Microsoft points possible scam?

gb12345

Fashonion wrote: »

http://domainsigma.com/whois/instagamepoints.com looks like they are in Canada!!!!

No, that is just where their Webhost is based - you can host with any firm in any country and the site's IP address will point to the location of the hosts.

They claim to be in the UK (address is a serviced office), but they could actually be anywhere in the world.

Fashonion

lol I do realise that I just want to find them to get the !!!!ers they are not where they claim to be in England ...has anyone else got a code?

jdogg1976

It depends on how you define scam. For me if it was an actual scam then no one would get any points. I think it's more incompetence than scam. And false advertising that the points are actually instant. Well yeah I suppose the "instant" part you would say that is a scam.

If its any help I put URGENT at the start of my subject line.


How long have you been waiting? I waited 10 days in total. I'd suggest if you are not yet at ten days then there may still be hope.

bionicbert

11 days and still waiting , support tickets are deleted , Paypal seem to be openly supporting the site by the fact their still taking payments through their system .

And to find out that if i had purchased the points in another country i would of had my money returned by now .

So if i had criminal intent i would be looking at what is happening here and thinking " how can i get a bit of this action " all i need to do is wait for the next COD game to release its first map pack and make sure i have ridiculous reductions of Microsoft points .

best bit for last , the map packs not even been released on PSN and PC yet and this site is still up and running .

daniob

Same here, 11 days ago...

jdogg1976

Not good. If they were doing it in date order I shouldn't have got mines first.

On subject line of my second ticket i put...

URGENT: Re ticket number #[ticket mumber]

If it'll help I will put a screen shot if I can still access it. I must have said something that triggered them to act fast.

jdogg1976

Can't post a link to the image cause I'm a new user. Will figure out another way if you want to see it.

jdogg1976

New plan, if you want to see it I've posted an image on #instagamepoints on twitter.

Bevy13

Has anyone who's been on this thread actually received the items they ordered (apart from jdogg1976)? 13 days now, it seems very inconsistent, random and late when they actually do send the email. It would be good to see a possibility that I might get something, although I've already written it off.

The odd thing is that they still have 'Processing' on the status...? It seems really pointless, when they could just complete it and keep getting Paypal to back them, as PP are frickin useless. If anyone has been sent their items, did the transaction update to 'completed' or something like that? Let the rest of us know if so.

Also, I liked their 'reviews' on their website, a really middle finger to all real customers/victims, especially when u submit an a review and it is submitted to the 'website for approval'... nice!

Bevy13

Just checked the website to see if PP were still supporting these guys, looks like 'no'. It only took 2 weeks and hundreds of complaints... cheers PP!

So I think that's it, they've probably done a runner with the dosh they've made.

Reported to Action Fraud and Watchdog, in a vain attempt to get the f&ckers back.

I'll update if anything comes of it.