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BRH · Guest

About a month ago, I ordered a motherboard from www.epoxstore.com. A
week to 10 days later, I got my credit card bill which had 3
unauthorized transactions on it -- all dated after the transaction at
Epoxstore.

Last week, a co-worker of mine also ordered merchandise from
www.epoxstore.com. This week he found unauthorized transactions on his
card account (dated after the EpoxStore transaction), as well.

Coincidence? I think not. Although both of us did receive the ordered
merchandise, it seems to me that either their site has been hacked and
is being monitored, or someone on the inside there is stealing credit
card numbers and using them.

Yes -- we have reported this to both the credit card companies and to
the website.

I'm just posting this here as a friendly warning. Although their site
appears to be secure, something is amiss.

gconrad · Guest

I just want to confirm the same happened to me on 12/12 last week. To
add insult to injury I think they used my credentials to their website
to log into Stormpay and tried to buy a $400.00 handheld. Just proves
the point about not using the same credentials for multiple sites.
Stupid me.

Too many IDs and passwords....

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Victor · Guest

I also ordered a motherboard from the Epox store on 11/20/2006. Just
found out today that my credit card number was stolen and they charged
over $1000 on it. Now I have to work it out with my VISA company.
Nice Christmas gift from Epox.

Today I've found that the site isn't working. Too late for me, but be
careful if you decide to use it.

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dave · Guest

Have any of you victims contacted Epox or the police?

DaveL

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gconrad · Guest

I have of course contacted my bank. Thank goodness I was watching my
account closely. As for contacting the police I have not as I'm not
convinced that the site or site owners are doing this. You couldn't
run a scam like that for very long and not know you're going to get
caught. As was posted earlier people are still receiving their goods.
Mine is scheduled to arrive today so we'll see.

I did contact epoxstore.com because it was odd that their site went
down the same day I canceled my card. I pulled up several cached
versions of their site to get their contact info; I'll post that below.
When I spoke to them at the store they did seem legitimate and stated
they were aware of an issue and were planning to change the payment
options to just PayPal. I think their site may actually be down to
prevent further fraudulent activivty, but I giving them a lot of
benefit for being legitiment. Like I said we'll see.

I also have added this post to my claim with my bank and as much other
info as I could in hopes it will asisst them in their investigations.
In the end it is up to the bank and in their best interest to follow
this up with the FBI and I'm sure they will. Be sure to provide all
the info you can so they can connect the dots.

Here is the contact info for anyone who needs it.
Phone: 714-680-0898
Email: epoxstore@epox.com
IP: 206.251.70.41

I had their Whois info too but deleted it since I'm not convinced the
Site owners are openly involved so it is not relevant. I do think they
are being monitored as originally posted or have a bad employee.

Heed my other warning I posted earlier. Whoever it is, I think they
tried to access other known accounts with the same UID and password.
So be warned.

Grant

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Karl S · Guest

On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:28:56 -0500, BRH wrote:

goosnarrggh · Guest

Looks like I fell victim to the same epoxstore.com hack/fraud. I placed
an order on the 14th -- according to UPS it's scheduled to arrive on the
28th.

I usually don't keep any balance on this account and I intentionally
keep the credit limit low. So I was surprised when the card was
declined today, and shocked when the telephone statement said that I
have a balance owing of over $3000.

- Luke

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BRH · Guest

I'm the OP of this thread and am following up with a bit of new info.

My co-worker who had fraudulent charges made against his debit card
contacted Epoxstore to discuss making another purchase (Why he doesn't
purchase from somewhere else...I don't know) using personal check or
some method other than debit or credit card. He was transferred to a
sales manager who actually told him that there is an active FBI
investigation going on currently, and that the website is trying to
establish a direct link to Paypal to be used for all future transactions.

Until the situation is resolved, one would be well-advised to avoid
purchasing thru this website.

I was lucky -- Because I made my purchase just a day or two before my
billing cycle ended, only 2 fraudulent transactions totalling approx
$400 were charged to my credit card. The CC company immediately
credited those charges back to my account. The account was then closed.

I shudder to think what could have happened if my purchase was made
early in the billing cycle and whoever used my CC account would have had
almost a full month to charge stuff on it.

gconrad wrote:

BRH · Guest

Urinemachine wrote:

gconrad · Guest

OK,

Well in EpoxStore's defence I did receive my product and it appears to
work fine. Having said this I will NEVER purchase from them again no
matter how secure they claim to be. As I stated in a previous post I
was stupid and used the same password for multiple sites (DO NOT EVER
DO THIS). I should have known better!

Epoxstore.com requires that you create an account when you purchase
from them (no difference from other sites) They use your email address
for the logon (just like PayPal, Stormpay, and many other payment
processors). Unlike other sites there doesn't seem to be any benefit to
having a logon to EpoxStore.com as the only thing it seemes to provide
is a tracking number for your order, but thats debatable.

Here is my additional warning. Because I was stupid and used the same
password that I did for other well known payment processors, and anyone
who has used these services know they use your email address as the
login account whoever stole my info tried to steal money through my
PayPal account as well. I don't keep money in my Paypal so they made a
transfer request of $200.00 from my attached bank account and added an
email address (more on that below). So even if they go strictly PayPal
I'm NEVER buying from there again. I still am not convinced that
EpoxStore.com is directly involved but in the end they blew it in my
book.

OK about the email address they added. I realize this guy could be a
victim himself but I am going to share this info anyway hopefully I'm
not violating any rules but since this is publick knowlegde I don't see
how it is, do with it what you will.

