electronics for sale at very low prices. is this a scam?

[c3m]

Hi, i recently came upon a site and i was given an email address to get information about electronics. The person who replied claims to be the sales manager for the company which is located in India. I have found out prices for phones, tablets and cameras but when i check the prices on ebay and amazon they are more expensive on those sites. The sales manager claims that the items are original and brand new not knock-offs or refurbished. They require you to send your full name and address and telephone contact as they claim that they will be sending the purchased item to me via dhl express 2day shipping. You are also required to send the money before any item is shipped as is with all online trading sites. This site however requires you to send it through western union money transfer and upon receipt of the money they claim to inform you that the transfer has come through and they will ship the item which will be delivered in 2days as i stated previously. The site has an offer that if you purchase 3 items you can get an item for free. Please help me figure if this is ligit or if it is a scam because my husband also finds that it is too good to be true and most if the time when he finds so it really is like that.

[AlanJones]

It would help if you could post the address of the site and the email address, but from what you describe it does sound to good to be true (I would be even more convinvced it was fake if they claim to be selling recently released items such as PS4, iPhone 5S etc at really low prices). Also the mention of payment by Western Union raises a major red flag, as legitimate businesses do not use this as a means of payment.

[c3m]

Well thanks because i also found that to be a bit fishy that they were using Western Union as a means of payment. Also the items which i did find out about are:
Apple iphone 5S 64gb (gold) price: 750usd
Apple iphone 5S 32gb (gold) price: 650usd
Apple iphone 5S 16gb (gold) price: 600usd

Apple iphone 5S 64gb (white/black) price: 600usd
Apple iphone 5S 32gb (white/black) price: 550usd
Apple iphone 5S 16gb (white/black) price: 500usd

Samsung I9500 GALAXY S4 16GB(Black/White) Price:350USD
Samsung I9500 GALAXY S4 32GB(Black/White)Price:400USD
Samsung I9500 GALAXY S4 64GB(Black/White)Price:450USD

[c3m]

They also charge 50usd for shipping.

[AlanJones]

A definite scam - no one (particularly some "trader" in India) would be selling a 5s for that price (or offering get one free deals) - they are a brand new product with high demand.

Please can you post the details of the scammer so that other would be victims can find them.

[c3m]

I just realised i forgot to mention that the site i found them on is a site where persons interested in selling items place ads and numbers for you to contact them its not the company's official site. I do not want to mention the site and taint its name as the site is a very useful site in my country.

[c3m]

The free item is not one of the items which you have chosen or purchased the free item is an item of their chioce.

[Dotti]

Standard scam.

Literally dozens of these new fakes appear every single day.

It is not possible for a business to sell certain electronic items (especially the phones) for those prices. Unlike many other things that have extremely high markups, the manufacturers don't sell phones to distributors for cheap, and they don't give major volume discounts. Companies like Sprint and Verizon can ONLY sell phones for cheaper because they make up the extra money in the monthly phone charges. The manufacturing plants are owned by the company, and they can't sell phones on the side!

Please do post the email address this lying thief is using.

Edit to add: NO legitimate business will require payment by Western Union or moneygram, and you should NEVER use those services for anything except to send money to family and friends. Once the money is picked up, there is absolutely no way to get it back. Scammers like it because they can pick up the money and disappear, and there isn't a thing their victims can do about it.

[c3m]

Choice

[c3m]

The email is [email protected]

[AlanJones]

A Google on [email protected] shows numerous hits for adverts for electronics on classified sites worldwide.

[c3m]

Well thank you so much you just saved me from sending what is $3000 in my currency to some untruthful person who is obviously robbing the innocent blindly!

[George]

Scammer is also using a Malaysian mobile number: +60163124725

[andrewnice]

In my opinion, They may be not scam. they will send you the 3 items after you finish the payment, but no body knows the quality.so I advice you buy it from trustful website.
My experience on purchase, I ordered a tablet ,a powerbank, and three TFcard from fancycost.com last week, I compared the price on the website to others , power bank and TF is very cheaper but tablet is little more expensive than others,even though, I placed my order on <removed - dotti> , I'm glad I did so when I received the items, all of the items work perfect,and I'm very happy with thier service, the customers replied my questions very fact, it made me no worry.

Edit by dotti. Removed the spam link to a questionable website. Don't worry Andrew, we will be sure to check out that website you are spamming!

[andrewnice]

Do not pay for your item though website union, or you can not withdraw your money if the they send you wrong item.
you'd better use paypal, once the item you received can not work you can open a cliam on paypal and withdraw your money.