VirtualGet.net is a CREDIT CARD SCAM
Posted on 06. Oct, 2009 by Tenshi Vielle in Gossip, Wall of Shame
Virtualget.net is a SCAM. They are NOT valid resellers or sellers of any items listed. If you attempt to purchase anything from their site, they will simply take your credit information and not deliver the items! It appears they’ve simply taken the images from XStreet or blog sites and made it look as if you will actually be able to shop Second Life vendors offline.
DO NOT SHOP ON THIS SITE. They are phishers!
SySy Chapman
Oct 6th, 2009
bad ass credit card scam site. THey don't deliver actual products but seem to have listed everything from xstreet.
scd
Oct 6th, 2009
Domain: virtualget.net
Status: Protected
DNS:
ns1.realitychecknetwork.com
ns2.realitychecknetwork.com
Created: 2009-07-02 04:19:38
Expires: 2010-07-02 04:19:38
Last Modified: 2009-07-02 04:18:31
Registrant Contact:
Katz Global Domain Name Trust
Privacy Protected Domain Katz Global Domain Name Trust (domaintrust@katzglobal.com)
32 Maxwell Road #03-07
Singapore, SC, sg 069115
P: +65.67228356 F: +65.67258021
Administrative Contact:
Katz Global Domain Name Trust
Privacy Protected Domain Katz Global Domain Name Trust (domaintrust@katzglobal.com)
32 Maxwell Road #03-07
Singapore, SC, sg 069115
P: +65.67228356 F: +65.67258021
Technical Contact:
Katz Global Domain Name Trust
Privacy Protected Domain Katz Global Domain Name Trust (domaintrust@katzglobal.com)
32 Maxwell Road #03-07
Singapore, SC, sg 069115
P: +65.67228356 F: +65.67258021
Billing Contact:
Katz Global Domain Name Trust
Privacy Protected Domain Katz Global Domain Name Trust (domaintrust
scd
Oct 6th, 2009
Somebody worked REALLY HARD to steal everyone's money via bait and switch.
scd
Oct 6th, 2009
So, there's no info on this site currently either judging via domain info. How nice!
Ghanima Uriza
Oct 6th, 2009
My stuff is all over that website! it was so shocking when I got the information my stuff was being shown there! I just want to make clear Blue Blood did not allow for that, that I did not know about that site until half an hour ago and I am not selling my items there. I feel truly sorry for those who got scammed while trying to purchase my items.
Many more designers' names and products are being used for this huge scam. This is outrageous.
Word has it LL already knows and I hope they will take action. Right now we can't do anything but inform people so they won't get scammed like this.
Thank you so much for making a post on this
Ghanima
Hyb
Oct 6th, 2009
1-866-726-4678 Moisey Uretsky HOSTING THIS SITE located in Brooklyn NY
abuse@realitychecknetwork.com there is their email addy
Ann Otoole
Oct 7th, 2009
Atlantic Towers Holding Corp. sold 1237 Avenue Z, #6B on Jul 25, 2005. The property was bought by Moisey Uretsky for $227,000.
Hosting seedy porn and other questionable web sites seems to be a hobby for this guy. Only around 5 domains or so.
Perhaps a front for the russian mafia?
Should LL be concerned now?
Is "What Me Worry?" the label under LL's top dog's picture?
Oriana Kuhr
Oct 6th, 2009
Not only did I find it odd that things of MINE would be on there, but apparently this person (or persons) has been collecting info for a long while. The photo of my doll key that is on this web site is from signs i used back in the beginning of the year, and those signs are 4 sign style designs ago. It is unbelievable that people would take the time to steal PHOTOS to make an entire website to steal content.
At the same time though, I would not feel sorry for anyone that actually used the site, since about 98% of online SL shoppers only use Xstreet and should know better.
Emilly Orr
Oct 6th, 2009
I don't have nearly the readership SCD has, but I put up my own missive here:
http://razorblade-cookies.blogspot.com/2009/10/as...
Word needs to get out; hopefully, they'll be shut down soon.
Hyb
Oct 6th, 2009
Actually if this is a credit card scam the ppl to contact is the FBI, this is what they do.
Oriana Kuhr
Oct 6th, 2009
Ok, i guess my comment got deleted
I was not happy to see my work on this site, nor any of my friend's. And I hope this punk goes down hard and fast!
Ghanima Uriza
Oct 6th, 2009
I feel really bad for the peolpe who got scammed just for liking our products. I hope the one(s) behind this get what they have coming
DuskyJewell
Oct 7th, 2009
Geezus frickin' Krist…if it isn't one thing…IT'S SOMETHING ELSE.
scd
Oct 7th, 2009
You guys are lucky you're hearing about this now and not later.
eku
Oct 7th, 2009
Hostname:69.55.54.154
ISP:Reality Check Network Corp.
Organization:Reality Check Network Corp.
