Don't be scammed by "SGI Systems Inc."
Douglas V. Mashek
There appears to be a new scam in this marketplace called "SGI Systems"
or currently http://www.sgisystems.com.
They claim to be based in Moscow, and claim to have a US office in
Livingston MT at:
SGI Systems Inc.
4553, 2nd Street
Livingston,MONTANA
USA
Phone: 1-800-461-9841
Because they looked suspicious, I checked with the Livingston Chamber of
Commerce(406-222-0850), and they had no "SGI Systems" registered. They
also said that 2nd street doesn't go past the 500's, and is always
"North 2nd Street" or "South 2nd Street". The phone company did not
have a phone number for them. They will not provide any serial numbers,
or personal information like "Who is on the other end of
sa...@sgisystems.com?"
There are many other suspicious things about their site including
Indigo2 R4400s over $1000 more than the R10K Indigo2s. Everything is
supposedly "fully new". They do e-commerce through ccnow.com, and I
would suspect that all of their money gets wired to their Moscow
account.
This is another one like "Radial Technologies", and "Americom Company".
You have been warned.
Doug
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16329 Kenyon St. NE phone: 612-434-4998
Ham Lake, MN 55304 fax: 612-434-5512
Eric H.
that second one..especially when north or south are the only options...I'll
post their reply when I get it.
My email:
*****
Who can I ask for when I stop by your office tomorrow? BTW, are you on East
or West 2nd St.? Thanx and L8a
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The Chronic
>Because they looked suspicious, I checked with the Livingston Chamber of
>Commerce(406-222-0850), and they had no "SGI Systems" registered. They
>also said that 2nd street doesn't go past the 500's, and is always
>"North 2nd Street" or "South 2nd Street". The phone company did not
>have a phone number for them. They will not provide any serial numbers,
>or personal information like "Who is on the other end of
>sa...@sgisystems.com?"
>
>This is another one like "Radial Technologies", and "Americom Company".
>You have been warned.
Has anyone used the network solutions whois look up to see who registered
the domain.. might find something usefull??
All the best
Patrick Wilson
Interactive Designer
Michael Ross
More interesting thought is... I'm very very surprised that SGI
*didn't* register the damn thing.... might be worth flagging this one
to SGI and seeing if they call it URL squatting...
Mike
Rangers Catering Corps - 'We boil for the One, we fry for the One'
http://www.corestore.org
Terry Tracy
TT
>
> More interesting thought is... I'm very very surprised that SGI
> *didn't* register the damn thing.... might be worth flagging this one
> to SGI and seeing if they call it URL squatting...
>
> Mike
>
> Rangers Catering Corps - 'We boil for the One, we fry for the One'
> http://www.corestore.org
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Terry Tracy
Innovation Center Lab Manager
650-933-8402
ter...@engr.sgi.com
"The computer can't tell you the emotional story. It can give you the
exact mathematical design, but what's missing is the eyebrows."
F. Zappa
allen@doobie
"The Chronic" <chr...@prophets.org.uk> writes:
>>Because they looked suspicious, I checked with the Livingston Chamber of
>>Commerce(406-222-0850), and they had no "SGI Systems" registered. They
>
> the domain.. might find something usefull??
Bogus info:
>Registrant:
>Alex Foresman (SGISYSTEMS-DOM)
>234 Chestdrive str.
>Edmonds, WA 98020
>US
>
>Domain Name: SGISYSTEMS.COM
>
>Administrative Contact, Billing Contact:
>Foresman, Alex (AFU193) fel...@FNWORLD.COM
>Alex Foresman
>234 Chestdrive str.
>Edmonds , WA 98020
>9034342233
No such street in Edmonds. 903 is a Texas area code. fnworld.com is
in Buffalo, NY.
>> sgisystems.com
>Server: NS1.DNS-HOST.COM
>Address: 209.235.102.13
>
>sgisystems.com preference = 10, mail exchanger = mail.dns-host.com
>sgisystems.com internet address = 209.235.102.9
>...
>% nslookup 209.235.102.9
>...
>Name: www-virt-atl.dns-host.com
>Address: 209.235.102.9
Looks like a scam, start to finish.
~Steve
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http://www.eskimo.com/~wormey/
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It just happens to be selective about who it makes friends with.
Dino
Registrant:
Alex Foresman (SGISYSTEMS-DOM)
234 Chestdrive str.
Edmonds, WA 98020
US
Domain Name: SGISYSTEMS.COM
Administrative Contact, Billing Contact:
Foresman, Alex (AFU193) fel...@FNWORLD.COM
Alex Foresman
234 Chestdrive str.
Edmonds , WA 98020
9034342233
Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
Hostmaster, Icom DNS (TG560) hostm...@ICOM.COM
Internet Communications
7787 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90046
323-436-0247 (FAX) 323-436-0248
Record last updated on 05-Sep-2000.
Record expires on 05-Sep-2002.
Record created on 05-Sep-2000.
Database last updated on 24-Sep-2000 23:37:48 EDT.
"Eric H." wrote:
> Let's watch them answer my email...it follows. I love asking questions like
> that second one..especially when north or south are the only options...I'll
> post their reply when I get it.
>
> My email:
> *****
> Who can I ask for when I stop by your office tomorrow? BTW, are you on East
> or West 2nd St.? Thanx and L8a
> *****
>
> "Douglas V. Mashek" wrote:
> >
> > Howdy,
> >
> > There appears to be a new scam in this marketplace called "SGI Systems"
> > or currently http://www.sgisystems.com.
> > They claim to be based in Moscow, and claim to have a US office in
> > Livingston MT at:
> >
> > SGI Systems Inc.
