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Old 05-27-2018, 09:59 AM
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Default Fake / scam website ?

Any tech people avail. to check this site out ? https://www.towsshop.top

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Old 05-27-2018, 12:16 PM
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.top? That doesn't even exist. Towshop.com on the other hand? What makes you think it's fake?

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Old 05-27-2018, 05:36 PM
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.top? That doesn't even exist. Towshop.com on the other hand? What makes you think it's fake?
When you click on the link .top shows in the domain address.

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.top is a gTLD (generic top level domain), officially delegated in ICANN's New gTLD Program on August 4, 2014. The extension is managed and operated by the .top registry,[1] and can be registered by anyone since November 18, 2014.

Since it can be registered by anyone, hmmm, who knows---the site is very sketchy about location although phone reps available 8AM -Midnight Eastern Time zone but I couldn't find a phone number. Also, all shipments are shipped directly from warehouse in Hong Kong If legit, sounds like a web store front that drop ships your order.

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Old 05-27-2018, 06:40 PM
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Wait, are you looking towShop.com, or towSShop.com, or what? Note the number of Ss.

towSShop.top does indeed appear to be a sketchy site at the very least. What is it that you're looking for?

towShop.com (one letter S) appears to be a perfectly legitimate website for a company based in Eugene, Oregon, called Tow Shop LLC, with a legit local Oregon phone number listed right on their website.

I wouldn't trust any US based business website with a domain other than .com, .net or .org. There may be some that use .biz, but none of the big boys do, because why give people reason to question it?

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Old 05-27-2018, 08:41 PM
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Fullsize455,
Not sure if your response was to me and/or the OP. Just saying that the link in the OP does work. I'm not looking for anything. Agree with the .com. et al on web site addresses, however the ease at which addresses can be spoofed the .com. .net is not a guaranty. Looks like this place is using "similar" name as the place in Oregon. I checked on the categories and they sell everything under the sun, and they will refund in everything from money grams to bit coin. My advise would be to stay away, especially when everything is shipped from their Hong Kong warehouse as a "gift" to avoid import duties. NOTE-I did find an 800 phone number under FAQ.

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Old 05-27-2018, 09:45 PM
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It is so easy if you have some computer literacy to create a fake or sketchy website these days. Web hosting companies give you a choice of templates, you put in your information. You don't have to write code or anything else & boom you have a site.

The ones that make me "shake my head" are the ones who have a bunch of all positive feedback/references about how great their service is, but there is no place for the customer to post feedback on the site. This means the person who created the site posts his own feedback...wonder why they are all positive?? To me that is a large red flag to move on!

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Old 05-28-2018, 07:11 AM
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They show all the payment options but after registering the only payment option is a credit card so i backed out , whole site seems off & i will stay clear , thank you all for your thoughts & help.

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My advise would be to stay away, especially when everything is shipped from their Hong Kong warehouse as a "gift" to avoid import duties.
This is definitely a reason to avoid them. My last hobby was cycling, and I heard plenty of stories about people who paid for a $700 part, then had to pay customs a “ransom” of $100 to get it once the fake gift got seized upon entering the country.

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