Cheap Electronics - Warning - EMA Electronics

Robboseven

I received an email from this company today which wasn't filtered out by my spam filtering software so others may get it as well.

Dear Customer,

I am Ibrahim Masood Sales Manager at EMA-Electronics Ltd.

We have the Lowest Prices on Electronics in the UK Market.

Cheap Laptops, Plasma TVs, Mobile Phones, Digital Cameras, Dj Equipment..etc. Treat yourself! You deserve it!

Don't miss out! 20% Discount on first order!
Free Shipping anywhere in the World.
www.ema-electronics.com

It's obviously a scam for the following reasons:

They only accept payment by western union, wire transfer etc etc

They are not listed at companies house
Contact number is a mobile
Trading address is an insurance company
Prices are too good to be true


I am sure most MSE readers would be too savvy to fall for it but you never know.

alison99_2

superscaper wrote: »

Actually the only point you need that obviously makes it a scam is that it's spam. If you didn't ask for the email and it isn't personal then it's a scam because it's spam by definition.

Even if it wasn't a scam I'd still be an extremely bad idea to use any services of a spammer. The only reason spammers exist is to make money, if they didn't then there'd be no spam.

....errr what he said.

Robboseven

superscaper wrote: »

Well you definitely missed the point of my post. I wasn't criticising your post at all. Sorry if you misinferred that. I was simply pointing out that it can still be spam whether or not it's a scam and whether or not it's picked up by a filter. It was an addendum post for others to read not specifically directed as a response to your post. Maybe if you'd wanted to clarify what I said you could have simply asked instead of having a go and turning it personal.

If we remember the forum etiquette we can all put our views across without turning this into some kind of fight. Maybe I could have worded it better but there's no need to take an assumed position of it being antagonistic.

If you begin a reply with the words "Actually the only point you need that obviously makes it a scam is that it's spam" When somebody is just trying to help others it is, by it's very nature, antagonistic.

I wasn't trying to start a discussion about the nature of what is and what isn't spam. I was pointing out that this email is in circulation and to be wary. I appreciate that you admit you could have worded your reply better, apology accepted.

ixwood

lol. My money's on the products allegedly arriving in about 4.2 hours.

mountainchrisriver

catherine_he... spammer... posts reported... like we believe you anyhow... :rolleyes:

MothballsWallet

I've had a few similar ones from TaiYingPing (or something like that), offering me something or other. It's spam, so I replied from my spam magnet account (yes, I have one to train my spam filters) saying I'd forwarded their message to the fraud squad at Scotland Yard - haven't heard anything from them for a while.

They also had a Hotmail/Gmail email address.

superscaper

Just got this from Companies House:
Thank you for your email. It appears that this company is in breach of section 34 of the Companies Act 1985, in which it is claiming to be a limited company when its not registered with Companies House. Your email has been passed to the Appeals & Breaches section for consideration.