Scam Website: Anyone bought a bike from here before

[tophies]

photo shopped from google maps holy shite.
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Just also to note that this is a scam, the photoshopped picture on the right is Sigma Sports in Kingston

Bike shop closed? visit on Google Maps!

Sigma Sport in Kingston one of the first bike shops to take advantage of Google's Business Photos service

road.cc

 

[Tim1023]

Just also to note that this is a scam, the photoshopped picture on the right is Sigma Sports in Kingston

Bike shop closed? visit on Google Maps!

Sigma Sport in Kingston one of the first bike shops to take advantage of Google's Business Photos service

road.cc

Well spotted!

They seem to have put a reasonable amount of effort into this. I wonder how many hours they invested and what volume of money they need to rake in from victims for them to consider it a success.

Interestingly, many scams, especially the crappy email ones are deliberately crappy. The thinking is that the scammers don't want to waste their time on people who may later spot the scam. They only want people who are naive or inexperienced enough that they will make it all the way through to handing over money.

Shitty, but also pretty smart. If only the effort and creativity could be more positively invested.

 

[Manc44]

They are still there, screenshot just taken (and I'm in the UK):

https://i.imgur.com/ddf47zY.jpg

 

[MrPeaski]

I've got an junk email account and just signed up for their newsletter.
This what you get for signing up

Lets see if anything else follows

 

[Janc]

Website still up and I'm in UK.

I'm thinking the Spectral on CF9 is a good price!

 

[Janc]

Anyone reported to trading standards?

 

[Bianchicapra]

This is the third time they have done this in the last 10years. The website is always very similar, just with different photos .

The company hosting their domain name has been asked to remove it as they are committing ID fraud.

The police will not investigate as no crime has been committed against the businesses they are copying.

A number of different companies are effected , to different degrees; from direct ID theft to copywrite theft of photos.

 

[Tim1023]

ID fraud is their worst offence here??

 

[Janc]

I messaged them and they sent me a quote. The Spectral is the 2020 spec with e8000 and 504w battery. Wouldn't commit to a delivery date. Guess I could offer to collect and pay on arrival?

 

[Tim1023]

I messaged them and they sent me a quote. The Spectral is the 2020 spec with e8000 and 504w battery. Wouldn't commit to a delivery date. Guess I could offer to collect and pay on arrival?

Would be amusing. Make sure you take a camera and a body guard with you (unless, of course, you're a bit of a bruiser yourself )

 

[Janc]

Would be amusing. Make sure you take a camera and a body guard with you (unless, of course, you're a bit of a bruiser yourself )

I'm not sure the real business owners are likely to be an issue!??

 

[apac]

Here is a write up about this scam which has now been publicised....

Scam website. Singletrackworld write up.

 

[MrSimmo]

Ive got my new bike on order from them. Can’t wait for my Specialized Torque:ON 9.9 to arrive ?

 

[Konanige]

I think STW have got the site shut down now.