UK Stamp Purchasing

Don’t know if you ended up buying from them, but I went onto philatelink yesterday and they had this:

" "URGENT NOTICE TO ALL CUSTOMERS"

THERE IS A FRAUDULENT WEBSITE WWW.DISCOUNTEDSTAMPS.NET WHICH IS SELLING COUNTERFEIT STAMPS TO PEOPLE USING OUR TRUSTED BUSINESS NAME. IN FACT THEY APPEAR TO BE USING OUR BUSINESS IDENTITY SIMPLY TO TRICK PEOPLE INTO BUYING FAKE 1st & 2nd CLASS STAMPS.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU BUY STAMPS FROM THIS WEBSITE.

THESE STAMPS HAVE NO VALUE & WILL BE REJECTED BY THE ROYAL MAIL LEADING TO ALL OF YOUR MAIL BEING HELD OR SURCHARGED. THIS PRACTICE IS COMPLETELY ILLEGAL.

WORRYINGLY WE HAVE SEEN PAYMENTS APPEARING ON BANK STATEMENTS TELLING CUSTOMERS THAT CARD PAYMENT WAS TAKEN BY US “WWW.PHILATELINK.CO.UK - SELKIRKSHIRE”. THIS INFORMATION IS COMPLETELY FRAUDULENT AND HAS NO CONNECTION WITH OUR BUSINESS OR ACCOUNTS.

WE ONLY SELL 100% GENUINE STAMPS FROM THIS WEBSITE AND A PROPER INVOICE IS SUPPLIED WITH EVERY ORDER. CARD PAYMENTS ARE TAKEN THROUGH OUR PAYPAL PRO ACCOUNT.

WE HAVE NO CONNECTION WHATSOEVER TO THIS COMPANY AND THEREFORE HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR ANY FINANCIAL LOSS YOU MAY INCUR FROM BUYING OR USING THE FAKE STAMPS THAT THEY SELL.

WE HAVE REPORTED THIS MATTER TO POLICE SCOTLAND FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. WE WILL ALSO CONTACT THE ROYAL MAIL FRAUD DEPARTMENT IN SOUTHAMPTON TO ASSIST THEM IN ANY WAY WE CAN TO STOP THIS WEBSITE FROM TRADING.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION"

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@candyflosscurls
Thanks for this. I didn’t order (too cowardly) and I am very glad!
The link I posted is a .co.uk one, and the Philatelink concern is with .net but they are the same firm, from contact details etc. Not the same cloned website though.

I’ll be sticking with Royal Mail from now on.

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