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Seems some Chinese fraudsters are trying hard to take advantage of the out-of-control demand for firearms, ammo, and accessories in the U.S. I ran across one today called the Loyal Ammo Shop. They were advertising "Hand Gun Ammo, RIFLE AMMO, RIMFIRE AMMO, and SHORT GUN AMMO"! When I clicked the SHORT GUN AMMO header, a collection of shotgun ammo was displayed...
I called their listed phone number, which rang once before an outgoing mesage asked me to enter my name and "Global Voice" would try to connect me... I hung up. Just for kicks, I entered into a chat session wherby I baited them with a question about "Short Guns", and they confirmed my suspicion (it's worth a laugh, anyway). The site was complete with rave reviews, nearly every one of them gushing about how quickly the customer had received their items, and simulated realtime messages stating what "real" customers had just bought from the site. Below are screenshots of my "chat", and one of their fake and poorly-translated rave reviews...
I had a recent experience ordering MREs from a similar place which ended in me contacting PayPal to get my money back after these "Genuine U.S. Military" MREs shipped from China Post, but never actually showed up. I was a little suspicious of that site because the price seemed too good to be true, which is why I used PayPal rather than my CC, and my "Spidey sense" paid off. Please be careful out there on the interwebs!!!
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I called their listed phone number, which rang once before an outgoing mesage asked me to enter my name and "Global Voice" would try to connect me... I hung up. Just for kicks, I entered into a chat session wherby I baited them with a question about "Short Guns", and they confirmed my suspicion (it's worth a laugh, anyway). The site was complete with rave reviews, nearly every one of them gushing about how quickly the customer had received their items, and simulated realtime messages stating what "real" customers had just bought from the site. Below are screenshots of my "chat", and one of their fake and poorly-translated rave reviews...
I had a recent experience ordering MREs from a similar place which ended in me contacting PayPal to get my money back after these "Genuine U.S. Military" MREs shipped from China Post, but never actually showed up. I was a little suspicious of that site because the price seemed too good to be true, which is why I used PayPal rather than my CC, and my "Spidey sense" paid off. Please be careful out there on the interwebs!!!
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