Help with buying domain name through escrow.com

[Tim Lane <tlane () SCU EDU AU>]

> Hello,
>
> just wondered if someone could offer some help here.  Someone at our
> University here in Australia is negotiating the purchase of a registered
> .com domain name  through another party (an individual), who is claiming
> title to the domain name.  The only contact they have at the moment is an
> email address.  This individual wants the purchase to be done through
> escrow.com, based purely on email address exchange.
>
> Although this all may be legitimate, we are not sure of the process to
> validate this and therefore are treating it with some caution.  Right at
> the moment we only have an email address for the seller, nothing else.
>
> The main problem is validating the process.
>
> I am attempting to:
>
> 1) validate the authenticity of the claimed owner and;
> 2) validate the process for transfer of title through escrow.com
>
> Can anyone give me some tips or ideas on how this could be achieved?
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Tim Lane

Tim Lane
Information Security Program Manager

Information Technology and Telecommunication Services
Southern Cross University
PO Box 157 Lismore NSW 2480

Ph:  61 2 6620 3290
Fax: 61 2 6620 3033
Email: tlane () scu edu au
http://www.scu.edu.au

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