As we look towards the Christmas holiday, 'tis the season for freaking out and making poor decisions with regards to online shopping. Tonight a friend reached out to get my help in convincing his family that an incredible laptop sale they saw on laptop was not real.
That’s the ad they saw on Facebook. “Due to special reasons” the company has decided to “sell the last batch of laptops.” If you click the Shop Now button, it takes you to the website “maxwellplaceonhudson[.]com”
Now, I’m not saying that everyone who re-uses an image is a scammer, but John J. Rogers and MaxwellPlaceHudson are using a photo from a 2019 Mainichi News article in Japan about the fact that computers were piling up in warehouses in China. Doesn’t that look familiar?
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John J. Rogers is being an extremely helpful and interactive salesperson as people are asking him how long it takes to ship the laptops. He’s giving recommendations on which model to order, and estimates on shipping time.
But How Do We Know It’s Real? … Testimonials!
Just look at all the happy customers! “Sdhuy Fhabn” says “This is a quality built and spec’d laptop! Very satisfied!”
Strange that all of the comments on Sdhuy’s page are in Filipino.
Mandy also loves his new laptop. “Mine has arrived, this is an unexpected laptop, it even has a touch screen, I like it very much!” he gushes.
Mandy lives in Quezon City, Philippines, which does make it seem odd that he would be mail-ordering a laptop from New Jersey.
MD tells us “So far so good, works great, looks great!”
But then, for MD, people who look like John J. Rogers are kind of “his type.”
I’m sure that Mandy and Sdhuy are fine people. But let me tell you friends, MD, he’s a Scammer!
MD Sajjad is a fake account that is giving a fake testimonial.
Take a look at his Facebook “Likes” –
He likes John J. Rogers, Noah Robert, Oliver Noah, Sean M Hemming, Debra Carter, Gerry R Frederickson, George S Krebs, and RiodiJanero … who surprisingly all have the same two profile pictures!
Let’s look.
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Noah Robert is a “Computer Company” … oh gee! On November 25th “due to special reasons” he starting selling computers from his website “ajakubowski.com” His telephone number is in Afghanistan. (+93 is international dialing code for Afghanistan.) Email [email protected] Redirecting... |
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Oliver Noah is a Computer Company. You’ll never guess! Due to Special Reasons, he’s selling the last batch of his laptops! using his Afghanistan phone number and his website “utoal.com”
(email [email protected])
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Sean M Hemming is a Computer Company . Guess what! Due to Special Reasons, he’s selling the last batch of his laptops!
He has an Afghanistan telephone number and his website is MarbleTownGreen.com
Facebook tells us the Page Manager location is Bangladesh
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Debra G. Carter is a Computer Company. Guess what! Due to Special Reasons, he’s selling the last batch of his laptops. He has a +93 Afghani telephone number and his website is "teamlse.com"
Facebook tells us the Page Managers are in Indonesia, Liberia, Saint Vincent, and the Grenadines.
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You might already be able to guess on this next one.
Gerry R Fredericksen is a Computer Company.
Due to Special Reasons, he’s selling the last batch of his laptops.
He has a +93 Afghani telephone number and
His website is "legeb.com"
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George S Krebs is a Computer Company.
Due to Special Reasons, he’s selling the last batch of his laptops.
His email is “[email protected]”
His website is "highlyacceleratedstresstest.com"
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RiodiJanero is a Computer Company.
Due to Special Reasons, he’s selling the last batch of his laptops.
His email is [email protected]
His website is PineappleHillDesigns.com
He has a +93 Afghani telephone number. |
So, getting back to the original question:
Actually, I’m thinking that you may not really be able to buy a $2,600 laptop for $79 and have it delivered anywhere in the world in time for Christmas. But then, my friends all tell me that I’m paranoid.
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