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I have registered on this site today in response to this thread.

I have paid for a camera from the website that failed to be delivered within the time the company communicated by email and through their 'check order' facilty.

When contacted through their 'contact us' page I got a reply stating that the item had been broken by the delivery company (DHL - so I assume unlikely) and when they had resolved this another item would be sent out.
Unfortunately DHL require a delivery number before items can be traced and this was never communicated by tech-centre - presumably because the item was never sent in the first place.

I have since replied to the email several times to no response.

An address search of the London address brings up several companies registered on various floors of that building but not this specific company.

I also paid through Paypoint and would like to try and get the money back, but am not sure how to go about this - any suggestions or shared experiences appreciated.

Looks like I've been conned as well. Very similar experience - got a link from Google (so assumed that it wasn't dodgy), and went ahead with the PayPoint system. 3 weeks later, goods hadn't arrived as promised, but they replied to my mail and said that the problem was with the delivery company and so it would take a bit longer. Now they aren't answering emails or phone calls.

Hello everyone. I've just registered with this site in order to make this post. I was instrumental in getting a scam company called mydv.co.uk closed down by the Massachusetts Attorney's office as they were scamming people in the UK and they tried to rip me off by converting my sterling payment into dollars, with a hefty conversion fee. I complained like mad and was lucky to get them to cancel my order and refund all fees. I was so incensed at this scam that I set up mydv-ripoff.co.uk and, as said, played a big part in getting this company closed down (owned by Americans in Massachusetts). But it took a huge amount of work, including dealing with hundreds of emails to my site by people similarly caught out by the company.

I want to pass on a few words of advice I learnt from this experience.

Firstly, to say that you should NEVER, NEVER buy online by any method other than a credit card (or other form of payment) which you KNOW FOR SURE will refund your money if you don't receive your goods.

Also, NEVER, EVER pay by Western Union (or similar), as this is the payment method of choice for scammers – there is no recourse for refunds, the money order you sanction is as good as cash and Western Union give you NO protection whatsoever. I don't want to make this sound like a promotion thing, but I have always been 100% protected by Barclaycard VISA, both for dodgy deals online and having my identity stolen twice. Barclaycard refunded all money taken from my account, they provide an excellent, courteous service, I now don't use any card other than this one.

I'm sorry for those of you who have lost money, but as I'm sure you already know, you made an error of judgment by giving this company your money.

I'm presently looking to buy a high-end mobile phone cheaper than in the UK but will only do so if I can pay with my VISA card. I will NEVER use Western Union or similar payment methods. I think you will be wasting your time contacting UK police or trying to find the people behind tech-center.eu, sorry to say.

I've found elitesavings.co.uk which again is a slick website, and says all the right things. My fake website radar though is activated. Scammers use co.uk domains now, in order to hoodwink buyers into thinking the site is in the UK and therefore protected by the Distance Selling Regulations. If I do buy from elitesavings, I will only do so with my Barclaycard, so that in the event I don't receive my goods, or if this company charges more than I specify in my confirmation message to them when ordering, Barclaycard will cover that loss.

I always check a website I'm thinking of buying from in the WHOIS registry to see what country it's registered in, although site owners can have their personal details witheld, so you may not get any useful information from the WHOIS databse,. If outside the UK, then you have NO online buying protection. This protection is automatic if buying from a genuine UK company, and enshrined in the Distance Selling Regulations (info on DSR on the Office of Fair Trading's site: oft.gov.uk).

Sorry to be the bearer of uninspiring words for those caught out.

Summerboy

I was just on a site with the same "shop356.com" subdomain and the same fake address and phone number details on the "about us" page. Unfortunately I've placed an order for a Canon DSLR on there, but I haven't paid for the order yet, I found this thread just in time it seems! :shocked:

I opted for the PayPoint/Ukash payment option, so the site must be waiting for me to enter a 19-digit Ukash code for the order amount of >£300 (dream on!). Do you guys think it's worth me emailing them to cancel the order, or doing anything else to cut off contact from these scammers? T.I.A.!

Edit: For reference, this site was called "Digital Buzz", and had "digitalbuzz.net" as its logo but "digitalbuzz.shop356.com" in the address bar. So steer clear!

Have been looking for cameras and found a site on google shopping with great prices. uk.digitalbuzz.net.tf after looking who they where i found this forum so i registered to WARN WARN WARN !!!.
All the addresses are the same as other didgy sites mentioned, I nearly got done but had the sense to check them out.
They now offer payment by visa & mastercard along with paypoint, ukash etc.

so please pass this site around uk.digitalbuzz.net.tf & on google shopping its tekcenter.