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Cameract.com scam???

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    #2
    Beano
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭Beano


    doesnt look good

    http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/general-talk/142547-http-www-cameract-com-scam.html


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    #3
    squareballoon
    Registered Users Posts: 716 ✭✭✭squareballoon


    oh man! I would so love that site not to be a scam :eek:


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    #4
    h3000
    Registered Users Posts: 6,467 ✭✭✭h3000


    Beano wrote: »
    doesnt look good

    http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/general-talk/142547-http-www-cameract-com-scam.html

    It doesn't does it :(

    The site looks very professional normally the scam site look like ****e.

    0118 999 881 999 119 725 3



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    #5
    wasper
    Registered Users Posts: 419 ✭✭wasper


    Cameract Limited’s VAT Registration Number is: 350 4942 47
    According to a site below when you check the their VAT & applying calculation method, it must add up to 47 which is the last 2 digits of their VAT no.
    You can do the sums yourself here;
    http://www.2-small-business.com/number_registration_vat.shtml

    I came up with total 34.


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    #6
    Beano
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭Beano


    wasper wrote: »
    Cameract Limited’s VAT Registration Number is: 350 4942 47
    According to a site below when you check the their VAT & applying calculation method, it must add up to 47 which is the last 2 digits of their VAT no.
    You can do the sums yourself here;
    http://www.2-small-business.com/number_registration_vat.shtml

    I came up with total 34.

    You're not quite correct. You keep subtracting 97 until you get a negative number. so you should have subtracted 97 again to give you -63. Which means the last two digits should be 63. They're not so its not a valid VAT number.


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    h3000
    Registered Users Posts: 6,467 ✭✭✭h3000


    So all in all it looks like I will have to fork out more for my D90. Damn scams :P

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    #8
    Beano
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭Beano


    If that is the camera you really want then amazon.co.uk have it a good price with the same lens, £679.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nikon-D90-Digital-18-105-VR/dp/B001EO6WAI/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1304521714&sr=1-2


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    #9
    tricky D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,700 ✭✭✭tricky D


    Looks very like a scam:
    • Lots of companies registered out of that address which is not a camera shop
    • Says they've got awards from 2009 yet site only registered a few days ago
    • Magazines they say they got awards from not found
    • Also appears to be hosted in Russia (www.itciti.ru not responding)


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    #10
    h3000
    Registered Users Posts: 6,467 ✭✭✭h3000


    Beano wrote: »
    If that is the camera you really want then amazon.co.uk have it a good price with the same lens, £679.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nikon-D90-Digital-18-105-VR/dp/B001EO6WAI/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1304521714&sr=1-2

    Thanks, last time I checked Amazon the best I could find was about €900.

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    #11
    nilhg
    Registered Users Posts: 5,144 ✭✭✭nilhg


    Vat number isn't valid, site is almost certainly a scam.


    Handy site to check the validity of EU vat numbers here, you need a valid Irish Vat number to check but it doesn't have to be yours, one off a receipt will do.


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    #12
    squareballoon
    Registered Users Posts: 716 ✭✭✭squareballoon


    :mad: and I could almost taste that 85 1.2. droool


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    #13
    hbr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 760 ✭✭✭hbr


    nilhg wrote: »
    Vat number isn't valid, site is almost certainly a scam.

    You can leave out the "almost".

    Domain Name: cameract.com
    Expiry Date: 27-Apr-2012
    Creation Date: 27-Apr-2011


    Traceroute leads to Russia not London.


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    #14
    MissusPandB
    Registered Users Posts: 120 ✭✭MissusPandB


    Scam....

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056258516


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    #15
    cormacfarrell
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭cormacfarrell


    I have seen two different versions of the site, cameractsales.com and cameractstore.com.. All the evidence ways heavily against them...pity
    But what really annoys me is that i am getting the Adds through my gmail. For instance if i have something to do with a camera in a mail then this bloddy cameract advert is the first thing to pop up at the very top of my message. Google should be more responsible.


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    #16
    jpfahy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,039 ✭✭✭jpfahy


    Such a comprehensive believable site for a scam. The only thing giving it away is the stupidly cheap prices!!


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    #17
    Danbo!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,942 ✭✭✭Danbo!


    Beano wrote: »
    If that is the camera you really want then amazon.co.uk have it a good price with the same lens, £679.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nikon-D90-Digital-18-105-VR/dp/B001EO6WAI/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1304521714&sr=1-2

    Damn you! I was considering a d90 and managed to convince myself it was too expensive. Now I'm gonna have to go and buy that, amnt I?


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    #18
    Beano
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭Beano


    Danbo! wrote: »
    Damn you! I was considering a d90 and managed to convince myself it was too expensive. Now I'm gonna have to go and buy that, amnt I?

    I'm afraid so.


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    #19
    EyeCake
    Registered Users Posts: 197 ✭✭EyeCake


    There was article in Irish Times about fraud sites advertised from Google and their total lack of responsibility to vet their advertisers
    Only interested in money
    http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2011/0308/1224291575212.html
    I tested gmail by mentioning canon and next came up a link to similar site with a different name, russian registered site but English phone number and geuine dormant company
    You cant trust anyone these days


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    #20
    Nodferatu
    Registered Users Posts: 1,367 ✭✭✭Nodferatu


    i was going to place an order with them but searched gooogle a bit before being so gullible and i decided to ring them, a girl answered them and i said your website is a scam. she denied it and i said their IBAN number doesnt check in and i was going to report them. (was bluffing) and there was a 5 second silence and she hung the phone up... so there is your answer... ****ing scam.


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    #21
    Nodferatu
    Registered Users Posts: 1,367 ✭✭✭Nodferatu


    their under a new website name now ''www.canon-cameras-sale.com/'' avoid this one too, same site different address.


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