[This is a SCAM] Mersk Train ($87.88)

King · Post by **King** » Tue Nov 06, 2012 6:52 pm

I'd say that a "drop shipping scam" is probably not the same as "drop shipping" and that should be the distinction here.

King

nbaisfantastic · Post by **nbaisfantastic** » Tue Nov 06, 2012 9:49 pm

harry99 wrote:Hmm - that site sells lots of other stuff too. Are you sure it's a Scam? Comparatively low shipping charges to Canada.

Yes, it's a scam. I just had the nerve-wracking experience to prove it. After reading the original post I quickly ordered a Mersk Train around 8pm (figuring after the Walmart frenzy I literally had minutes before OOS). It wasn't until the next day that I saw all of the updates exposing the scam. Well my package arrived today and literally 2 hours after delivery 2 local police detectives arrived at my door!! The person whose credit card was stolen had reported the LEGO purchase (made through TRU) to the police who tracked it back to me as the recipient. I walked them through everything I did --showed them the site where you can still purchase these, my confirmation email and PayPal records. Still made me nervous having 2 detectives questioning me as a suspect before I showed them I hadn't done anything wrong on my end.
I am amazed this site is still up with such an obvious credit card scam going on!

Legobrandon · Post by **Legobrandon** » Tue Nov 06, 2012 10:11 pm

Wow, what a nightmare. If it weren't for this site and other LEGO forums, you wouldn't of have proven your point!

nbaisfantastic · Post by **nbaisfantastic** » Tue Nov 06, 2012 10:28 pm

Legobrandon wrote:Wow, what a nightmare. If it weren't for this site and other LEGO forums, you wouldn't of have proven your point!

Yes, I realized I left out the "thanks" from my post...so thanks to everyone who helped point out the scam.
For a minute it seemed odd when I was talking with the detectives that I was well aware of the scam... I had to explain everything I had read on the forum.

Post by **vynsane** » Wed Nov 07, 2012 7:59 am

Wow! Sorry that you had to go through that.

Most likely the site is run in another country that's just out of reach of our local or even federal jurisdiction to prosecute. I think at that point it's up to TLG to take action... somehow...

EDIT: Just checked out the site and did a whois lookup on the domain name. Shouldn't have shot my mouth off, it's registered to an address in Chico, California! Weird.

Neo · Post by **Neo** » Wed Nov 07, 2012 11:16 am

This makes me feel really uneasy....

anakinisvader · Post by **anakinisvader** » Wed Nov 07, 2012 1:08 pm

vynsane wrote:Wow! Sorry that you had to go through that.

Most likely the site is run in another country that's just out of reach of our local or even federal jurisdiction to prosecute. I think at that point it's up to TLG to take action... somehow...

EDIT: Just checked out the site and did a whois lookup on the domain name. Shouldn't have shot my mouth off, it's registered to an address in Chico, California! Weird.

I thought California was another country.

Marcus70 · Post by **Marcus70** » Thu Nov 08, 2012 11:47 am

Just noticed the Lego Maresk Train is on sale and dropped to $107.98 at the Lego store (10% off).

lemus · Post by **lemus** » Thu Nov 08, 2012 1:14 pm

Marcus70 wrote:Just noticed the Lego Maresk Train is on sale and dropped to $107.98 at the Lego store (10% off).

I had not seen your post, but I already made a new post in the general sales and deals forum. Sorry for the repeat but maybe the new thread will be more visible.

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