Penny Auction A Scam
Have you been on Facebook lately? Well then you must be familiar with this ad:
Wow! Macbook Air for RM15? This is too good to be true, and so it is. It seems that Penny Auction is just another scam created by some irresponsible business people. I’m not sure why some internet marketer would ever do such cruel and unethical website like ‘Penny Auction’.
The idea of Penny Auction is simple; you buy bids (pennies) and get screwed. The website is a total scam, and the web developers of the website are bunch of stupid geeks. Here’s why:
Take a look at the username, “dansfoley2”? I wonder who the heck dansfoley1 could be! Nobody in the whole wide world would ever register a name like “dansfoley2” Even if the guy’s name is Dans Foley he wouldn’t have named his account “dansfoley2”
So what does this mean? Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls get ready for this inconvenience truth: “dansfoley2” is a computer generated bot!
The second thing I’d like to point out is the registration form. It is very insecure, and the registration steps are too easy for an auction website.
You must be 18 year old or older to participate in Penny Auction, but the thing is the website itself doesn’t even care. It is not like that they are going to call you and confirm that you’re indeed at least 18 year old.
32 Comments
fa
11.06.2009
it wasn’t like nobody will add 2 at his/her username. my username also has 2. simply because i like no 2 :p
i’d prefer lelong on e-bid. but still, nothing on the net is purely honest. that’s for sure..
Nazz
11.06.2009
That’s true, but how do you explain chris3,roby2,chong5,steven9; these people always being the top bidders and winners at all time.
Read more about penny auction, its an old scam but new in Malaysia. Just like matrix system etc. those are old; but new to Malaysian people.
AMiRU
11.07.2009
Celcom once have a bidding contest where a user bought a RM3K phone for less than RM100. A too good to be true situation, and is true.
Penny Auction, might be a scam, I don’t know. Maybe it is their marketing strategies, once they get enough bidder they’ll start a real auction? Internet are full of swindlers.
Wai
11.12.2009
Internet users has to be very careful nowadays. There’s a lot of scam out there on the net. Its now up to them to think wisely.
Mee
12.15.2009
Hmm….Its not a scam……I already won a price from the site…..
If someone loose their bid……and become angry….they will just point to other people and said “this is a scam” but actually they just a loser try to blame others….
Jefferson
12.15.2009
Speak for yourself m8. The whole world knows that Penny Auction is an old traditional scam site. You must be a little left behind…
Mex
12.20.2009
It is a scam for sure but at least I did win rm200 digi prepaid on penny auction and I do recognized few bots there..it is hard to win some awesome gadgets like TV, handphone since the bot will be there to outbid you..u need to at least 600 bids to stand a chance to win
Andy
01.23.2010
Weird user names with numbers are quite common, I know many friends who have their own strange logic for using them, but still I agree it is more than true that number of scam penny auctions are out there. I believe it is because of low entry level – lot`s of cheap crappy scripts are offered in the internet, dishonest persons can easily create new site and steal your money. That`s the reason why I do not trust most of them. I`ve used to stick on solid companies sites like http://www.swoopo.com an http://www.bidfella.com only – no problems so far and I`m happy with my wins.
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04.06.2010
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kremai
04.09.2010
Bidfella is definitelly scam, you can win but you would have to pay dearly. The site is based on shill bidding, avoid
Aaron Ting
04.12.2010
i got screwed by pennyauction.com.my.. and I AM 100% SURE they used Shill Bidding! it was a bid 9pm sunday night.. another suspicious one is ubid.com.my.. they seem to have so many bidders but their page visits are very low.. how issit possible???
there are some real ones but unfortunately they are in the states and can’t ship to malaysia.. quibids.com has a pretty clean reputation there.. swoopo.com is dirty since it pits participants from europe and america together.. there is no way you can win with so many bidders across so many time zones.. steer clear until a reputable site emerges in malaysia..
Nazz
04.12.2010
you’re not alone. I actually gave a shot @Macbook Air Penny Auction. and as soon as I figured out the truth about them, I asked them to close my account.
I thought about making my own Penny Auction Site; but I guess there are tons of things that I can do to make a living, so wouldn’t bother cheating people for money. Those guys should be ashamed.
Dae
05.10.2010
most probably reputable site is not possible…. coz it will lose money.. hehe
Nazz
05.10.2010
eBay is a website with high rep,..
Penny Auction is made by Ghey People
annnsss
06.26.2010
Hey, just wondering how did u ask them to close ur account? there are no delete account signs and the only email i see is support@pennyauction.com.my. Did u email them here? I want to close my account too! They’re a bunch of scams! we should report them to the authority.
Nazz
06.26.2010
yeah, you need to tell them to close your account
Kevin
08.19.2010
Go through the Swoopo registration process to create a username containing any uppercase letters, your registered username will be only lowercase so if you see any usernames containing any uppercase letters, they did not go through the normal registration process otherwise their username would only contain lowercase letters. Give it a try yourself. Try to create a username with an uppercase letter and it will convert your username to lowercase upon registration. In Swoopo, be suspicious if you see usernames that have any uppercase letters as they are obviously not registered users.
weeee
09.16.2010
another thing is penny action didnt use secure connection..the sites even not secured..
weeee
09.16.2010
and another one,action is about mind strategy..its how you put the bid..but still,people cant set their price..thats why its called scam
Anthony
10.15.2010
Hi,
I think this is a fair analysis on whether penny auctions are a scam. The blog owner also includes some legal views that penny auctions are not a Scam and absolutely not a Bargain.
These Auctions make lots of money applying gambling psychology and marketing.
Stupidme
01.24.2011
One simple word…! The Penny Aution.com.my is big SCAM…….!
Nazz
01.25.2011
actually thats 6 words-.. xD
zack
03.25.2011
i just tried phppennyscript, they have a “what we called auto bidder/bid buddy”. the bidder can be any name depend on their webmaster named. but the true is autobidder is more protect the web/company being lost with a lowest bidder, example they bought a handphone normal price in RM 1000.00. they can set their auto bidder set minimum price of handphone selling not below RM 500. so the autobidder will increase until RM 500. until then if you are they person who bid 500.1 above u will win the handphone. otherwise. the autobidder will extend the time until someone bid higher than RM 500. this situation more on win win and gamble. who like gamble they can care on.
zack
03.25.2011
i just tried phppennyscript.com (demo), they have a “what we called auto bidder/bid buddy”. the bidder can be any name depend on their webmaster name it. but the true is autobidder is more protect the web/company being lost with a lowest bidder, example they bought a handphone normal price in RM 1000.00. they can set their auto bidder set minimum price of handphone selling not below RM 500. so the autobidder will increase until RM 500. until then if you are the person who bid RM 500.1 above u will win the handphone. otherwise. the autobidder will extend the time until someone bid higher than RM 500. this situation more on win win and gamble. who like gamble they can care on.
lengleng
04.12.2011
just see for your self:-
[link removed]and[another link removed]Nazz
04.14.2011
they are old. People don’t do penny auction anymore.
daisy
07.08.2011
i think pennyauction.my isnt a scam, i knew that make so much money already but so far i have won nintendo ds xl, camera, ipod , iphone case, usb, etc .its true they will send the item coz i have received all stuff that i won,they sent the items fast using DHL, but its true its like a gambling and it is addicted ,especially after u won something, i personally have spent total more than rm15k for bid but the only won items that worth only rm4000, its all depend on your luck coz pennyauction customer both from malaysia and hongkong, all the bids username u see in their web from HK and My people,even singapore, checkout
link-removed, so again it is profitable if you always win something coz can sell it back but very risky and u have to be smart spend your bid. my suggest, if u willing to take risk and u have money then go ahead, if not then better not. have a nice dayNazz
07.09.2011
keep dreaming Daisy…
kodomo
07.27.2011
penny auctions = gambling
penny auctions = going to genting highlands and trying your luck on say roulette or the one arm bandit
when u win –> hurray! thank ur lucky stars
when u lose –> it’s the work of the devil
conclusion – u hv the option to take the gamble or not
kodomo anti gambling
kodomo anti penny auctions!
Nazz
07.31.2011
that’s probably the most stupid thing I’ve heard in these while
TitusJames1992
07.30.2011
Not a scam as I have won Ipod on the site.
Nazz
07.31.2011
good for you.
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