Digitalqoo.com Webshop Review

February 3, 2010

digitalqoo.com logo

digitalqoo.com logo

URL: http://www.digitalqoo.com

Found this one in the same Google Ads applet as the gotoozoo.com scam. These websites are just like weed….

digitalqoo.com - Google Ads

digitalqoo.com - Google Ads

Check out the items on digitalboo.com on our website. Notice the logo??

Company Information

Room 14D, Building A, Duwa100, ZhongHang Road, HuaQiang North, Futian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Post Code: 518031

Whois Information

Domain Name: DIGITALQOO.COM
Registrar: TUCOWS INC.
Whois Server: whois.tucows.com
Referral URL: http://domainhelp.opensrs.net
Name Server: NS1.LUNARIFFIC.COM
Name Server: NS2.LUNARIFFIC.COM
Status: ok
Updated Date: 14-jan-2010
Creation Date: 14-jan-2010
Expiration Date: 14-jan-2011

registrant:
chen jiangtao
haidian qu changyang jie 1031
beijing, N/A 100021
CN

Administrative Contact:
jiangtao, chen  digitalqoo@hotmail.com
haidian qu changyang jie 1031
beijing, N/A 100021
CN
+1.8601082889x675
Technical Contact:
Administrator, System  hostmaster @ lunarpages.com
1360 N. Hancock St.
Anaheim, California 92807
US
+1.7145218150

About Us

DigitalQoo LIMITED
www.digitalqoo.com is a professional supplier of electronics to worldwide, owned by digitalqoo LIMITED. digitalqoo Limited is a China based company

[...]

Although we established in 2006, we have served more than 15,000 worldwide customers as our high quality considerate service and electronic products. Our warehouse and office are staffed by a young excellent team.

And their website is registered in Januari 2010 (see whois information). Does not compute……

Pricing

Not as cheap as their predecessor (digitalboo.com). We think that they’re changing their modus operandi by offering not too-good-to-be-true-prices.

They might have several articles that are really cheap, and since the rest looks quite normal you might be persuaded to buy there (and still loose your money).

Payment Information

Taken from their payment methods page [screenshot]:

Corporate Account
Account Name: Hu ZhiHao(First name: ZhiHao Last name: Hu)
Account Number: 6225887694454519
Bank Name: China Merchants Bank, H. O. Shenzhen
Bank Code: CMBCCNBSXXX
Bank Address: Shenzhen city, China (optional)
Company Address: Room 18D, Building A, HanGe100, ZhongHua Road, QrungJin North, Futian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.

Attention: The Payment Clearance Time of Bank Wire Transfer is usually 3-4 business days. When we confirmed the payment, we will notify customer and start to process the order.

Western Union And MoneyGram
Western Union
And MoneyGram are relatively fast to send and receive money worldwide. These two options are convenient for both of us to make the deal quickly.

Explains it all, doesn’t it? And yet, they still ‘offer’ VISA and other CC payment options (by showing off with the logos).

Verdict

Scam


Gotoozoo.com Webshop Review

February 1, 2010

Gotoozoo.com

Gotoozoo.com

URL: http://www.gotoozoo.com

Another Chinese webshop offering cheap electronics. We found this one through a Google Ads on a photography related website.

gotoozoo.com - Google Ad

gotoozoo.com - Google Ad

Company Information

Company Address:Room 140D, Building Changjiang, Huzhou Road, HuaDong North, Futian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Telephone: +86(0)755 26452669
FAX: +86(0)755 26452669
Email: sales@gotoozoo.com

Same telephone number as CNGOSALE.com, and where have we seen that name before?

Whois

The domain name was registered in Januari 2010 according to the Whois database. Again a typical modus operandi.

