Category Archives: Online Scam

It must be Spring, the scammers are out in force again

Posted on March 8, 2007 by David St Lawrence

There are more scams than ever this year. In addition to the ever-present Nigerian Letter scammer, there are now scammers who prey on artists and craftspersons. The latest to hit Floyd is the scammer who offers top dollar for art … Continue reading →

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More about CCI Camera alias Royal Camera

Posted on January 28, 2007 by David St Lawrence

I am still getting a steady stream of comments from unhappy customers of the Brooklyn camera shop with many names. Whether it is called Royal Camera, City Camera City, Tcscamera.com, or bananaboatcamera.com , it is still the same shabby storefront … Continue reading →

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More about the “free” logsplitter scam

Posted on January 22, 2007 by David St Lawrence

home-garden-rewardpath.com has a scam going where they offer a "free" logsplitter which is actually a premium for signing up for several expensive services and products. Read the many pages of fine print to see how much you have to buy … Continue reading →

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Beware the “Free” Logsplitter Offers

Posted on January 8, 2007 by David St Lawrence

Scam Alert      Scam Alert      Scam Alert

home-garden-rewardpath.com is the latest entrant in the online scam derby.

Their ad pops popped up occasionally in the list of Google Ads on this page. I have reported this company to Google and expect that they will remove this advertiser from their ad base.

UPDATE: I have blocked their ads from appearing on this site.

Home-garden-rewardpath.com  offers a "free" Ryobi 4 Ton Electric Log Splitter. All you have to do is to take a "survey" or two or three and somewhere in all of this you will get your credit card charged several times in order to earn this "free" log splitter!

It is important to note that this scammer has no connection with Ryobi. They have this notice at the bottom of their webpage:

Home-Garden-rewardpath Gift Program is not
endorsed, sponsored by or affiliated with Ryobi Ltd., Ryobi 4 Ton
Electric Log Splitter or any merchant listed above. Such terms are
registered trademarks of their respective owners.

I am also going to send this post to Ryobi because it is very bad PR for them to allow this offer to continue. People will think that it is Ryobi doing the rip-off.

Has anyone else been scammed by this company?

If you want to read the steps involved in this "free" offer, here is the data from the home-garden-rewardpath.com website:

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