January 26th 2009 05:24 am
SCAM AND SPAM VIA SMS: WOWMINE DOES IT AGAIN
Leave it to Cletus to send me the latest shenanigan from WoWMine.com.
Mi mejor amigo received this WoWMine SMS last week:
"Hi, here is a chance to get easy WoW gold again! WoWMine.com offers you 73% off with coupon code: RCPF now. Hurry up, ends on 31st Jan."
73% OFF? SEVENTY-THREE PERCENT???
So if I order 2000 gold, instead of paying $86.98, I get to fork over a mere $23.49?
(Click for a larger image)
Er, apparently not.
"Price after Discount; 83.81. Get 73% OFF the first 100g by using this code which applies to the order over 500g."
73% off the first 100 gold.
LOL!!!
Wowmine, you never fail to amaze - and disgust - me.
How can you live with yourself?
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7 Comments »
Lestat de Lioncourt on 27 Jan 2009 at 1:52 am #
I smell scam.
Jeongho Min on 27 Jan 2009 at 3:35 am #
Whoa. First e-mail, then SMS? WoWMine’s going way too far…
Jeongho Min on 27 Jan 2009 at 3:36 am #
Whoa. First Google, then e-mail, then SMS? WoWMine’s going way too far…
Cathryn Wheel on 27 Jan 2009 at 10:55 pm #
Wowmine is retarded
mini me on 28 Jan 2009 at 11:46 am #
Err.. when are they gonna stop!? They are really persistent in fooling their customers… Wowmine get real! Get some life!
Disgruntled on 29 Jan 2009 at 9:07 am #
Tried wowmine.com before I found this site….been more than 36 hours since I ordered. Lucky for me I was smart enough to order the smallest amount to test them out. Below is my last chat talk with their “live” support. Live is in quotes because I get the feeling “Tracy” was not an english speaker and the delay was him/her trying to use a translator program. It’s a funny chat nonetheless and I’m only out $7 but I’m still pissed.
Chat InformationDue to a sharp increase of our business, we are currently handling a significantly high volume of chat requests. As a result, waiting time may be longer than usual.The rolling banner on the right is sponsored by MMOMaven.com. Feel free to check it out while you’re waiting for the next available agent. Thank you for holding.
Chat InformationYou are now chatting with support agent ‘Tracy’
Chat InformationYour Issue ID for this chat is (edited out)
Tracy: Hi! ****. Welcome to the LiveChat Service!
Let me know how I can be of help while I’m pulling up your order details (if you have filled the pre-chat survey).
I am actually handling many customers at the same time for a prolong period. Response time is slower than usual. Just bear with me here. I will use Canned Responses (CR) to increase chat efficiency. Feel free to ask me to elaborate if you find the CR unfitting.
Tracy: HI
ME: me again
Tracy: IS there anything else i can do for you?
ME: like make more false promises?
ME: I don’t like the attitude personally.
Tracy: US Grizzly Hills A **** 105 ?
ME: lol you tacked on that extra 5 I see.
ME: will I be getting it in 5 minutes like the website promises?
Tracy: Sir just now i promise you you will get soon, and now we are hurrying up with your order
ME: but I’ve been hearing that for 36 hours. everyone tells me they are hurrying up with my order but somehow I get the feeling you just say that to all the customers so they stop bugging you.
Tracy: Usually we are quick.
ME: but….to be fair to you Tracy you promised me personally I would get my order so I will wait one more hour before I contact paypal to get my money back and file a fraud complaint with them.
Tracy: But these days we really have some difficulities
ME: and no you usually aren’t quick
ME: you don’t pay your farmers and all your reviews say it’s a scam and not to use wowmine.com
Tracy: We are terribly sorry for your waiting. But we are now working hard on it to make sure you can get it ASAP.
ME: it’s all false promises and double talk. I’m sick of hearing it, Tracy. I will wait one more hour though just for you cause you promised. then I’ll deal with paypal directly and the attorney general. thanks again for your time.
ME: lol you just cut and pasted that last response. I’ve seen it about 10 times now from 5 different people.
ME: you realize that says you weren’t working hard on my order before I came in here every hour to complain.
ME: see you in an hour tracy…..maybe not if you can make good on that promise to deliver my gold though. I sincerely hope this is the last time I have to come here. If you do get my gold in an hour I’ll come back just to personally apologize to you. How’s that sound?
ME: are you still there?
ME: HEY!
ME: don’t ignore me
Tracy: Yes
Tracy: I am listening toyou
ME: so how does that sound?
ME: you don’t know what I’m talking about do you, Tracy
Tracy: Sir you do not apologize to me. We will thank you very much for your great patience, if you may give us a little bitmore time
ME: yep you got one more hour. then I’ll go to paypal and forcefully get my money back.
ME: bye
Just like the time before this I got no goodbye from Tracy. I couldn’t believe the attitude I got from the start though lol “IS there something else I can do for you?”
Um yeah how about get my small ass order of 100 gold that I’ve been waiting 36 hours for! oh it’s 105 now. I feel so lucky to get an extra 5. I’ll never see any of it. I know this comment doesn’t fit the topic but I wanted to post it to the most current topic. Never use wowmine.com people…be smarter than I was.
Hot "F"udge on 30 Jan 2009 at 8:30 am #
muahaha! I received the same SMSssss too. They sent it to me 10 times…
1 - when I was sleeping (3:02 AM)
2 - still sleeping (5:43 AM)
3 - Bus picked me up for school (7:15 AM)
4 - Break Time
5 - During my P.E. class
6, 7, 8, 9 - After class
10 - When I got home
It just stopped when I spam zibba, their agent, on their live chat. Ha-ha-ha-ha!