Romtel trading corporation

[leeroy156]

Basically seen a car on eBay seems 2cheap really so I messaged them they messaged me back saying it's his brothers car who has passed away and that he has left this country now but the car is still in the uk and he can still have the car delivered to me through Romtel trading corporation is it safe and has any1 else used this b4 or is it just a fake ad

[alarmingmark]

It's a con

[leeroy156]

Cheers had a feeling it was

[lightfair]

Hello;

 

this is lightfair from escrow-fraud.com (yes, another freshly registered user).

 

"RomTel Trading Corporation" is a scam, and the lates one in a long line (all of them documented over at escrow-fraud.com and aa419.org).

 

It's a classic "fake escrow" scam, as described here:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogus_escrow

 

Now, the modus operadi of this particular site is as follows: The scammer(s) set up a number of sites that look like forums (but are in reality just single sites without any forum database behind it); those sites then "sing the praise" for the fake site. Pretty much as the_bloke described it.

Those sites are actually modeled after existing sites and some people have mistaken those fake endorsements for the real thing.

 

Examples.

 

Fake:

http://www.coffeeshopforums.co.uk/forum_php/displaytopics/coffee_lounge/general_discussions/t=7831/7834401-CF.html

 

Real:

http://coffeeforums.co.uk/forum.php

 

Fake:

http://www.the75andzt-club.co.uk/forumdisplayphp/topics/club_classifieds/items_wanted/threads/p=94k31w4.html

 

Real:

http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/forum/

 

(You'll all notice the additional "-" in the URL?)

 

Example of a discussion about a previous site (yes, that's the same scammer):

http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=245389

 

And yes: The two accounts recommending that service in this thread are operated by the scammer.

 

(Since I'm freshly registered I can't make the links clickable; perhaps a mod can?)