Domain Name: GOTOOZOO.COM
Registrar: TUCOWS INC.
Whois Server: whois.tucows.com
Referral URL: http://domainhelp.opensrs.net
Name Server: NS1.LUNARIFFIC.COM
Name Server: NS2.LUNARIFFIC.COM
Status: ok
Updated Date: 20-jan-2010
Creation Date: 20-jan-2010
Expiration Date: 20-jan-2011
Registrant:
zhongwei Guo
xiamenshihaiduayng 122shi
xiamen, N/A 361009
CN

Domain name: GOTOOZOO.COM
Administrative Contact:
Guo, zhongwei  gotoozoo@hotmail.com
xiamenshihaiduayng 122shi
xiamen, N/A 361009
CN
+1.8605928766×2155

Technical Contact:
Administrator, System  hostmaster @ lunarpages.com
1360 N. Hancock St.
Anaheim, California 92807
US
+1.7145218150

About Us

gotoozoo.com was the first Internet wholesaler in China, founded in 2005. We are the biggest wholesale provider of hi-tech gadgets and consumer electronics products from the China market. Our service headquarters are in Shenzhen, the world’s fastest growing city, situated in China’s Guangdong Province right next to Hong Kong.

So why was their domain registered last month?? The About Us doesn’t compute with the Whois information.

Taken from the personal Service part on the About Us page:

Personal Service
Rose, Steve, Jenny, Jasmine, Renee, Marita, Shawn, Christine, Leon, Vicky, Elaine, and Cathy are on hand
to listen to your needs and help you. Fast response via live chat, one-working-day email answers, and attentive English speaking phone support.

chinavasion.com

chinavasion.com

Yet another copy/paste from another website. Google finds several of these websites, anyone knows the original (and probably legit) webshop? We guess that chinavasion.com is the original (LEGIT) company. Just check the images on this page, and compare them to this page.

Pricing

Products aren’t all that cheap. Some products are close to prices in Europe / US, while others (like a Nikon 70-200) is way cheaper. Usually the camera bodies are cheap. Here, the lenses seem cheap.

Payment Options

Taken from the Hot FAQ page:

Q: How will I be paid & through what? Would my customers be paying me directly or…?
A:
You can pay us by Bank Transfer or Paypal.Your customers will pay you directly and then you pay us.

And the website shows the usual payment / delivery options on every page.

gotoozoo.com payment and delivery options

gotoozoo.com payment and delivery options

Verdict

Scam


AddToCart Service Webshop Review

January 29, 2010

AddToCart-Service.com Logo

AddToCart-Service.com Logo

URL: http://addtocart-service.com [mirror]

We got tipped by one of our readers on this one.

Whois Information

Domain Name: ADDTOCART-SERVICE.COM
Registrar: TUCOWS INC.
Whois Server: whois.tucows.com
Referral URL: http://domainhelp.opensrs.net
Name Server: NS1.SERVAGE.NET
Name Server: NS2.SERVAGE.NET
Name Server: NS3.SERVAGE.NET
Name Server: NS4.SERVAGE.NET
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Status: clientUpdateProhibited
Updated Date: 07-dec-2009
Creation Date: 07-dec-2009
Expiration Date: 07-dec-2010

Registrant:
individual
402 Duncan Street
Ashland, 57 23005
US

Administrative Contact:
Sthreshley, Lawrence  lawrencesthreshley@hotmail.com
402 Duncan Street
Ashland, 57 23005
US
+1.8047527880

Technical Contact:
NOC (Network Operations Center), Servage.net  noc@servage.net
Neustadt 16
Flensburg, DE 24939
DE
+49.46116098358    Fax: +49.46116098359

Registration Service Provider:
Servage.net Hosting, support @ servage.net
+49 46116098359 (fax)

http://www.servage.net/

Registrar of Record: TUCOWS, INC.
Record last updated on 07-Dec-2009.
Record expires on 07-Dec-2010.
Record created on 07-Dec-2009.

The Whois information doesn’t match the ‘About Us‘ page [mirror]. The second largest online retailer uses an individual domain registration on an US address with a German hosting provider….

Company information

According to their website they can be contacted here:

ADDTOCART SERVICE LIMITID.
ADDRESS: 17 SOHO ROAD, BIRMINGHAM,
B21 9SN, UNITED KINGDOM,
Fax: +44 (0) 871-503-1587
Email: contact@addtocart-service.com

The only business registered at that address is an accountants office (just follow the address line). Which is weird since they claim to be the second largest online retailer in the UK (according to their About Us page).

About AddToCart Service

AddToCart Service. is the second-largest online-only retailer in the UK. At its award-winning web site, www.AddToCart-Service.com , customers can shop for a comprehensive selection of the latest high-tech products, view detailed product descriptions and pictures.

And the links provided on the ‘Links Page‘ [mirror] doesn’t make them more credible.

