ScamPup

Normally the first time a victim pitches, the legitimate owners of an address has no idea what's happening. By the third or fourth time, they're warning folks. It also gets nasty sometimes with victims not understanding the scammers are using a fake address, accusing the legitimate owners of running the scam. It gets rather messy when they are also spoofing a legitimate business. Many of our leads are from such folks.
Thank you for checking @Virwat.

Starting this thread as an alert area for known scams and bad actors targeting South Africa. We're seeing a massive uptick in these atm.

Instead of littering many threads, hopefully this can serve as a common discussion thread. Some of you guys know the legitimate suppliers, also what is plausible, what's not.
Artists Against 419 has a project tag for solar and generator scams, ZAShed. Some of these scams concentrate solely on solar and generators, others mix solar and generators with other scam baits.

https://db.aa419.org/fakebankslist.php?cmd=ADV&x_Project=zashed

Nope.
Fast Pacx.
Only packaging materials.

Starting this thread as an alert area for known scams and bad actors targeting South Africa. We're seeing a massive uptick in these atm.

Instead of littering many threads, hopefully this can serve as a common discussion thread. Some of you guys know the legitimate suppliers, also what is plausible, what's not.
Artists Against 419 has a project tag for solar and generator scams, ZAShed. Some of these scams concentrate solely on solar and generators, others mix solar and generators with other scam baits.

https://db.aa419.org/fakebankslist.php?cmd=ADV&x_Project=zashed

Starting this thread as an alert area for known scams and bad actors targeting South Africa. We're seeing a massive uptick in these atm.

Instead of littering many threads, hopefully this can serve as a common discussion thread. Some of you guys know the legitimate suppliers, also what is plausible, what's not.
Artists Against 419 has a project tag for solar and generator scams, ZAShed. Some of these scams concentrate solely on solar and generators, others mix solar and generators with other scam baits.

https://db.aa419.org/fakebankslist.php?cmd=ADV&x_Project=zashed

Starting this thread as an alert area for known scams and bad actors targeting South Africa. We're seeing a massive uptick in these atm.

Instead of littering many threads, hopefully this can serve as a common discussion thread. Some of you guys know the legitimate suppliers, also what is plausible, what's not.
Artists Against 419 has a project tag for solar and generator scams, ZAShed. Some of these scams concentrate solely on solar and generators, others mix solar and generators with other scam baits.

https://db.aa419.org/fakebankslist.php?cmd=ADV&x_Project=zashed

Somebody in Pretoria was quite surprised when folks suddenly started pitching up at her place to collect their generator and solar kits.

A scam website called Power Electrical Supply Pty Ltd at https://powerelectricalsupply.co.za has used her address. She went onto Facebook to alert folks (bless her soul). The scammers then promptly changed their telephone number and address on the website to a Cape Town address.
3 Upper Watt St, Mountainside, Cape Town, 7140 (new, for privacy reasons I won't post the old)
+27 12 743 5000 (old)
+27 21 813 5860 (new)
WhatsApp: +27 73 006 3984
The seemingly geographic telephone numbers are actually VOIP numbers.

The website claims to sell all types of hardware, also solar kit and generators. Oh and minirals.

Maybe it's a coincidence, maybe not, but the scammer is once again using 1Grid just like scams duriumtech.co.za, previously corumtechnology.co.za.

Somebody in Pretoria was quite surprised when folks suddenly started pitching up at her place to collect their generator and solar kits.

A scam website called Power Electrical Supply Pty Ltd at https://powerelectricalsupply.co.za has used her address. She went onto Facebook to alert folks (bless her soul). The scammers then promptly changed their telephone number and address on the website to a Cape Town address.
3 Upper Watt St, Mountainside, Cape Town, 7140 (new, for privacy reasons I won't post the old)
+27 12 743 5000 (old)
+27 21 813 5860 (new)
WhatsApp: +27 73 006 3984
The seemingly geographic telephone numbers are actually VOIP numbers.

The website claims to sell all types of hardware, also solar kit and generators. Oh and minirals.

Maybe it's a coincidence, maybe not, but the scammer is once again using 1Grid just like scams duriumtech.co.za, previously corumtechnology.co.za.

Somebody in Pretoria was quite surprised when folks suddenly started pitching up at her place to collect their generator and solar kits.

A scam website called Power Electrical Supply Pty Ltd at https://powerelectricalsupply.co.za has used her address. She went onto Facebook to alert folks (bless her soul). The scammers then promptly changed their telephone number and address on the website to a Cape Town address.
3 Upper Watt St, Mountainside, Cape Town, 7140 (new, for privacy reasons I won't post the old)
+27 12 743 5000 (old)
+27 21 813 5860 (new)
WhatsApp: +27 73 006 3984
The seemingly geographic telephone numbers are actually VOIP numbers.

The website claims to sell all types of hardware, also solar kit and generators. Oh and minirals.

Maybe it's a coincidence, maybe not, but the scammer is once again using 1Grid just like scams duriumtech.co.za, previously corumtechnology.co.za.

I can confirm these are the same crowd - stay away!
solar-origin.co.za
sasolarsuppliers.co.za
jpsolarsuppliers.co.za
momentumsolar.co.za

Still working on a few more clues as there may be more linked to them.

if you have been scammed by any of these, please open a case at SAPS (as for any other scam). Please also PM me.
 
https://db.aa419.org/fakebanksview.php?key=159228
https://db.aa419.org/fakebanksview.php?key=159235
https://db.aa419.org/fakebanksview.php?key=159260
https://db.aa419.org/fakebanksview.php?key=159266
 

I can confirm these are the same crowd - stay away!
solar-origin.co.za
sasolarsuppliers.co.za
jpsolarsuppliers.co.za
momentumsolar.co.za

Still working on a few more clues as there may be more linked to them.

if you have been scammed by any of these, please open a case at SAPS (as for any other scam). Please also PM me.
 
https://db.aa419.org/fakebanksview.php?key=159228
https://db.aa419.org/fakebanksview.php?key=159235
https://db.aa419.org/fakebanksview.php?key=159260
https://db.aa419.org/fakebanksview.php?key=159266
 

Seems that's only applicable on paid/promoted google ads. We should have a pinned fraudulent sites post.