Heads Up! Scam Ads For St. Croix Rods.

[bigjim5589]

This is just a heads up, a friend of mine posted on another site, that there's a fake St Croix rods ad site.

There was a post here on UB about a sale by St Croix, that was real, but this one is not!

My friend posted about a spinning rod, the Avid Series Inshore rods, that is normally $260, and it was shown on sale for $78.

This was apparently an ad that popped up on social media, so just because it may be on a social media site, doesn't mean it's real.

The site URL and page looked like the real site, but there was a tiny dot character under part of the URL, under the r in rod, hardly noticeable, so that changed the whole URL.

So, be very careful as these scam ads can show up for any type of tackle, and many other products.

As has been said before, if it appears to be too good to be true, it probably is!

[Princeton_Man]

Thanks for posting this Jim.

Deals that are too good to be true usually aren't. Phrases like "won't last long", "limited inventory", "selling fast", and "act quickly", can be good clues. Most of those scams are from overseas. I hate thieves, dishonest people in general.

[ike8120]

Thanks for the heads up

[Smallie_Stalker]

Thanks for the warning Jim. No shortage of dirtbag scammers out there these days.

Subtle changes to the URL like that or shortened URLs are a definite clue to NOT click the link.

And as Jim (P_M) pointed out a sense of urgency to hurry up and do it are a staple tactic of these types of scams.


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[Bigbass201]

There seems to be counterfeit almost everywhere now.  Amazon is horrible for that!  They have so many products using legit companies' names and they are fakes.  They arrive and it's clear it's junk.