Scam CZ site on FaceBeek

[armoredman]

New one calling itself CZ_USA on Facebeek - note how it has an underscore instead of the dash. The scammer tried to tell me that I won a Daniel Defense rifle, calling it a "CZ Defense M4 V7 Pro", which, as we all well know, doesn't sell other company rifles at this time and has never carried AR style rifles, ever. Just an FYI.

[Grendel]

Here's the link. it's an obvious scam page. There are several similar sites.

 Scam site

[rbuzz00]

Thanks for the warning.  There must be something about CZ firearms and Dan Wesson firearms.  The internet is awash in fake sites for these two manufacturers, but there are others too.

Another fake website has to do with BUL Armory.  The only authentic website for BUL Armory is https://www.bularmory.com-----all the other ones are fakes.

You really have to watch yourself today on the web.

There is a sticky at the top of this discussion about the scam CZ Gunstore.  Is there a way perhaps that we could have moderators either allow that sticky to be added to, or perhaps start a new sticky which other fake sites could be listed?  As I mentioned above, there are several fake sites involving Dan Wesson firearms and BUL Armory that forum members would benefit by knowing about.

[Grendel]

Add away.

[alp3367]

Thanks for the warning.  There must be something about CZ firearms and Dan Wesson firearms.  The internet is awash in fake sites for these two manufacturers, but there are others too.

 It's not just them, most major manufacturers are targeted. There are scam sites all over for all sorts of companies. People just need to use common sense. Some of the scam sites are really well done but common sense goes a long way.

[v35]

There is a very good "sticky" on another website:

Club newsletter article on scammers and finding components safely

The key "takeaway" is that scam websites are extremely popular, trivial to create, simple to distribute, and new examples appear every day.

[alp3367]

There is a very good "sticky" on another website:

Club newsletter article on scammers and finding components safely

The key "takeaway" is that scam websites are extremely popular, trivial to create, simple to distribute, and new examples appear every day.

 Yep. While most major companies do file complaints and have these sites taken down the time and effort to do that pales in comparison to how quickly they can be created. And few if any are being run out of the United States, it's extremely difficult to stop some guy/group in Albania (just semi random example) that can have a new site at a different address up in less than 48 hours after one of theirs gets shut down.

 People just need to use common sense. The internet can be dangerous.

[RSR]

With a declining user-base in the West, FB is now scammer-central...  Anyone who's been online for a couple decades has seen this show before -- decreased revenues and staff layoffs allow bad actors to run amok on sites in decline.