Giovanni Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Hello, I was on Google tonight looking for a decal sheet I'd seen some time ago selling on e Bay and now no longer available when suddenly ...ta daaa...on sale at an online hobbyshop! Wow I'm a lucky Guy! Price is good! Ok now for the shipping costs I have to create an account...no problem I thought. So put the article on the shopping chart and...wow the shipping cost is more than acceptable. What the Hell let's pay before all this disappears! Damnation no paypal option available! But ok! Wher's my credit card...numbers, expiration date, cvv...ok all Done! Yeah order accepted! I can't belive after all these researches I got it!!!!! Well let's see which country they are selling from. ...usa?...japan? ...China? ...Taiwan?.....Strange. ..no address. ...Strange ...no Tel. Numbers...Strange no email.... 😨😨😨😨 Ok guys I had been phished!😂😂😂 Just called the credit card society my 18 Usd went to china apparently. Had to block the card and to open a claim. You may say I'm a fool and that's right but BE AWARE! If You find something you were looking for from a while first check the domain extension. Mine wasn't a .com, or a .net. It was a .xyz! I've seen the same trick performed with different domain name but always with the same .xyz extension. So it can be either "cicirulin.xyz" or "hobbysell.xyz" or whatever it's the same. Hope this sad story may help you😉 Giovanni (Noooo not to me!) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slartibartfast Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 I, for one, appreciate your posting of this sad experience. I hope your card company reimburses you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 It's not a .xyz problem. Thieves can get domains on practically any domain. I do think long and hard about some unknown vendor who doesn't accept paypal--usually so hard and long I pass. Anyway, I recently contacted paypal about an unfulfilled (non-modeling) order, but they did reimburse me, so all is well for my case. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gambler Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Good heads up Giovanni!.....thanks for posting. Cheer's, Jeff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mingwin Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 thanks for the head up! i've avoid a similar experience with "ronetshop.xyz" because i cannot find any info on the vendor, neither in the "about us" section...nor using Google!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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