Greetings everyone,

I'm new to the forum and new to meet all of you.

Okay so here's my case, it's going to be quite a long one so please to all of you who is taking your time to read this post, have a cup of tea if you fancy while reading this.

This case is regarding a possible online scam by http://www.cameramarketplaceltd.com/

10/5- I was planning to buy a Plustek Optic 8200i from the company. Email them inquiring about the price of the sacnner

11/5- I was replied by the seller with the following message:

Dear XXXXX,

Thanks for your email. Please find below discounted prices for your
inquiries including the postage to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah:

1 ) Plustek OpticFilm 8200i Ai - film scanner (35 mm)....MYR 1.500.00

2 ) Plustek OpticFilm 8100 - film scanner (35 mm).....MYR 1.200.00

3 ) Plustek Opticfilm 7600i Ai Clr Slide....MYR 1.600.00


Shipment Take Places From Our DATA BASE in SARAWAK.

Our products will come with complete full accessories in each packages.

WARRANTY !
The product we sell are Factory Sealed With 1 Years International Warranty
from the Manufacturer and 90 Days return Policy Immediately After Delivery
Directly To Your Doorstep.

PAYMENT METHOD!
Bank to Bank Transfer

Shipping and Handling!
We Ship via The Following (DHL, UPS,skynet) and Shipping is Only Done upon
payment Confirmation and Delivery takes Only 24 working HOURS to get to your
doorstep after Ship out we issue Out Documents For Shipments Confirmation
such as (Air Way Bill, Shippers Receipt, Shippers Tracking Number ) so you
can trace and monitor your package online before it gets to your door
step. When the Package arrives to you, You don't need to pay any other fee
for tax or VAT Cost we Ship Directly to your doorstep

HOW TO PURCHASE !
Get Back To us With The Following Information below so we can proceed
with the Packaging and then Register the product For Shipping.

Information Requested below are :
1)Full Name.
2)Address.
3)Country.
4)State/Province.
5)City.
6)Postal /Zip Code.
7)Phone Number(Valid Please)

WE DELIVERY WITHIN 24 working HOURS
Once you get back to us with the above details requested from you,we
proceed further with your order .Your prompt attention and early reply
would be highly appreciated.

Thanks and kind regards

After reading the mail, I decided that I would purchase the scanner. (By the way, the seller replied me at 2.04 a.m on 11/5) At 4.21 I went into maybank and bank in to his account

Name on Account: Mohd Faridzul Bin Mohamad

Account Number : 1144 9616 3556

Bank Name : May bank


The same day, I got a confirmation call from the seller stating that the payment was received and the parcel will be sent on Monday first thing. Pretty normal so far eh?

13/5-This was when the shit got outta control. Tracked my number at http://expresspostwide.com/ Tracking no : 7553599397 (was a little skeptical since it was my first time using the courier.) AT around 10.00 a.m . What the hell I thought? The parcel was being held in KLIA and the supposedly delivery boy contacted me through my no and told me to contact the seller because there seems to be a problem with the shipment. So I called the ender, INSTEAD OF THE SENDER CALLING ME, ask what was wrong and this is where all the shit began. THE SENDER TOLD ME THAT HE HAD MISTAKENLY SEND 3 UNITS OF THE PLUSTEK WITH AN ADDITIONAL UNIT OF CANON 6D ( NOT SURE SINCE SELLER WAS SPEAKING FRANTICALLY, BUT I AM SURE THAT ITS A CANON BODY) DUE TO THEIR COMPANY'S DATABASE ERROR. SELLER THEN ASKED ME TO BANK IN AN ADDITIONAL RM5000 AS ASSURANCE SO THAT I DO NOT LOSE MYSELF AFTER I HAVE GOTTEN THEIR MISS SENT ITEM, AND TOLD ME THAT THE COURTIER DELIVERY WILL INDEED REFUND ME THE RM5000. THE SELLER ALSO TOLD ME TO HURRY WITH THE BANKING PROCEDURE AS THEY DON'T WANT THE ITEM TO BE DELAYED WHEN SHIPPING TO ME. ONCE I RECEIVE THE PACKAGE AND GET WHAT I NEED. Called the sellers many time in between 12 to 2 p.m that same day and finally the shipment was released WITHOUT PAYING AN ADDITIONAL RM5000 to be shipped to me by 3.45 p.m. Finally I thought that all of this shit was over. But boy was I bloody wrong. (SELLER ALSO TOLD ME THAT MY PACKAGE WAS TO BE SHIPPED AT 11.45 IF THE PAYMENT WAS SUCCESSFUL, BUT OF COURSE IT WAS NOT AND THE SHIPMENT WAS DELAYED. RM5000 IS A BLOODY LOT OF MONEY BY THE WAY)

