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IT Wise Sales - Amazing Deals! :rolleyes:

cr2sh

cr2sh

macrumors 68030
Original poster
May 28, 2002
2,554
3
downtown
This email made it through my gmail spam filter today, it seemed interesting so I went over and checked out the site.

Before any very naive and unsuspecting folks head over there and actually try to buy something be forwarned... the point of this thread is THIS SITE IS A FRAUD.


IT WISE SPAM said:
IT Wise Sales <iw_sales@sbcglobal.net>


Dear seller/customer,

My name is Roberto Bruno and I own a medium but successful IT business,
IT Wise.I want to expand my business and diversify the
types of products that I offer to othermarkets and I'm looking for
resellersto sell my computers/accesories (and other products) on
ebay/or in any local store. I can provide almost any quantity to my resellers.
Here is an example of our prices:
Laptops: -Apple Powerbook G4 17" SuperDrive $1,285
-HP Pavilion zd7000 $900
-Dell Inspiron XPS Extreme $1,690
-Dell Inspiron 8600 $685
-Sony VAIO S Series $720
-Toshiba Satellite p25 s670 $1,099
and many more
Desktops: -Apple iMac G5 20" $890
-Dell Dimension XPS Gen3 $999
-HP Pavilion m1090N $999
-Sony VGC-RA810G $1,075
-IBM Z Pro 6221 $1,280
and many more
Monitors: -Sony SDM-X73 17" LCD Monitor $255
-Sony SDM-P234B Black 23'' LCD Monitor $899
-Dell UltraSharp 2001FP Flat Panel LCD $315
-Samsung 193P Silver 19" LCD Monitor $299
and many more
Phones: -Nokia 6230 $205
-Nokia 6260 $269
-Samsung E800 $265
-Samsung E715 $140
-Sony-Ericsson P900 $279
-Sony-Ericsson P910i $485
-Siemens S65 $230
and many more
MP3 Players -iPod 40gb $175
-iPod mini $139
-iPod Photo 60Gb $250
-iRiver PMP-120 $210
Also I can provide almost any products of the following brands:
IBM,HP,COMPAQ,DELL,ACER,NOKIA,APPLE etc.If you are
really interested in making bussines with me,I will send you my
full offer or visit our website http://www.it-wise.net .
All products are brand new, boxed, shipping with all the accessories
provided by the manufacturer.All products are covered with 2-years
guarantee and meet European and US safety regulations.
Please take you time to visit us and take a look at the full price list.
All my merchandise is stored in my warehouse near Napoli,Italy.
and is ready to be shipped.As I said my bussines is expanding through
Europe and soon I hope in USA.We also provide networking equipment
for some major corporations like Ford,BMW.For additional information
or if you are really interested to colaborate with us please contact us
at iw_sales@sbcglobal.net
Thank you for your time and interest.

Best regards,
IT Wise Team
http://www.it-wise.net
Click to expand...

Of prime interest was their sale of 2.5 G5's:

IT Wise Scam said:
Apple Power Mac G5 2,5Ghz
#2346971
Clock Speed 2,5 GHz
Processor type PowerPC G5
Installed processor qty 2
Max supported processor qty 2
Processor manufacturer Motorola
RAM installed 2Gb
Max supported RAM 8 GB
Memory speed 400 MHz
Click to expand...

A large amount of the site is blatantly wrong. They're selling 2.5 g5 systems for like $50 less than dual 2.0's... They've got 20" 1.8 iMacs for $890.

Oh, and when you add a 17" Powerbook (priced at $1285) to your shopping cart and then try to check out... they inform you that they have a $1500 minimum purchase.

I thought others might get some enjoyment from the site... it's quite disgusting.
 
dmw007

dmw007

macrumors G4
May 26, 2005
10,635
0
Working for MI-6
-Its just disgusting that people are out there trying to pull the wool over peoples eyes while they run off with their wallets. :(
-Although it would be nice if new Macs were a little closer to these prices. :rolleyes:
 
Nickygoat

Nickygoat

macrumors 6502a
Dec 11, 2004
992
0
London
:D the address given is for a nightclub in Napoli - Caboverde.
And why give prices in $ and not €? Some poor sucker will be scammed that's for sure :(
 
L

Lord ZipLoc

macrumors newbie
Apr 21, 2005
26
0
Brooklyn
FROM: their news page "due to fraud activity, credit cards are no longer accepted " lol yea your the ones doing the fraud, if anyone orders from that site they deserve whats coming to them.
 
BornAgainMac

BornAgainMac

macrumors 604
Feb 4, 2004
7,283
5,268
Florida Resident
I like this one from their Testimonials. Introducing the iMac Powerbook!

"Dear Sirs, Just wanted to say thank you for the delivery of my new iMac Powerbook. I was really pleased with the level of service that I have received. This is the first time I have ever ordered over the net from so far but was pleasantly surprised with the company's level of service. I hope to continue shopping with you in the near future. Yours sincerely,"
- Nayna M.
 
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