The "INFO#SHOP555.DE" Amazon Giftcard scam

Pardon me if this has been long since discussed, but this poster feels it's still worth refreshing, as it pains me to see that this Giftcard scam still continues folks, and really, there needs to be a sticky &/or far more general awareness raised about it. IOW, It's quite unbelievable that it still continues, and for so long = so obviously there must be at least some people who must still... be falling for it.


In case anyone isn't aware of it yet - you will be watching out for that one favourite yet very expensive item to fall in price on Amazon. One day, you will see that that item which sells for the best part of a grand usually, will suddenly appear on Amazon marketplace, in "like new" condition, at £455 including "FREE delivery ...woopee doo" with the following message, only to find that once you click on the Marketplace seller's name -


"All orders placed without my agreement are automatically canceled. So ask me before you place an order) The product was only used for advertising purposes in my shop, and the price was so low that it was unpacked - full warranty, full accessories New, never used-Before buying please let me know here: INFO # SHOP555.DE ( Please change the # a @)"


You now have three options.


Option 1) Realise it's the same old giftcard scam, which amazon should have gotten a grip of, long ago, and move on....



Option 2) IF you should contact the marketplace seller via amazon's own internal email service, to enquire about buying that item, of their 4000+ items (all at the same price of £455, and all allegedly shown in the same shop window beforehand), you will usually get an email back claiming that their seller's account was inadvertently taken over by some dodgy bunch, and they honestly have no such knowledge of the product you've been waiting to buy: moreover, they don't even have it in stock! So there! Sigh...



Option 3) IF you should attempt to contact "wearethescammers@shop555.de"

then you will usually be asked to provide them Amazon giftcards to the tune of £455, and once they have succeeded in taking your giftcards they will allegedly send you your item, which if you believe that, you really should pay attention to the rest of this sentence, as of course, that will be the last you will hear from them.


Frankly, please tell me that no one on this forum, has fallen for this scam, and better still that you even know anyone who has ever fallen for it? But if you have, since this was last discussed, please post your warning here for all to see, because this scam is obviously still reeling in unsuspecting victims, otherwise they wouldn't be bothered running it to this day!