Scam alert !

[RobbieGong]

Just a heads up ladies and gents and maybe a place to start posting dodgy scamming scammers and the like.

I purchased a pair of branded trainers a few weeks ago, at a price much less than anywhere else ( Lesson no. 1) from http://www.camunihockey.co.uk/

Received an email from greathotsalesseason2@gmail.com asking me to confirm shoe size required - seems I missed giving that bit of detail somehow.

Anyway, afterwards ( Lesson no. 2 check unfamilar sites before placing the order ) I decided to check if anything negative online about this site

This scam info site shows them as 78% safe BUT states this is a new site https://www.scamadviser.com/is-camunihockey.co.uk-a-fake-site.html

I then decide to check the email address here http://creditcardcharge.org/unknown/?charge=greathotsalesseason2%40gmail.com&page=51#start comments dont look good

and here http://creditcardcharge.org/unknown/?charge=AIP*PDCDJEZ+CO#comments

Basically, today a package turned up from China, opened to find a pair of very cR&p cheap fake nike cloth type trainers, size 7 Womens.

Pretty much matches the experience of other comments ie: Totally wrong item, cheapo from China.

I wont even email the company as I know that that will be a total and utter waste of time, so lesson learned and a warning as I'm usually very very good at avoiding these types of pitfalls.

You can never be too careful, Never ever trust unfamiliar, obscure sites until you've at least done untold checks and searches on them first as a minimum to satisfy yourself it's safe to conduct a transaction.

I'm £70.00plus out of pocket.

Is there anywhere proper and 'official' where you can report this type of thing ?

[struth]

if its from China, its pretty much out of anyone's ability to do anything. The Chinese are a law unto themselves. If you used paypal or a credit card you might be able to do something that way.

[RobbieGong]

Yeah was a debit card transaction so not expecting my dough back. Thinking more somewhere where you can report these things for what it's worth ?

Bank statement shows payee / descrription as GPAY*BESTCOMMERCEE

[struth]

National Trading Standards eCrime Team. dunno the address tho.

[Minstrel SE]

So following that through Its a Chinese scam operation operating a website to make it look like a UK fashion brand company??

I Know that plenty of Chinese sellers advertise as being in the UK on ebay but when falling for it Im paypal covered and its of a very low value

Its a heads up but Im pretty set in my ways on the usual places I buy my clothes and trainers. I dont tend to trust any of these new fashion sites even if they are legit.

Scammers everywhere. I have about ten numbers on my phone blocklist and still get some phishing emails.

You can report it to scam advisor and then they can say the site is 77% safe. :(

[Primalsea]

If it was a debit card payment you may want to cancel your card and get a new one, just to be safe. Sometimes scammers will farm card details but wait several months before taking money as this makes it much harder to trace them.

[nonuffin]

Even if you used a debit card to pay it is always worthwhile talking to your bank. Ask to speak to their fraud department. No, insist.

I bought an item online and returned it within 7 days during the trial period as the advert stated, yet I was still billed for that transaction and a month later another item arrived which I didn't order yet got billed again. In the (very) fine print on the website I found out that if you used a debit card you automatically consented to a Continuous Payment Authority. Sneaky bastids.

I rang my bank and asked for the CPA to be cancelled with immediate effect and they returned the two payments I had made already within an hour.

[RobbieGong]

Thanks Paul\Dominic, it did cross my mind the whole debit card thing.

I'll pop into the bank during my lunch break.

[RobbieGong]

Sorted with bank, new debit card will be with me within 3 days.

[struth]

good news

[RobbieGong]

good news

Thanks Grant

[Ian7633]

Well sorted Robert, these conniving gits try anything to get one over on us so changing your card was a wise move and great advice. It bloody well stings getting ripped off though, I suppose if you're looking for any silver lining it's that it makes you far more aware in the future, been there myself.

[RobbieGong]

Well sorted Robert, these conniving gits try anything to get one over on us so changing your card was a wise move and great advice. It bloody well stings getting ripped off though, I suppose if you're looking for any silver lining it's that it makes you far more aware in the future, been there myself.

True words Ian ...