Suspicious website

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Suspicious website

Post by Frankb » Sun Jun 17, 2018 8:40 pm

Has anyone come across this website
It is some sort of tackle store and prices look awfully cheap.
Sight is .. fgvips.com
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Re: Suspicious website

Post by guppie12 » Sun Jun 17, 2018 9:31 pm

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So they are giving us five percent of the product price hey? :tongue: seems legit :rofl:

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Re: Suspicious website

Post by skifalls » Sun Jun 17, 2018 9:33 pm

Domain appears to be owned in Czech Republic and sounds very suspicious, see DNS whois query
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Re: Suspicious website

Post by skifalls » Sun Jun 17, 2018 9:37 pm

Prices are just ridiculous for it to be legitimate

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Re: Suspicious website

Post by smile0784 » Sun Jun 17, 2018 9:46 pm

Too good to be true

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Re: Suspicious website

Post by Lightningx » Sun Jun 17, 2018 9:48 pm

Yea nah looks sus to me :down:

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Re: Suspicious website

Post by 4liters » Sun Jun 17, 2018 9:53 pm

If it's too good to be true do a google search and see what others are saying about it.
2015/16 Fisting Victoria Species comp total: 289cm
Brown Trout: 37cm
Flathead: 51cm; Squid: 36cm; Australian Salmon: 51cm; Snapper 46cm; Silver Trevally 23cm; KGW: 45cm
Major Sponsor: Rim Master Tackle

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Re: Suspicious website

Post by skifalls » Sun Jun 17, 2018 9:54 pm

Site was also created 16 days ago

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Re: Suspicious website

Post by jimmy_jack » Sun Jun 17, 2018 10:08 pm

Just make sure you check it twice before swiping right..... the wrong swipe can lead to a lot of trouble buddy, i ordered off a site once and got nothing. Cant remember it but worst 50 bucks i spent !!!

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Re: Suspicious website

Post by Mattblack » Mon Jun 18, 2018 7:56 am

Don't even look at this one guys....it will infect your computer with malware

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