Prices

A Canon EOS 5D Mark II + 24-105mm lens for a mere €1,500 is a bit cheap. Too cheap actually. Normal prices for this combo start @ €2,500.

Addtocart-Service.com Canon 5D Mark II

AddToCart-Service.com Canon 5D Mark II

Furthermore, if you look at the images presented on the website, it looks like they unpacked everything, and photographed it. Not very professional for the second largest online retailer in the UK.

AddToCart-Service.com Unpacked Products

AddToCart-Service.com Unpacked Products

Smells like some kind of fencing operation.

Payment Options

Taken from their ‘Terms of Use‘ page [mirror].

Methods of payment for international customers:

Bank to bank money transfer:
international customers can order any item by transferring funds in GBP/EUR/US$ to the our company treasurer Account, customers can finish ordering online (press buy now button, enter shipping region, enter shipping address) and our sales department will email you the invoice with our bank info, the item on your order will be reserved up to 72h until the receive of bank transfer is confirmed, once confirmation is received we will contact you via email with the date and time of delivery.

Money transfers…. Right. And did you notice the Google Checkout, Visa, Amex and other payment logos?

Verdict

Scam


9os Webshop Review

January 29, 2010

URL: http://www.90s.hk

Whois

Domain Name Commencement Date: 16-12-2009
Expiry Date: 16-12-2010
Re-registration Status:  Complete
Name of Registrar:  HKDNR

Administrative Contact Information:
Given name: HANXI
Family name: ZHOU
Company name: 9OS SHOPPING
Address: KOWLOON, TSIM SHA TSUI, SALISBURY ROAD NO.78  CHANGSHA 410001 HK
Country: CN
Phone: +86–06358311511
Fax: +86–06358311511
Email: 82206 @ 163.com
Account Name: HK2423423T

Technical Contact Information:
Family name: ZHOU
Company name: 9OS SHOPPING
Address: KOWLOON, TSIM SHA TSUI, SALISBURY ROAD NO.78  CHANGSHA 410001 HK
Country: CN
Phone: +86–06358311511
Fax: +86–06358311511
Email: 82206@163.com

The website is hosted on IP address 76.73.52.38. Which is part of FDCservers.net in Chicago (US)

$> ping www.9os.hk
PING www.9os.hk (76.73.52.38): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 76.73.52.38: icmp_seq=0 ttl=114 time=493.478 ms
64 bytes from 76.73.52.38: icmp_seq=1 ttl=114 time=514.727 ms

— www.9os.hk ping statistics —
2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 493.478/504.102/514.727/10.625 ms
$> whois 76.73.52.38

OrgName:    FDCservers.net
OrgID:      FDCSE
Address:    141 w jackson blvd.
Address:    suite #1135
City:       Chicago
StateProv:  IL
PostalCode: 60098
Country:    US

ReferralServer: rwhois://rwhois.fdcservers.net:4321

NetRange:   76.73.0.0 – 76.73.127.255
CIDR:       76.73.0.0/17
OriginAS:   AS30058
NetName:    FDCSERVERS
NetHandle:  NET-76-73-0-0-1
Parent:     NET-76-0-0-0-0
NetType:    Direct Allocation
NameServer: NS3.FDCSERVERS.NET
NameServer: NS4.FDCSERVERS.NET
Comment:
RegDate:    2009-02-02
Updated:    2009-04-08

RAbuseHandle: ABUSE438-ARIN
RAbuseName:   ABUSE department
RAbusePhone:  +1-630-729-0228
RAbuseEmail:  abuse @ fdcservers.net

RNOCHandle: NOC1402-ARIN
RNOCName:   Network Operations Center
RNOCPhone:  +1-630-729-0228
RNOCEmail:  NOC @ fdcservers.net

RTechHandle: NOC1402-ARIN
RTechName:   Network Operations Center
RTechPhone:  +1-630-729-0228
RTechEmail:  NOC @ fdcservers.net

OrgAbuseHandle: ABUSE438-ARIN
OrgAbuseName:   ABUSE department
OrgAbusePhone:  +1-630-729-0228
OrgAbuseEmail:  abuse @ fdcservers.net

OrgNOCHandle: NOC1402-ARIN
OrgNOCName:   Network Operations Center
OrgNOCPhone:  +1-630-729-0228
OrgNOCEmail:  NOC @ fdcservers.net

OrgTechHandle: TECHS72-ARIN
OrgTechName:   Tech Support
OrgTechPhone:  +1-630-729-0228
OrgTechEmail:  support @ fdcservers.net

About

According to their About page [mirror]:

9os is the biggest Network & TV Shopping company in China, And turnover is more than 60,000,000HK.

