shil
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What is known about a website calling itself "midwayusalite.com? They even display a MidwayUSA logo. I say bogus.
Scam Site?
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venomballistics
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What we collectively need to learn and understand is the care and feeding of domain tools. "whois" data in particular can tell us much of what we need to know.
Site age, location, registered owner ... it's all there in a big ole interweb filing cabinet for your smoking pleasure.
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215 days old, much of its info is "DATA REDACTED"
Meanwhile the real midway site is 17 years old and registered with godaddy
Meanwhile the real midway site is 17 years old and registered with godaddy
When the site comes up it has the"Midway USA" logo in the upper left corner.
Is this a spinoff from the real Midway USA?
Is this a spinoff from the real Midway USA?
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Not a chance this is legitimate. Will report it to the real Midway USA and see if they want to take legal action. Avoid!
It's this easy to post the Midway logo...
I did some online research and am also sure it's a scam.
Why would Midway start another site and offer lower prices? It's common for crooks to copy items and logos from existing legitimate sites. If you do a google search for the physical address on their website ( 6900 S MAIN LOS ANGELES CA USA ), you'll find it doesn't exist. How often do include "USA" in your address?
You'll also find the area code of their phone number (858) is NOT Los Angeles.
I did some online research and am also sure it's a scam.
Why would Midway start another site and offer lower prices? It's common for crooks to copy items and logos from existing legitimate sites. If you do a google search for the physical address on their website ( 6900 S MAIN LOS ANGELES CA USA ), you'll find it doesn't exist. How often do include "USA" in your address?
You'll also find the area code of their phone number (858) is NOT Los Angeles.
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venomballistics
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read what I posted.
There is no chance it is legitimate.
Server locations are not the same.
Registrars not only differ, but are very suspiciously hidden.
Owner data is redacted
The midway logo means nothing here. Its just a picture, just like our emoticons. It can be used anywhere on any site by anyone
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I did not go far into the scam site but dollars for donuts they only accept Venmo, Zelle, cryptocurrency and large bags of unmarked used cash without dye packs. 
I did not go far into the scam site but dollars for donuts they only accept Venmo, Zelle, cryptocurrency and large bags of unmarked used cash without dye packs.
That is all anyone needs to know. They take payment you can not get back. When they don't take credit cards beware!
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It certainly looks sketchy to me! Makes no sense for MidwayUSA do do something like that anyway.
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Just to clarify, I did 'not' go into the scam site to look this up, but in playing around they require a $200 minimum order. Guess the profit margin on cheating people has gone up.
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I did not go far into the scam site but dollars for donuts they only accept Venmo, Zelle, cryptocurrency and large bags of unmarked used cash without dye packs.
I tried to verify that but every time I hit "checkout" I get a "404 page not found". I guess they are still working on it.
All the primers you want at $75/m and $50 flat shipping with no mention of a Hazmat. $200 minimum order.
Scam.
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Remember boys and girls, if it sounds too good to be true it usually is.
I hate scammers!!!
I also sent Midway an email alerting them to get Legal on it...
I hate scammers!!!
I also sent Midway an email alerting them to get Legal on it...
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