WARNING: Fake Hodgdon site!

[Keith Glasscock]

All,

While searching for powder this morning, I got this hit on the search engine. While it make look legit, it definitely is not Hodgdon's site. Please be careful!

 

[Danoh]

Man! They really are getting slick! I would have taken that as a legitimate site at face value.
If Hodgon is aware of this, couldn't they take steps to immediately have that site shut down?

 

[Shawlerbrook]

The web is getting more like a dark street in a big city everyday.

 

[JMayo]

Hodgdon had a big warning on FB of scammers. Any of the non C card takers are most likely scams ... Something like that

 

[rijndael]

If Hodgdon were technically clueful, they would have bought all of the related top level domains (com/net/org/us/etc) for Hodgdon as well as common misspellings.

 

[Tommie]

Holy crap. Found another called “hodgdonpowdercompany.com”

This is becoming a wild west version of the internet.

 

[Keith Glasscock]

I thought about it. That is a WordPress site. I should have contacted them too. WordPress would have taken them down immediately.

I did notify Hodgdon.

 

[Forum Boss]

Keith,
Thanks for the heads up.

It is very surprising that Hodgdon did not retain control of the hodgdon.ORG domain. It is wise to have all the common links under the primary company's control -- .com , .net, .org, .biz etc.

And folks, when searching for ANY product from ANY site, if the company does NOT take MC/Visa/Amex, then leave immediately!! Sites that demand payment with Venmo, or Zelle, or PayPal F&F only are almost always scams.

 

[Forum Boss]

That site only allows payment by Zelle and Venmo.

Also, with these scam sites you can add ridiculous amounts of powder/primers to the cart. That is another dead give-away:

2000 lbs. of Hodgdon 4198:




LESSON -- Always, Always stick to established vendors!!!

Be apprised that these scam sites are all over now, with new ones created almost weekly.

 

[jelenko]

On one of the sites, a member here was able to enter a quadrillion $ order to his cart!!

I would just love to see what the follow up email from the site would be.

 

[nakneker]

Simple rule of thumb as late is if they aren’t taking credit cards and are asking for Venmo, PP F&F etc it’s best to just run. As stated many times before, I don’t understand how a fraudulent site can keep operating, its like there’s no repercussions.

 

[jelenko]

Simple rule of thumb as late is if they aren’t taking credit cards and are asking for Venmo, PP F&F etc it’s best to just run. As stated many times before, I don’t understand how a fraudulent site can keep operating, its like there’s no repercussions.

Right. And, how many people are taken in.

 

[Just Dave]

Someone posted once that the "s" in the https means it's a"secure" website.. I guess that's not true anymore, if it ever was

 

[BlueWater]

Someone posted once that the "s" in the https means it's a"secure" website.. I guess that's not true anymore, if it ever was

Of course, the only security the "s" in https provides is the ostensible incorruptibility of one's connection to that site ... even if the site in question is fraudulent.

Gotta love the minefield that is the Internet. Lots of holes to step in.

 

[Intheshop]

As a cast shooter......

I'd LOVE 2000# of H4198..... sheet,would settle for 200#'s.

 

[Just Dave]

Of course, the only security the "s" in https provides is the ostensible incorruptibility of one's connection to that site ... even if the site in question is fraudulent.

Gotta love the minefield that is the Internet. Lots of holes to step in.

So the internet provider is assuring people that their information won't get hacked, while they are getting ripped off. Nice. Where are the "fact-checkers" when we need them ?

 

[rijndael]

So the internet provider is assuring people that their information won't get hacked,

No, internet providers are not involved.

All it means is that no one in the middle can read the data, perhaps your eavesdropping internet service provider. That's it. It doesn't mean anything about the legitimacy of the site.

Any website operator can get an SSL certificate, you can even get them for free.

PS. The security of SSL is often broken in corporate environments where they install gear to intercept/read/re-encrypt SSL sessions so they can snoop/block/eavesdrop. They can do this because they have admin rights on your PC where they can install their own root certificate. If you didn't use your work PC, and you brought your home laptop in, then you'd see a broken SSL session (insecure warning) because they could only implement half of their trickery without admin rights.

 

[PigButtons]

When 44 gave away control of the internet to a "World Body" where there's no accountability he knew what he was doing. Just wasn't fair that the US should have control over something that our tax dollars both created and maintained. I bet if he could have figured a way to make a nickel off of it that never would have happened.

 

[rijndael]

When 44 gave away control of the internet to a "World Body" where there's no accountability

Which is totally unrelated to SSL certificates and what SSL protects against.

 

[PigButtons]

Which is totally unrelated to SSL certificates and what SSL protects against.

Unless I am mistaken the thread is about the proliferation of scam web sites and not specifically about SSL security Certificates. Even then, the permission to produce and certify certificates was controlled by, I think it was ICCN, or something like that.