by SK2015
Wed Dec 23, 2015 6:23 pm
Mod Note: Go Daddy/Godaddy has nothing to do with the scam. They are offering a service.
http://www.game-vouchers-uk.co.uk is a scam. DO NOT USE THIS WEBSITE
Thought i'd share my very recent experience of being scammed and then having my bank account completely emptied today.
I was searching for a website to purchase two xbox Live Gold Voucher codes for my son and grandsons Christmas presents.
I came across http://www.game-vouchers-uk.co.uk - DO NOT USE THIS WEBSITE
Yesterday it had a few reviews on it. Today they have been removed.
It also displays in its logo/banner area that it is a 'Limited Company'. (Although further investigation reveals that it is NOT registered as a Ltd or Limited company in the UK).
I ordered my items and was told that it was 'pending'. These downloads should happen instantly.
Over the next 24 hours and after repeated attempts at contacting the website through the contact form and an email address hidden in their privacy policy i am still without any items.
Today i received a call from my bank informing me that my bank account had unusual activity and that more than £800 had been spent to purchase items online using the details submitted to that website. (For reasons i wont explain here, It can only be this website that had these bank details).
My bank confirmed that £35 of this £800 stolen was recorded as being sat in the named bank account of this website. A clear record of them taking money from my credit card but I am yet to receive any 'instant' download or any response to my repeated messages to this scam website.
Further investigation reveals that the social media links (twitter, facebook etc) on game-voucher-uk.co.uk are not related to the website. No affiliation whatsoever.
The websites T&C's also direct you to a company called CDKeys as a further contact. I contacted CDKeys to be told that they have no affiliation whatsoever to game-vouchers-uk.co.uk.. (CDKeys are a genuine business).
The domain name, http://www.game-vouchers-uk.co.uk, was registered with Go Daddy on 12/12/2015 and it's details can be found by using the 'Whois' lookup. It was registered by an Andrew Thurman of 37 Cherry Tree Drive, Duckmanton, Derbyshire, S44 5JL, who is also the ex company director of 7 'dissolved' 'online trading' companies.
I have reported this to Go Daddy, who's customer services did a merry dance and asked me to email them with full details. I emailed them with full details and asking them to take this website down. I received a heavily worded generic email response from Go Daddy with little in the way of help or a solution. THE CRIMINALS WEBSITE IS STILL UP AND RUNNING, even as i type this.
I have also contacted Nominet UK. They are next to useless also and can do nothing unless asked to do so by the police or uk trading standards.
So we can be scammed and report being robbed and scammed and nothing gets done. Go Daddy can kiss my behind and will not see any business from me in future. They simply aid and abet criminals.
This website is clearly set up for fraud and criminal activity.You have been warned
Please spread the word far and wide. DO NOT USE http://www.game-vouchers-uk.co.uk
I am so angry but I am fortunate that my bank will eventually reimburse me the £800 that this criminal stole from me but at an inconvenience because my bank cards have been cancelled so i cant access any funds to finish my Christmas shopping. My internet banking has been put on hold. I can no longer access any funds until after Christmas. Yet this thief casually walked into a Currys store to pick up £800 worth of goods bought using my banking details and Go Daddy and Nominet UK do nothing about it to prevent it happening to soemone else. THE BLOODY WEBSITE IS STILL UP. IT IS A SCAM AND IS PHISHING FOR YOUR DETAILS.
Be warned.
My bank is investigating through its own fraud department and i believe that they also contact the police as a matter of course.
Can anyone else suggest who else this can/should be reported to so that i can get this website taken down as soon as possible?
http://www.game-vouchers-uk.co.uk is a scam. DO NOT USE THIS WEBSITE
Thought i'd share my very recent experience of being scammed and then having my bank account completely emptied today.
I was searching for a website to purchase two xbox Live Gold Voucher codes for my son and grandsons Christmas presents.
I came across http://www.game-vouchers-uk.co.uk - DO NOT USE THIS WEBSITE
Yesterday it had a few reviews on it. Today they have been removed.
It also displays in its logo/banner area that it is a 'Limited Company'. (Although further investigation reveals that it is NOT registered as a Ltd or Limited company in the UK).
I ordered my items and was told that it was 'pending'. These downloads should happen instantly.
Over the next 24 hours and after repeated attempts at contacting the website through the contact form and an email address hidden in their privacy policy i am still without any items.
Today i received a call from my bank informing me that my bank account had unusual activity and that more than £800 had been spent to purchase items online using the details submitted to that website. (For reasons i wont explain here, It can only be this website that had these bank details).
My bank confirmed that £35 of this £800 stolen was recorded as being sat in the named bank account of this website. A clear record of them taking money from my credit card but I am yet to receive any 'instant' download or any response to my repeated messages to this scam website.
Further investigation reveals that the social media links (twitter, facebook etc) on game-voucher-uk.co.uk are not related to the website. No affiliation whatsoever.
The websites T&C's also direct you to a company called CDKeys as a further contact. I contacted CDKeys to be told that they have no affiliation whatsoever to game-vouchers-uk.co.uk.. (CDKeys are a genuine business).
The domain name, http://www.game-vouchers-uk.co.uk, was registered with Go Daddy on 12/12/2015 and it's details can be found by using the 'Whois' lookup. It was registered by an Andrew Thurman of 37 Cherry Tree Drive, Duckmanton, Derbyshire, S44 5JL, who is also the ex company director of 7 'dissolved' 'online trading' companies.
I have reported this to Go Daddy, who's customer services did a merry dance and asked me to email them with full details. I emailed them with full details and asking them to take this website down. I received a heavily worded generic email response from Go Daddy with little in the way of help or a solution. THE CRIMINALS WEBSITE IS STILL UP AND RUNNING, even as i type this.
I have also contacted Nominet UK. They are next to useless also and can do nothing unless asked to do so by the police or uk trading standards.
So we can be scammed and report being robbed and scammed and nothing gets done. Go Daddy can kiss my behind and will not see any business from me in future. They simply aid and abet criminals.
This website is clearly set up for fraud and criminal activity.You have been warned
Please spread the word far and wide. DO NOT USE http://www.game-vouchers-uk.co.uk
I am so angry but I am fortunate that my bank will eventually reimburse me the £800 that this criminal stole from me but at an inconvenience because my bank cards have been cancelled so i cant access any funds to finish my Christmas shopping. My internet banking has been put on hold. I can no longer access any funds until after Christmas. Yet this thief casually walked into a Currys store to pick up £800 worth of goods bought using my banking details and Go Daddy and Nominet UK do nothing about it to prevent it happening to soemone else. THE BLOODY WEBSITE IS STILL UP. IT IS A SCAM AND IS PHISHING FOR YOUR DETAILS.
Be warned.
My bank is investigating through its own fraud department and i believe that they also contact the police as a matter of course.
Can anyone else suggest who else this can/should be reported to so that i can get this website taken down as soon as possible?