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FRAUD SITES - iphonegeek.com and DVD Pal inc. (www.dvdxstudio.com)

Sarcasm and Point countered...your thouhgt?

iphonemaster said:
Point proven. Like I said, common sense is pretty short in this post.

Hey, get this. As crazy as this sounds. I got in touch with iphonegeek on their.... Contact page. Pretty crazy, I know.

iphonegeek.com/contact.html

If something doesn't work because that person happens to not be able to read instructions or may be just too dumb to figure it out doesn't mean that it is a rip off.

Actually someone did say something about the illegal use of the Apple logo.

Banks can dispute a charge all they want, that doesn't mean anything. A charge cannot be "reversed". A charge can be disputed and just like with anythign else there are two parties in a dispute. Disputes can be contested by the merchant and in most cases they win. Especially if they have an agreement between themselves and the customer. I do happen to own a business, and no it isn't a iphone site. Also, just because a site uses a name for processing orders and has a different domain name doesn't mean that its fraud.

So does that work for you. When all else fails including common sense. Turn to violent threats, let me know when you come "break me into so many little pieces". I bet you are sitting in front of your computer clapping and laughing thinking that everyone else on the interweb is right there with you. Whatever works for you bud.
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Listen there Rainbow,

think of it this way. I proved my point using sound logic. You may run a buisiness yourself, I don't care how you do it.

Point is, and you just might want to jot this down, that site scammed and the person got the reversal meaning the bank sided with the costumer.

Now as for my threats, they are not threats at all, they might look like threats, but I like to call them funny rants.

So Marcia, word of advice, keep up defending a fraud site and you might find yourself defending your own credibility. I give you the beenfit of the doubt, but I doubt anyone else will.

Now if you excuse me I better keep working the old fashion and legal way to buy me all all those depression pills that keep me so dam jolly...:D:) heehehehe....

my other two cents...
 
I just click on an ad here in Macrumors website that direct to this scam.

Why MR is sponsoring this?
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jav6454 said:
I have wondered that myself, it is also up in Hackit0sh Forums...wierd.

Maybe they want more people to scam them?
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The ads are automated, if the ad payer pays more than it will get placed in more relevant sites. I wonder if there is a way to ban a specific advertiser?
 
iphonemaster said:
Point proven. Like I said, common sense is pretty short in this post.

Hey, get this. As crazy as this sounds. I got in touch with iphonegeek on their.... Contact page. Pretty crazy, I know.

iphonegeek.com/contact.html

If something doesn't work because that person happens to not be able to read instructions or may be just too dumb to figure it out doesn't mean that it is a rip off.

Actually someone did say something about the illegal use of the Apple logo.

Banks can dispute a charge all they want, that doesn't mean anything. A charge cannot be "reversed". A charge can be disputed and just like with anythign else there are two parties in a dispute. Disputes can be contested by the merchant and in most cases they win. Especially if they have an agreement between themselves and the customer. I do happen to own a business, and no it isn't a iphone site. Also, just because a site uses a name for processing orders and has a different domain name doesn't mean that its fraud.

So does that work for you. When all else fails including common sense. Turn to violent threats, let me know when you come "break me into so many little pieces". I bet you are sitting in front of your computer clapping and laughing thinking that everyone else on the interweb is right there with you. Whatever works for you bud.
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Firstly, I SALUTE AND AGREE WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FORUM for guessing correctly that you are either an employee or part of the fraud sites iphonegeek.com and Dvd Pal inc...

My friend you are LYING.

The reason I say this is because I once again repeat that I have tried every possibility to get a response from iphonegeeks. If you were able to contact the iphonegeeks through their contacts page, how come you did not go on to further tell the forum members that after 3 days you get a mail that is automatically generated saying that you are supposed to submit a ticket on http://www.subscribersarea.com/support/. In your earlier mail, this is what you said and you yourself have admitted to this above (saying that one should read where to submit the ticket). I do believe that you certainly have a stake in iphonegeeks.com - a site that is purely designed to make money by fraudulent means. I would again like to let all the members know that I submitted a ticket in every possible option in the above link (including through iphonegeeks.com and support trio) but yet RECEIVED NO REPLY till date. And as I have said in my earlier mail, after a few days the ticket number that was sent also became invalid!!!

Anyway, the other thing is that where the credit card details were given and the payment was made said that the credit card will be charged by DVD Pal Inc ( when you do a google on DVD Pal inc http://www.google.com/search?q=dvd+...s=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a ) you instantly get to know that the product homepage is www.dvdxstudio.com). I have already mentioned right in the beginning of my mail that - for phone orders 24/7 they say contact number is 1-800-111-1111 and the fax number is also a fraud (1-111-111-1111). WHY don’t you try calling these numbers? Even the email address given by them - support@dvdxstudio is false as the mail keeps bouncing back. Check out the contact page http://www.dvdxstudio.com/contact.php.

I remain grateful to the members of this forum (especially “Gkarris and jav6454”) who gave me valuable advise since I was able to recover the money from the bank after having given them ALL the mails/tickets sent to iphonegeeks.com/dvd pal inc. They themselves said that they will now take care of it and CONFIRMED TO ME that they were both a FRAUD SITE. Last but not the least having graduated in Computer Science from Stanford, CA – one is certainly not dumb and neither are any of the people using iphones here in the United States.
 
iphonemaster said:
A little inappropriate for this forum I would say.
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Not inappropriate, just an ironic conclusion.
I'm not a programmer but I know enough of webdesign and html to get in the code. The web site is a catchy designed pitfall that has only one goal : lead all visitors to the subscribe button... Give them a fake -even non existant- database they can not acces, mislead them with a 'loading - please wait' message an get them back to the subscribe button after a few seconds. This site has no content at all, not even a free teaser so why should there be content after someone subscribes ?
 
