Re: Warning: Scammer MrUnlock.com AVOID!!!

On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:21:34 GMT, Rupert Moss-Eccardt
<r.moss-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Mark Gillespie wrote:
>> www.mrunlock.com
>>
>> Paid £2.95 for a supposed unlock code, and this is all you get:
>>
>>
>> Manufacturer: Nokia
>> Model: 6300
>> Country: United Kingdom
>> Network: Orange
>[snip]
>
>Have a word with your local Trading Standards. Also ask MrUnlock for
>your money back.
>
>In my opinion the site is deliberately misleading.

Complain to Paypal
http://tinyurl.com/2a4pud
and get their account locked so they wont be able to get the funds.

Report to the Police
http://www.met.police.uk/computercrime/

and you local Police/Trading standards as advised.

Post many mails on various newsgroups reporting the CON. Each post
will register in the search engines and be a warning for others as
you'll see here already
http://tinyurl.com/2p4jdn

His ISP is in Holland and very likely couldn't give a shit, and his
domain provider is TUCOWS Inc who also don't give a shit, so don't
waste your time there.

Complain to Visa
http://visa.co.uk/contact/main.jsp?src=home_page

Or MasterCard
http://www.mastercard.com/uk/persona...ion/fraud.html





Gloria

On 27/08/2007 12:42, Gloria wrote:

> Complain to [snip all and sundry]

Unlikely to get you far, from what I can see the site isn't offering to
sell actual unlock codes, just information on how to get an unlock code,
and it has delivered just that, caveat emptor ...

On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:51:15 +0100, Andy Burns
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On 27/08/2007 12:42, Gloria wrote:
>
>> Complain to [snip all and sundry]
>
>Unlikely to get you far, from what I can see the site isn't offering to
>sell actual unlock codes, just information on how to get an unlock code,
>and it has delivered just that, caveat emptor ...
>

There is that of course, but it's still a blatant con!

Andy Burns wrote:
> On 27/08/2007 12:42, Gloria wrote:
>
>> Complain to [snip all and sundry]
>
> Unlikely to get you far, from what I can see the site isn't offering to
> sell actual unlock codes, just information on how to get an unlock code,
> and it has delivered just that, caveat emptor ...

It is, of course, a matter of fact and degree. However, given the
wording and the price I think a consumer would have a reasonable
expectation that they would have an unlocked phone afterwards without
having to spend more money.

On 27/08/2007 12:59, Gloria wrote:

> There is that of course, but it's still a blatant con!

Agreed it's a trap for the unwary, if anyone /does/ notice this message
before losing a couple of quid all well and good.

Frankly, I don't see the problem. They offered to provide their
"Pro-Unlock" service for a flat rate of 6.95 that will unlock my phone.
I paid nothing to find that out. (I didn't buy because my phone is
already unlocked). In the US both TMo and ATT will provide the unlock
code for free once you've been a customer for 90 days.

Gloria wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:21:34 GMT, Rupert Moss-Eccardt
> <r.moss-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> Mark Gillespie wrote:
>>> www.mrunlock.com
>>>
>>> Paid £2.95 for a supposed unlock code, and this is all you get:
>>>
>>>
>>> Manufacturer: Nokia
>>> Model: 6300
>>> Country: United Kingdom
>>> Network: Orange
>> [snip]
>>
>> Have a word with your local Trading Standards. Also ask MrUnlock for
>> your money back.
>>
>> In my opinion the site is deliberately misleading.
>
> Complain to Paypal
> http://tinyurl.com/2a4pud
> and get their account locked so they wont be able to get the funds.
>
> Report to the Police
> http://www.met.police.uk/computercrime/
>
> and you local Police/Trading standards as advised.
>
> Post many mails on various newsgroups reporting the CON. Each post
> will register in the search engines and be a warning for others as
> you'll see here already
> http://tinyurl.com/2p4jdn
>
> His ISP is in Holland and very likely couldn't give a shit, and his
> domain provider is TUCOWS Inc who also don't give a shit, so don't
> waste your time there.
>
> Complain to Visa
> http://visa.co.uk/contact/main.jsp?src=home_page
>
> Or MasterCard
> http://www.mastercard.com/uk/persona...ion/fraud.html