Basically this is the scam:
These guys have thought of everything. I have seen a couple of posts Hello Peter, which have now been deleted again which sang the praises of this Halesworth Limited company. As this is where I first go to check if there are scams out there I found posts saying these guys are wonderfull. I believe they do these posts themselves in order to create that trust in them.
I ordered via email an Ipad 2. When I spoke to this Claudia person she said that they definitely have stock, I must transfer funds and the next day they will deliver the Ipad. As soon as the money hit their account I received a mail stating that they suddenly ran out of stock and that the stock will be delivered from their UK branch via Fastlinc. Then Faslinc mails and says you have to pay duties to get your parcel. This is then a surprise for Claudia as well and she prompts me to pay this to get the IPAD and she will refund this money. So STUPID, I pay this as well. Yet no delivery ever.
Then Faslinc mails again saying there is a problem as there are more units in the package and that I had to pay another amount extra. Trying to milk me – “The Mark” for a little more. Now I get a bit upset and want my money back, but promises and promises and yet I receive nothing. All of a sudden all cellphone lines are off, emails are ignored and they run with your money. Now I have found various references to both Faslinc and this Claudia person with regards to scams and I reckon that this should be made very public.
A dead giveaway should have been that neither of these two scamsters have company registration numbers nor VAT numbers and refuse to provide them. I feel strong enough about this that I will be taking out add space in the weekly papers in Gauteng and Cape Town to warn people to beware of this scam. As I said this is a well-oiled scam which have been going for quite some time
Please assist me to spread this warning.