Proxy:None detected
Type:Corporate.metro
Reality Check Network Corp
1213 Avenue Z Apt D38
Brooklyn, NY 11235
Phone (866) 726-4678
Reality Check Network Corp Business Information
Reality Check Network Corp is a private company categorized under Computer Graphics Service and located in Brooklyn, NY. Our records show it was established in 2004 and incorporated in New York. Current estimates show this company has an annual revenue of $280,000 and employs a staff of approximately 5
http://www.realitychecknetwork.nl/about.html
DeloraStarbrook
Oct 7th, 2009
I have contacted reality check network with a DMCA takedown notice already on the artwork of mine virtualget is using without consent. I will be contacting the FBI if nothing is done. Yay go me. >.<
es0 torok
Oct 7th, 2009
You can contact realitychecknetwork via abuse@realitychecknetwork.com.
Send them email explaining the abuse. They are the network providers for the "bad guys", and should take action.
To take additional legal/law enforcement action you will most likely need a victim.
Lisbeth
Oct 7th, 2009
How does "theft of intellectual property" go down as me being a victim?
Shamrawk
Oct 7th, 2009
OH MY GOD!!!!! they have a gesture i made on there. ok i know gestures arent up there on the content creation but wow.. that is just freaking not good at all.
es0 torok
Oct 7th, 2009
I just read this in their "Shipping Policies" and _had_ to share it:
"
In the event that your items are not received within 24 hours of order confirmation (NOT from order placement), you may contact support and ask for the status of the 'delivery'. Some items are not sold directly by us and require that we first obtain them or confirm that they can be delivered by the third party."
Cajsa
Oct 7th, 2009
Thanks for posting this – I hope everyone gets the word out quickly as identity theft is no joke. A colleague of mine was actually arrested and detained a few days because a thief who had been caught had stolen her identity and gave her name and a fake id, etc to the police when arrested. When the thief did not show up for the court date, my colleague was arrested and sent to Seattle. It took a few days for her to prove she was not the thief. This was in addition to the more standard credit card and financial damage she went through from the id theft.
Anyone who thinks it's okay to risk a few people getting swept up into this sort of fraud so folks have time to complete their paperwork simply has their priorities out of whack.
joe herts
Oct 7th, 2009
Just wanted to share this with everyone.
I signed up for virtualget.net in hopes that i would receive what i wanted…instead i was waiting for it so i decided to cancel, i emailed sales@virtualget.net and asked for a full refund.
I received all my money back…
They didnt nothing wrong to me and i have my money
Just ask them for a refund if you have signed up
scd
Oct 7th, 2009
"Joe Herts"? WHAT? Get a real name, jackass. Don't bait people.
joe herts
Oct 7th, 2009
excuse me? i was just sharing my experience
scd
Oct 7th, 2009
You're leaving a faux name, there's no "Joe Herts" in Second Life. At least leave your SL name – since you aren't doing that, I'm going to call your comment out as crap.
Also, what Ryker said.
Lei
Oct 7th, 2009
this posted this on their site:
Registrations have been temporarily suspended due to members signing up during our development phase.
The products on this site have been loaded for visualization purposes only. Please contact support@virtualget.net for more information.
To all product developers and creators: we apologize for using your content on this site. Rest assured, we have not sold ANY of your products.
We appreciate the traffic, but please wait until the site is launched before making press releases.
- The Administrators of VirtualGet
Lisbeth
Oct 7th, 2009
"To all product developers and creators: we apologize for using your content on this site. Rest assured, we have not sold ANY of your products."
That cover-you-ass attitude is not going to fly. My advertising art is as much my intellectual property as the product myself. Every xstreet merchant ought to be talking to their lawyer.
~H~
Oct 7th, 2009
This is now posted in bold red on that page:
"Registrations have been temporarily suspended due to members signing up during our development phase.
The products on this site have been loaded for visualization purposes only. Please contact support@virtualget.net for more information.
To all product developers and creators: we apologize for using your content on this site. Rest assured, we have not sold ANY of your products.
We appreciate the traffic, but please wait until the site is launched before making press releases.
- The Administrators of VirtualGet "
Ryker Beck
Oct 7th, 2009
Credit card transactions (which is what this would've been) take between 5 and 7 business days, typically, to refund. So unless you did this over a week ago – I call BS. And if you're not lying, how about prove it – could you show us your credit card statement where the charge/refund was made? That should be a relatively easy thing to do if you're telling the truth. And it would let us all know who to look out for on our credit card statements.
Shelly Oanomochi
Oct 7th, 2009
It's so disgusting that some people just want to steal your Credit Card information. Hope that site gets taken down soon.
pooh
Oct 7th, 2009
Swat that fly fast!
3blahs1whatever
Oct 7th, 2009
"Registrations have been temporarily suspended due to members signing up during our development phase.
The products on this site have been loaded for visualization purposes only. Please contact support@virtualget.net (update: the mx server was not even setup for emails, we appologize, it now works) for more information or to have products removed.
To all product developers and creators: we apologize for using your content on this site, it was added via a crawler to populate the site. Rest assured, we have not sold ANY of your products.
