Re: Eushop Scam - how big is this scheme?

[Nancy Kramer <nekramer () mindtheater net>]

Hello,

The way to stop this would be to contact their host with documentation of 
the scam and have their site shut down.

Regards,

Nancy Kramer
Webmaster http://www.americandreamcars.com
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At 12:30 PM 1/19/2004, Tobias Weisserth wrote:
> Dear subscribers,
>
> I have read an article in "Der Spiegel"[1] about a scam with a
> webshop[2] I thought might arouse interest here.
>
> The "owner" of this shop is supposed to be a woman from Munich, Germany.
> She happens to know nothing about running a shop on the Internet and
> reported this to the local police in Munich.
>
> The webservers of this shop are located in Texas, USA and there seems to
> be another stakeholder sitting in Portugal. The name that this person
> has identified itself with, seems to be that of a famous US basketball
> trainer, so this may be a fake too.
>
> Customers are supposed to give their credit card numbers or pay cash in
> advance which goes to this address in Portugal.
>
> I'm interested in your thoughts since this shop looks not too much like
> a scam at first sight and the fact that the people "behind" the shop
> exist may provide trust for potential customers.
>
> The police in Germany doesn't seem to be too eager to act on this story.
>
> What's the quickest way to put an end to something like this if someone
> is using your name for a scam like this? I mean, this could happen to
> virtually anyone.
>
> kind regards,
> Tobias W.
>
> [1] http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzkultur/0,1518,282148,00.html
> (German language)
> [2] http://www.eushop-online.com/
>
>
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