Thread: dodgey dwalt ads

Same as all scams, they rely on the 0.001% that fall for it!

Lotta hard work just for $150 tho

its amaing to think there are people that would think these ads are legit

Its really annoying for me since I’m after a cheap thicknesser

Just missed out on a dw1151 for under 200 a while ago so i have an alert set up and these scam ads keep tripping it

It's the same reason people buy up dozens of gift cards from the supermarkets to pay supposed "ATO or Sheriff fines", and elderly people fork out tens of thousands for roof "spray jobs", etc, etc, they just need that infinitesimal fraction to respond, and they do. I think conservative estimates on scams was unofficially worth a couple billion a year from some reports nationally. If you've never watched the "Microsoft Support" scam videos on youtube where tech savvy people catch them out, they're an eye opener, it's very big business scamming people these days!

I get heaps of the scam emails about watching (dubious things online) and they request bitcoin payments or they'll "release the vidoes", the interesting thing with bitcoin is you can do a wallet search on the account number and see all the transactions. One I checked had around $70k USD deposited in a little over 3 months. So those sucked in paid the initial payment, and then were on the hook for more afterwards no doubt. I can't even begin to imagine the scale of fraud world wide just on that particular scam.

I cant help thinking they would get a higher strike rate if the price was closer to $600,

$150 seems to be "too good to be true"

I've just recently purchased a thicknesser off MP for $800, a $400 asking price would have me very suspicious ,thats why I think its odd

Originally Posted by Hodgo

I cant help thinking they would get a higher strike rate if the price was closer to $600,

$150 seems to be "too good to be true"

I've just recently purchased a thicknesser off MP for $800, a $400 asking price would have me very suspicious ,thats why I think its odd

Don't educate them by offering constructive critique.

I saw one recently advertising a Laserpecker engraver ($1000+) for $30.

I knew what I was looking at, but many on FB wouldn't.
At only $30, I expect some unsure of what they were looking at could be tempted.

I commented on it that it was a $1000+ machine, but not surprisingly my comment was removed.

As stated above, they just need a small percentage to fall for it.

If only you had bought 33 of them, and then turned around and sold them for $1000 each! Max profit! ;-)