The email they added was *webmaster@tieuacochina.biz *
The WhoIs info for the domain tieuacochina.biz (Registered in October
06, Hmmm...)
Whois info for domain tieuacochina.biz.

To try another domain search, click here!

Domain Name: TIEUACOCHINA.BIZ
Domain ID: D15012241-BIZ
Sponsoring Registrar: TUCOWS INC.
Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 69
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited
Registrant ID: TUYYC2NZYQBRPXTW
Registrant Name: Stephen Cohen
Registrant Organization: Cohen
Registrant Address1: 10217 Daphney House Way
Registrant City: Rockville
Registrant State/Province: MD
Registrant Postal Code: 20850
Registrant Country: United States
Registrant Country Code: US
Registrant Phone Number: +1.2404530164
Registrant Email: tieuacochina@yahoo.com
Administrative Contact ID: TUYYC2NZYQBRPXTW
Administrative Contact Name: Stephen Cohen
Administrative Contact Organization: Cohen
Administrative Contact Address1: 10217 Daphney House Way
Administrative Contact City: Rockville
Administrative Contact State/Province: MD
Administrative Contact Postal Code: 20850
Administrative Contact Country: United States
Administrative Contact Country Code: US
Administrative Contact Phone Number: +1.2404530164
Administrative Contact Email: tieuacochina@yahoo.com
Billing Contact ID: TUYYC2NZYQBRPXTW
Billing Contact Name: Stephen Cohen
Billing Contact Organization: Cohen
Billing Contact Address1: 10217 Daphney House Way
Billing Contact City: Rockville
Billing Contact State/Province: MD
Billing Contact Postal Code: 20850
Billing Contact Country: United States
Billing Contact Country Code: US
Billing Contact Phone Number: +1.2404530164
Billing Contact Email: tieuacochina@yahoo.com
Technical Contact ID: TU03Y5RG1WQIESDR
Technical Contact Name: Domain Administrator
Technical Contact Organization: PowWeb
Technical Contact Address1: 70 Blanchard Road
Technical Contact City: Burlington
Technical Contact State/Province: MA
Technical Contact Postal Code: 01803
Technical Contact Country: United States
Technical Contact Country Code: US
Technical Contact Phone Number: +1.8669769932
Technical Contact Facsimile Number: +1.7812726550
Technical Contact Email: domreg@powweb.com
Name Server: NS2.POWWEB.COM
Name Server: NS1.POWWEB.COM
Created by Registrar: TUCOWS INC.
Last Updated by Registrar: TUCOWS INC.
Domain Registration Date: *Sun Oct 29 06:41:12 GMT
2006*
Domain Expiration Date: Sun Oct 28 23:59:59 GMT
2007
Domain Last Updated Date: Wed Dec 27 19:11:26 GMT
2006

So there it is. Wonder If Mr. Stephen Cohen is a victim or criminal.

BTW-I took advice to contat my local police dept about this issue and
there was nothing they could do. I thought maybe with all the
additional info I was pulling up perhaps they would get it rolling in
the right direction but really they couldn't do anything. Kind of sad
really. So here I am posting it here for all to see.

Sorry to hear all the horror stories and although it is a pain the real
victims here are the banks/creditors who backup our money. But then,
they'll just pass the cost back to the customers won't they?

~G

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Hugh Sutherland · Guest

I too was a victom of fraud. I entered my CC info then backed out. Thank
goodness I was already maxed out. I was called by visa the next moring and
had to replace my card. What a crummy XMAS because of that.

Hugh

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techview · Guest

Hello,

I think EPOX has got some serious problems. Their WEB site was down
about a week and a half ago so I tried calling their main telephone
number. Several initial attempts were made with no success in getting
through to anyone. Finally after playing the push any button on the
phone pad some Chinese person answered. Yes, you could tell........ I
explained to him what I needed and he had suggested a couple of boards.
He then asked for an email adress so an order form could be sent.....
The moron sends me a link to the epox store that has been down..... I
tried calling him back with no success!

Epox is out of the picture for future MOBO purchases. They got some
serious issues. I would not reccommend dealing with EPOX at all.

By the way the person's name I dealt with is Mike Yo. He seems to be
the only person at the West coast sat office........ Not good. Not good
at all.

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beatletat · Guest

Thanks so much for posting this! I was about to whip out the ol'visa and
buy away like I normally would, but something (spider sense?) told me to
look at store reviews. You all should be commended for helping others by
using your bad experiences! Does any one know where I can (legitimently)
purchase a mobo (socket A, 400 mhz FSB, 8x AGP, sata, ddr 3200) looked
around on several sites and epox mobo's kept coming up. Any help in
this would be greatly appreciated!

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gconrad · Guest

Just a reminder, I did receive my product My first EPoX board ever and
it works fine. If the sites you are finding the board on are well
known to you and you have used them before then you should be fine. I
believe this thread was primarily to warn about the site epoxstore.com.
I would NEVER order there again myself. Anyone who does should
consider cancelling the card they used on their site shortly after
ordering. I wonder... I think you can buy Visa/Mastercard style gift
cards that have a set value and once they are used up you toss them.
If they work like regular credit cards that might be an idea for future
online purchases.

Anyway, A quick google turned up a couple MoBo's @
http://www.gearxs.com/gearxs/default.php?cPath=75_107 I think you
would need to add a SATA card though. I have never used this site so
it is not a recommendation. Be sure to do your due dilligence.

~G

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