SellPak Group

[VMain]

Hi, can I just ask if anyone has heard of or used SellPak Group? Apparently they deal with the selling / buying of vehicles and other large items from sites such as EBay, GumTree, CraigsList etc? I purchased a car through them a week ago but haven’t received it yet and was able to contact them until Tuesday this week and now... nothing! The phones, live chat and email all not working and I am now seriously worried this was a scam!
Thanks in advance 😬

[blue_haddock]

you have almost certainly been scammed im afraid.

Let me guess, car was ridiculously cheap and contact was by email and payment by bank transfer?

[anonymous-user]

Never heard of them, no info on companies house, no website i can find, they are not partners of eBay / gumtree / etc, did you see the car or just send some money to a bank account?

Was the car exceptionally cheap? If yes then it is a scam and your money is gone and no way of getting it back.

How are people still so thick.

[VMain]

Thank you and yes I know... can’t believe I fell for it 🤦🏽‍♀️

[Olivergt]

I think you have been scammed, although I have to say they are good...

Just found this post in a MB forum:

https://www.mb-clubs.co.uk/review-forum/bussines-t...

The responses are not well written and they have somehow created fake accounts, click on profile AMGeed (at the bottom of post #2) and it takes you to wivenhoe profile, the same for profile mactech on post #6.

OP, any further details?

Edited by Olivergt on Wednesday 11th December 13:36

[VMain]

I found the reviews too and they were all good so I totally fell for it like an idiot !!!!

[anonymous-user]

VMain said:

I found the reviews too and they were all good so I totally fell for it like an idiot !!!!

What reviews, where is their website?

[blue_haddock]

Olivergt said:

I think you have been scammed, although I have to say they are good...

Just found this post in a MB forum:

https://www.mb-clubs.co.uk/review-forum/bussines-t...

The responses are not well written and they have somehow created fake accounts, click on profile AMGeed (at the bottom of post #2) and it takes you to wivenhoe profile, the same for profile mactech on post #6.

OP, any further details?

Edited by Olivergt on Wednesday 11th December 13:36

i think you will find that the whole forum you have linked to is fake, its very subtle to spot but the fact everyone there recommends them is dodgy to start with but if you look at the url it is forums.mb-clubs.co.uk whereas the genuine site is https://forums.mbclub.co.uk/ There is no S on club.

Very very dodgy!

[arguti]

blue_haddock said:

Olivergt said:

I think you have been scammed, although I have to say they are good...

Just found this post in a MB forum:

https://www.mb-clubs.co.uk/review-forum/bussines-t...

The responses are not well written and they have somehow created fake accounts, click on profile AMGeed (at the bottom of post #2) and it takes you to wivenhoe profile, the same for profile mactech on post #6.

OP, any further details?

Edited by Olivergt on Wednesday 11th December 13:36

i think you will find that the whole forum you have linked to is fake, its very subtle to spot but the fact everyone there recommends them is dodgy to start with but if you look at the url it is forums.mb-clubs.co.uk whereas the genuine site is https://forums.mbclub.co.uk/ There is no S on club.

Very very dodgy!

........and clever, because if you follow to "fake forum" link and then click on forum heading, it then takes you to the genuine MB forum site (without the "s" in the URL) unless you are looking for it, you probably won't spot it.

[RazerSauber]

Google has returned results from foreign lands and a dissolved company. I'd say goodbye to your money. If you bought through eBay then you might have half a chance of recovering some money but I wouldn't bet on it.

[Dr Interceptor]

Same forum principle as this one...

https://www.bmwccgbforums.co.uk/topic/review/view/...

The real forum is bmwccgbforum.co.uk with no S.

A very elaborate scam

[No ideas for a name]

blue_haddock said:

i think you will find that the whole forum you have linked to is fake, its very subtle to spot but the fact everyone there recommends them is dodgy to start with but if you look at the url it is forums.mb-clubs.co.uk whereas the genuine site is https://forums.mbclub.co.uk/ There is no S on club.

Very very dodgy!

OP, If the site mb-clubs.co.uk is a fake or scammer, since it is a .UK site - tell Nominet and it will be shutdown.
[e-mail]
[phone]

[bluezedd]

No ideas for a name said:

OP, If the site mb-clubs.co.uk is a fake or scammer, tell Nominet and it will be shutdown.
[e-mail]
[phone]

Yeah, they're definite fakes. If you click on any of the username for the mb one it links to completely different users

OP did you use a credit card? I'd try contacting your bank and reporting it too

[No ideas for a name]

bluezedd said:

Yeah, they're definite fakes. If you click on any of the username for the mb one it links to completely different users

OP did you use a credit card? I'd try contacting your bank and reporting it too

I have just notified Nominet... hopefully it will get suspended shortly.

Domain has existed for a while... why no other complaints?

Domain name:
mb-clubs.co.uk

Data validation:
Nominet was not able to match the registrant's name and/or address against a 3rd party source on 24-Jul-2018

Registrar:
Namecheap, Inc. [Tag = NAMECHEAP-INC]
URL: https://www.namecheap.com

Relevant dates:
Registered on: 24-Jul-2018
Expiry date: 24-Jul-2020
Last updated: 14-Jul-2019

[Ar63]

Sorry to hear about this OP, it may be worth letting Namecheap and Cloudflare know the nature of the site. The site is hosted behind a Cloudflare proxy

[anonymous-user]

i've seen this scam posted before, it must be an easy money spinner.

[No ideas for a name]

Ar63 said:

Sorry to hear about this OP, it may be worth letting Namecheap and Cloudflare know the nature of the site. The site is hosted behind a Cloudflare proxy

https://www.cloudflare.com/abuse

or

[e-mail]

Nominet weren't quite as helpful as I hoped...

nominet said:

Although we are the .uk Registry office we are not a governing body and do not have the ability to cancel domains unless we are told by the correct authority.

We would definitely recommend that you report this issue to the appropriate legal authority:

To report illegal website content, please contact your local police force. You can find information on your local Police Force at http://www.police.uk/forces .
To report financial scams such as 'phishing' or 'fraud' you can contact Action Fraud at http://www.actionfraud.police.uk/.

Edited by No ideas for a name on Wednesday 11th December 18:17

[VMain]

Thanks everyone, I have done all of this already and now the more I think about it I can’t believe I fell for it!!!
They obviously know exactly what they’re doing and get a lot of people.
Thanks for your time though 😃

[drdino]

So what happened exactly? Ebay ad? How much money did they get out of you?

[swampy442]

Sorry to hear that, how did you pay, Paypal or bank transfer? Speak to whoever right away, tell them what happened.


Also if something seems to good to be true, it generally is :/