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Consolerescues.co.uk- Possible Scam

Started by fexo, June 26, 2007, 05:43:13 AM

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fexo

I was buying a new DS Lite for my son's birthday as the phat is just about done for. I found this site through Google adds and was very tempted until I saw the price for Wii's which were much too good to be true.

I did some checking and it appears to be a scam as the site was only registered on 21st June to someone in Oxford (company in Scotland). The security seals were also registered/validated a few years ago before the site appeared. The address of the company is also incorrect.

I have e-mailed to get some more information, but until it comes don't buy from here.

Devil_Spawn


fexo

Seems that he may have taken it down after my e-mail to him.

It turns out the the security seals were just pop-ups and one was registered to a completely different company.

The Wii were at £130 for a 2 game/2 controller pack up to £180 for 3 games, 2 controllers and a re-charger. The DS was at £57.

If I've managed to stop a scam I'm happy!

There was another scam which I saw through the Google adds here for

electronicresellers.net

They were offering Wiis at £100/each for 20 and PS3s at £175/each for 30. Needless to say, another scam but some people got caught. They are still operational though.

Devil_Spawn


mudlouse1

too good to be true, that price is way too low, even for tax-free jersey.

fexo

#5
Just as a matter of interest to all readers,

if you do come across a scam site report it to

aa419.org

They will contact the hoster and, if they cannot get the site shut down, they will use up its bandwidth and shut it that way (I've just given them 250Mb). They have just done this with electronicresellers.net!


kkan

Quote from: fexo on June 29, 2007, 06:31:40 AM
Just as a matter of interest to all readers,

if you do come across a scam site report it to

aa419.org

They will contact the hoster and, if they cannot get the site shut down, they will use up its bandwidth and shut it that way (I've just given them 250Mb). They have just done this with electronicresellers.net!



yeah been a THE LAD VAMPIRE user for a long time against banks and various other stuff done a couple of TB in the name of justice  :D