Nov 25 2007
Fell off the back of a truck? Not likely…
You’re approached in a parking lot by two guys who have the “Deal of a Lifetime” for you, through some clerical/computer/staff error they have too many expensive consumer electronics items, and they’re willing to sell them to you at a MASSIVE discount, cash right now and they’re all yours!
If this doesn’t send up red flags with you then you’re in danger of buying a bridge or swampland in the near future (in fact I’ve some to sell, just send me an email and we’ll work out the details).
..i was with my friend driving out of the parking lot and all in the sudden a couple pull us over. i thought he was asking for directions but he end out asking me if i want a high quality home threater system. he told me that he works for a well known company show me some flyers and show me his product that he got it for extra that he has to get rid of before returning back to his company and getting nothing so he asked me 2000 dollars for it. at that time i just saw the goddamn brand!!! never heard of it and i saw the bar coded labelling the MSP at $4799…
Even if what the scammer was saying was true you’re buying stolen property.
..welll i asked him 3 bills thats all i got however he tries to persuade me to get as much as possible 350 dollars. as a matter of fact that i was a really good price for a 5ks home threater system so i tell him 300 bills and i give him a pack of cigarretes he unload the boxes into my car..as soonest that i got home i told all my friends about my big deal and that i hit the jackpot and today was my lucky day i was planning to buy 2 of them but i didnt have enoff money and resell them for at least 1000 dollars…
Source: Ripoffreport.com - Genesis Media Labs
This scam is becoming more and more popular, but has all the classic elements that SHOULD set of warning bells for a consumer;
- An AMAZING deal.
- Immediate transaction
- Cash, now.
It seems the newest element of the scam is the documentation that the scammers bring with them, nothing too complicated. A few invoices showing a staggering price for the components, some glossy promotional literature and newest of all is the website showing the MSRP for these systems (although checking this website I’d expect a contact phone number of some kind if I paid $5000 for a sound system).
In short (too late), as the old saying goes, if it apears too good to be true, it is.