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BumbleFlump · 08/11/2020 16:45

www.offshoresavings.co.uk/

www.johnregis.co.uk/

www.tsolutionx.com/

All offer savings that seem too good to be true also everything is around the £30 mark regardless of what it's actually worth.

Yes = yabu, not scam webites
No = yanbu, they are scams

OP posts:
SpongeWorthy · 08/11/2020 17:28

@BumbleFlump

www.offshoresavings.co.uk/

www.johnregis.co.uk/

www.tsolutionx.com/

All offer savings that seem too good to be true also everything is around the £30 mark regardless of what it's actually worth.

Yes = yabu, not scam webites
No = yanbu, they are scams

I don't want to click on them if they might be scam websites, I think lots of people would feel the same. I would advise not doing so to anyone else reading this thread!

Sure your intentions are good OP but need to be careful.

Thermo · 08/11/2020 17:34

Yes they are OP, they are not secured websites for a start. I clicked on them on an iPhone, clicking on them won’t do much

BumbleFlump · 08/11/2020 22:30

I remember hearing something about scam websites claiming to sell toys that have popped up before Christmas in the past.....the worrying thing is that all three of these websites sell an item that i was looking at on Amazon for considerably cheaper so I'm now wondering if they're somehow tracking what I'm looking at online or just a coincidence.

Agree about not clicking on them, i usually just copy and paste.

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goose1964 · 08/11/2020 22:32

Browser of companies advertising on Facebook there are loads of scams on there.

goose1964 · 08/11/2020 22:33

Be wary not browser.

marchez · 08/11/2020 22:37

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slashlover · 08/11/2020 22:41

Just read the delivery info on the first one

Usually we will use UPS or DHL as the shipping method, but not absolute. We need your signature when delivery for you. If the package has not been delivered to your home, please go to the post office to pick it up (bring your valid identity card).

You have any questions, please write to us in time.

We only accept return in the following cases: we send you the wrong size / wrong color / damaged goods.

Illegal in a UK site, also all the social media links at the bottom just link back to the site.

Leaannb · 08/11/2020 23:09

@slashlover

Just read the delivery info on the first one

Usually we will use UPS or DHL as the shipping method, but not absolute. We need your signature when delivery for you. If the package has not been delivered to your home, please go to the post office to pick it up (bring your valid identity card).

You have any questions, please write to us in time.

We only accept return in the following cases: we send you the wrong size / wrong color / damaged goods.

Illegal in a UK site, also all the social media links at the bottom just link back to the site.

Its definitely a scam. We usually use UPS and DHL but if we rip you off go the post office....Not how that works
BumbleFlump · 08/11/2020 23:37

How on Earth is this allowed? Their websites need to be blocked. Is there anyone i can report them to?

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MistyGreenAndBlue · 08/11/2020 23:53

Facebook is drowning in this shit. I started a thread about it but was told IWBU.
Buyer beware I guess.

TooTrueToBeGood · 09/11/2020 00:28

I wouldn't touch them with somebody else's bargepole.

Only looked at the first two but they both failed fairly basic checks.

  1. As a PP pointed out they are not secure websites. This means they are not using HTTPS/TLS so communication with them is unencrypted. This doesn't automatically mean the site is a scam but it does mean they either don't know or don't care about basic security and you'd be extremely foolish to give them any personal info or payment card details.
  1. Neither of the sites have any corporate information - e.g. company name and physical address, telephone number, VAT/company registration details. This alone is a major red flag for me. Obviously any corporate info they do list could be fake, so it's not an automatic tick if they do have it, but absence of it is a serious concern.
  1. Both websites are very new. You can look up the domain registration info using sites like whois.domaintools.com and sitereport.netcraft.com.
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