GMail
Ahmed Gamal admin@payastro.com  

I find it hard to believe many individuals and corporations own the same name at the same time and are able to sell it all the same.

I’m still waiting for an email with an 🍆 eggplant emoji. I refuse to answer any offer without the 🍆 in the body.