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Contents 1 Scamming 1.1 Eurocard 1.2 WorldPay 1.3 For anyone reading the above

[edit] Scamming

After viewing the link Scam.com it is entirely possible that Worldpay is a scam and nothing more. I would like to suggest this article be rewritten and have it clearly state that is in fact a complete scam. I was nearly caught by the net of Worldpay myself. BKalesti 01:31, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

What about this: [1]? I've removed the {{hoax}} tag from the article as this article does not appear to be a hoax; WorldPay is a legitimate organization. ~ Danelo 15:22, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

A web search just now (using ask.com, not that its relevant what search engine I use) lead me to this BBC article on WorldPay. Further digging at BBC online leads to several mention of WorldPay being hit by DDoS attacks; the latest of which was dated around 2003. The Register reports of a 2004 attack, though. But no recent news.

I'd cautiously hypothesise that WorldPay is legitimate, is a product of the Royal Bank of Scotland, but in the past has been under attack by crackers; but no more. References to scrutinize WorldPay's security status would be useful here (ie. is it safe to use WorldPay today?). --Lemi4 04:55, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

To reply to BKalesti, of course any website could be a phishing page, but unless you've been personally scammed by WorldPay's website, I don't think it's proper for you to slander someone who in this case is an excellent corporate citizen. I myself was nervous about completing a transaction through them which is why I went out and researched third party references to this company (to which wikipedia is useless due to do a hackers ability to edit information on here as well, but I checked here none the less). After looking at other articles and through RBS itself, I could safely conclude it's perfectly legitimate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.185.24.86 (talk) 17:49, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

To the chap above and any other potential fool who deals with Worldpay. I contacted the Royal Bank of Scotland with several specific transaction attempts from WorldPay. The Royal Bank of Scotland absolutely disavows any relationship to WorldPay. This a complete and total scam. The way they operate is simple....a front man attempts to sell relatively valuable merchandise for about 30% of it's market value. They only accept Money Gram's, which as it turns out is much like sending cash. They refuse to accept bank to bank transfers. Imagine a company claiming to be associated with a major bank that refuses bank to bank transfers.

They promise that once the Money Gram is received and cashed, they'll send out the merchandise. Hold your breath waiting to recieve the stuff you've purchased. It's actually a pretty simple minded scheme and one wonders how they can continue to sucker people in, but then again...there is a sucker born every minute. If your dumb enough to fall for this.....then you deserve to lose your money. I suspect our friend above is one of the scammers. There is no way in hell he was able to verify legitimacy. Nuff said. Truth buster (talk) 14:06, 31 January 2008 (UTC)Truth BusterTruth buster (talk) 14:06, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Here's the response received from the Royal Bank of Scotland regarding WorldPay,

Thank you for your enquiry. The email approach you have received is consistent with a known auction website scam and it appears that you are the intended victim. We recommend that you cease all communication with the individuals concerned and urge you not to send any money or goods. We would like to thank you for taking the time to bring this matter to our attention.

Yours sincerely {Name removed by me}

Royal Bank of Scotland plc Truth buster (talk) 15:56, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Eurocard

The text says that Eurocard is accepted by Worldpay, with an internal link to Eurocard. This link goes to some bizarre hardware page and not the Eurocard credit care, unless I've completely misunderstood. I've removed the link. Kayman1uk 15:16, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WorldPay

I can not verify whether WorldPay is a SCAM organization or not. Their website claims affiliation with the Royal Bank of Scotland. If you go to Royal Bank of Scotland website and search for WorldPay. It doesn't seem to come up. There are also a few misspelled words on the Home page. Makes one wonder. Like the previous writer, I too was looking for a vehicle. I saw one that was too good to be true. It was listed at 30% of market value. I contacted the "person" who posted the ad. The respondent email came from "gmail.com". I made a similar contact using 2 additional emails to see what might occur. I received responses from all three queries. The text of the emails was absolutley identical. The "owner" claimed he was on a new job assignment in Scotland and was too busy to sell at market value. I received an email from Worldpay noting I was "approved" and they were awaiting receipt of my Western Union money order and when they received the check, they'd ship the vehicle. I had 5 days to inspect the vehicle and if I decided it wasn't worth purchasing I could request a refund. Subsequently I looked at a few more online auto ads and found to my 'surprise' a 2004 Toyota Forerunner for sale in Los Angeles for $3800. I found the exact same vehicle for sale in Sacramento for the same price. I contacted both "sellers" and received the exact same from letter reply. These were a little bette than the first, they included this gem..."the car is located in Ephraim , Utah ready to be shipped. This is a regretful sale but unfortunately ineed money for my son , he is in hospital and i really need money for him. This is why i am selling the car so cheap." No kidding!

The responses made reference to Worldpay handling the transactions.

Let the buyer beware.

As a side bar. Since my contact I've received more than 10 additional SCAM attempts with different "products" from senders using "gmail.com" as a return address. Coincidence?

Carfino (talk) 17:53, 21 January 2008 (UTC)carfino

[edit] For anyone reading the above

Surf around. The RBS does aknowledge the RBS Group, and RBS aknowledges Worldpay.81.236.229.130 (talk) 14:12, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

And please read http://www.worldpay.com/shopper/: Bogus WorldPay Offer If you receive an email that appears to come from WorldPay offering you the opportunity to purchase a vehicle being sold by a 'WorldPay Agent' or 'WorldPay Seal Member', please do not respond to the email and do not send any money to the individual via Western Union or MoneyGram. 89.27.2.160 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 10:15, 17 May 2008 (UTC)