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Originally Posted by nomaxim  Digitech1,
Welcome to RR.
This pattern of websites goes on and on. I've been seeing lots of similar sites pop up over the years. Last spring one group kept using the same warehouse address in Italy for example. This is what is commonly known as organized crime. This is not little Billy in his room playing around.  They can set up a website in minutes and will keep moving around until the law starts to close in on them, and then disappear.
They then start all over again, because they make money doing it. They will aways be able to find a few people to send them $500 or a $1000 for a deal, and each one is pure profit. Well, minus the $100 or so it costs to set up a new site. They keep using similar templates because it saves time. They have to do other things like move drugs, collect gambling debts, check on the prostitutes/sex slaves, and let's not forget the child labor slavery or moving illegal aliens. Cruel would but that's what happens in it. 
The best action is to educate people on how to find and know a scam site. I've got this saying that, "Prisons aren't full of criminals, but stupid people." The stupid one's are caught rather quickly, these people aren't stupid. They likely make more a week then all of us posting in this thread make in a year.
Your best bet is to report it to the Feds at http://ic3.gov/ because they have the resources to catch up with them, one day at least. |
Thanks nomaxim,
When looking further into it yes this is organized crime. I did report them to IC3.gov and do encourage everyone else to do the same also. I do think because these particular sites are so visible on the net we all do well to report it in an organized way. I'm shopping for electronics all the time and doing price comparisons and I have never come across sites like this until recently. They are making the sites very visible by submitting them to the most popular shop engines.
If I'm looking for an electronics deal on a particular item there is no way I can miss the signs now. I've educated myself enough to recognize them. Regardless of what template these criminals use it will be the prices that will give them away. EVERY item is significally lower than anywhere else. Of course the payment method also. I do have a responsiblity to alert others now though. It's just the responsible thing do.