93 replies to this topic

[Jawo]

Once upon a time, earlier this year, I fell victim to the alluring concept of the replica watch. By simply typing the words "replica watch" on google, many sites came up, but none of the reputable ones you will find in this forum. Instead, you will be plagued by the biggest ripoff scam websites on the internet.

I have discovered the largest watch ripoff umbrella on the internet. The group of internet based companies have the same swiss upgrade gimmick and are based primarily out of New York. If you buy from one of the following sites, you WILL be ripped off!! I almost fell victim to one of these rip off sites and thank god I found a reputable rep forum that saved me. Here is what I know:

- The dealer will convince you to do C.O.D or Wire Transfer.
- If you are out of the USA, they will say that due to security and fraud that credit card orders will not be accepted. They will convince you to do a money wire since that is the next safest method since you will have their business bank account information. Little do you know that the info provided is not actually a bank account!! It is a routing number where your funds are redirected several times until it ends up in a pre-paid debit/credit card company. The money enters the fraudster's prepaid debit/credit card where the funds are withdrawn immediately. These pre-paid accounts are set up all over the United States and are extremely hard to track. There are many aliases and phone numbers that these scammers use. They don't really have a base of operations and work off pre-paid cell phone numbers. They have set up a fake rep review site called http://www.fakereviews.com and http://www.replicainspector.com. The pictures used on these sites are of actual gen watches!! Not the watch(es) you may or may not receive.

How do I know so much? I almost fell victim and actually wired funds to bluefakes. Luckily I have very powerful friends in the banking industry. With thorough investigation and persistance, I tracked to where the funds ended up. I not only got my money back, but ended up freezing several of their accounts and money returned back to other victims. Here is the list of the companies:

GLOBAL REPLICA
Additional Business Names:

A Fine Luxury Time

AFineLuxuryTime.com

Allfakes

Betterswiss

BlueFakes

Fullswiss

Go Replicas

Italian Fakes Jewelers

Laststopwatch

Limited Watch

My Swiss Replica

MySwissReplica.com

New Replica

Newwatch4u

Nextswiss

Nyswiss

OnTimeFakes

Precise Knock Offs

Ravereplicas

Redhotwatch

Replicaceo

Reproduccion Global

Showtimereplicawatches

Sizzlefakes

SwissFreeze

Zenithmotor

I am really sorry that it took so long to compile this. I read about a victim on repgeek and got really angry. I really wanted to put the past behind me but something has to be done. I hope I am not too late to try and help others. These are only the companies that I know of under the same group. There potentially can be more. I have put together this information in hope that other people do not fall victim to these petty thugs.

Jawo

[KB]

I have pinned this in GD for now and will move it to the scam section after everyone has had a chance to read it.


Ken

[BobM]

Jawo, you have done this forum and so many other folks just getting into replica watches a great service. Thank you!

I, too, started by typing in "replica" into Google. BlueFakes offers such an enticing story: triple wrapped! ... 440 stainless ... and on and on! And all at only $800. I waddled around in these sites, almost all of those you list, for months. But something didn't 'smell' right. I kept looking and looking .and finally found RWG. When I found RWG and listened in to the discussion, I knew I had found the motherload and had been saved!! Hallelujah! Thank goodness for RWG!

[scoobs1971]

Jawo, thnx!
Let's not forget that this beautiful forum was meant for this kind of information in the first place.

[freddy333]

Good work.

[Fireman_Fred]

Valuable information Jawo - Many Thanks! It's just a shame that noobs often get "stung" before they find forums like this - I know, I was one of them !!

[ironmarshal]

Great thread. I too found these sites when I first became interested in reps, only coming across this forum by chance saved me from falling victim to one of these sites.

[deep1]

It is amazing to me how common a story this is. I too almost fell for this type of scam through "Swiss Replica", but luckily found some of these forums just prior to sending my money. My favorite part are the scam sites of testimonials praising the scam sites.

[hambone]

Excellent community service!

[prof]

Great work Jawo!

I nearly went down that road myself, even got sucked in to the fake review sites as well, but, as BobM has already said, something didn't quite ring true. After another couple of months of looking I was fortunate enough to stumble upon the 'old' RWG, and then here.

[watchbuff]

Here is a wing-dinger. $800.00 for a rolie rep.....c'mon can anyone find someone more expensive?


RIPOFF!
COD? Geez I wonder if he get's many customers. I know he is based in NY. Brooklyn to be exact. I might pay him a visit.