And they still manage to produce this crappy website, hosted on a shared platform….

Website Disclaimer

We’ve read several disclaimer pages on websites. Most of them have lots of legal mumbojumbo. This one has gibberish, and lots of it;

Disclaimer

As a result of force majeure or other causes beyond the control of web site marketing system crash or not work properly, resulting in online transactions can not be completed or missing relevant information, records, etc., the website will not be held accountable. But we will do reasonably possible, assist in handling the aftermath, and strive to make customers less likely to suffer economic losses.

Restaurant can be the buyer’s request agent-related transport procedures, but our responsibilities and obligations is limited on time delivery, experienced logistics (postal) an accident to assist the buyer inquiries, do not assume any logistics (postal) to provide compensation to customers outside of all Look for matters relating to the claim in accordance Logistics (Post) regulations. In logistics (postal) less than the period before the full check, the buyer can not claim compensation. To remind the buyer must verify the full address of good receipt and the consignee phones to avoid delays in delivery. Where restaurant shopping, are regarded as if they agree to this declaration.

Customer Supervision

We hope that through unremitting efforts to provide customers with the best services, we provide services to customers throughout the customer to accept the supervision of

Disputes

If a customer of any dispute between the site can be identified by both sides at that time based on agreements or laws to address

Can someone translate this into something we can all understand?

Pricing

The prices aren’t ‘tooooo good to be true‘ low, so no comments on that at this moment.

Payment Information

All the ’safe for scamers options’ are available on 9os.hk [mirror]. As usual, they advertise with credit card options, but these are non-existing when you’re ready to pay.

MoneyGram

My first Name: Han Xi
My last Name: Zhou
Address: No.53 Han-Yuan Lane,HeNan City,NanYang Province, China.

Western Union

My first Name: Han Xi
My last Name: Zhou
Address: No.53 Han-Yuan Lane,HeNan City,NanYang Province, China.

PayPal

PayPal recently we have implemented new requirements for submission of orders is completed, please do not hesitate to write to us service@9os.hk

Wire Transfer

Contact: Service@9os.hk
Bank of China
A/C holder’s name :Zhou han Xi
A/C No. : 6013 8280 1601 **** ***
SWIFT Code : BKCHCNBJ530
Address: No.53 han-Yuan Lane,HeNan City,NanYang Province, China.

Why We Won’t Shop There

First, it’s China based (even though the website is hosted in the US), second, the website hold a ton of spelling errors. If they can’t create an error free piece of text, how can you be sure that they don’t screw-up the delivery address?

Taken from the Must-read [1] page:

Q: Please tell me the reason for shopping here, please?
A: 1, we are a company with long-term business experience in retail business site;
2, we will bring you high quality products and cheaper prices;
3, a variety of payment options and fast delivery nationwide;
4, human The Return matters;
5, an enhanced level of membership points scheme;
6, all products are original regular packaging;

nr.1: they exist less than two months, nr2: it seems they deliver only locally.

The Privacy & Security page is a dead-end. The pages it refers to are non existent.

Every page is timestamped with a date in September 2009. Weird, since they’re online less than two months.

The Contact link is misspelled (Conatct)

They publish shipping and tracking numbers publicly on their frontpage. In our experience, this is only done to give you a false sense of security.

9os.hk Shipment tracking

9os.hk Shipment tracking

Finally, since the prices aren’t that low; don’t risk it. Shop at your local (or trusted online) reseller. Don’t risk loosing your money.

Verdict

Extremely shady


Recruitment e-mail

January 15, 2010

Today we received the following e-mail in our mailbox:

Hello

I represent a large international company where I work as a manager of its personnel recruitment department. Our company is met in many departments, such as:
- real estate
– companies setting-up and winding-up
– bank accounts opening and maintenance
– logistics
– private undertaking services
– etc.

