Fail Scam is Fail

[Danpascooch]

double post because it's an entirely new point

anyways, reminds me of a popular scam which I fell for ONCE and once only.

In the UK newspapers, they're always doing offers of free USB drives with movie clips on to promote some new movie or whatever. Anyway I read it, and figured, ok £2.99 postage and packing, even if it's only 1gb, it's not bad for three quid, and I do need one.

Pays my money and waits...

Weeks later, a small jiffy bag with a 28 pence stamp on it (£3 spent my arse), and I get my 'WANTED' branded USB drive.

I put it in my PC and it runs the trailer, which I close, because I don't care. I then go to properties, and firstly it's 128mb, which I imagine they'd have had to specially make, because NO-one sells pen drives that small in this century, and secondly, it's READ ONLY!

Yes, read only, so what they sold to me as a USB memory stick, I can't actually use the memory on it. I've paid for them to send me a trailer.

what really surprises me is that a large newspaper wants to be dealing with a company that's going to scam thousands of their readership, and of course, it's going to reflect on them.

yeah, I'm a dummy for trusting them, but it was only £3 and I've warned everyone I can to not claim anything FREE with inflated P&P because you're either going to receive something useless, or at best, some pound shop quality tat.

Since then I hopped on play.com and just bought a 4GB drive for £5 and alls well again.

Like a said before these "Dollar Scams" work, people always think "It's just a dollar" and then lose their dollar.

That said, nobody can really blame you for that one, but you probably should have known that that movie wouldn't fit on a 1 gig.

 

[GRoXERs]

Hee hee, they just cribbed most of their legal disclaimers from other scam websites. For example, this little gem...

Changes to Terms and Conditions

We reserve the right to make any changes necessary to the terms and conditions at any time without prior notification. We also have the right to make changes to the graphical work on the label of the bottle.

I googled that phrase, and it's straight from the terms and conditions of http://www.acaipurenergy.com , which may not be an actual scam scam, but is in the same spirit.

EDIT: I really like that they didn't even bother to get rid of the mention of the bottle.

 

[Danpascooch]

Just wait, here we all are, making fun of this.

Someone is going to do it, and get an epic new console that will put the 360 and PS3 to complete shame. For $1

Just wait, it's going to be f--king hilarious.

 

[Danpascooch]

Hee hee, they just cribbed most of their legal disclaimers from other scam websites. For example, this little gem...

Changes to Terms and Conditions

We reserve the right to make any changes necessary to the terms and conditions at any time without prior notification. We also have the right to make changes to the graphical work on the label of the bottle.

I googled that phrase, and it's straight from the terms and conditions of http://www.acaipurenergy.com, which may not be an actual scam scam, but is in the same spirit.

EDIT: I really like that they didn't even bother to get rid of the mention of the bottle.

The label of the BOTTLE? WHAT F--KING BOTTLE!?

Seriously, if you are going to try to make some cash and break the law, at least TRY!

 

[SenseOfTumour]

double post because it's an entirely new point

anyways, reminds me of a popular scam which I fell for ONCE and once only.

In the UK newspapers, they're always doing offers of free USB drives with movie clips on to promote some new movie or whatever. Anyway I read it, and figured, ok £2.99 postage and packing, even if it's only 1gb, it's not bad for three quid, and I do need one.

Pays my money and waits...

Weeks later, a small jiffy bag with a 28 pence stamp on it (£3 spent my arse), and I get my 'WANTED' branded USB drive.

I put it in my PC and it runs the trailer, which I close, because I don't care. I then go to properties, and firstly it's 128mb, which I imagine they'd have had to specially make, because NO-one sells pen drives that small in this century, and secondly, it's READ ONLY!

Yes, read only, so what they sold to me as a USB memory stick, I can't actually use the memory on it. I've paid for them to send me a trailer.

what really surprises me is that a large newspaper wants to be dealing with a company that's going to scam thousands of their readership, and of course, it's going to reflect on them.

yeah, I'm a dummy for trusting them, but it was only £3 and I've warned everyone I can to not claim anything FREE with inflated P&P because you're either going to receive something useless, or at best, some pound shop quality tat.

Since then I hopped on play.com and just bought a 4GB drive for £5 and alls well again.

Like a said before these "Dollar Scams" work, people always think "It's just a dollar" and then lose their dollar.

