Firstcamshop.com firstcamshop.net Photography Videography equipment shop scam Internet
This is a group of crooks acting as a company that has been on the internet under different guises for many months now.
Eventually it gets taken down (after months), but not before ripping many people off for 1000s of dollars / euros / pounds sterling.
They pupport to be a genuine company selling camera equipment, video equipment, lenses etc.
The website looks extremely professional, very attractive. The put phone numbers, addresses, company registration numbers... everything to make them look authentic. This is how they lure their victims.
They spend a great deal of money using Google adwords to prominently place their 'not to be missed' fantastic 'too good to be true' offer. The ad appears everywhere, on many of the photographic websites where people are looking for the lowest prices on cameras and video equipment.
The deal is, in fact, far too good to be true. The typical prices are below wholesale, often as much as 30% below (although not too low as to arouse suspicion).
It pretends to allow you to pay by credit card, but adds a large percentage (17.5%) onto your price if you attempt it (I am not sure if it would allow you to actually pay by credit card - they're counting on the fact you won't -). The only other alternative is to pay by bank transfer.
Obviously, when you pay by bank transfer, the money is gone. You will never see your money, or your goods.
They've conned thousands.
Previously they have been:
justcanon.net
justnikon.net
justcanons.net
justcamcorders.net
justcamerashop.net
shootmarket.com
shootphotomarket.com
shootonlinemarket.com
shoot-store.com