Scam Watch - Too good to be true bikes for sale
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Scam Watch - Too good to be true bikes for sale
Postby AUbicycles » Thu Jun 21, 2018 10:34 pm
Updated: Fake Trek websites are now created.
The purpose of this thread is to collect (with the help of the community) some of the retailers names involved for the purpose of helping others who want to check-up. The websites and systems look good and will mislead some naive buyers who pay the money and it is then lost forever. Even if the credit card company pays the money back... it is then the credit card company who loses when then don't or can't recover.
Tip - on Facebook or other social media, if you see the ads, eg. $100 or $150 road bikes... report them as a scam.
For scammers that appear to be Australian based, report them here:
https://www.scamwatch.gov.au/report-a-scam/
Generally, the scammers operating these fake sites are not Australian based, rather appear to be predominantly Chinese operations.
For the list of names of scam sites, the intention is not to link and create traffic... rather mention the names as warnings - to better not to put in full URLs.
- Reverso
- Fineyeeofficial
- Devine
- Supreme
- Toucan Appliances
- Benessere LILLA
- vovsound
Websites [scam still active]
- abyciycle
- biao.is
- bikingdeals (active)
- bestwatchesi
- cycleonsell
- cyclesday
- cyclestroy
- cyclesoups
- cyclesoutlet
- discycle
- fortheshop
- getacycle
- getcyclenow
- greateoutlet
- hotmyshop
- hunterlive.club (fashion)
- jblsonline.club (electronic)
- myboxsole
- mygoutlets
- opp
- shopsprice
- sidieur
- sidistore (contains virus)
- treaiwbl.club
- trekzo.top
- tobuycycle
- togocycle
- tosdeals
- topshophere
- ucoats
- electronicdigitals [offline]
- servicecente [offline]
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Re: Scam Watch - Too good to be true bike
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Re: Scam Watch - Too good to be true bike
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Re: Scam Watch - Too good to be true bike
Postby AUbicycles » Fri Jun 22, 2018 9:34 pm
The scam sites are ripping off the logos - the one I saw a few times was the bicyclesonline logo, one had a coloured / tinted version with a red shade instead of the correct blue.
Correction: a number were just updating with new logos.
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Re: Scam Watch - Too good to be true bike
Postby AUbicycles » Fri Jun 22, 2018 10:11 pm
Here is an example and some (but not all) logo variations. Also for ease of use, the list is now sorted alphabetically and if there are any new ones in following posts, I will update as well as sort any which are reported active.
There are a lot of scam watch website by the same group... depending on the quantity, I may just limit the list to bike scams. At this stage they are all polygon bikes with content ripped from the genuine retailer BicyclesOnline.
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Re: Scam Watch - Too good to be true bike
Postby BrisBoy » Sat Jun 23, 2018 11:48 am
So stupid. Live and learn, i guess.
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Re: Scam Watch - Too good to be true bike
Postby Arbuckle23 » Mon Jun 25, 2018 7:45 pm
I suppose every little report may help
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Re: Scam Watch - Too good to be true bike
Postby Baalzamon » Tue Jun 26, 2018 4:31 pm
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Re: Scam Watch - Too good to be true bike
Postby Thoglette » Tue Jun 26, 2018 6:31 pm
There's a lot of this going on. Typically an account gets compromised and the scammers put a pile of "bargains" up with click-throughs to other locations. Often the listings are in a part of ebay far, far away from the original account.Baalzamon wrote:I saw a recumbent trike on ebay that was sus. Had a url inside it saying $2000 au to get the trike. Click on the url and takes you to a different ebay site lol
Report it to ebay - it's a few clicks to get to the appropriate "contact us" form but they move swiftly once they get told.
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Re: Scam Watch - Too good to be true bike
Postby Baalzamon » Tue Jun 26, 2018 9:25 pm
It vanished fairly quickly on both occasions and I reported the URL to google as well.Thoglette wrote:There's a lot of this going on. Typically an account gets compromised and the scammers put a pile of "bargains" up with click-throughs to other locations. Often the listings are in a part of ebay far, far away from the original account.Baalzamon wrote:I saw a recumbent trike on ebay that was sus. Had a url inside it saying $2000 au to get the trike. Click on the url and takes you to a different ebay site lol
Report it to ebay - it's a few clicks to get to the appropriate "contact us" form but they move swiftly once they get told.
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Re: Scam Watch - Too good to be true bike
Postby AUbicycles » Wed Jun 27, 2018 7:31 am
treaiwbl.club
trekto.za
nikeairmax.club
hunterlive.club
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Re: Scam Watch - Too good to be true bike
Postby Ross » Thu Jun 28, 2018 6:24 am
https://www.bicycleretailer.com/interna ... -shoes-and
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Re: Scam Watch - Too good to be true bike
Postby Bunged Knee » Thu Jun 28, 2018 7:36 am
Haven't you read Chris comment in not to put the links in??
AUbicycles wrote: For the list of names of scam sites, the intention is not to link and create traffic... rather mention the names as warnings - to better not to put in full URLs.
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Re: Scam Watch - Too good to be true bike
Postby find_bruce » Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:55 am
It's ok- the link is to a news article about the dodgy sites, which also appears to have been careful not to link to the dodgy sites.Bunged Knee wrote:^^ I'm not clicking on this link....
Haven't you read Chris comment in not to put the links in??
