Victim Location 96027
Type of a scam Online Purchase
I haven’t been scammed here. I’m reporting newtheshop.com because nothing about their website feel legitimate. They offer cameras at a very small fraction of their normal selling price. For example, a Canon EOS-1D X Mark II, which costs $5,999.99 on a legit website like ***, is being offered for $232.15 on newtheshop.com. That’s 96% off. No one in their right mind would sell that camera for that price.
The language on the website, though written in decent English, suggests that English isn’t their first language. (I state this fact because on the website scamadvisor.com, this website is listed as being based in Seattle.) On their FAQs page, you can find sentences like, "However, at times, some goods’ inventory may be intense due to a big quantity demand." It’s just wrong enough to feel like a scam email offering me millions of dollars.
I don’t know if the site is legitimate or not, but I’m inclined to believe that, if I were to order a camera from this site and it arrived as advertised, then surely it would have to have been stolen property, because these cameras they’re offering cost far too much brand new to be sold at these prices. Even factory refurbished models wouldn’t go nearly this cheap.