"Norges drone kampanje 2014" scam

So, you saw a Facebook ad where you could buy a drone that had flown across the Atlantic ocean to your country? Well, don't waste your time and try not to lose all the money you have in your bank account.

The Facebook ad links to a page at http://jublr.tkr.me/droneno (or similar for another country). There they have some "special offer", in Norway they are adding in a couple of magazines if you buy a drone for a very low amount of money (10 USD / 50 NOK).

They collect your credit card information and they do not do this on a SECURE page. This is proof on its own that this is not a serious business and (unless they are really stupid) they are most likely going to try to empty your credit card as soon as you give them your information.

If you have given them your credit card information already, make sure you cancel your card as soon as possible. It will not take them long to start abusing your card and start stealing your money.

On the Norwegian page they try to pretend to be representing a Norwegian website called "Bonnier Shop". This shop is real, but it is not found on this URL.

Have you found a similar Facebook ad in your country? Please comment and give the rest of us more information about it.

Edit: I just noticed that the Norwegian magazine "Illustrert Vitenskap" has a REAL campaign which looks exactly like the one mentioned above. The scammers have copied the real campaign, so they look very similar. However, once they ask you to fill in your creditcard details, you need to make sure you are on a SECURE page. Usually indicated by a padlock to the left of the URL in the address bar. The address itself should start with https://... (the s in https is important)

The real campaign is here: http://shop.illvit.no/node/37177/form?media=dagbladet&ms=1&popup=1 and once they ask for your credit card details, they have taken you to this address: https://secure.incab.se/verify/bin/BPI/index? which is a secure address as it contains the https in front (should the browser ever complain that a "SSL certificate" is not valid, you should follow the recommendations and stay away from the site).

Titaniumprox.com scam (Titanium Pro X)

Another Facebook supplement ad showing some pumped up guys while teasing the user with some "secret method" to get ripped.

I suspect them all of being scams, but let's take a closer look at this one.

The ad leads to a localized version of weareallfitness.com. From here, you are lead towards another site titaniumprox.com. Sometimes their websites claims to be "Men'sHealth", but this is a lie. Men'sHealth magazine has nothing to do with this product.

Celebrities that they claim are using "Titanium X Pro" are (but not limited to): Hugh Jackman, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Chris Pratt, and Gerard Butler. Come on, these people have personal trainers and strict diets. That's the key. I dare claim that none of these guys have ever tried "Titanium X Pro", but I can not prove it.

What surprized me was that this site actually has a valid SSL certificate. So the communication between the person who enters his creditcard details and the owners of titaniumprox.com is SECURE. If it was NOT secure, I'd already tell you it was a scam for sure. But I'm still not convinced that it actually is a scam - nor that is isn't a scam.

Someone has "raised the question" before. In this "blog" a "Jenna" has written a post asking "Is Titanium Pro X complement a scam?". The article is not critical at all, and does not attempt to try to find out if it's scam. Instead "she" writes about how good the product is. It is obvious to me that this article is written by the owners themselves, trying to make it seem more legit by having a "independent blog" write about it. Checking out the blog further, there are 11 posts total. All of them are about Titanium Pro X, and all of them seem to ask common questions. "Is it a scam, is it legit, pro's and cons" etc. Now who starts a blog to write purely about one product?

Checking up the domain name, titaniumprox.com, I see that the owners are hidden behind "DomainsByProxy". The owners of this website certainly don't want to be found or identified! Don't you want to be able to find out who you are doing business with? I know I do, and I would never do business with a online shop without knowing who they are and where they operate.

When I check out the "references" on titaniumprox.com, I see they link to a few studies. The purpose is to make you think that there are studies made on their product, and that their product actually works. However, when I check out these studies, I see that the studies are about various subjects within supplements and steroid usage, but the studies were never written about this product! But hey, most people don't understand these studies anyway, so they are thinking that they might get away with it.

Checking out their "terms and conditions", I see that the text is translated by Google Translate or similar. Also, I tried to Google search a phrase that I found in this text, and google came up with another website that has the exact same "terms and conditions". This site is probably operated by the same people. This site is called vitaketone.com and guess what it's about? Some supplement!

I found their address on this website. "PO Box 642, Main Street Charlestown, Nevis 800-17-399" - This would be somewhere in the caribbean. I doubt you will find them there though. Searching on this address on Google gave me some other sites: mightyraspbketone.com and supragreencoffee.com - I didn't look closely, but looks like these are some "magical health products" as well.

I don't know HOW this scam works, but I guess that they will steal your creditcard information and try to deduct money from your creditcard. I was convinced that people would never receive any products, but it appears some do. They could still use your credit card information again though.

The website claims that the product helps you with the following:
- Rapid Fat Loss
- Prevents The Growth Of New Fat Cells
- Improved Stamina And Muscle Recovery
- Higher Levels Of Sustained Energy
- Delayed Onset Of Fatigue
- Quick, Effective Muscle Growth That Lasts
- Enhanced Sexual Performance

I mean, come on, if this product REALLY did all those things, why do everything appear so sketchy? This product should sell itself, no reason to set up fake blogs, lie about celebrities, fake testimonials etc. And why can't you find this product in the stores? You'd think everyone would want to sell this. And I could not find the ingredients of this product anywhere. I mean, what exactly is this product? You have no idea, do you? If this product made you ill, who would you get in touch with?

Another advice is: Order supplements from stores from your own country. They will sell anything you will ever need. If they don't have the magic products you see on Facebook advertisements, it just means that these products are not real (or any good).

So have you tried to order "Titanium Pro X"? What is your experience? Did you get your product, or did you never hear from them again after you paid? Where did you hear about this product? Please share in the comments. It could be helpful to others!

They also promote a second product called "Adrenalast". They claim that this product is best combined with "Titanium Pro-X". If that's the best combo, why not just make a pill that does it all? And the website doesn't explain which "benefits" you get from "Titanium Pro-X" and which you get from "Adrenalast".  Wouldn't that make sense? If you only bought "Adrenalast", what would that do for you? What would you be missing from "Titanium Pro-X"?

Thanks for reading, please share/comment/like if you found the information you were looking for.

Take a look at another story about a similar Facebook scam: MuscleShop247.com

Or check out this other article about a sketchy product that might be from the same people that came up with "Titanium Pro X": "MaxMan"

Here are some other domain names they use to promote this scam:
mensmusclemag.net (they closed it, it appears)
maksmuskelkraft.com
bestotbe.com

Facebook scam MuscleShop247.com

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.