www.brade360.com - SCAM!!!

Lonsdale

https://www.brade360.com is apparently a chinese wholesale supplier offering goods at veeery low prices, eg Playstation 3 for 100 odd euros. However, the only method to pay is by Western Union transfer, which does not protect the buyer.

Suspicious due to various warnings, I took out a false email address and emailed the owner, pretending to be a customer (it would seem one of many) who had parted with my money but was yet to receive the goods. i paste the emails below. basically, he pretended to know about my (imaginary!) order and said it was held up by customs, and i should pay him a further 150 euros (plus additional 10 euros per extra day) and he would transfer this to the customs people on my behalf! - SCAM!!!!

Dear friend
A bad news, your item have been detained by costom,they said you should pay custom tax. The total you should pay is 150 euros.You know our profite is very low,if you want us to pay the custom tax ,we will lose money for this business,hope you can undersant it.I'm very sorry for this unhappy thing.Hope you can pay it as soon as possible,because the custom have valid time for preservation it(afer 48 hours one day 10euro).
you can send the money to our bank and we will pay it for you to saving your money .
thanks

Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:45:34 +0100
From: [EMAIL="jonathanscottgemmell@googlemail.com"]jonathanscottgemmell@googlemail.com[/EMAIL]
To: [EMAIL="brade360@hotmail.com"]brade360@hotmail.com[/EMAIL]
Subject: DELL XPS M2010 - PRODUCT STILL NOT RECEIVED

Hi,

It has been some weeks now since I paid and my order for my Dell XPS M2010 still has not arrived! Can you tell me how much longer?

Thanks

maninthestreet

Any website that requests payment by Western Union is, invariably, a scam.

bicycle_repair_man_2

notice as well how this company uses Hotmail for its email, another sign of a scam

Miseryschild

1. Agree - hotmail for a company?
2. Western Union - who uses that anymore? Real companies use credit/debit cards or cheques.
3. How many spelling mistakes in that thing? really - Costoms? Profite? Undersant?
4. Sentences that dont make sense. E.g:

* because the custom have valid time for preservation it
* we will pay it for you to saving your money

How rediculous

~MC