outboard scam

Jim Robinson · 16 March 2009, 20:31

Anyone noticed the too good to be true outboards on boats and outboards, pair of optimax, pair of fourstroke yam,s new fourstroke yam 90 etc.All at amazing prices, I called one of the numbers and got a local football club in Leeds!. If you mail you get guided to this site http://www.aquatrix.co.cc/ they are also in the classified sections of this months boating mag's.

mdt · 16 March 2009, 21:21

co.cc ??? it will be the same mob as last time. so yep total scam

JSP · 17 March 2009, 11:34

Yeah there's a few threads about them on here. Been going on for a bit now.

Northern Tim · 17 March 2009, 15:07

Maybe the clue's in the name - Aquatrix!

BruceB · 25 March 2009, 18:46

I just asked about an outboard that was too good to be true and was this mob.
They weren't even consistent in the ad and answer
http://www.boatsandoutboards.co.uk/view/F203516
Scumbags!

matt h · 25 March 2009, 20:36

just report it Asap, Stephen from B&O should respond to this as he seems to get things done!!

BruceB · 25 March 2009, 20:55

Done!

Kernow Buoy · 25 May 2009, 08:16

Seems to have re-invented itself as -

http://www.sea-bay.co.cc/

tim2658 · 25 May 2009, 09:06

God wish boats were that sort of money lol !!

m chappelow · 25 May 2009, 13:16

after a bit of investigation in the past other numbers turned out to be the london paladium and glasgow rangers

Nick Gill · 25 May 2009, 19:54

.cc is the domain registration for the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, an Australian territory. I think the boating press and reputable retail websites should take more care over who they accept advertising from.

Kernow Buoy · 25 May 2009, 20:29

Nick, agreed. In this case however I replied to what appeared to be a private ad on B&O, the email reply driected me to their website and the .cc domain. When I went to find the ad again it had been pulled, I'm outboard shopping at the moment and scan B&O daily, I've reported about 6 scams all of which have been pulled within 24 hrs.