It’s a jungle out there. The thing is that Malware has become so effective that most users have no idea that they have been hacked. It not like the old days when you would get dozens of pop ups or a big GOTTCHA across your screen. There are so many ways it can happen it’s not even funny. Enough to make you go back to snail mail, lol.
Script kiddies usually. 14 year olds living in their mother’s basement, lol . Or someone with the flu .Was hackers even a word that long ago....
Have you never watched A Christmas Carol?My wife went to the bank as soon as we found out and asked for help but they said they cant do anything
Be thankful you didn’t pay for your car that way .I forgot to mention the bank was useless as well. My wife went to the bank as soon as we found out and asked for help but they said they cant do anything since it was an auto deposit etransfer. I thought for sure since we had the name of the fraudulent etransfer account they would be able to get it back.
This has scared me so much now I don't think I will ever do another online transaction again.
Ask me how I know! lolBe thankful you didn’t pay for your car that way .
Did Champion Motor comment if they ever request e-transfer from any of their customers?I had an experience with Champion Motors here in Toronto that I think I should let the members know about.
I sent an email to them before Christmas asking for a price on Paragon Springs for my C8.
They replied to my email with a price that I liked and was actually cheaper than ordering direct from Paragon with duty's, shipping, taxes,etc so I was very happy.
I emailed back and said I would like to proceed. They emailed me back and asked for a deposit.
They said in their email that I could send them an etransfer so I decided to pay the entire $548 to them.
After I etransfered the money I emailed them and said that the payment was sent. They replied saying I could pick up the springs.
I sent a driver from my work down to pick them up and when they arrived Champion said they didn't know anything about the springs or etransfer.
I was quite shocked as you might guess as I just sent $548 to them after a long email exchange going back and forth.
They stated the last email they received from me was the one asking for the prices. They did not send me the emails after that asking for a deposit or saying I could come and pick them up.
At this point I was completely shocked as I didn't even think it was possible for a thief or hacker to insert themselves in the middle of an email chain and commit a fraud like this.
When I spoke to one of the owners he was polite and told me he was sorry and that I should be very careful who I send money to these days.
That was it. No offer to help. No offer to get me the springs with maybe a discount to make up for my loss.
I resigned myself to the fact that I had been taken and I would not get the springs.
Then without me knowing my two young sons put their money together and drove down to Champion to buy me the springs for Christmas.
When they gave me the springs I was pissed off that they did that for me and even more pissed off that when the bought them Champion did not offer a single penny of a discount to make up for any responsibility that they might have in me getting scammed from their email. They again told my son that I need to be more careful who I sent money to.
I am in utter shock that a company would respond like this to a situation that occurred in my opinion through their email. They took zero responsibility. Yes I should be more careful who I send money to but when I'm replying to emails coming directly to me through a company email address I was stupid enough to trust it.
Anyhow I just wanted to let people know about my experience and make your own decision who to deal with in the future.
The kicker is my brother owns a C6 Z06 and spent $5000 with them in the past. I spent $1000 a month ago on gears for my sons C5 and my other son owns a modded C6.
With 4 Corvettes in my immediate family and all four of us who love to mod our cars I can't imagine the lost business they have just incurred by simply not taking any responsibility at all.
What a Christmas!
I've dealt with Rob the owner of Champion many times, I always send him an e transfer to save him the 3 % credit card charge or whatever the amount it is as he treats me fairly on pricing, thanks for the heads up that's not gonna happen againDid Champion Motor comment if they ever request e-transfer from any of their customers?
Was a 1995 movie with Angelina JolieWas hackers even a word that long ago....
Yes Sir! That’s the email. It was them I was taking to in the beginning as they gave me the right price. It just somehow got taken over half way through the same email chain. Blew my mind.Was this the email address you used?
championmotors@rogers.com
Hard to hack Rogers, but if they used the same password for many sites it could have been stolen from a compromised site. Right Murray?
I filed a police report but don’t expect to hear anything back from them.The police can easily find out who you sent the money to. What was the email address? No competent thief would be using e-transfer to commit fraud as it’s tracable.
Exactly. As I said earlier their server has been compromised. Only way this could have occurred In this way .That email should have been a red flag. Are they aware that Indian hackers have access to their system?