Quagga Posted February 2, 2022 Share 46 minutes ago, BaGearA said: are you preparing A case or something ? Not at all. Nick and Matt’s response made me me email the correct body asking them to investigate this site. ChrisF 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger Dassie Posted February 2, 2022 Share 8 hours ago, Matt said: Not sure how much sarcasm was injected here, but as @Nick has expressed there are just too many red flags on this one and we're happy to take the risk of calling this a scam outright. Don't be too trusting of a "guy on the phone". 99% of the scams reported on Bike Hub are for a deal that's a little too good to be true, but the seller (a newbie on Bike Hub), "sounded like a lekker oke on the phone". Social engineering is all part of their game now. Pretty much this. And every other observation posted here. Dodge AF with stolen images and highly dubious claims. Red flags for days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craai Posted February 2, 2022 Share Looks like it's been taken down; getting prompted for authentication now Quagga 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatt Posted February 2, 2022 Share On 2/1/2022 at 8:51 PM, BaGearA said: specs and the bloody picture is wrong on this one , price also A 9.7 with a 750Wh battery and full carbon frame (nope, only the 9.8's and up have this), and for only R89k! Definitely a scam! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisan Posted February 2, 2022 Share 1 hour ago, Craai said: Looks like it's been taken down; getting prompted for authentication now Does that mean the 99 Scott Spark RC 900's I ordered won't be delivered? Danger Dassie, Trashy, MTBRIDER1234 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quagga Posted February 3, 2022 Share Seems my report worked 😀 If you want to report a scam site you can use this site to find out where it is hosted Thanks @Nick https://www.registry.net.za/whois/ Then you go here and submit your complaint. You can use other forums are references https://ispa.org.za/tdn/ For excample, I used this thread so they can come and look here to see why we say it is a scamming site ChrisF, TheoG, Trashy and 4 others 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger Dassie Posted February 3, 2022 Share 1 hour ago, Quagga said: Seems my report worked 😀 If you want to report a scam site you can use this site to find out where it is hosted Thanks @Nick https://www.registry.net.za/whois/ Then you go here and submit your complaint. You can use other forums are references https://ispa.org.za/tdn/ For excample, I used this thread so they can come and look here to see why we say it is a scamming site A few people had reported it, including the social profiles along with the local cell number for investigation. Know of at least one brand that has taken it up formally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORNE Posted February 3, 2022 Share 1 hour ago, Quagga said: Seems my report worked 😀 If you want to report a scam site you can use this site to find out where it is hosted Thanks @Nick https://www.registry.net.za/whois/ Then you go here and submit your complaint. You can use other forums are references https://ispa.org.za/tdn/ For excample, I used this thread so they can come and look here to see why we say it is a scamming site ISPA is super efficient. had a problem with an ISP in hard lockdown in 2020. couldnt get hold of them...even opened social media accounts to get them to come to the party. one email to ISPA and i got a phonecall, progress reports, apologies, free upgrades etc etc etc lol Quagga and Danger Dassie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted February 3, 2022 Share 10 minutes ago, Danger Dassie said: A few people had reported it, including the social profiles along with the local cell number for investigation. Know of at least one brand that has taken it up formally. If you're in contact with anyone investigating they should report to / request info from Facebook too, if this hasn't been done already. From some comments here it seems people found the site via a Facebook ad. Facebook will know who (user account) paid for the ad and the credit card used. Could well be fake info and a stolen card and Meta might not actually reply, but worth a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ouzo Posted February 3, 2022 Share 17 minutes ago, Matt said: If you're in contact with anyone investigating they should report to / request info from Facebook too, if this hasn't been done already. From some comments here it seems people found the site via a Facebook ad. Facebook will know who (user account) paid for the ad and the credit card used. Could well be fake info and a stolen card and Meta might not actually reply, but worth a shot. I reported an ad on FB that was using Takealots logo but was very clearly not even an SA scamster. FB did nothing, but at the same time also tweeted about it. About a week later one of the local news sites was reporting on it, still nothing from FB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quagga Posted February 3, 2022 Share 2 minutes ago, ouzo said: I reported an ad on FB that was using Takealots logo but was very clearly not even an SA scamster. FB did nothing, but at the same time also tweeted about it. About a week later one of the local news sites was reporting on it, still nothing from FB. YIP Facebook does not do thing They dont even have the correct options in the "reporting" link to repot scammers Bottom line FB does not give a crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryS Posted February 3, 2022 Share 1 hour ago, Quagga said: YIP Facebook does not do thing They dont even have the correct options in the "reporting" link to repot scammers Bottom line FB does not give a crap The only time they're going to stop that ad is when the credit card paying for it doesn't work any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisF Posted February 3, 2022 Share In related news .... Facebook has been loosing clients to TikTok, according to their own results. Took a 22% dip in market value .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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