I saw a MuscleShop247.com ad on Facebook. They pretend to be marketing some magic supplement that will typically help you gain 4 kg of muscle in 1 week. Something like that. There are many similar ads like this. They also make the ads in your own language just so that you are supposed to trust them more, thinking that they operate in your country.
First: There are no magic supplements (at least not that are legal in most countries). Anyway, if the stuff they claim to sell really works, that stuff would officially be called "performance enhancing drugs". And even if you wanted steroids, you would not get it from MuscleShop247.com.
Anyway, the site is a scam because they don't protect your credit card information by using SSL-encryption. Long story short: There is absolutely NO excuse for having having SSL-encryption when you accept credit card information. To learn more about how to see if a site is secure, check out this link which has a great video about the subject: http://info.ssl.com/article.aspx?id=10068
This thing about the missing SSL-encryption alone is enough to draw the conclusion that this site is a scam. However, let's point out a few more things.
As far as I could see, there is no way for me to see where this shop is operating from. What country? What city? Checking out their domain name I find out that the owners of the domain name are hidden behind a "proxy". Why hide who they are?
They use a support site called MensHealthNews24.com... Wow, they put a lot of effort into this. They have localized this site into multiple languages so that people will believe it's a local website.
For example, they have made a Norwegian page where they talk about some product(s) and claim that "you have probably seen it on TV" as they list up the logos of 5 Norwegian TV channels. Check it out here (copy and paste the link as I will not support them by linking directly):
http://n72g.menshealthnews24.com/?ref=fb1-mus247&affid=435&subid=
But if you go straight into http://menshealthnews24/ (excluding the n72g part of the host name) you will see the same page in german language. And this time the TV channels are replaced with some other logos.
Most of the links doesn't work on this site. If you click on "Fitness", "Health", "Food" or any of the top menu items, nothing will happen. Serious website, you think?
Some links work, and it gives me a chance to list some other domain names that are related to this scam:
- unbouncepages.com
- maxmanpower.eu
At the bottom of menshealthnews24.com there is a comment section. However, on the german page the same people comments, but in german. Also, there is no way for YOU to make a comment so this comment section is just fake, to give you the impression that other people care about this product.
But yeah, no SSL encryption -> Scam!
If you see Facebook ads about how go get insane gains in "2 weeks", don't start a discussion about sterioids, because it will take the attention away from the real issue. It is most likely a fraud attempt. You can check for your self to see if they use SSL encryption. You can also google the name of the web site to see if anyone else has written about it. Add the word "scam" in the search query to see if anyone has written about that in particular.
Hope this was helpful! If you find other similar web sites, feel free to add them to the comments, that will help other people in the future.
Had any experience with MuscleShop247.com? Please share it with others in the comments.
First: There are no magic supplements (at least not that are legal in most countries). Anyway, if the stuff they claim to sell really works, that stuff would officially be called "performance enhancing drugs". And even if you wanted steroids, you would not get it from MuscleShop247.com.
Anyway, the site is a scam because they don't protect your credit card information by using SSL-encryption. Long story short: There is absolutely NO excuse for having having SSL-encryption when you accept credit card information. To learn more about how to see if a site is secure, check out this link which has a great video about the subject: http://info.ssl.com/article.aspx?id=10068
This thing about the missing SSL-encryption alone is enough to draw the conclusion that this site is a scam. However, let's point out a few more things.
As far as I could see, there is no way for me to see where this shop is operating from. What country? What city? Checking out their domain name I find out that the owners of the domain name are hidden behind a "proxy". Why hide who they are?
They use a support site called MensHealthNews24.com... Wow, they put a lot of effort into this. They have localized this site into multiple languages so that people will believe it's a local website.
For example, they have made a Norwegian page where they talk about some product(s) and claim that "you have probably seen it on TV" as they list up the logos of 5 Norwegian TV channels. Check it out here (copy and paste the link as I will not support them by linking directly):
http://n72g.menshealthnews24.com/?ref=fb1-mus247&affid=435&subid=
But if you go straight into http://menshealthnews24/ (excluding the n72g part of the host name) you will see the same page in german language. And this time the TV channels are replaced with some other logos.
Most of the links doesn't work on this site. If you click on "Fitness", "Health", "Food" or any of the top menu items, nothing will happen. Serious website, you think?
Some links work, and it gives me a chance to list some other domain names that are related to this scam:
- unbouncepages.com
- maxmanpower.eu
At the bottom of menshealthnews24.com there is a comment section. However, on the german page the same people comments, but in german. Also, there is no way for YOU to make a comment so this comment section is just fake, to give you the impression that other people care about this product.
But yeah, no SSL encryption -> Scam!
If you see Facebook ads about how go get insane gains in "2 weeks", don't start a discussion about sterioids, because it will take the attention away from the real issue. It is most likely a fraud attempt. You can check for your self to see if they use SSL encryption. You can also google the name of the web site to see if anyone else has written about it. Add the word "scam" in the search query to see if anyone has written about that in particular.
Hope this was helpful! If you find other similar web sites, feel free to add them to the comments, that will help other people in the future.
Had any experience with MuscleShop247.com? Please share it with others in the comments.
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