Kharma

Well.. six days later and I have not received a reply from iphonegeek/master. I have changed my credit card and my passwords luckily I used an alias name for email. I went to the apple store in San Francisco yesterday and showed them the web site. They were very interested and said they would check it out and thanked me for bringing to their attention. I am so greatful that I was able to find this Forum. I am not the Mcdonald's generation. I am older and now much wiser. KHARMA
 
noesf said:
Well.. six days later and I have not received a reply from iphonegeek/master. I have changed my credit card and my passwords luckily I used an alias name for email. I went to the apple store in San Francisco yesterday and showed them the web site. They were very interested and said they would check it out and thanked me for bringing to their attention. I am so greatful that I was able to find this Forum. I am not the Mcdonald's generation. I am older and now much wiser. KHARMA
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Lucky you found this post, were you charged? Or did you evade the charge
 
McGiord said:
I just click on an ad here in Macrumors website that direct to this scam.

Why MR is sponsoring this?
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I added "iphonegeek.com" to our ad block list. It should be gone shortly.

arn
 
FRAUD by iphonegeek.com continues....

Dear Forum Members,

Just got this mail from iphonegeek.com that I am cut/pasting below. While the credit card they are talking about does not exist (THANKS ONCE AGAIN to "gkarris" and "jav6454") as my bank issued me a new one after knowing they were a HOAX SITE..., the reason I put this here is to also let you know that in their site they had claimed that "it was a one time platinum membership price" but to let you know that if you did make any mistake in going for them then it would be a recurring charge.... The other interesting thing is the area code of the phone number that is written in the mail...IT DOESN'T EXIST... I have also sent a NASTY mail at the email address as there was NO SUCH INSTRUCTION WAS EVER GIVEN BY ME TO THEM AS CLAIMED BY THEM (the only instruction given was to cancel my membership within 2 mins of joining them when nothing worked) but am yet to receive any reply whatsover....till date..

THIS IS THE MAIL THAT I HAVE RECEIVED....

As per your instruction, we have charged your credit card
xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-5277
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Description= The iPhone Geek Platinum Membership
Recurring Product Price= 9.95
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Total Charge = $9.95

Please feel free to email us at admin@subscribersarea.com
should you have any further questions.

Thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely
Shawn Freeman
Subscribers Area
046-288-0684
admin@subscribersarea.com
www.subscribersarea.com
 
Glad to have sidestepped this one

I'm really grateful for this forum. I became suspicious when the site wouldn't allow you to look at what it had to offer. Every time you clicked a link to look at the music or the games, it took you to a site to pay. IF I had been able to see full list of available games and a few screen shots, I probably would have become a victim as well. They're smart, but not quite smart enough.
 
They are smart indeed and they are also following this thread. In my first post to this thread I explained how their database page was a fraud and I added an image that was stored on their server. The day after I made my post they swapped that image to something else (yuck) so I hade to edit my post.
 
Having requested a response several times from these 4$$wipes I thought you might like the following information which is currently being investigated by my legal team.

Apparently - whether the site is HOAX or not is not as much an issue as the fraudulant charging of the Credit Cards which is covered by international laws and is a Federal Offence in the US JOY JOY JOY !! - Similarly if prosecuted by individuals - that is if 100 people individually prosecute the website owner the penaltys are cumulative rather than if 100 people bring a single class action.

My advice is to seek legal representation and see that the people running this sight get to learn the error of their ways from a cosy 8ft cell.



WHOIS information for: iphonegeek.com:

[whois.enom.com]
=-=-=-=
Visit AboutUs.org for more information about iphonegeek.com
AboutUs: iphonegeek.com

Registration Service Provided By: NameCheap.com
Contact: support@NameCheap.com
Visit: http://www.namecheap.com/

Domain name: iphonegeek.com

Registrant Contact:
Tim Catron
NA NA (NA)
NA
Fax:
522 Hunt Club Blvd.
Apopka, S 32703
US

Administrative Contact:
NA
Catron (support@thecomputer.com)
+1.9415861241
Fax:
522 Hunt Club Blvd.
Apopka, S 32703
US

Technical Contact:
NA
Tim Catron (support@thecomputer.com)
+1.9415861241
Fax:
522 Hunt Club Blvd.
Apopka, S 32703
US

Status: Locked

Name Servers:
NS1.ADBLAZE.COM
NS2.ADBLAZE.COM

Creation date: 09 Jan 2007 20:05:42
Expiration date: 09 Jan 2009 20:05:42
 
PodUser said:
Having requested a response several times from these 4$$wipes I thought you might like the following information which is currently being investigated by my legal team.

Apparently - whether the site is HOAX or not is not as much an issue as the fraudulant charging of the Credit Cards which is covered by international laws and is a Federal Offence in the US JOY JOY JOY !! - Similarly if prosecuted by individuals - that is if 100 people individually prosecute the website owner the penaltys are cumulative rather than if 100 people bring a single class action.

My advice is to seek legal representation and see that the people running this sight get to learn the error of their ways from a cosy 8ft cell.

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I told someone from NameCheap the follwoing, which I am about to tell to you. Although your actions are honest and to help in this investigation, publishing private information, whether it's hoax or not, may violate some laws concerning privacy laws since it is publicly viewed info. You may get actions against you for that.

Suggestion, PM the Original Poster with this info, and what actions to take against iPhone Geek.

My two cents...
 
I guess that information can be found easily. I do not know how to do this for .com domains but I just checked one of my .be domains and found all my information in the dns database. Posting information that can be found easily on the net does not look like violating the privacy laws to me.
 
Utilities -> Network Utility -> Whois.
Plenty public to me.

Point is, never trust a site that links to numerous other sites for its payment. Thanks for letting us know about this, though!
 
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