http://www.usaholidaybazaar.com/ FAKE FRAUD SCAM
http://www.onsaleplaygrounds.com/ FAKE FRAUD SCAM
http://www.elmamall.com/ FAKE FRAUD SCAM
(same scammers, different web host, fake COMODO emblem, no SSL )
2 fraud sites, same web host......
These 2 sites are the newest in a long line of fake stores using the Green Dot MoneyPak scam.
The fraud domain usaholidaybazaar.com actually has the COMODO secure authentication emblem on it.
(image below)
How can a scam site get an SSL certificate?
Are there no measures to prevent this?
Can any scammer using a stolen credit card get this service?
This situation leaves me feeling that I couldn't trust any site displaying the COMODO authentication emblem.
I have previous posts where scammers used COMODO for their fake sites too.
This same scammer:
http://netscammers.blogspot.com/2010/12/homeclearancefurniturecom-scam.html
and a different scammer:
http://netscammers.blogspot.com/2010/10/fv-groupnet-fraud.html
COMODO touts its browser plug-in, VerificationEngine, that supposedly helps people from getting scammed, but it relies on sites in its own database. Will it tell you these fraud sites are legitimate?
http://www.comodo.com/home/internet-security/verification-engine.php
"VerificationEngine lets you easily verify that the site you're on can be trusted, essential to secure web-surfing."
Here are images of the fraud sites.
This site has the COMODO auithentication http://www.usaholidaybazaar.com/
Lets hope no one is ripped off thinking they'll get playground equipment for their children in time for Christmas using http://www.onsaleplaygrounds.com/.
Green Dot MoneyPak has a page on their site to help protect yourself from fraud:
https://www.moneypak.com/ProtectYourMoney.aspx
Please read it.
Oh! what a tangled web we weave
When first we practise to deceive!
Sir Walter Scott
NEVER use instant payment services like Western Union or MoneyGram to buy items on the internet.
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