We are making a regional managers’ team in Europe now:
- salary 2.500 euro + bonus
- 2 – 3 working hours per day
- optimal timetable

If you are interested in this job, please, send us your contact information: Gale@company-euro.com
Full name:
Country:
E-mail:
Mobile phone-number:

We are looking for the people who have a right to work in Europe!
Please, write your name and Telephone Number so that our manager could contact you, ask the necessary questions and answer yours.

Normally we would just redirect this to the trashcan, but we felt we could try to educate our audience.

There are several things wrong with this proposition;

  1. It’s directed to a personal e-mail address. So why ask for the e-mail address again in the mail itself?
    Hint: because they used a generic (spam)list of e-mail addresses, and this way they receive the valid e-mail addresses for future uses. If it was sincere they would have used proper ways to address us.
  2. €2,500 (+ bonus) a month for 2-3 hours of work a day.
    Let’s assume there are 20 working days in a month, and you work 3 hours each day. That makes 60 billable hours. €2,500 / 60 = ~€40 an hour, which doesn’t include your so-called bonus (more on this later). No real qualifications needed (at least not that he/she mentioned).
    Something about “too good to be true…..”
  3. the company-euro.com [2] doesn’t have a website of any kind (more on this later).

Number 2 is a classic example of recruiting money mules. They let you open a banking account. This account gets filled, and they ‘require’ you to transfer the money somewhere else. The transfers you make to somewhere else, are mostly done by untraceable techniques like money orders, western union etc.

By the time you think you’re getting rich(er) by keeping a promised percentage, the police come knocking down your door and arrest you for fraudulent/criminal activities. ‘Your’ account might even be used in combination with these webshops we expose here.
You go to jail (this is your so-called’ bonus’), and your ‘boss’ sets up another fake webshop/business, and uses another money mule to collect and transfer their money.

Read the rest of this entry »


Tuushop Webshop Review

January 11, 2010

Tuushop.com Logo

Tuushop.com

URL: http://www.tuushop.com [mirror]

We found this one through Google Ads (again, and again)….
The actual Google ad didn’t show the Tuushop.com name. The €800 for a Nikon D700 made us suspicious.

Whois

Domain Name: TUUSHOP.COM
Registrar: TUCOWS INC.
Whois Server: whois.tucows.com
Referral URL: http://domainhelp.opensrs.net
Name Server: NS1.LUNARIFFIC.COM
Name Server: NS2.LUNARIFFIC.COM
Status: ok
Updated Date: 06-jan-2010
Creation Date: 06-jan-2010
Expiration Date: 06-jan-2011

Registrant:
Yongwei yang
shen nan da dao weihe dasha 2816 shi
Shenzhen, N/A 518021
CN

Domain name: TUUSHOP.COM

Administrative Contact:
yang, Yongwei  tuushop@hotmail.com
shen nan da dao weihe dasha 2816 shi
Shenzhen, N/A 518021
CN
+1.8607558127×6381
Technical Contact:
Administrator, System  hostmaster @ lunarpages.com
1360 N. Hancock St.
Anaheim, California 92807
US
+1.7145218150

Registrar of Record: TUCOWS, INC.
Record last updated on 06-Jan-2010.
Record expires on 06-Jan-2011.
Record created on 06-Jan-2010.

Registrar Domain Name Help Center:

http://domainhelp.tucows.com

Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.LUNARIFFIC.COM
NS2.LUNARIFFIC.COM

Domain status: ok

The domain is running on 209.200.244.55 and is hosted at Lunar Pages.

Pricing

Well, the holidays are officially over, but that doesn’t mean that the prices need to stay low. They can go even lower. A Nikon D700 for only €800 [mirror].This one goes well with the even cheaper Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8 for only €599 [mirror]

Definitely too good to be true.

About Us

The About Us page [mirror] has references to Kicks on Fire (where did we saw this before???)

100% Guaranteed

At Kicks On Fire we stand behind every product we sell. If for any reason you are not happy with your order once you get it. You can send it back to us for a full refund or exchange. All items must be in new unworn condition.

Another sign are the images shown on the About Us page. They seem to have the same warehouse (and other documents) as previous exposed scammers.

Payment

As expected, only the usual payment options like: Money Order, Western union, Bank Transfer. All well known methods to separate you from your cash.