We appreciate the traffic, but please wait until the site is launched before making press releases.
- The Administrators of VirtualGet"
An Artist
Oct 7th, 2009
This now on their site.. Just FYI..
Registrations have been temporarily suspended due to members signing up during our development phase.
The products on this site have been loaded for visualization purposes only. Please contact support@virtualget.net (update: the mx server was not even setup for emails, we appologize, it now works) for more information or to have products removed.
To all product developers and creators: we apologize for using your content on this site, it was added via a crawler to populate the site. Rest assured, we have not sold ANY of your products.
We appreciate the traffic, but please wait until the site is launched before making press releases.
- The Administrators of VirtualGet
Nykti Harcourt
Oct 7th, 2009
What? It doesn't matter if they refunded you or not. I have gotten at least 5 notes from various sub-o groups and real groups in game in the last 12 hours, ALL OF THEM stating that they found their stuff on this website and THEY DID NOT AUTHORIZE IT.
They are not actually selling these items at all. They just put them up so people will think they are buying them, when they really are not. Not to mention it is already HIGHLY unethical to put up items for sale when the person who owns the items did not give the okay to. That is on the verge, if not entirely, already content theft.
Shamrawk
Oct 7th, 2009
look at the message you get when you try to access the site now..
The site is currently down for maintenance. Please excuse the dust, and try back later.
Registrations have been temporarily suspended due to members signing up during our development phase. Update: We have taken the store completely offline until we get things straigthened out. There is alot of misinformation about fraud which we would liek to address. We had 0 traffic on this site as it was for demonstration purposes only to show a client what the commerce script was capable of. Nowhere on the site were users able to put in billing information. There were 5 accounts created other than the development and system accounts and they were all created today. They have also been removed.
The products on this site have been loaded for visualization purposes only. Please contact support@virtualget.net (update: the mx server was not even setup for emails, we appologize, it now works) for more information.
To all product developers and creators: we apologize for using your content on this site, it was added via a crawler to populate the site. Rest assured, we have not sold ANY of your products and do not intend to display them without your permission, it was an automated mistake.
Any complaints sent to the host of the site and the registrar have been dealt with and we apologize to anybody who came across the site during its development phase.
- The Administrators of VirtualGet
cheeba
Oct 7th, 2009
Looks like it was swatted! Did anybody actually sign up to the site??
Hev
Oct 7th, 2009
This is what I saw posted on there last night, but looks like my comment was eaten:
Registrations have been temporarily suspended due to members signing up during our development phase.
The products on this site have been loaded for visualization purposes only. Please contact support@virtualget.net for more information.
To all product developers and creators: we apologize for using your content on this site. Rest assured, we have not sold ANY of your products.
We appreciate the traffic, but please wait until the site is launched before making press releases.
- The Administrators of VirtualGet
Business-in-your-box
Oct 7th, 2009
MUTHFUCKAS
Heidi Halberstadt
Oct 7th, 2009
Um, zero traffic on the site, yet Joe Herts got his money back. Huh?
Business-in-your-box
Oct 7th, 2009
SCAM SCAM SCAM, they just shut the site temporarily because they got called out.
scd
Oct 7th, 2009
I received an email this morning basically saying that the site was a live tester, was not meant to be seen by the public yet (???) or something like that, and the MX Server was not set up for memberships yet – but it was. They didn't leave a name of any sort for a signature. They did not bother to explain why they went ahead and lifted information from XStreet for their site, instead of making template/faux images like most normal development companies do.
I still call bullshit on this.
Shamrawk
Oct 7th, 2009
Yep i received the same message. I don't believe the email or the main page explanation of their actions for one second
Business-in-your-box
Oct 7th, 2009
okay, judging by their name and logo, their obvious intent is to sell Second Life stuff, using Xstreet's template and images confirms this… Question is… why would anyone want to use this service instead of going to XstreetSL???
Quinn
Oct 7th, 2009
I’d never heard of this site til this post, which is warning sign 1. That you have to use a credit card is warning sign 2. If anyone gets phished off this site, they’re probably the same kind of people who respond to emails from their “bank” asking them to send in their social security numbers or are more than eager to help a struggling Nigerian prince with his long-lost fortunes. Fiscal Darwinism at work.
Ghanima Uriza
Oct 7th, 2009
funny how they try to cover their butt now… I saw my products there, they had taken my artwork posters and even copied my SLX description… SCAM SCAM SCAM.
The funniest part was: "we have not sold ANY of your products and do not intend to display them without your permission, it was an automated mistake".
mind that, they had ALREADYused our artwork for display. If it's a scam, they got called out.. and if it was really a test… wtg morons… now no one will ever want to buy anything from. Ha HA! Content creators spend long hours working on the stuff they proudly sell, and even a chimp would know that it only takes the content creator about 2 extra minutes of their life to add the artwork in the disc toghether with the content before dropping it at the place we register the intellectual property of our products.
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