Is this a scam??
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From: Conway
Is this a scam??
Check out this site www.seafs.com The company is called Scaglione Exotics. Seems a little fishy to me?? What do you guys think??
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"If it sounds too good to be true...."
IMHO it's a scam.
Where to begin.... I doubt they could keep anything in stock at the prices they have listed. A "1998 F355 Spider F1 Gearbox, Giallo Modena/Nero, 15650 Miles" for $41,000? Where do I send the check? (not.)
Also, there are some discrepancies on the "about" page: http://www.seafs.com/about.htm
"Founder and Director Silvia Scaglione, with 23 solid and very successful years..."
"...Mary and the Scaglione company's success have been showcased on The Oprah Show, Tonight Show, Late Night with Letterman, CNBC, Good Morning America, BBC along with a few dozen other appearances and a client list that reads like a Hollywood producers black book. Mary said at a recent press conference celebrating 20 years in business"
I bolded the part in question. There's no other mention of a "Mary" on that page. I did a google search for Mary and Silvia Scaglione and found no mention of either. You'd think with 20 years and so many show appearances that they'd at least pop up once.
IMHO it's a scam.
Where to begin.... I doubt they could keep anything in stock at the prices they have listed. A "1998 F355 Spider F1 Gearbox, Giallo Modena/Nero, 15650 Miles" for $41,000? Where do I send the check? (not.)
Also, there are some discrepancies on the "about" page: http://www.seafs.com/about.htm
"Founder and Director Silvia Scaglione, with 23 solid and very successful years..."
"...Mary and the Scaglione company's success have been showcased on The Oprah Show, Tonight Show, Late Night with Letterman, CNBC, Good Morning America, BBC along with a few dozen other appearances and a client list that reads like a Hollywood producers black book. Mary said at a recent press conference celebrating 20 years in business"
I bolded the part in question. There's no other mention of a "Mary" on that page. I did a google search for Mary and Silvia Scaglione and found no mention of either. You'd think with 20 years and so many show appearances that they'd at least pop up once.
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AHHHH!! Scam for sure,
I looked the addy up on www.whitepages.com, and it's a Mail-Boxes Etc./UPS Store according to them.
http://www.whitepages.com/search/Reverse_A...tle&state_id=WA
Time for T.I.T.S. to go bust some ace, and get these scammers off the internet before any potential village idiots get caught in it.
Edit: I also looked at the UPS Store website, and it is indeed a store location. http://go.vicinity.com/upsnew/GeoFind.d?E=....x=16&find.y=10
But I guess that in itself does not prove that the business does not exist, if that addy just forwards the orders to the headquarters in the UK. However, I couldn't find any information on Scaglione Exotics in both the UK and US versions on Yahoo.
Also there isn't a www.seafs.co.uk which you would expect to exist since the UK is where their headquarters are. Also www.seafs.com and www.seafs.uk.co don't show up on either yahoo or google. Also, I couldn't find anything at the UK addy they supplied.
Huge scam for sure!!!
I looked the addy up on www.whitepages.com, and it's a Mail-Boxes Etc./UPS Store according to them.
http://www.whitepages.com/search/Reverse_A...tle&state_id=WA
Time for T.I.T.S. to go bust some ace, and get these scammers off the internet before any potential village idiots get caught in it.
Edit: I also looked at the UPS Store website, and it is indeed a store location. http://go.vicinity.com/upsnew/GeoFind.d?E=....x=16&find.y=10
But I guess that in itself does not prove that the business does not exist, if that addy just forwards the orders to the headquarters in the UK. However, I couldn't find any information on Scaglione Exotics in both the UK and US versions on Yahoo.
Also there isn't a www.seafs.co.uk which you would expect to exist since the UK is where their headquarters are. Also www.seafs.com and www.seafs.uk.co don't show up on either yahoo or google. Also, I couldn't find anything at the UK addy they supplied.
Huge scam for sure!!!