Cheap Iphone5, is it a scam?

[john]

Here is an email i received.
I was also shown their company's certificate when i asked.


Hello Mr ---,

We hereby certify you that your order has been process and registered for immediate for shipment.We will like you to reconfirm your delivery information and Order before proceeding with the payment.

To be shipped to Resident..

Recipient Name: My name
Tel: ----

Delivery Address: -----
Country: ----

SHIPPING ORDER
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PRODUCT: 5-UNITS iPhone 5 64GB (White & Black)
FREE: 1-Unit iPad 4 with Retina Display 32GB + Wifi (White) and 1-Unit iPad 4 with Retina Display 64GB + Wifi (White)
CONDITION: 100% BRAND NEW
TOTAL UNIT TO BE SHIPPED: 7-UNIT

TOTAL COST :-$ 2,500.00


SHIPMENT INFORMATION
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Shipment by :: FedEx Express Shipping Company
Delivery time ::: 2- 3DAYS.


PAYMENT INFORMATION:-
Here is our accountant name and company address for you to make the deposit through Money-Gram.

PAYMENT DETAILS...
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Receiver's Name: HARRISON BUTLER

ADDRESS: 1A GATHERLEY HOUSE, GATHERLEY ROAD, BROMPTON ON SWALE, RICHMOND, NORTH YORKSHIRE,
UNITED KINGDOM.

AMOUNT TO BE SENT:---

So as soon you might have make the payment kindly get back to us with the full payment details so we can ship out your order immediately we confirm your payment.

As soon as you might have make the payment,kindly send us the full payment details such as...

1. SENDERS NAME..
2. REFERENCE NUMBER(8 DIGIT Numbers)..
3 SENDERS COUNTRY..
4. SCAN copy of the receipt..

Once we confirm your payment we will ship your order immediately same moment and then send you details ..

1. Tracking codes
2. Air way Bill
3. Commercial Reception
4. BOL (bill)
5. Commercial Invoice review order .

We therefore expect the payment details to proceed with your shipment..

Hope to establish long term business partner relationship with you and our company.

Regards.
SALES MANAGEMENT

[SGElite]

I would suggest that you buy the iPhone from a trusted/licensed retailer in-person. See the product and test it yourself before parting with your money.

[Jake]

Was this out of this blue?

Only transfer money to someone you actually know otherwise use a credit card which provides buyer protection.

Google map says that address is a farm compound with no neighbors within shouting distance, there;s a Highgathering Barn label.

[Kittysue]

There is NO Apple retailer in the UK with that name. Check the Apple site - enter that address in the search box for Find a Reseller and you'll see that company is NOT an authorised Apple reseller
Here are the ONLY Apple resellers in that area https://locate.apple.com/uk/en/sales/?a=...&x=18&y=11

Real iPhones cost MORE in the UK than in Asia and your question shows up as coming from Singapore. Why do you think British tourists buy electronics in Singapore, Hong Kong, etc -- because the prices are cheaper than in the UK. There are no cheap iPhones in the UK

[marcus]

That is 100% a scam. When you get an email from a Nigerian price saying he wants to give you $5 million, do you think that is a scam?

[roundnest523]

100% scam.

That is a scammer pretending to sell cheap merchandise.

Any site or person that advertises merchandise cheaper than the official manufacture's website is a fake site shipping gosh awful crappy knock-offs or simply collecting cash and not even bothering to ship fakes.

Any phone number that starts with +44-70 or anything similar is not based in the United Kingdom. It is from a UK based cell phone redirect service that can be answered by anyone anywhere in the world. It is a favorite service of scammers who want to pretend to be in the United Kingdom but are really half way around the world from there.

The pictures look like the real merchandise because those pictures ARE of the official merchandise. Those pictures were stolen from the official manufacture's website. If you receive anything at all, which is doubtful, it will not resemble those pretty pictures at all.

The payment option says it all, Western Union, only anonymous cash payments.

Western Union and moneygram do not verify anything on the form the sender fills out, not the name, not the street address, not the country, not even the gender of the receiver, it all means absolutely nothing. The clerk will not bother to check ID and will simply hand off your cash to whomever walks in the door with the MTCN# and question/answer. Neither company will tell the sender who picked up the cash, at what store location or even in what country your money walked out the door. Neither company has any kind of refund policy, money sent is money gone forever.

In all seriousness, when something goes wrong, what will you do? Send an email that is ignored and blocked? Send chat requests until you are ip banned? Call internationally and speak fluent Chinese?

The UPS, TNT and DHL icons are there only to take up space, that site only ships with EMS, the Chinese post office, good luck getting the "tracking number" they give you to work on the EMS website. You will need even more luck trying to contact EMS when your tracking stops and your "package" is lost somewhere.

You could then be really lucky, your "package" is discovered, seized by "customs" and all you need to do is pay even more money via Western Union or moneygram to the "custom's official" who uses a free email address just like that site has a free email address as its contact information.

Free email addresses are easy to open and close completely anonymously.