What do you do if you find a potential scam website?

MaxP779 · 23 Oct 2011 at 05:24

I wont link it in case im wrong and get banned for linking to a competitors site

But they seem to offer computer parts for ridiculous prices, i5 2500k for £130 for example, it also seems to be run out of flat 14a in barton house, bow road, london. People don't usually run websites that sell stuff from a flat do they? How do you find out if a site is genuine or if its not then... wat do?

StriderX · 23 Oct 2011 at 05:31

I dunno depends what the warehouse price is, if its below £130, then i see no problem.

Either way whatever.

cainer · 23 Oct 2011 at 05:32

was VAT included at that price?

cainer · 23 Oct 2011 at 05:36

found it, its not the K version btw edit: yeah i see the K version there as well now

MaxP779 · 23 Oct 2011 at 05:50

Yup includes VAT, free delivery, definitely K version.

[FnG]magnolia · 23 Oct 2011 at 06:09

I literally do nothing.

twist3d0n3 · 23 Oct 2011 at 06:15

fap. and care not a lot

asim18 · 23 Oct 2011 at 06:19

Alert their hosting company if you're really bothered.

I wouldn't bother tbh.

gaz747 · 25 Oct 2011 at 13:37

MaxP779 said:
I wont link it in case im wrong and get banned for linking to a competitors site But they seem to offer computer parts for ridiculous prices, i5 2500k for £130 for example, it also seems to be run out of flat 14a in barton house, bow road, london. People don't usually run websites that sell stuff from a flat do they? How do you find out if a site is genuine or if its not then... wat do?

I also came across this company whilst searching for exactly the same thing as you, the Intel i5 2500k. It is indeed priced at £130.18 including vat and delivery! It seems more than a bit suspicious to me as for starters there is no contact telephone number should anything go wrong.

Their registered company address is a private flat and available company info about them suggests that they were only set up on 14 October 2011. I have also found references to a previous company (astra computers) at the same address, that has only just been wound up. Even further back and again from the same address, they were trading as "Acer B" and this company was wound up in 2009!

In the above circumstances, I have given them a wide berth and would suggest that you do the same as their prices seem too good to be true!

Also if you do a search for astra computers you will see a yahoo link from people who have been scammed by them in the last few days.
Seems that people have ordered laptops etc. and received nothing in return. Accounts closed, Paypal account closed and business wound up which all sounds like a "take the money and run" type of scam ....... avoid!

Efour · 25 Oct 2011 at 13:39

VAT fraud probably

have a fap and forget about it. Or buy one.