Tuushop.com Payment Options

Tuushop.com Payment Options

Taken from the FAQ page:

Can I pay online by Credit Card?

Normally, Bank Transfer, Western Union, MoneyGram and Paypal all accept Credit Card payments.

You can choose your favor method of payment.

Payment online:
Online Bank Transfer: most banks offer such service, it depends on your loaction bank
Paypal: Pay online only available for VIP member

If you should decide to pay these scammers, you can do this pay transfering the money to:

Beneficiary’s Bank : China Merchants Bank,H. O. Shenzhen
SWIFT code(BIC): CMBCCNBSXXX
Beneficiary’s a/c no. : 6225887318252232
Beneficiary: NONG FENGXIAN
(First name: NONG, Last name: FENGXIAN)
Bank address: Shenzhen city, China

[screenshot]

Verdict

Scam


Getting Your Money Back

January 4, 2010

seems to work (results may vary!!!).
The following steps were taken by one of the commenters on the Digitalboo webshop review posting;

  1. First complain went out to the National Consumers League’s Fraud Center (http://secure.nclforms.org/nficweb/nfic.htm).
  2. The second was the Internet Crime Complaint Center at the IC3 http://complaint.ic3.gov/default.aspx.
    Both are straight forward complaint forms.
  3. The third was the consumer complaint agency directly in Shanzhan, China.
  4. He/She also informed the manager of the Chinese merchant bank, the e-mail: hxh010123 @ cmb china . com (remove the spaces in the e-mail address).

This resulted in getting the money back (minus some fees)

He also used a ’service’ called Mailinfo (we have no experience with this tool) to see who opened the e-mail and where the e-mail got forwarded to. Note, this only works if the e-mail client loads images upon opening. Many e-mail clients don’t do this by default, because of certain spam confirmation features it might trigger.

Note: don’t contact us regarding the procedure above. We have no actual proof that he/she got the money back, or how much. Leave your questions / remarks in the comments, and hope the commenter in question will responds to your question(s).


DIX-Digital Webshop Review

December 28, 2009

URL: http://www.dix-digital.com [mirror]

Known aliases: http://www.dixdigital.com / http://www.dxdigital.com / http://www.dixidigital.net

Do you recognize them already? Here is a hint: Anepax, Centice. Entac, etc.

We found this one through a Google Ad on a large photography related forum.

Dix-Digital Google Ad

Dix-Digital Google Ad

The design is used in other scamsites as well (just haven’t saved the layouts back then). So either the old-guys are back, or someone bought the scammers website template online somewhere.

Even the camera’s on the website are ripped from another website [mirror], and have been seen before. If you know the original website where these camera images come from, please drop it in the comments.

There’s also a discussion on the talkphotography.co.uk forum regarding these scammers.

Note that the original design has been taken from Futureshop.ca. This webshop / online retailer is 100% legit!!!!

Whois

Looks like they launched just a few days ago.

Domain Name: DIX-DIGITAL.COM
Registrar: MELBOURNE IT, LTD. D/B/A INTERNET NAMES WORLDWIDE
Whois Server: whois.melbourneit.com
Referral URL: http://www.melbourneit.com
Name Server: YNS1.YAHOO.COM
Name Server: YNS2.YAHOO.COM
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 22-dec-2009
Creation Date: 22-dec-2009
Expiration Date: 22-dec-2010

> ping www.dix-digital.com -> 68.180.151.76

Website is hosted by Yahoo

> whois 68.180.151.76

OrgName:    Yahoo! Inc.
OrgID:      YHOO
Address:    701 First Ave
City:       Sunnyvale
StateProv:  CA
PostalCode: 94089
Country:    US

NetRange:   68.180.128.0 – 68.180.255.255
CIDR:       68.180.128.0/17
NetName:    A-YAHOO-US6
NetHandle:  NET-68-180-128-0-1
Parent:     NET-68-0-0-0-0
NetType:    Direct Allocation
NameServer: NS1.YAHOO.COM
NameServer: NS2.YAHOO.COM
NameServer: NS3.YAHOO.COM
NameServer: NS4.YAHOO.COM
NameServer: NS5.YAHOO.COM

Comment:
RegDate:    2006-09-22
Updated:    2007-05-02

RTechHandle: NA258-ARIN
RTechName:   Netblock Admin
RTechPhone:  +1-408-349-3300
RTechEmail:  rauschen @ yahoo-inc.com

