is this a scam?

This is kind of like a personal obsession. I was looking for cheap deals (as per normal) all over the internet, and I stumbled upon this site:

http://www.thelectronicguideltd.com/our-profile,1.html

which looks good, fine and dandy. But if you look at the "Payment Method" page, it says this

"Whats the Payment Method Accepted?

Onestoplimited currently accepts the following methods of payment: Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, PayPal, and Wire Transfer."

But then again, if you check the registration number and address for the shope "The electronic guide ltd", you will find this:

http://www.ukdata.com/creditreports/vie ... ly-match=1

"Company Details - THE ELECTRONIC GUIDE LIMITED
Registered No.02272114
(?)
Address: 2 KINGS ROAD, LONDON COLNEY, HERTFORDSHIRE, AL2 1EN
Tel: We do not list telephone numbers. Click here to search for a telephone number at 192.com
Type: Private Limited with share capital
Incorporation Date: 28-06-1988
Status: Small unquoted company filing only an abbreviated balance sheet
Last Accounts Filed up to: 31-12-2008
Last Accounts Analysed: 31-12-2007
Nature of business SIC: 74840 - Other business activities not elsewhere classified"

which correspondes with the site.

This is by the UK government:
http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/93e7b ... ompdetails

Company Details

The WebCHeck service is available from Monday to Sunday 7.00am to 12 Midnight UK Time

Name & Registered Office:
THE ELECTRONIC GUIDE LIMITED
2 KINGS ROAD
LONDON COLNEY
HERTFORDSHIRE
AL2 1EN
Company No. 02272114

Status: Active
Date of Incorporation: 28/06/1988

Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Company Type: Private Limited Company
Nature of Business (SIC(03)):
7487 - Other business activities
Accounting Reference Date: 31/12
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/12/2008 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)
Next Accounts Due: 30/09/2010
Last Return Made Up To: 21/12/2008
Next Return Due: 18/01/2010
Last Members List: 21/12/2008
Previous Names:
Date of change Previous Name
12/12/1989 LOGIC VISION LIMITED

BUT other search engines show different things:
192 the business guide shows this instead:

http://www.192.com/business/london-w3/s ... c8a48a2046

THE ELECTRONIC GUIDE LTD
Secretarial Services
273-275 High Street
Acton
London
W3 9BT

NEXT: What is Onestoplimited?

This is it: http://www.onestoplimited.com/payment-method,29.html

the entire web page looks identical to the first, except that this company is based in MALAYSIA, with a different registration number, and quite strangely, a united kingdom address and contact number as well.

Store Locations:

204 JLN TENGKERA
75200 MELAKA
MALAYSIA 75200
Contact Phone:+60166770580

Registered No.05565023

4TH FLOOR LAWFORD HOUSE,
ALBERT PLACE, LONDON, N3 1RL
UNITED KINGDOM

Contact phone:+447709504726

So my question is, are they real?

I would say that both are bogus - one year registrations, non-secure page for credit card info, and I'm pretty sure that those of us in the US would still have to pay taxes on the goods, or at least some type of fee.

MOD Note: This post was made by a Ghanian Recovery Scammer. These type of scammers are the lowest of the lows. They will attempt to steal from victims who have already been scammed. I will leave his post here since he was kind enough to report himself here with phone numbers and an email address.

If you have any problem just contact this people and they will be able to help you as I got some of the money back as I gave all information on them to the police and one was nabbed...+ 233262996998 + 233269600412 .. email. [email protected] ...

This is a perfect example of a scammer employing the tactic of a recovery scam to attempt to steal money.

The phone numbers quoted are Ghana numbers and it's most unlikely that the Ghana police force uses yahoo email boxes.

Any offer to recover money will require payment to the scammer of an upfront fee. Everything a scammer does requires an upfront fee.

Same old - same old scam.

Welcome scammer!


Or should I say welcome scammer who also uses the SCAMMER address [email protected] I guess you don't limit yourself to recovery scams, do you?

Please feel free to come back and report more of your scamming addresses and phone numbers, and we will be glad to give them the attention they deserve.