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BoostedBB6 08-15-2013 05:46 PM

**SCAM** www.sponsoredwhips.com Don't Be Fooled
 
So after seeing this on Facebook a few times, I figured I would check it out. After all, who does not want deals on car parts or free stuff?

So I go to there website (www.sponsoredwhips.com) and fill out the form. Standard stuff, name, address, email, phone #, ect.

In the info below the form they state they will contact you within a few days to offer you whatever deals they can.

I received 3 calls, all from Denver, DE (1-302-747-6978). Now, seeing as I do not know the number nor anyone who lives there I let it go to voicemail. No voicemail is left.

Upon the 3rd call, they send me a txt that reads.

"We will report you lied"

This is where I got interested. I Googled there phone number and found out this is there tactic to somehow get people to send them money orders. They say they require them to give the sponsorship package or something.

Needless to say, they continued to send harrassing txt's to my phone and now I am informing all the good people on this forum of my experiance.

Please, check out there facebook page.(https://www.facebook.com/sponsoredwhips) and spam them. They are scamming many people and it needs to stop.

Spread this around on your FB, Twitter, and all of your friends.

El Bastardo 08-15-2013 05:55 PM

Cat facts, anyone?

BoostedBB6 08-15-2013 05:57 PM

Cat facts??? Now sure what you mean kind sir.

smarv 08-15-2013 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by El Bastardo (Post 8301638)
Cat facts, anyone?

Whats cat facts? :badpokerface:

BoostedBB6 08-15-2013 06:02 PM

Facebook page dedicated to the scamming.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Spons...61317923958332

Asked about them on a forum. Informed they are a scam.
SponsoredWhips.com - ever heard of them? - Topix

36 reports of them on ripoffreport.com
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More scam report websites.
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BBB Rating an F
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If you google them, it is almost all to do with getting scammed.

Harvey Specter 08-15-2013 06:10 PM

Their website screams scam site.

El Bastardo 08-15-2013 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BoostedBB6 (Post 8301641)
Cat facts??? Now sure what you mean kind sir.

Masterful "Cat Facts" Texting Prank

BoostedBB6 08-15-2013 06:19 PM

hahahaha, thats funny stuff!

i-VTEC 08-15-2013 07:04 PM

The domain name is already a Red Flag

westopher 08-16-2013 12:38 AM

Every car on that site is uglier than an elephants dick covered in third degree burns. What the fuck.

BoostedBB6 08-16-2013 12:51 AM

They often offer wheel and tire packages, which is what I was most interested in with them. But turns out they just want the $199.99 in a money order and leave me high and dry like the rest of the people who have fallen for it.

Gridlock 08-16-2013 09:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BoostedBB6 (Post 8301886)
They often offer wheel and tire packages, which is what I was most interested in with them. But turns out they just want the $199.99 in a money order and leave me high and dry like the rest of the people who have fallen for it.

Sorry...but, you think that there is a chance that a company would, over the internet, just send you free expensive shit in the mail because you say that you have a car that you show/drive that will give enough exposure to pay for the said free shit?

This is why Nigerians have nice things.

Gridlock 08-16-2013 09:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by El Bastardo (Post 8301638)
Cat facts, anyone?

Well some of us got it dude.

BoostedBB6 08-16-2013 10:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gridlock (Post 8302038)
Sorry...but, you think that there is a chance that a company would, over the internet, just send you free expensive shit in the mail because you say that you have a car that you show/drive that will give enough exposure to pay for the said free shit?

This is why Nigerians have nice things.

It does happen. I have been 100% sponsored for a lot of parts in the past so it was worth the try.

Just throwing the info out there for other people to see so they dont waste there time.

Gridlock 08-16-2013 11:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BoostedBB6 (Post 8302071)
It does happen. I have been 100% sponsored for a lot of parts in the past so it was worth the try.

Just throwing the info out there for other people to see so they dont waste there time.

Absolutely...but then shouldn't you know how it works?

BoostedBB6 08-16-2013 11:39 AM

This is how it works. You apply to the company, give them the run down of the car, events you intend to be part of ect and they approve or deny.

This company is doing the same thing as I have seen and dealt with before. The difference is they request $200 in a money order to get started with them and then provide nothing.
A 100% sponsorship is rare, often time you just get good deals that the average joe would not get. I was hoping for something more like that.
I have no issue with rocking a decal or whatever for a huge discount in quality parts.
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N8 08-16-2013 01:08 PM

lol I love how they have a video of an actual street race on their site ... fast n furious yo

icemiko 08-19-2013 10:58 AM

If you click on their "Client Image Gallery" on their website, there's a picture of a Mazda infront of Science World, anyone's car here? LOL


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