Website looks a bit suspect

wavemachine

I was looking to get a fitbit charge 3 and a company called Techos appeared at the top on the list when googling, they have the Charge 3 at £67 which seemed a bit cheap to me along with other deals.

I searched for them on the web and couldn't find any info, they also quoted a Company Number of 11350196, I did a search on companies house and it came back with a different company in fact it is a Freight Transport Company owned by a Romanian gentlemen.

Website is techos.co.uk/

Has anyone heard of these people, am I right in thinking this all looks a bit fishy, should I report it somewhere?

Hasbeen

Its a Romanian HGV driver who is a she. Different address as its a flat. But any problems you can always take items back to the shop as per link.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/detailMatching.html?prop=43212972&sale=90100347&country=england#


Post code is L5 2PG

hollydays

wavemachine wrote: »

I was looking to get a fitbit charge 3 and a company called Techos appeared at the top on the list when googling, they have the Charge 3 at £67 which seemed a bit cheap to me along with other deals.

I searched for them on the web and couldn't find any info, they also quoted a Company Number of 11350196, I did a search on companies house and it came back with a different company in fact it is a Freight Transport Company owned by a Romanian gentlemen.

Website is techos.co.uk/

Has anyone heard of these people, am I right in thinking this all looks a bit fishy, should I report it somewhere?

I didn't realise people actually just google like that by price. It would be a scammers dream.

Caz3121

website was set up 8th February 2019...
one trust pilot review https://www.trustpilot.com/review/techos.co.uk
office address a semi in Liverpool
I would give it a very wide berth..

hollydays

Report to action fraud

TadleyBaggie

Contact number is a mobile...

Contact address is this semi in Liverpool:

https://goo.gl/maps/uuC8KEoTG522

TadleyBaggie

So for a bit of fun I ordered an Apple TV using completely fake details including a completely random credit card number. Order was processed without any validation. They insist that you enter your birthdate when ordering, so it looks like they are just trying to harvest credit card data.

And if by some chance they do ship the Apple TV, I used their own contact address.

peter_the_piper

I wondered where that random amount came from off my credit card.:rotfl::rotfl:

wavemachine

Thanks everyone, I have filed a report with action fraud.

If you just google “Fitbit charge 3 uk price” techos appears at the top of the list so clearly these people have worked hard in SEO, for reference I will google to find a competitive price but will always do my homework before buying to make sure it is a legitimate company. In this case I could find no reviews and had never heard of them which is why I be a really suspicious.

The site was clever though in that they had products with realistic prices but then had the newer versions of and most popular/desirable products heavily discounted.