Wish I would have seen this thread earlier.
They got me today. Unreal deal on some mooching rods, with free shipping AND a 17% off "random discount". Such a killer deal I decided to order two! When my credit card info was entered and I pressed the complete purchase button, it stalled for a good long while, and then a different website popped up, with a different crazy URL, indicated that payment for 99 bucks (less than the purchase amt) had failed, and prompted me to hit the "back" button. When I mapped the back button that URL was not PNT, but some other even crazier URL, so I suspected it was a scan and didn't do it. Also, my Chase credit card blocked it, thinking it was a fraudulent charge.
Some observations:
1. The site looks exactly like PNT's site, with the same colors, many same search buttons, etc. It fooled me and I shop there. It has similar URL "pacific-nettwine" instead of "pacificnetandtwine".
2. It comes up #2 in a google search for PNT.
3. That's the best deal I'd seen in years, too good to be true.
4. The company that tried to bill my visa was Blooming Technologies, which maps to Indonesia, but speaking with the folks at the real PNT, they might also map to Taiwan or Philadelphia, so they are obviously covering their tracks, and are really good at what they're doing, straddling jurisdictions artfully.
5. It looks like (at least my Chase) credit card companies are onto this scam, so hopefully these cocksuckerz don't take anybody's money.
6. I think the real PNT is a fantastic company, had nothing but good dealings with them, always great to speak with over the phone, and I hope this doesn't hurt them in any way.
fb out, back to 16.
www.pacific-nettwine.com