[mag1119]

Good job, jawo. Use the search button on Google or one of the other sites and find member fakemaster's list of scam dealers and associated sites. Unreal!! The numbers out there are staggering as to how many people get ripped off trying to find either a site like this one, or decent info. Keep up the good work, by all means.

[dax]

This is the scam list on repgeek.com
http://www.repgeek.c...read.php?t=1997

to view it you will have to be a member - if not already -

Worth while keeping an eye on it.


For anyone new, keep to the known dealers on this site and you can't go wrong.
They have built their reputations over a long time .


Forgot to say, I was scammed twice on my first two watches - not from anyone on RWG.
Then I found RWG and repgeek.com

Read the forums and you'll soon find a dealer.

Dax

[hambone]

What about www.rotorooterdivers.com ?? They claim to send qualified divers into your septic tank to neutralize alien hatchlings programed to take over the African nation of Chad for $19.95. These a-holes must be stopped before they take over the country of Chad!

[prince458]

Jawo, on Nov 10 2007, 03:49 AM, said:

Once upon a time, earlier this year, I fell victim to the alluring concept of the replica watch. By simply typing the words "replica watch" on google, many sites came up, but none of the reputable ones you will find in this forum. Instead, you will be plagued by the biggest ripoff scam websites on the internet.

I have discovered the largest watch ripoff umbrella on the internet. The group of internet based companies have the same swiss upgrade gimmick and are based primarily out of New York. If you buy from one of the following sites, you WILL be ripped off!! I almost fell victim to one of these rip off sites and thank god I found a reputable rep forum that saved me. Here is what I know:

- The dealer will convince you to do C.O.D or Wire Transfer.
- If you are out of the USA, they will say that due to security and fraud that credit card orders will not be accepted. They will convince you to do a money wire since that is the next safest method since you will have their business bank account information. Little do you know that the info provided is not actually a bank account!! It is a routing number where your funds are redirected several times until it ends up in a pre-paid debit/credit card company. The money enters the fraudster's prepaid debit/credit card where the funds are withdrawn immediately. These pre-paid accounts are set up all over the United States and are extremely hard to track. There are many aliases and phone numbers that these scammers use. They don't really have a base of operations and work off pre-paid cell phone numbers. They have set up a fake rep review site called http://www.fakereviews.com and http://www.replicainspector.com.

How do I know so much? I almost fell victim and actually wired funds to bluefakes. Luckily I have very powerful friends in the banking industry. With thorough investigation and persistance, I tracked to where the funds ended up. I not only got my money back, but ended up freezing several of their accounts and money returned back to other victims. Here is the list of the companies:

GLOBAL REPLICA
Additional Business Names:

A Fine Luxury Time

AFineLuxuryTime.com

Allfakes

Betterswiss

BlueFakes

Fullswiss

Go Replicas

Italian Fakes Jewelers

Laststopwatch

Limited Watch

My Swiss Replica

MySwissReplica.com

New Replica

Newwatch4u

Nextswiss

Nyswiss

OnTimeFakes

Precise Knock Offs

Ravereplicas

Redhotwatch

Replicaceo

Reproduccion Global

Showtimereplicawatches

Sizzlefakes

SwissFreeze

Zenithmotor

I am really sorry that it took so long to compile this. I read about a victim on repgeek and got really angry. I really wanted to put the past behind me but something has to be done. I hope I am not too late to try and help others. These are only the companies that I know of under the same group. There potentially can be more. I have put together this information in hope that other people do not fall victim to these petty thugs.

Jawo

Thanks I almost fell victim to Global Replica. I got suspicious when ther voicemail was always full and i could not find any info on them. good to know all the other scammers out there. I like Josh, Andrew and Ruby.

[prince458]

prince458, on Dec 29 2007, 12:00 AM, said:

Thanks I almost fell victim to Global Replica. I got suspicious when ther voicemail was always full and i could not find any info on them. good to know all the other scammers out there. I like Josh, Andrew and Ruby.

Josh, Andrew and Ruby for good experiences that is ... no worries for other posts I have read!

[Shundi]

Jawo, I had the same experience. I still have a submariner from Replicahause (I know, I know, I was young and foolish) that rattles every time it moves. Thank God I found RWG and the awesome people here! Hopefully we can prevent future scams!!

[The Red Baron]

Thanks for this post. Before I joined this forum in the summer I almost fell for myswissreplica.com which I see is thankfully down!

[AMK000]

These are old and long time scam sites ...but is always good to refresh memories.

[Orion1632]

Thank you very much, you just saved me lots of $$ !