Is this too good to be true?

mummyofonechild

http://www.bsgnonstop.co.uk/BUY_DSI_XL_BUNDLE.htm

fwor

Almost certainly yes. The website was registered 5 days ago to a Megan Hun, who registered it as a "non-trading individual". Proper businesses should not do this. As such I'd suspect it is one of the many thousands of similar scam websites that spring up daily and then disappear once you've sent money.

mummyofonechild

fwor wrote: »

Almost certainly yes. The website was registered 5 days ago to a Megan Hun, who registered it as a "non-trading individual". Proper businesses should not do this. As such I'd suspect it is one of the many thousands of similar scam websites that spring up daily and then disappear once you've sent money.

Thank You. I didnt want to post it on the grabbit board and then risk lots of people losing their money. It rang alarm bells with me so didnt order.

Vuze

It's going to be a scam, keep away. I looked at the order process, once you add to basket and try to checkout it leads to some kind of sslrelay site to give the impression of security.

I think in these types of scams, they are probably not going to charge you the £99 for the Nintendo DSi - getting a credit card processing facility from the banks is not easy, even for legitimate businesses you have to demonstrate trust and have an active bank account for 12 months before they consider you for such things (atleast with HSBC, Barclays is slightly easier). Most likely this is a scheme to collect working credit card numbers with their expiry and CVV codes, which they will then use to order goods from other legitimate stores, taking delivery of the products and footing you with the bill.

On a related note, check out this Infographic about cyber crime and credit cards, including the Top 10 Hottest Items Stolen Online you might find it quite interesting to know some of the stuff that goes on with internet shopping - the important lesson from this however, is that it is safer to pay by credit card when buying things online, since the card companies will cover any fraudulent transactions, giving you greater protection.

Infographic:
http://www.superstoresearch.com/infographics/credit-card-protection/

Vuze

Just revisiting this thread, and as predicted, the original site has now been taken down and the index page is displaying a thin message:

Currently Under Construction
UPDATING OUR STOCK LISTS.
Thank you for your Custom.


That seems to suggest that they did manage to get hold of some orders and credit/debit card numbers, as they are trying to buy time and reassure any 'customers' that their site is only down to update their stock lists.

What a smelly crock of you know what.

TwistedPsycho

and now it is a 404 page Not Found