Davie

Has anyone ever heard of this site:

http://greatstuffforcheap.moonfruit.com/

It all seems very clever, but can't find anything about it on the internet.

<scratches chin>

supertouring

Simple rule to apply - if it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is.

Tearz

moonfruit website = doesn't look too promising.

Then again if it were a scam i'd expect them to be banned by paypal soon enough, hold out for a few weeks and see if they're still trading!

EvilKyote

Hi,

I would say it is probably a scam of some sort. If I were you i'd be very sceptical about any company offering products when they cannot even be bothered to spend a little bit of money for a domain name and professional hosting.

Steer clear mate!

mj

£50 for an ebook - bargain!

minor_threat

Interesting website!

All of ther correspondence (emails) go to easydoesit.com, registered by a company called Mailblocks, Inc in Los Altos, California. EvilKyote echoes my sentiments, if they can't be bothered to register their own domain for a few dollars and register as an independent company then I wouldn't trust them! Greatstuffforcheap.com isn't registered, and moonfruit.com is registered to Collaborative Filing Ltd. in London. A search on Companies House register reveals no limited company called Collaborative Filing exists at all, or neither has it been recently dissolved, so Mr Eirik Pettersen is lying about something on his domain application form!

An amalgamation of domain names, a company that isn't registered, a company that can't afford or be bothered to register its own domain name, a weird pyramid-esque scheme where you buy an ebook and receive an ipod as a free gift . . . I'd spend my money somewhere else!

Davie

Some good investigation work there!

I e-mailed watchdog to see if they had received any reports on the company.

£100 for a 42" plasma screen!

i worked it out, and even if they sell 30 imac G4s at 50 sheets, they would make £900. they are at the cheapest £1500 each.

Thanks for your help!

David

AndyC_772

iTrader: (2)

FFS it's a pyramid scam, nothing more. The ONLY difference is that you receive something (virtually worthless) for your money, which more than likely allows them to circumvent the rules that make pyramid scams illegal.

Just look at the facts: they despatch a 'prize' when a 12-entry list is full. This means that, for every 12 people who sign up, only one ever receives something of any value.

Now suppose you're no. 3 on that list. Looks like you're on to a winner? No! Because, in order for you to receive anything, 36 more people have to sign up. That doesn't seem so unlikely until you realise that they can do basic arithmetic too - work out the likelihood of someone who is no. 36 on the list receiving a prize! That person needs thousands of people, all of whom have no understanding whatsoever of simple maths, all to sign up.

All the alarm bells are there - referral bonuses, slogans encouraging you to go out and tell everyone about the site - classic pyramid scam spam. Just ignore it.

andrewdelvard

Here's another one. http://www.mymobiletrix.com/

I remember a similar post a couple or so months ago about yet another one of these scams. Pyramid scams are illegal but I think they get round it by offering an actual product to buy (cd,book) with the prospect at a later date of getting a phone or whatever. That prospect of course being virtually nil.
Put the money on a 50-1 outsider. You'll have a much better chance of coming up trumps.

ProperCharlie

what a load of utter cack. the only thing clever about it is that the scammers realise dumb people *really do exist*. and that some of those dumb b*stards have £100 that they can hardly wait to chuck away.

<sigh>

AndyC_772

iTrader: (2)

So depressingly true... still, at least it confirms the saying about a fool and his money