From the fake website:
Looking For Where to Buy Surgical Face Mask? Enjoy upto 60% on all disposable face mask models
From the testimonial area:
Happy to be a customer since 3 years. A+ Product with no side effects!
The company has nothing to say about itself, while offering face masks, "Gems Free Hand Sanitizers" and non-contact thermometers.
How the "business" works:
The processing time for orders is 2 - 5 business days. After that, delivery time within the USA is 3 - 6 days, and 10 - 15 business days internationally. Please keep in mind that during holidays, this time may vary.
We are not responsible for any shipping deliveries that may be affected by customs, natural occurrences, transfer from USPS to the local carrier in your country or air and ground transportation strikes or delays, nor any extra fees, customs or back end charges once the packages has exited our warehouse.
Contact details:
+919620477580
Number billable as mobile number
Country or destination India
City or exchange location Karnataka
Original network provider* Vodafone India Ltd - KN
With their victims they are using:
+91892973966
Narayantala (West ),Vip road, Baguihati, Kolkata, West Bengal 700059, India
After the victims agrees with the price, the fraudster is asking for an advance payment for the items.
Only after the first payment is done and confirmed, the victim will get in contact with the courier company, supposedly delivering the goods.
What happens next is easy to guess - the items will end up being blocked on the way and the victim will be asked to pay an additional fee for receiving the parcel. One fee will be followed by another fee. And another one.
The fraud will end when the victim will realize the items are not arriving. At that stage it will be already too late, the victim losing all the money invested in the upfront payment and the additional fees, while the fraudsters will stop answering to emails or calls from that victim.
Remember that "Happy to be a customer since 3 years"? Well, the fake supplier website was registered in March. The so called Indian company is apparently operated by someone pretending to be in California, US.
Entry in the aa419 Database of fraudulent websites: https://db.aa419.org/fakebanksview.php?key=143562.
From the domain name registration:
Domain Name: pb-traders.in
Updated Date: 2020-03-08
Creation Date: 2020-03-03
Registry Expiry Date: 2021-03-03
Registrar: Name.com, Inc.
Registrant State/Province: CA
Registrant Country: US
This is what the fake website looks like: