HP Forum Archive 14

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HP Parts.com "fraudulent" Message #1 Posted by Mark Hyer on 10 Dec 2003, 9:00 p.m. Just wanted to caution all buyers to boycott HPParts.com. I ordered a battery. They took the money and never sent the battery. They refuse to send the battery and return my $102.50 and think the bank should re-reimburse me. These criminals should be run out of business!

Re: HP Parts.com "fraudulent" Message #2 Posted by CalcKidd on 11 Dec 2003, 1:32 a.m., in response to message #1 by Mark Hyer I can't find Hpparts.com. Discontinued?

Re: HP Parts.com "fraudulent" Message #3 Posted by ned on 11 Dec 2003, 11:54 a.m., in response to message #1 by Mark Hyer The whois data indicates HP has owned the domain name for a while, but I wouldn't trust the dates to be correct. Nevertheless, it seems HP does own that domain. And before you check, hpparts.net is a poker site run by a guy in California as a 'buisness'. whois info: Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company HP Hostmaster 3404 East Harmony Rd MS 68 Fort Collins, CO 80528 US Phone: 800-524-7638 Fax..: 970-898-2836 Email: hostmaster@HP.com Registrar Name....: Register.com Registrar Whois...: whois.register.com Registrar Homepage: http://www.register.com Domain Name: HPPARTS.COM Created on..............: Thu, Oct 03, 1996 Expires on..............: Sat, Oct 02, 2004 Record last updated on..: Fri, Nov 15, 2002 Administrative Contact: Hewlett-Packard company HP Hostmaster 3404 East Harmony Rd., MS 68 - Fort Collins CO, 80528 US Phone: +1 8005247638 Fax..: +1 9708982836 Email: hostmaster@hp.com Technical Contact: Hewlett-Packard Company HP Hostmaster 3404 East Harmony Rd MS 68. Fort Collins, CO 80528 US Phone: 970-898-7023 Fax..: 404-648-1848 Email: Hostmaster@hp.com

Re: HP Parts.com "fraudulent" Message #4 Posted by Bruce on 14 Dec 2003, 5:11 p.m., in response to message #3 by ned Don't forget that when you register a site you can type in anything you like into the registration fields, including the address of one of HP's offices. The email address need only work until the domain has been registered and then you can change it from scum@hotmail.com to something_official_sounding@hp.com Once this is done, the domain looks genuine but can be used for anything.

Re: HP Parts.com "fraudulent" Message #5 Posted by ned on 16 Dec 2003, 4:21 p.m., in response to message #4 by Bruce good point! I shouldn't have been so easily duped since I happen to run an office network. Eventually HP will find out about this I hope. -Ned

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