RAbuseHandle: NETWO857-ARIN
RAbuseName:   Network Abuse
RAbusePhone:  +1-408-349-3300
RAbuseEmail:  network-abuse @ cc.yahoo-inc.com

OrgAbuseHandle: NETWO857-ARIN
OrgAbuseName:   Network Abuse
OrgAbusePhone:  +1-408-349-3300
OrgAbuseEmail:  network-abuse @ cc.yahoo-inc.com

OrgTechHandle: NA258-ARIN
OrgTechName:   Netblock Admin
OrgTechPhone:  +1-408-349-3300
OrgTechEmail:  rauschen @ yahoo-inc.com

The second linked domain name (dixdigital.com) ‘reveals’ additional info (probably fake as well), and has been around since August 2009.
Domain Name: DIXDIGITAL.COM
Registrar: ENOM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.enom.com
Referral URL: http://www.enom.com
Name Server: NS1.DIXDIGITAL.COM
Name Server: NS2.DIXDIGITAL.COM
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 08-dec-2009
Creation Date: 21-aug-2009
Expiration Date: 21-aug-2010

Dix-digital.com and Dixidigtal.net are hosted on the same (yahoo) server, while dixdigital.com is hosted on a different server (in Sweden) (thanks to one of the commenters for pointing this out). We wonder if they’re using the same backend……

The address is one of the stores mentioned on the stores page [mirror]. The name in the registration is also fake (see: Nick Naylor).

Registrant Contact:
DIX LIMITED
Joseph Roth ()
Fax:
27 WRIGHTS LANE
London, London W8 5SW
GB

Administrative Contact:
DIX LIMITED
Joseph Roth (joseph_roth@consultant.com)
+44.2086599456
Fax: +1.5555555555
27 WRIGHTS LANE
London, London W8 5SW
GB

Technical Contact:
DIX LIMITED
Joseph Roth (joseph_roth@consultant.com)
+44.2086599456
Fax: +1.5555555555
27 WRIGHTS LANE
London, London W8 5SW
GB

Status: Locked

Name Servers:
ns1.dixdigital.com

ns2.dixdigital.com

Creation date: 21 Aug 2009 15:51:47
Expiration date: 21 Aug 2010 15:51:47

More and more alternative versions of the DIX Digital website are surfacing. The lates version is DXDIGITAL.COM

Domain Name: DXDIGITAL.COM
Registrar: MELBOURNE IT, LTD. D/B/A INTERNET NAMES WORLDWIDE
Whois Server: whois.melbourneit.com
Referral URL: http://www.melbourneit.com
Name Server: YNS1.YAHOO.COM
Name Server: YNS2.YAHOO.COM
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 24-dec-2009
Creation Date: 24-dec-2009
Expiration Date: 24-dec-2010

Domain Name………. dxdigital.com
Creation Date…….. 2009-12-25
Registration Date…. 2009-12-25
Expiry Date………. 2010-12-25
Organisation Name…. RAMONA READY
Organisation Address. PO Box 61359
Organisation Address.
Organisation Address. Sunnyvale
Organisation Address. 94088
Organisation Address. CA
Organisation Address. US

Admin Name……….. Admin PrivateRegContact
Admin Address…….. PO Box 61359
Admin Address……..
Admin Address…….. Sunnyvale
Admin Address…….. 94088
Admin Address…….. CA
Admin Address…….. US
Admin Email………. contact @ myprivateregistration.com
Admin Phone………. +1.5105952002
Admin Fax…………

Tech Name………… TECH PrivateRegContact
Tech Address……… PO Box 61359
Tech Address………
Tech Address……… Sunnyvale
Tech Address……… 94088
Tech Address……… CA
Tech Address……… US
Tech Email……….. contact @ myprivateregistration.com
Tech Phone……….. +1.5105952002
Tech Fax………….
Name Server………. yns1.yahoo.com
Name Server………. yns2.yahoo.com

Prices

As we’re used to it, the pricing on the goods is extremely low. A Nikon D700 goes for €1315,00 [mirror]. A normal price would be at least €500 higher (just check B+H, Adorama, etc.). Please do mind the Euro versus USD currency rate (and taxes).

