{"id":238,"date":"2008-03-06T11:05:30","date_gmt":"2008-03-06T19:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scamdex.com\/ScamBlog\/?p=238"},"modified":"2008-03-06T11:07:12","modified_gmt":"2008-03-06T19:07:12","slug":"dont-try-to-scam-scamdex-ok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scamdex.com\/ScamBlog\/2008\/03\/dont-try-to-scam-scamdex-ok\/","title":{"rendered":"Dont try to scam Scamdex, Ok?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I give my cellphone number out to very few people.<\/strong> Friends, relatives, Scamdex-related business and the occasional on-line order, if they insist. So when I get a call, it’s normally someone I know personally or business. So I was surprised to get a call from an outfit called ‘Auction Profits LLC’ (http:\/\/www.auctionprofitsllc.com) , asking me if I want to make money with drop-shipping on eBay.<\/p>\n

After listening to their inept spiel which seems to involve mentioning eBay and MONEY as often as possible, I asked them where they got my phone number and name. The claim was that I had placed an order with another company called ‘Online Supplier’ (http:\/\/www.onlinesupplier.com) . They knew my name, address and phone number and indicated that they had additional credit card information as well.<\/p>\n

When I persisted, I was zapped to the supervisor who blustered about how I must have bought something from them before and, anyway, how about making some money on eBay?<\/p>\n

He completely missed the point that I made that I run a website devoted to exposing scams (such as his) and he dropped my call. I got a weird ‘private’ call a few minutes later (2 minutes of static followed by a ‘sorry wrong number’) which I strongly suspect was them.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Research<\/u><\/p>\n

A quick search shows that these people are well-known to the consumer reporting community.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.ripoffreport.com\/searchresults.asp?q1=ALL&q4=&q6=&q3=&q2=&q7=&searchtype=0&submit2=Search!&q5=Online+Supplier<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.complaintsboard.com\/complaints\/onlinesuppliercom-c3440.html<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.auctionhints.com\/message\/webbbs_config.pl\/noframes\/read\/3212<\/p>\n

Even among the drop-ship community, they don’t get much of a review:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.dropship-review.com\/review_online_supplier.php<\/p>\n

\"MarksModus Operandi<\/u><\/p>\n

Every time the complaints get too much, the company and domain name changes. They like to hide the registration details too, using Private Registrars – a sure sign of people with something to hide.<\/p>\n

Disclaimer: Scamdex uses a such a service too, but that’s to protect us from personal attacks. <\/em><\/p>\n

AUCTIONPROFITSLLC.COM (Domains by Proxy)<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Auctionsuccessgroup.net<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. \t\t\t\t\t\tAuctionwealthinstitute.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    2 similar web sites are also hosted on the same server (and about 25 more) DNS Server is NS1.EXAMPLETECHNOLOGIES.COM<\/p>\n

    ONLINESUPPLIER.COM (Moniker Privacy Services)<\/strong><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. \t\t\t\t\t\tMyonlinesupplier.com<\/a><\/li>\n
    2. \t\t\t\t\t\tOnlinediscountsupplier.com<\/a><\/li>\n
    3. \t\t\t\t\t\tOnlinesupplier.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      DNS is NS1.OSPOWERLINE.COM<\/p>\n

      … and another thing<\/u><\/p>\n

      Take a look at the image on the right – from their site. Not sure eBay would approve of the ‘Power Sellers’ logo being adulterated with ‘ON STAFF’. And what is that A+ ‘Certification’ for?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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