> > 4553, 2nd Street
> > Livingston,MONTANA
> > USA
> > Phone: 1-800-461-9841
> >
> > Because they looked suspicious, I checked with the Livingston Chamber of
> > Commerce(406-222-0850), and they had no "SGI Systems" registered. They
> > also said that 2nd street doesn't go past the 500's, and is always
> > "North 2nd Street" or "South 2nd Street". The phone company did not
> > have a phone number for them. They will not provide any serial numbers,
> > or personal information like "Who is on the other end of
> > sa...@sgisystems.com?"
> > There are many other suspicious things about their site including
> > Indigo2 R4400s over $1000 more than the R10K Indigo2s. Everything is
> > supposedly "fully new". They do e-commerce through ccnow.com, and I
> > would suspect that all of their money gets wired to their Moscow
> > account.
> >
> > This is another one like "Radial Technologies", and "Americom Company".
> > You have been warned.
> >
orang...@my-deja.com
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4551203
54
Location: Minnesota
sgisystems must have more locations than a barn dog has fleas.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
Douglas V. Mashek
Do you happen to have a copy of the page. It is gone now.
Thanks,
Doug
orang...@my-deja.com wrote:
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Ryan Curtis
news:39D9C22E...@mashek.com...
> Howdy,
>
> Do you happen to have a copy of the page. It is gone now.
>
> Thanks,
> Doug
>
> orang...@my-deja.com wrote:
>
> > The Saga Continues.
> >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4551203
> > 54
> >
Actually, the page is still available, but the URL has been split. Just
make sure that the item number is 455120354.
--
Ryan Curtis
rcu...@kistleraero.com
Eric H.
I just emailed Safe Harbor @ ebay and informed them of their sudden change
of address that is amazingly coincidental to me asking how I arrive at their
bogus address in VT or where ever it was 2 weeks ago. I wonder if their
1-800 number works..:)
Ryan Curtis wrote:
\>
> Actually, the page is still available, but the URL has been split. Just
> make sure that the item number is 455120354.
>
> --
> Ryan Curtis
> rcu...@kistleraero.com
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Ray Tredoux (backup news server)
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SGI Systems Inc., 53 S 10th Street, Livingston,MONTANA, USA
Phone: 1-800-461-9841
same phone no, I wonder if there is any such address now ( or will it
turn out to be a deli / chinese laundry.... )
eBay still has the Origin200 listed ( Item #455120354 ) with the
location MN , so far no poor sucker seems to have bid for it.
the saga continues.
ray
On Wed, 04 Oct 2000 04:46:06 GMT, "Eric H."
<bur...@heathers.stdio.com> wrote:
>I don't think they'll be using Ebay as a place to run their scams any more.
>I just emailed Safe Harbor @ ebay and informed them of their sudden change
>of address that is amazingly coincidental to me asking how I arrive at their
>bogus address in VT or where ever it was 2 weeks ago. I wonder if their
>1-800 number works..:)
>
>
>
>Ryan Curtis wrote:
>\>
>> Actually, the page is still available, but the URL has been split. Just
>> make sure that the item number is 455120354.
>>
>> --
>> Ryan Curtis
>> rcu...@kistleraero.com
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Eric H.
something to the effect of "once I get off Interstate 23, what roads do I
need to take to get to your location?"
I simply asked for directions(no reference at that time to I-23) yesterday
and was given(quoting)
***
"hi,
I'm sorry, I do not understand you.... on taxi for example."
***
ON TAXI FOR EXAMPLE??? WTF does that mean? I can't wait till they tell me
what I'm supposed to do once I get off I-23...gonna be a hoot. Of course,
ebay has already discontinued the use of their account so they're gonna love
paying the bill for that $4000 bid they started off with...:)
So does anyone know if SGI has started looking to shut them down for
cybersquatting or trademark infringement? Merely having the "SGI" in their
name and selling the same computers is enough to warrant this. I remember a
place called "IDHEA Seminars" that had to remove the "H" because they were
giving "DHE" training which was trademarked by a Richard Bandler(a cool
fellow, you might check him out). So it's something for them to think about.
"Ray Tredoux (backup news server)" wrote:
>
> today (4 oct) I checked their website..... a completely new address,:
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> SGI Systems Inc., 53 S 10th Street, Livingston,MONTANA, USA
>
> Phone: 1-800-461-9841
>
> same phone no, I wonder if there is any such address now ( or will it
> turn out to be a deli / chinese laundry.... )
>
> eBay still has the Origin200 listed ( Item #455120354 ) with the
> location MN , so far no poor sucker seems to have bid for it.
>
> the saga continues.
>
> ray
>
> On Wed, 04 Oct 2000 04:46:06 GMT, "Eric H."
> <bur...@heathers.stdio.com> wrote:
>
> >I don't think they'll be using Ebay as a place to run their scams any more.
> >I just emailed Safe Harbor @ ebay and informed them of their sudden change
> >of address that is amazingly coincidental to me asking how I arrive at their
> >bogus address in VT or where ever it was 2 weeks ago. I wonder if their
> >1-800 number works..:)
> >
> >
> >
> >Ryan Curtis wrote:
> >\>
> >> Actually, the page is still available, but the URL has been split. Just
> >> make sure that the item number is 455120354.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Ryan Curtis
> >> rcu...@kistleraero.com
>
> -- spam prevention attempt --remove nospam in address to reply.
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They moved *sic* to 10th Street Now
"Douglas V. Mashek" <do...@mashek.com> wrote in message
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Eric H.
from Vermont to Minnesota and then to Montana and then they move 8 streets
over and a lot closer to town...heh. I'm surprised they have the resources
to scam people out of their money with all that moving...:)
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