Just check any photogear pricing, and compare that to any other (legit) webshop. We guarantee that the prices listed here are always much lower.

They also have a nice assortment of Apple equipment at very ‘reasonable’ prices…..

Payment

Payment can only be done in wire transfers (or a credit card if you’re from the UK). The only way to really lose your money.

Dix-Digital.com Payment Options

This is weird, since it’s the ‘biggest’ outlet around (just check the stores page [mirror]). You would think that they would accept credit cards from all over the place…….

Other stuff

Starfield SSL

Starfield SSL

Like every other big scammers site, they have invested in an SSL certificate.

This time from Starfield. The certificate itself only provides encryption. There’s no real link to an actual company, since it’s one of those cheap SSL certificates. They only verified that the holder of the domain (postmaster or webmaster@dixdigital.com) could be reached. Nothing more. No credibility checks, no company verification. Nothing.

Verdict

Scam
(oldskool style)


Unsico Webshop Review

December 21, 2009

Unsico.com

Unsico.com

URL: http://www.unsico.com [mirror]

We ran into this one when we researched a previous scam.

Whois

Domain Name: UNSICO.COM
Registrar: BIZCN.COM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.bizcn.com
Referral URL: http://www.bizcn.com
Name Server: NS1.DNSPOOD.NET
Name Server: NS2.DNSPOOD.NET
Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 03-oct-2009
Creation Date: 03-sep-2009
Expiration Date: 03-sep-2010

Registration information is complete bogus

Domain name: unsico.com
Registrant Contact:
wenqiao
wenqiao wenqiao sjhjh@dfs.com
86-0352-12457889 fax: 0352-12457889
shanghaishanghaishanghai
shanghai Shanghai 123458
cn

Administrative Contact:
wenqiao wenqiao sjhjh@dfs.com
86-0352-12457889 fax: 0352-12457889
shanghaishanghaishanghai
shanghai Shanghai 123458
cn

Technical Contact:
wenqiao wenqiao sjhjh@dfs.com
86-0352-12457889 fax: 0352-12457889
shanghaishanghaishanghai
shanghai Shanghai 123458
cn

Billing Contact:
wenqiao wenqiao sjhjh@dfs.com
86-0352-12457889 fax: 0352-12457889
shanghaishanghaishanghai
shanghai Shanghai 123458
cn

DNS:
ns1.dnspood.net
ns2.dnspood.net

Created: 2009-09-03
Expires: 2010-09-03

The IP address (98.126.5.178) which hosts the unsico.com website belongs to the Krypt Technologies range.

Pricing

Absurdly low prices for Nikon and Apple gear [mirror]. This cannot be right.

Payment

Taken from the User Agreement page [mirror]:

Payment Options
We accept Bank Wire Transfer or Western Union

A.k.a. You lose your money….

Other Weird Stuff

They seem to import iPhones from the US and ship them after that. But US iPhones are locked to the AT&T carrier, and are not SIMLOCK-free (taken from the ‘Contact Us‘ page [mirror])…..

Anonymous user ( 2009-12-05 09:33:26 )

How can I be insured that the your apple Iphone 3Gs 32GB is genuine?
I only want to buy 10 types of that iphones at once (after becoming an VIPretailer) if I am guaranted of the original phone. Looking forward to your answer soon,
my best regards,
mr.Sprinter in Belgium

Administrator:dear sir,we import it from usa. when you receive it , it comes with certification card.after you get it, you have 30 days to check and use , if you are not satisfied with it, we can return your money.

There’s also no ‘About Us‘ page, or a page that shows the billing information..

Verdict

SCAM

It seems that the website has some trouble serving data (MySQL errors etc.). It’s slow as hell….

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in D:\clientweb\soft115\wwwroot000unsico\includes\cls_mysql.php on line 265

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in D:\clientweb\soft115\wwwroot000unsico\includes\cls_session.php on line 233

:-)


Page Views

December 21, 2009

seem to go down the last couple of days. Could be a couple of reasons;

  • People already spent all their money for the holidays
  • People are getting better information on these scams, and start using more common sense before buying stuff online
  • We’re being blacklisted (has happened before)

Anyway, with the holiday just around the corner;

We wish you all a merry X-Mas and most of all, a care free online shopping experience in 2010.