That said, nobody can really blame you for that one, but you probably should have known that that movie wouldn't fit on a 1 gig.

heh, I probably didn't make it clear, it was back when the movie was about to hit cinemas, and the thing on offer was a promotional item, with just the trailer and some photos from the movie on it, and I figured, what with marketing budgets, the actual item will probably be worth just formatting and using as a memory stick, and I just didn't think anyone outside of a museum would be getting their hands on 128mb sticks. I wasn't expecting a movie, just a memory stick I'd be able to use, rather than a locked piece of a plastic with a trailer on it.

but, I was foolish and it was a scam, and I got nailed, again tho, I imagine the negative feelings these things cause must far outweigh the amount the Sun must have made from it.

I should say I don't call premium rate phonelines, or other such scams, I just thought this one sounded like a reason risk and that I could turn it to my own advantage Perhaps another step in the scam market, make your scam look like the public could scam you, such as Moist Von Lipwig in the discworld, dishonest men are so much easier to con, as they're concentrating on trying to con you.

 

[Gaderael]

Hahahaha! I went on Google Maps to check out the Street View. There's only residential for where 2805 N. Glenoaks should be for their office. Thee's like an insurance place, a TV repair shop, and a sandwich place on the other side.

 

[geldonyetich]

Looks to me like they're selling an N64 emulator on a laptop and calling it a Vivo360. Assuming they don't just take your credit card information and run.

nononono, in the main page at the pic of porter action bros you can see its a side scroller (look closelly at the pic for hints) so i´m saying SNES

I thought I saw Clay Fighter on that, so that would make sense... but under closer examination, it's City Fighter, like all the other made up names of games that don't exist like Porter Actions Bros and Vivio Soccer.

They probably could have made a relatively good killing selling a really cheap laptop (like an $80 5-year-old model that doesn't even have all its keys) and an emulator that they issue ripped off game ROMs for, but I don't think they even do that if they're not listing real games.

 

[RedShift]

I bet the Mario one's title is 'PowerStar Action Bros'. And I would play a game with that title, no questions asked.

 

[Rayansaki]

Some of the other statements on that site are just plain hilarious:

Play anywhere, anytime, in multiplayer mode, with or without the joystick.

How can you play it without the joystick?

In describing the amazing game City Fighter:

Fight one on one and smash your opponents energy in 90 seconds. Choose your fighter and demolish all nine critical matches in this real time tactical action.

Yes. keep saying that it's one of those.

In describing the amazing game Combat War:

Get points for killing your opponent.

No sh*t, sherlock.

But I think I'm being a bit harsh, so I'm currently trying to order one. Currently, the details I've filled in are:

Spoiler

First Name: Bobby

Last Name: Billinger

Email: thisisnotarealemailaddressareyoureallythatguillable@ohmygodyouseriouslyarebelievingthis.co.youfuckingidiot

Phone: 666666666666666666666

Address: 123 Fake Street

City: Made up city

State: Texas

Only problem is that it won't let me pick a zip code and I have no idea how zip codes are laid out in America, so if comeone could take this the final step I think this could be entertaining.

EDIT: Don't actually pay for it if it asks you to. If it does, just drop it. Not worth it from that point.

Why everyone knows about 90210 beverly hills !

 

[Burst6]

Hmm. ridiculously over the top stupid thing made especially for video games? This sound like one of the 7 deadly sins.


Oh EA you are good.

 

[mechanixis]

I do love me some "City Fighter", whatever the hell that is.

 

[Leodiensian]

So, does "City Fighters" involve fighters who are cities or fighting WITH cities?

Honestly, either way it sounds awesome.

 

[A Random Reader]

hilarious ,utterly hilarious

 

[Beartrucci]

This looks pretty legit. I'll take six.

 

[Jon Etheridge]

Oh I am so getting me a goddamn Vivio 360. What are all these other systems that teh newbs play. They suck. From this day forward I am gonna be a Vivio 360 fanboy. Microsoft? Sony? Nintendo? Fuck um.

Viva la Vivio 360!!!!

 

[Blair Bennett]

Porter Action Bros. has got nothing on The Legend of Ziprick. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to pwn n00bs and win my opponents.

/painfully bad joke.

 

[Caligulove]

as much as there is fail to this... it is a good photoshop

 

[L3m0n_L1m3]

Why do these weird rip off game systems always come with street fighter?

 

[Balaxe]

Every here is just jealous that they cannot enjoy the epic exclusives on the Vivio360.

I'm playing City Fighter as I type.

 

[Leodiensian]

What city are you fighting as?

I specced Chicago first, but Tokyo totally pwned me so now I'm re-rolling.