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BEWARE - Fake / Scam CW website

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BEWARE - Fake / Scam CW website spotted this morning by an Eagle eyed member of the CWE Facebook Group.

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Scam site!!! Please be careful! Hope its ok to post as education.

Doing my morning search on the web, mainly looking at a C60 #tide and came across this site that screams scam from the pricing, way its laid out, no business address, basic terms and conditions, no reviews and lists all past and present models as in stock and able to "order". Just a heads up for others that may come across it.


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Can’t believe people can look at those prices and then claim they think it’s legit.
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came across another one myself $95 for a Bel Canto.
https://cliniwatch.com
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^^^Interesting. The IP address maps to CloudFlare in San Francisco.

What is even funnier is that the straps and bracelets are almost as much as the watches themselves :lol:


EDIT to add: some rudimentary sleuthing shows a couple of things. First there is a reference to shopcosmeticsandmores.com in the website code. This is interesting because there is a legitimate company called shopcosmeticsandmore.com which is hosted on Shopify in Ottawa Canada. shopcomseticsandmores.com resolves to a VPN in Los Angeles. They must have scams running in several areas and are leveraging the same back end to suck up the money.

elekeronwoke.com resolves to a data center in VA.
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If it seems too good to be true,it usually is.
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