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Forums › Bargains and Deals › Must be too good to be true -must be scam
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#214252 3-May-2017 21:52
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Just received this junk mail in the letterbox

Looks like scam, but believable as prices not too ridiculously cheap

Spelling not bad, only one grammatical mistake i could pickup but hard to spot

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  #1775198 3-May-2017 21:58
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Considering they are also selling the recalled Galaxy Note 7... most likely a scam :-)




 

 

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  #1775201 3-May-2017 22:01
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Gmail addresses? Yep, scam.




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  #1775202 3-May-2017 22:03
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Did a quick Google search of the Domain they use for the first email on that pamphlet and it shows up some interesting results.

 

Would suggest reporting it via http://www.theorb.org.nz/ or forwarding it onto the DIA https://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/wpg_URL/Services-Anti-Spam-Postal-scams as can imagine even though the prices aren't super cheap a few people would easily fall for this. 




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  #1775215 3-May-2017 22:14
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So the way you get these super specials is by emailing "luca bruce" at the following email addresses?...... yip, screams scam to me.....

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  #1775233 3-May-2017 22:34
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Have forwarded on to DIA




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  #1775236 3-May-2017 22:40
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Have heard of these scams before.

 

Sometimes they do deliver product to the early buyers, at a loss, to get positive reviews / testimony, which they then use to scam a larger group of buyers (who never get what they ordered).

 
 
 
 

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  #1775237 3-May-2017 22:43
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Samsung is selling refurb galaxy note7 with a slightly smaller battery. But obviously a scam anyways.




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