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IPhone X - Fantastic offer?

£20 upfront, £10 per month, 18 month contract, unlimited calls texts, 10GB data, mobile unlocked to all networks.

This sounds too good to be true.

The website is fonehouse.co.uk but the offer above is not available on there website but only if you ring them. I asked the lady to email me the iPhone X offer details, she did and the email domain is fone-house.co.uk.

Scam or legit?

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  • Posts: 6,378 Forumite
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    That URL returns:

    THIS SITE IS BRAND NEW

    PLEASE CHECK BACK AGAIN SOON

    I'd avoid at all costs.
  • Posts: 2,610 Forumite
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    If something's too good to be true, if often is!
    £300 for an iPhone X over the lifetime of the minimum term? Granted it's not a 'new' model but Argos are asking £899.99 for the 64GB variant.
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  • Posts: 1,430 Forumite
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    That URL returns:

    THIS SITE IS BRAND NEW

    PLEASE CHECK BACK AGAIN SOON

    I'd avoid at all costs.
    Where you getting your information from?
    its been going quite a few years.
    Domain:
    fonehouse.co.uk
    Registrar:
    123-Reg Limited t/a 123-reg [Tag = 123-REG]
    Registered On:
    1997-12-22
    Expires On:
    2021-12-22
    Updated On:
    2019-12-15
    Status:
    Registered until expiry date.
    Name Servers:
    ns.123-reg.co.uk
    ns2.123-reg.co.uk
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  • Posts: 6,378 Forumite
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    edited 19 March 2020 at 9:00PM
    sdduk said:

    By typing "fone-house.co.uk" in the address bar of Safari
  • By typing "fone-house.co.uk" in the address bar of Safari
    That is not the URL the URL is https://fonehouse.co.uk/

    What you have typed is the end of the email address the company uses so example@fone-house.co.uk
  • Posts: 6,378 Forumite
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    My bad assuming the email domain was the same as their website, strange setup as just about every company would have a single domain.
  • Posts: 4,174 Forumite
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    £20 upfront, £10 per month, 18 month contract, unlimited calls texts, 10GB data, mobile unlocked to all networks.

    This sounds too good to be true.

    The website is fonehouse.co.uk but the offer above is not available on there website but only if you ring them. I asked the lady to email me the iPhone X offer details, she did and the email domain is fone-house.co.uk.

    Scam or legit?
    So have you ordered one then ?
    As suggested above the finances don't work but share more details and I'm sure we'll work out whether scam or legit
  • Posts: 267 Forumite
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    edited 20 March 2020 at 12:19PM
    k3lvc said:
    So have you ordered one then ?
    As suggested above the finances don't work but share more details and I'm sure we'll work out whether scam or legit
    My uncle ordered and his mobile will arrive on. Monday apparently, he passed my number on at my request to the lady who works there and she rang me yesterday and offered the iPhone X offer. I said I will think about it and let her know. This morning I have had 6 miscalls of her.

    FYI my Uncle ordered the Samsung S20 plus Ultra 5G on a 24 month contract for £25pm paying £35 upfront.
  • Posts: 32,755 Forumite
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    edited 21 March 2020 at 8:48AM

    What you have typed is the end of the email address the company uses so example@fone-house.co.uk
    The email used on the fonehouse website is fonehouse not fone-house?     Where does it show the different URL / Email address?

    That and the vastly different prices would have me running away.

    £1000 phone for £500  ???
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  • PLEASE READ:

    I have just spoken to the real fone house by using the number on there website and they have told me that someone is pretending to be them and to report everything to ACTION FRAUD. 

    The email I received from the fake fone house has genuine company house number for the real fone house. I have posted the fake email I received from the fake fone house below so others are warned about this scam.

    sales@fone-house.co.uk
    Dear Sir ,

    Our company is running a great promotion All Across UK  of the cheaper
    one contract phone.
    We are the authorized dealers of all major networks likes 3G,O2 ,
    VODAFONE, Tesco, EE 4G etc...


    Opening Times
    Mon - Thurs:         09:00-20:00
    Friday:                  10:00-18:00
    Saturday:              09:00-17:30
    Sunday:              Closed

    Regards:
    Fone house ( Sales Team )
    call back: 0208 1444  467
    Unit 5, The E-Centre, Easthampsted Road, Bracknell, Berkshire,
    RG12 1NF
    Registered in ENGLAND
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