AndyMac1707817969 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 (edited) Anyone know anything about this rather generically named website? https://www.toytrainuk.com/contact-us/ Everything appears to be on sale at too reasonable a price, I can't find them listed as a stockist for Hornby, Bachmann, Accurascale etc and every picture is a stock image. The address 'Albion Way' appears to be a shopping centre in Norwich not where you would expect a model shop to be these days. The postcode NR6E 3UF on their site does not match the address given? Edited March 16 by AndyMac1707817969 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinB Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 96RAF is the best person to answer this. They don't take PayPal which is a bit unusual. You are right, the prices look very suspicious. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brew Man Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 (edited) I'd be steering well clear. Every single item seems to on 'Sale' status at prices too good to be true. And as the saying goes, if something looks too good to be true, it probably is. also NR6E 3UF is a fictitious postcode. Edited March 16 by Brew Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristian-353752 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 The address that they give on the website is dubious. The postcode does not exist, the address is for a large retail park however the addresses in the retail park appear to be different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntpntpntp Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Highly suspicious in my opinion. If you look at the "About" page it talks about fashion, it mentions opening ours as "PT" (Pacific Time ?), the postcode on the contact page isn't a valid format and Albion Way in Norwich is a totally different postcode block. The Terms and Conditions page mentions Italian law! I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 86 Albion Way comes up as Morrisons car wash. There is/was a craft shop on that trading estate which had a limited range of models but not at that indicated location. As noted the postcode is bogus. My advice - give them a swerve and head for Great Eastern Models in the City or Bure Valley models if out of town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brew Man Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Another little indication is, serious modellers don't call them, 'Toy Trains' 😠 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 (edited) I totally agree with the thoughts and opinions of all above. We are all enthusiasts here on the forum, wanting 'the best' and it's a totally natural instinctive manner to hunt out the best price to limit the depletion of our 'hard earned'. If it looks too good to be true .... Stay prudent out there - there are plenty of trustworthy and reliable outlets. If there's a specific model, invariably most if not all come up for sale from time-to-time. Al. Edited March 16 by atom3624 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTSR_NSE Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 The website was only registered last week apparently in Indiana in the US, by an entity that itself appears to be registered in Singapore. With the number of red flags picked up so far, I genuinely hope nobody actually falls for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyMac1707817969 Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 Time for a few emails to abuse@cloudflare.com who seem to be hosting it. They have to respond to abuse reports so the more that report this the faster it will disappear (only to reappear elsewhere I am sure) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brew Man Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 If they are a rogue company, and it sounds like they are then they don't have to respond to anything, or anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTSR_NSE Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 @Brew Man Cloudflare are a perfectly legitimate web hosting company - their services are being (ab)used by the scammer(s) operating this rogue website. Reporting it to them is most certainly beneficial - as they will have zero interest in having their reputation damaged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 2 hours ago, AndyMac1707817969 said: Time for a few emails to abuse@cloudflare.com who seem to be hosting it. They have to respond to abuse reports so the more that report this the faster it will disappear (only to reappear elsewhere I am sure) I sent to them and got a run around response asking to report abuse via some other avenue. Too difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntpntpntp Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 I've reported it to the National Cyber Security Centre 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brew Man Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 It's like reporting abuse to the likes of Facebook, or even Amazon - they do nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntpntpntp Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 (edited) The NCSC do take an interest in such things. They say they investigate every report, will check the site over and try and get the hosting provider to shut it down if it warrants. They can't inform the result of the investigation (it was an anonymous report anyway). Facebook do take action sometimes - I've reported dodgy scam ads and they've confirmed the ad was removed. Edited March 16 by ntpntpntp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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