An odd one, possible scam from postcode ub18 7nl

theconsumer · 2 September 2013 at 11:24AM

Does anyone know what the 09 premium rate number people were asked to call was?

vmaxnick · 16 October 2013 at 11:18PM

I just ordered 2 mp4 players on ebay. The deal seemed too good to be true, so I googled the paypal address of the payment recipient. Guess where I ended up? Safekom.com
Guess I'll be getting some !!!!!! in the post then!

Shame on ebay and paypal for not weeding these scams out!

vmaxnick · 17 October 2013 at 12:20AM

Ah ha
Just discovered a further level to their scam. The item I selected from the drop down menu is not the item I paid for. I ordered two mp4 fm transmitters to play a phone through a car stereo. What I've paid for is two usb leads. How the scam works is the opposite of a loss leader. The company lists literally thousands of very cheap items which they deliver as agreed but they seed the listings with a few cons, they then make you phone a premium rate number to argue your case when you don't get what you wanted. The way it works is that, for the sake of a few quid, most people just let it go. This happens tens of thousands of times: Ching- ching!
Not this happy shopper though! The game is on!

molerat · 17 October 2013 at 9:14AM

So you ordered the wrong item and blame the seller. You cannot buy without making a selection from the drop down menu which shows clearly what you are ordering. Black, grey, blue, yellow, red at £3.80 or a 3.5mm audio cable at 99p.

Premium rate number ? 020 3468 5914 or 020 3468 5915 as shown on their e-bay page. Use the ebay contact system, they replied to me in a couple of hours.

stanmoore · 15 November 2013 at 3:34PM

Just been informed by this outfit that our annual renewal fee of £99 will be deducted from our account within the next 30 days.
We haven't even got an account. This is for timeshare.

The letter came from Spain: FreeTime
Mr Victor Ramirez
Buzon 200
C/Diamante 19, P1 La Ermita, 29603 Marbella Spain

The only people we have dealt with on the internet are QVC and Ideal World.. it would seem that that somebody from either of these two are selling on information. It seems that even big companies like these cannot be trusted. Be careful who you shop with!!

knightstyle · 15 November 2013 at 4:39PM

Who can I complain to???
I have still not received my free adult DVDs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ObiWanJabronE · 24 December 2013 at 7:35PM

Add another person to the list of people who has received these DVDs. I haven't read all the replies here, but with mine, they wasn't sent at my address, but my parents' address - which concerns me a great deal. I'm glad they didn't open it, thinking it was something for my dad. At first, I thought it was actually for him, but after doing some Googling I found this thread. Plus my dad is pretty frugal I thought, so I doubt he'd pay for !!!!!! DVDs to come through the post.

I called 101 as mentioned on the article, to Greater Manchester Police. The person on the phone said send the DVDs back to the address. He didn't seem to care much, or GMP hasn't had any reports of this coming from the North West area. He also said it's not a crime, or fraud.

As I've said, I've not read all the replies on this thread, as there is quite a lot. But with my DVDs there was a letter, at the top in red text says "DVD CLUB MAILER". The person has signed off the letter as "Louise Saint". Also on the letter are (on the back) explicit phone sex line numbers, and there is some at the bottom of it as well.

I'll have to ask my parents when they received this, quite odd it's been going on since August, and I've only just received this, well, they did. Hopefully, they don't get anymore, so I may well take the advice of the officer and send them back. No way am I calling the number.

Percy1983 · 24 December 2013 at 8:52PM

North West, I may get mine soon!

[Deleted User] · 24 December 2013 at 10:52PM

You don't need to text the number to unlock the scenes. If you know how a DVD structure works, you can view each scene without the need for a code.

bluelass · 13 November 2014 at 4:25PM

I posted about this on forum yesterday but my post seems to have vanished? I sent some jewellery to Gold Refiners last Monday in a special delivery envelope they sent to me. I got a call from their customer services the next day to be told when the valuation team opened the envelope the items I noted on the pack form were missing.They also told me a single earring had been found in the envelope, which is rubbish as I sent them a watch and a pendent nothing else. I sent some other items to this firm last year with no problem. The person on the phone seemed to contradict thereselves saying it was signed for by one of their reception staff and when it was signed for the signer didn't notice any thing amiss with the envelope, the person signed with just a first name which seems odd I have taken in parcels for neighbours and the postie said I needed to put my surname on the signature too. Then the same customer service member said when the valuation team received the envelope it looked bunched up around the edges near the seal and tape had been put near the seal. I made sure it was sealed neatly and did not use any tape when I took it to the post office. I asked them to send me the special envelope back and they have refused to, they are also demanding I send them the original certificate of posting and receipts for the missing items. I contacted the PO where I took the envelope to and they told me under no circumstances give the recipient any documents instead i have to send them to royal mail along with a form they are sending to me. Gold Refiners contacted me again to demand the original documents again and said i could not claim for my items with royal mail or them. what do i do? i have spoken to my local trading standards and they said if royal mail refuse liability for the items i will have to pursue Gold Refiners but i think that will be very difficult if their being awkward at this stage.