Warning About Epoxstore.com

About a month ago, I ordered a motherboard from www.epoxstore.com. A
week to 10 days later, I got my credit card bill which had 3
unauthorized transactions on it -- all dated after the transaction at
Epoxstore.

Last week, a co-worker of mine also ordered merchandise from
www.epoxstore.com. This week he found unauthorized transactions on his
card account (dated after the EpoxStore transaction), as well.

Coincidence? I think not. Although both of us did receive the ordered
merchandise, it seems to me that either their site has been hacked and
is being monitored, or someone on the inside there is stealing credit
card numbers and using them.

Yes -- we have reported this to both the credit card companies and to
the website.

I'm just posting this here as a friendly warning. Although their site
appears to be secure, something is amiss.

I just want to confirm the same happened to me on 12/12 last week. T
add insult to injury I think they used my credentials to their websit
to log into Stormpay and tried to buy a $400.00 handheld. Just prove
the point about not using the same credentials for multiple sites.
Stupid me.

Too many IDs and passwords...

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I also ordered a motherboard from the Epox store on 11/20/2006. Jus
found out today that my credit card number was stolen and they charge
over $1000 on it. Now I have to work it out with my VISA company.
Nice Christmas gift from Epox.

Today I've found that the site isn't working. Too late for me, but b
careful if you decide to use it

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Have any of you victims contacted Epox or the police?

DaveL


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> I also ordered a motherboard from the Epox store on 11/20/2006. Just
> found out today that my credit card number was stolen and they charged
> over $1000 on it. Now I have to work it out with my VISA company.
> Nice Christmas gift from Epox.
>
> Today I've found that the site isn't working. Too late for me, but be
> careful if you decide to use it.
>
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I have of course contacted my bank. Thank goodness I was watching m
account closely. As for contacting the police I have not as I'm no
convinced that the site or site owners are doing this. You couldn'
run a scam like that for very long and not know you're going to ge
caught. As was posted earlier people are still receiving their goods.
Mine is scheduled to arrive today so we'll see.

I did contact epoxstore.com because it was odd that their site wen
down the same day I canceled my card. I pulled up several cache
versions of their site to get their contact info; I'll post that below
When I spoke to them at the store they did seem legitimate and state
they were aware of an issue and were planning to change the paymen
options to just PayPal. I think their site may actually be down t
prevent further fraudulent activivty, but I giving them a lot o
benefit for being legitiment. Like I said we'll see.

I also have added this post to my claim with my bank and as much othe
info as I could in hopes it will asisst them in their investigations.
In the end it is up to the bank and in their best interest to follo
this up with the FBI and I'm sure they will. Be sure to provide al
the info you can so they can connect the dots.

Here is the contact info for anyone who needs it.
Phone: 714-680-0898
Email:
IP: 206.251.70.41

I had their Whois info too but deleted it since I'm not convinced th
Site owners are openly involved so it is not relevant. I do think the
are being monitored as originally posted or have a bad employee.

Heed my other warning I posted earlier. Whoever it is, I think the
tried to access other known accounts with the same UID and password.
So be warned.

Gran

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On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:28:56 -0500, BRH wrote:

> About a month ago, I ordered a motherboard from www.epoxstore.com. A
> week to 10 days later, I got my credit card bill which had 3
> unauthorized transactions on it -- all dated after the transaction at
> Epoxstore.
>
> Last week, a co-worker of mine also ordered merchandise from
> www.epoxstore.com. This week he found unauthorized transactions on his
> card account (dated after the EpoxStore transaction), as well.
>
On September 27, I ordered a motherboard from the Epox store. The next day
my credit card company called about two suspicious charges, that turned out
to be fradulent, on my card.

At the time, I couldn't figure out how this happened. I certaintly didn't
suspect the Epox store.

After reading this thread, I am starting to wonder.

Karl

Looks like I fell victim to the same epoxstore.com hack/fraud. I place
an order on the 14th -- according to UPS it's scheduled to arrive on th
28th

I usually don't keep any balance on this account and I intentionall
keep the credit limit low. So I was surprised when the card wa
declined today, and shocked when the telephone statement said that
have a balance owing of over $3000

- Luk

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I'm the OP of this thread and am following up with a bit of new info.

My co-worker who had fraudulent charges made against his debit card
contacted Epoxstore to discuss making another purchase (Why he doesn't
purchase from somewhere else...I don't know) using personal check or
some method other than debit or credit card. He was transferred to a
sales manager who actually told him that there is an active FBI
investigation going on currently, and that the website is trying to
establish a direct link to Paypal to be used for all future transactions.

Until the situation is resolved, one would be well-advised to avoid
purchasing thru this website.

I was lucky -- Because I made my purchase just a day or two before my
billing cycle ended, only 2 fraudulent transactions totalling approx
$400 were charged to my credit card. The CC company immediately
credited those charges back to my account. The account was then closed.

I shudder to think what could have happened if my purchase was made
early in the billing cycle and whoever used my CC account would have had
almost a full month to charge stuff on it.



gconrad wrote:

> I have of course contacted my bank. Thank goodness I was watching my
> account closely. As for contacting the police I have not as I'm not
> convinced that the site or site owners are doing this. You couldn't
> run a scam like that for very long and not know you're going to get
> caught. As was posted earlier people are still receiving their goods.
> Mine is scheduled to arrive today so we'll see.
>
> I did contact epoxstore.com because it was odd that their site went
> down the same day I canceled my card. I pulled up several cached
> versions of their site to get their contact info; I'll post that below.
> When I spoke to them at the store they did seem legitimate and stated
> they were aware of an issue and were planning to change the payment
> options to just PayPal. I think their site may actually be down to
> prevent further fraudulent activivty, but I giving them a lot of
> benefit for being legitiment. Like I said we'll see.
>
> I also have added this post to my claim with my bank and as much other
> info as I could in hopes it will asisst them in their investigations.
> In the end it is up to the bank and in their best interest to follow
> this up with the FBI and I'm sure they will. Be sure to provide all
> the info you can so they can connect the dots.
>
> Here is the contact info for anyone who needs it.
> Phone: 714-680-0898
> Email:
> IP: 206.251.70.41
>
> I had their Whois info too but deleted it since I'm not convinced the
> Site owners are openly involved so it is not relevant. I do think they
> are being monitored as originally posted or have a bad employee.
>
> Heed my other warning I posted earlier. Whoever it is, I think they
> tried to access other known accounts with the same UID and password.
> So be warned.
>
> Grant
>
>

Wow guys - I too had fraudulent charges! Couldn't figure out where the
came from, but now I realize! I had about $530 spent a Verizon and $15
in "Amsterdam". So ****ed up.


So have you guys received your orders - because I need this motherboar
and now I am a bit weary as to whether or not I even bought a rea
product :

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Urinemachine wrote:

> Wow guys - I too had fraudulent charges! Couldn't figure out where they
> came from, but now I realize! I had about $530 spent a Verizon and $150
> in "Amsterdam". So ****ed up.
>
>
> So have you guys received your orders - because I need this motherboard
> and now I am a bit weary as to whether or not I even bought a real
> product
>
>

Sorry to hear that. But -- to answer your question -- In my case I DID
receive my order, and it was a real product. -- Re-furbished 8Kha+, and
it's working just fine. <knock wood>