timj Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 Got a phone call from this guy in hong kong... He asked me about a omega I allegedly bought from a store there, asked me if I could send him the store name I bought it from... Only problem is, I never bought an omega from a store in china. He sent me this email: -"Hi, tim: My name is Jean,One of My friend told me your phone#,he works for a logistic company and doing the package inspection.He know you bought a wonderful OMEGA watch from an online store. My wife's birday is coming on next month.She really want to has an OMEGA but I can not afford it. I heard someone said we can buy the cheap watch from some online store. But I do not know which one is worth trust.I just want to give my wife a surprise. So hopefully I can have that website form you. Best Regard! Jean" What is going on here? In don't like this at all. Anyone else heard of this?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmeister Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 Nothing to say other than ignore it. That is bizarre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zeleni kukuruz Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 Quick pull down the curtains!!! Lock the doors, get the gun ready, light a cig, poor yourself a huge whiskey, seat down (face facing the door) draw a huge puff on the cig, say to yourself "im ready mtf, bring it on" No jokes aside, wtf!!! Thats [censored] crazy, maybe a friend is pulling both of your legs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piskopow Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 scary stuff... have you given you phone# to someone in hk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_rymeister Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 You don't think it's someone trying to track down a rep watch factory? Like undercover ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txcollector Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 this is called spam. Just ignore it. Spammers these days can get your name, email and phone from a number of sources (worst of all places like Facebook which sells this stuff). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilFree Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 Have you bought an Omega? I know you said you didn't buy one from China, but did you recently make a purchase? Have you signed up with any forums and include your phone number? There are several possibilities here, but you may never find an answer to how this happened. Did you get an Email or phone call? You say you got a call, but than you say this person Emailed you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 I'm guessing this is a lurker. Judging from his poor English there is probably a number of explanations, including the fact that he doesn't realise that our watches are replica's. Of course the scary part is that he has been able to get your phone number, it seems he does have a contact here and you will need to think of who you have given your number too. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timj Posted January 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 Hi, I live in Norway, and bought my omega from a guy living in Norway... We emailed.... Only watch forum im a member of is this one, I don't give my phone nber away... It's not in facebook.... So this is a bit weird.... I'm opting for the whiskey and sig solution...:-) Weird stuff.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormTooper4 Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 Thats really weird , Did you actually speak to him ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woof* Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 Hi, I live in Norway, and bought my omega from a guy living in Norway... We emailed.... Only watch forum im a member of is this one, I don't give my phone nber away... It's not in facebook.... So this is a bit weird.... I'm opting for the whiskey and sig solution...:-) Weird stuff.... What cal. you goin with? You can't go wrong with .45! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timj Posted January 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 Yeah, I spoke with him... Weird guy... Woof, 45 is the right way I believe:-)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooky driver Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 this is just crazy :bangin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timj Posted January 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Latest mail from the guy "I look for that website for a long time. Can you tell me please? I am not intent to do something special that will affect you. I just want to bulid up a business like that.So could you do me a favor to sand me that link please? --- On Mon, 1/9/12, Tim Jørstad wrote: From: Tim Jørstad Subject: Re: hi,tim Date: Monday, January 9, 2012, 6:20 PM Www.Omega.com If you want an omega watch. I bought mine used here in Norway. Don't know of any websites other than the official omega website. Med vennlig hilsen Tim Jørstad Den 9. jan. 2012 kl. 19:12 skrev JingNing Xu : Hi, tim: Can you send me that website" So now he is starting a shop.... [censored]..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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timj Posted January 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 And now this: -"But yours come from China. It is impossible from that one. I don't intent to see what you got. I am not able to see what you had. I don't intend to innvasion your privacy.I just want to bulid up a website/business like that so just want to see what is that website like. Please do me this favor. I was living in California and back to here for business. Maybe we can be friends if you got a chance to visit China. Please do me this favor. I guarantee it won't affect you anything. --- On Mon, 1/9/12, Tim Jørstad wrote: From: Tim Jørstad Subject: Re: hi,tim To: "JingNing Xu" Date: Monday, January 9, 2012, 6:32 PM Like I said, www.omega.com Med vennlig hilsen Tim Jørstad" What's up with this guy..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basketbob951 Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Really weird... HOW did he get your phone? HOW did he know you bought an omega ? HOW would by hell he know that you re a member of a rep forum? It's really a strange story. Change your passwords, delete your cookies, clean your cache and history etc first Remove RWG from your favorites for a short time Then ask for explanations ... True ones... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txcollector Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 so first he wanted a website to get a watch for his wife. Now he wants to build a business. I'd put this guy in my ignore list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrgod Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Weird stuff.. Tim: You might want to remove your full name from the emails you have posted in this tread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilFree Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Post his full Email header so you can run a check on his IP. You can find out where he is from at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 First rule is NEVER RESPOND to stuff like this. The broken English is immediately suspect. Second rule is scan the hell out of your computer for Malware/Virus, etc. Third rule get a Google Voice number, or other 'burner' type of phone number to use with online sales, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timj Posted January 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Ok, I will just delete everything from this guy and not respond him anymore... He probably got my nr from either puretime or trusty... Don't know, but If the security on those sites are that bad, I don't think I ever will buy from them again... No one else here has my phone number, and only three people have my mail adress....I have an iMac, so don't know if it can get a virus, pluss I mostly use my iPad or iPhone when on this forum... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilFree Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Any computer can be infected with a virus. It doesn't matter if you have a MAC, PC, Linux, or Unix. It's more than likely and quite possible that any dealer has has a break-in and are not aware. However, if this was the case I would expect to see more posts like this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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