AUbicycles wrote: For the list of names of scam sites, the intention is not to link and create traffic... rather mention the names as warnings - to better not to put in full URLs.
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Re: Scam Watch - Too good to be true bike
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Re: Scam Watch - Too good to be true bike
Postby Thoglette » Thu Jun 28, 2018 2:18 pm
They don't want half intelligent people. Scammers want really gullible, greedy people.bychosis wrote: Surely a half intelligent person gets a warning sign when it is $2k reduced to $200.
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Re: Scam Watch - Too good to be true bike
Postby MichaelB » Fri Jun 29, 2018 10:39 am
This one has the Opshop round logo and name 'Supreme'
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Re: Scam Watch - Too good to be true bikes for sale
Postby Lowell Ferrer » Wed Jul 25, 2018 9:13 pm
AU$13,156.45 valued for $169.00. #6436258 approved 26/06/2018 1 AU$167.18
BE AWARE
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Re: Scam Watch - Too good to be true bikes for sale
Postby opik_bidin » Wed Jul 25, 2018 9:57 pm
asked about my ad in gumtree, then want to only communicate by email, then sent this
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(scottdan231@gmail.com)
Thanks for the swift response and do as well advise on the least amount you will like to give it away as i am buying this for my daughter and due to the nature of my job and location...i will not be able to come for inspection,am a very busy type as i work long hours everyday,i have gone through your advertisement and i am satisfied with it.
As for the payment..i can only pay via the fastest and secure way to pay online(PayPal) here.
I have a private courier agent that will come for the pick up after the payment have been made...
You can now send me your PayPal email so i can pay in right away and also include your address in your reply.If you don't have a paypal account, you can easily set up one...log on to www.paypal.com.au and sign up its very easy... i would have loved to talk to you on phone but i work mainly offshore, our phone is down on the rig right now due to bad weather, that was why i sent you an email, i even wonder how my message deliver to your phone but for now we can only communicate through the same mailing channel.await your reply.
Thanks
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then the email sent this :
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(transactionverified@dr.com)
Dear xxxxxxx,
This email confirms that you have received an Instant payment of $1270.00 AUD from Daniel Scott via PayPal Service.
Reversals : This method of payment can not be reversed.
Status : Pending - Transport Agent Awaiting Payment.
View the details of this pending transaction below
Payment Details
Merchandise Amount: $900.00 AUD
Transport Charges:
Transfer Charges:
Total:
$300.00 AUD
$70.00 AUD
$1270.00 AUD
Status: Pending
Merchandise Title:
Bike
The total funds has been deducted from Daniel Scott(buyer's) account including our service charges and a temporary hold as been placed on it by our fund verification team, the payment will not show up in your account balance due to the temporary hold placed on it. The total fund is being held at our fund verification team desk for verification due to the Route of this transaction. Below is the verification procedure you are to follow before we can release the total sum of $1270.00 AUD which is on hold to your account.
1:You are to send the added shipping fee of $300.00 AUD upfront to the shipping agent's name and address below via Western Union at any Western Union Money Transfer location.
2:Forward the Western Union Money Transfer details (MTCN,Senders name and address) to us by replying directly to this email after sending the shipping fee so that we can proceed in our verification process and release the total funds to your account immediately after we get the requirement from you.
Please note:
The Buyer will not be permitted to reverse the funds before or after you have sent the shipping fee to the shipping agent's name and address below via Western Union.This means that you are also safe and secured by sending the shipping fee upfront to complete this transaction.
Please, find below the name and address of the Transport Agent where the $300.00 AUD should be sent via Western Union.
First Name: QUANG VAN
Last Name: TRAN
Address : 109 Tran Hung Dao Boulevard
City: Ho Chi Minh
State: Thanh Pho Ho Chi Minh
Zip Code: 700000
Country: Viet Nam.
Address Status: Confirmed
Your account will be credited accordingly after replying to this email with the details of the Western Union requested which are the:
(1) MTCN;
(2) Sender's Name;
(3) Sender's Address;
Note: As this transaction was done via our e-mail payments service, all inquiries should be directed to us by replying to this email. This email is the one being monitored for this transaction because the status of this transaction cannot be accessed via our customer care phone service section.Sincerely,
The PayPal Team
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I was careful as although it did look like it was sent by paypal in my phone, I clicked details to really see if it was sent by paypal, also opened my paypal account to see if there was money coming in. so it was most probably scam
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Re: Scam Watch - Too good to be true bikes for sale
Postby Bunged Knee » Wed Jul 25, 2018 10:20 pm
It had the same wordings as in https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/349193.
If I was asked like that, then I will blocked the sender's email and report them for scam.
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Re: Scam Watch - Too good to be true bikes for sale
Postby AUbicycles » Thu Jul 26, 2018 7:54 am
Western Union is the preferred payment service for scammers, once you send your money, it is gone forever.
It is unusual that on the first contact there is extremely detailed info how to use paypal... it is not nomal to get such detailed instructions on a first contact.
Also, as a seller, why would you pay money.
While the scam isn’t hard to spot for any savvy person, thanks for sharing as this info genuinely helps others.
What you can do is report the email to gmail. They are hopeless responding, but who knows... if they loose their email, it stops their other running scams.
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Re: Scam Watch - Too good to be true bikes for sale
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Re: Scam Watch - Too good to be true bikes for sale
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