http://www.swoopo.com/ .....hmmm

http://www.swoopo.com/

Looks too good to be true....

I saw it above my gmail in the advertisements.

That has scam written all over it right?

JamesXP said:

That has scam written all over it right?

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Ya just looked up ResellerRatings and nothing there...

I think I'll avoid that

Gotta hand it to them though -- site looks nice.

Announcements:
09-10-2008
Swoopo, the Exciting New Auction Site is Here!

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Hmmm it looks like they charge $1 per bid. I mean if 50 people bid on something -- thats $50 that they gain and hope the product sells close to its "real" value once the bidding is over. There is a remote possibility its legit....but I ain't testing the waters. I mean it shows paypal so if anybody wants to try it go ahead! Just debit it from your CC (ensuring the paypal redirection link is legit of course) and chargeback if its a scam.

Major scam, 'nuff said

They were fromally known as Telebid. I have used them once during a drunken stupour with a friend. Needless to say I wasted £15/$30 on trying to win a PS3. I've not had any suspicious account activity since I've used them and this was around 3 months ago.

Bid at your discretion....you will never win lol

I just submitted it to McAfee SiteAdvisor... See what happens.

Um, no thank you. There is an auction for $80 cash going for $90 (and idiots are still bidding on it).

Looks like a failing ebay ripoff...I could code a better site.

One thing that amuses me greatly on their main page is the "300 free bids voucher" for $150...someone can't do math (hint, it's not 100% off).

i thinks its a scam

whois info

Domain ID: D93769957-CONE
Domain Name: swoopo.com
Domain Name ACE: swoopo.com
Domain Language:
Registrar ID: CORE-39 (Knipp Medien und Kommunikation GmbH)
Created On: 2008-07-31 14:41:40 GMT
Expiration Date: 2009-07-31 14:41:40 GMT
Maintainer: netplace Telematic GmbH
Status: ok
Registrant ID: COCO-8748492
Registrant Name: Gunnar Piening
Registrant Organization: SoFinA GmbH
Registrant Street: Domagkstrasse 34
Registrant City: Muenchen
Registrant State/Province: BV
Registrant Postal Code: 80807
Registrant Country: DE
Registrant Phone:
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax:
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Registrant Email: [email protected]
Admin ID: COCO-8748492
Admin Name: Gunnar Piening
Admin Organization: SoFinA GmbH
Admin Street: Domagkstrasse 34
Admin City: Muenchen
Admin State/Province: BV
Admin Postal Code: 80807
Admin Country: DE
Admin Phone:
Admin Phone Ext:
Admin Fax:
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Tech ID: COCO-69220
Tech Name: netplace Telematic Hostmaster
Tech Organization: netplace Telematic GmbH
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Tech State/Province: BV
Tech Postal Code: 80335
Tech Country: DE
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Tech Fax:
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Name Server: nsd.netplace.com 212.125.100.70
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Name Server: ns.netplace.de
Name Server ACE: ns.netplace.de
Name Server: ns.netplace.com 213.183.1.1
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I found something similar to swoopo.
url removed
It looks to me to simple to be true . But i like their fast auctions, also there is alot of players.

QuadMon said:

I found something similar to swoopo.
url removed
It looks to me to simple to be true . But i like their fast auctions, also there is alot of players.

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Whois of that site:
Registrant:
Domains by Proxy, Inc.
DomainsByProxy.com
15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: BIDDINGMADNESS.COM
Created on: 30-Oct-08
Expires on: 30-Oct-09
Last Updated on: 30-Oct-08

Administrative Contact:
Private, Registration [email protected]
Domains by Proxy, Inc.
DomainsByProxy.com
15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States
(480) 624-2599 Fax -- (480) 624-2598

Technical Contact:
Private, Registration [email protected]
Domains by Proxy, Inc.
DomainsByProxy.com
15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States
(480) 624-2599 Fax -- (480) 624-2598

Domain servers in listed order:
NS9.IXWEBHOSTING.COM
NS10.IXWEBHOSTING.COM


Location: Hopkinsville, KY, United States Country Flag


Serving HTTP (Port 80): No

IP Address Whois:
ommerce Corporation
OrgID: ECOMM-5
Address: 247 Mitch Lane
City: Hopkinsville
StateProv: KY
PostalCode: 42240
Country: US

NetRange: 76.162.0.0 - 76.163.255.255
CIDR: 76.162.0.0/15
NetName: ECOMMERCE-HOSTING
NetHandle: NET-76-162-0-0-1
Parent: NET-76-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
NameServer: NS1.OPENTRANSFER.COM
NameServer: NS2.OPENTRANSFER.COM
Comment:
RegDate: 2006-11-09
Updated: 2007-04-02

RAbuseHandle: ABUSE875-ARIN
RAbuseName: eCommerce Inc ABUSE Dept
RAbusePhone: +1-614-777-1699
RAbuseEmail: [email protected]

RNOCHandle: HNI1-ARIN
RNOCName: eCommerce NOC
RNOCPhone: +1-614-777-1699
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RTechName: eCommerce NOC
RTechPhone: +1-614-777-1699
RTechEmail: [email protected]

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OrgAbuseName: eCommerce Inc ABUSE Dept
OrgAbusePhone: +1-614-777-1699
OrgAbuseEmail: [email protected]

OrgNOCHandle: HNI1-ARIN
OrgNOCName: eCommerce NOC
OrgNOCPhone: +1-614-777-1699
OrgNOCEmail: [email protected]

OrgTechHandle: HNI1-ARIN
OrgTechName: eCommerce NOC
OrgTechPhone: +1-614-777-1699
OrgTechEmail: [email protected]

# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2008-12-13 19:10



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I'm feeling scam

QuadMon said:

I found something similar to swoopo.
url removed
It looks to me to simple to be true . But i like their fast auctions, also there is alot of players.

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I find it quite interesting that with your first post on these boards you are apparently spamming us with links to some most probably bogus site. I removed the url from your post and you are welcome to reply with information as to why you should be allowed to continue to post on these boards

muddocktor
Forum Moderator

Super Swoopo Scam

I received my monthly Mastercard statement today and found a $500 charge to swoopo.com. I had never heard of this website, let alone bid on items featured on it. I contacted MC customer service, and they consider this to be a scam site. They also think that someone "harvested" my card number to use for bids on the site. If this is indeed the case, I hope whoever used my card got nothing. MC is dropping the charge and investigating the situation.

^^ that is Spam!


there has been alot of these lately? did inet turn off there spam filter stuff or what!


EDIT: sorry , i reported it as well. there are 3 from this bot on the boards, all have been reported

well the way it works is

you pay for bids ... eg you might purchase 50 bids for 50$
so you bid at the last second
but then the timer will skip up to 5 seconds....because you have just bidded

so basically every time someone bids the timer goes back up to 5-10 seconds
so the only way you can win the bid, is if you bid for the item, then nobody else bids for over 5 seconds.... allowing the timer to finally hit 0

also i think its a robot that bids half the time...and thats where the scam with...you could be bidding agains only your self for days, wasteing 100's of $$

joedymueller said:

^^ that is Spam!


there has been alot of these lately? did inet turn off there spam filter stuff or what!


EDIT: sorry , i reported it as well. there are 3 from this bot on the boards, all have been reported

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I'm confused, how is it spam? It is a new user that bumped an old thread that they probably used either the search feature or google to find. You seem to label all new members as spam...