14/5 Today I was eargerly checking the tracking when all of a sudden I received a call from express post again and what do you know, the guy over at the end of the line told me to check my mail and this is the mail that I got:

Your Attention:XXXXXXX,

It is our pleasure to notify you that your consignment of which is now at our sort facility Kuala Teregganu .we hereby require you to urgently forward to us through email attachment any of the following, scan copy of your working ID card for verification purpose and to enable us deliver your consignment to you within 5 hours.

For your reference,you have a overstay & security charge Fee to pay before the delivery is carry out to your doorstep in your address above. The Amount is MYR 2.200.00(Two Thousand Two Hundred Malaysian Ringgit). You are hereby advised to make the payment to the Account officer.

Payment Information Details
==========================================
Name on Account: Mohammad Razikin Bin

Account Number : 1640 7054 3924

Bank Name : Maybank

Exppost Wide Courier
For: Sodiq Ahmad
(Delivery Agent)
0166249368

Regards


By this point I was already at the verge of snapping. Just a few minutes before I wrote this post, I tried calling seller again and he refused to pay for the additional 2.2k since it was the company's fault to begin with. Had a fight...almost and I snapped and ask for the HQ phone no but he slammed my phone and no reply from that point on. Tried asking the delivery boy (since there was no way to contact the shipping company other than email) for help and phone no and address but all I got was an address.
lot- 4655, Jalan Dulang 2, 2700, Jerantut, Pahang and no phone no although I have asked for it.

So now I am seriously in need of help from fellow gurus to resolve the situation. I am still thinking that I am being scammed and if so how am i going to recover from this shit hole i dug myself into? By the way, Sodig Ahmad is the delivery guy who contacted me.

Thanks for taking the time to read my thread.

is the courier company legit?
their website seems... outdated

I have no idea also. Is there anyway to check it?

I can assure that the branch in Bintulu is fake. There's no such shop exist.

Alright thanks a lot. Bloody hell......so wht this means is that the shop never existed in the first place or was the shop closed down in the mall? Or the mall itself is not even there?
Thanks for your reply.

Go make a police report. Lets them investigate

Will do. Thanks for reading my post mate.

i think the shop is fake and the courier boy also fake...
can't find the courier website also....
did a check on the website and the so call uk branch is dissolved in back 2012....
http://www.cdrex.com/the-camera-market-pla...td-1756281.html
Dissolution Date 29/05/2012

Wow..thats new...should have searched it more throughly before ordering............god damn it. Thanks for the info anyways mate.

avoid ANY seller from SARAWAK that sell goods at too-good-to-be-true price...well, to be safe than sorry, avoid online sellers from sarawak at all cost!

https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=2406801

This post has been edited by little ice: May 15 2013, 08:40 PM

Bloody Hell.....

scammed

It's a scam plain and simple and a rather old one too.

First suspicious flag, why the flying f*** is the bank account a personnel account and not a company (Mohd Faridzul Bin Mohamad) not to mention they have their own shop and logistics as they claimed. Second and most obvious OLDEST trick in the scambook, claim that customs "held" buyer's items and request exorbitant fee to "release" the said goods, the trick is WIDELY used by many shady online sellers like China and Russia to extort even more money from the buyer and most of the time buyer themselves have "no choice" but to pay and there is a very high chance they won't even receive the items. Third again, no solid proof of even the so-called "shop" pics or anything like that.

By the looks of it the scam is done by more than one person could very well be a group.

I should've known better.........guess I'll sulk it up after I make a report. Will seriously be more careful next time.

Take it as a lesson bro. Go for COD if big purchase. Mail for small purchase ok.If want make big purchase by mail, go for reputable online shop.

I shall be more careful next time. Problem is here in Sabah it's a wee bit hard to get those items. Maybe I'll just buy from ssk next time.

This is his CIMB account
Name - MOHAMAD SAFARI BIN RAMIDI

Account Number - 07290046212528

Bank Name - CIMB BANK

To all please becareful

Thanks for the valuable info mate~

this is a famous trick so far... maybe the police can track from the bank account.

I don't even know if the police are able to o anything at this point.