This company (EK Stores) claims to maintain long-term relations with its clients by offering discounted prices on popular electronics (computer, phones, video game consoles, etc). However, the company has no intentions of distributing electronics to its victims, but rather collect repeated payments without ever delivering a promised product.
Their routine business process consists of the client first ordering the item on their site through their seemingly legitimate credit service. However, within 24 hours, the client is sent an email mentioning how the credit card systems are experiencing technical difficulties and the order cannot be processed via their site.instead, the client is referred to two external payment services (western union, and/or moneybookers.com). The client pays using one of these services and awaits the product's delivery.
Instead, the client is sent yet another email, claiming that there has been a shipping mishap in their warehouse and that 5 products are to be purchased in order to redeem the discounted price (which at this point has already been paid to EK Stores).
At this point, the client can either send out payments for more products, or call the cops in a futile effort to reclaim their scammed payments. Either choice, the company does not actually contain any electronics for distribution, but rather invent ridiculous circumstances in which the shipment could not complete.
Some research uncovered that all emails are sent from Nigeria (renown for internet scams). The actual NY address for the company (conveniently found on their website) does not contain any EK Stores business, but instead residential homes.
Do not be fooled by this company's attractive prices. They will never send you what you paid for, but instead milk you for every dollar you allow.
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