Midwest Powders website (is a scam dealer)

[Depick]

I’m interested in purchasing a handgun from this site and I was curious if anyone here has had any experience with them. Any advice is appreciated.

Home - Midwest Powders

midwestpowders.com

 

[Mosinitis]

It shows a bunch of powders in stock, including Reloader 15, which no one has. That alone should be a warning sign. Doesn't appear to be legit.

 

[Depick]

It shows a bunch of powders in stock, including Reloader 15, which no one has. That alone should be a warning sign. Doesn't appear to be legit.

Thank you

 

[Mosinitis]

They are on the scammers list

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[Depick]

They are on the scammers list

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Thank you again! This is why I’m very grateful to be a member here.

 

[Depick]

They are on the scammers list

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Just saved this to my favorites.

 

[repete]

I've seen Midwest powder for sale in bulk on American Reloading, not sure what if any relationship.
I've bought quite a bit from American Reloading and only once had a problem and that was settled very quickly, and I made out very well.

 

[Mosinitis]

I've seen Midwest powder for sale in bulk on American Reloading, not sure what if any relationship.
I've bought quite a bit from American Reloading and only once had a problem and that was settled very quickly, and I made out very well.

In many instances scammers use names of reputable businesses with minor changes and even similar looking websites.

 

[HEX]

It's not extremely uncommon that representatives of these fake/scam firearm sites try to join up here to advertise. They don't make it past me, so you never see 'em.

One pretty common tell I've noticed is scam sites often accept things like Zelle and Cryptocurrencies as payment options.

Besides obviously being a scam because it's on that list @Mosinitis posted , note the payment options from the site the OP is asking about (image is a sceenshot from the site). No standard options even, just scam-able ones. I might make that list a sticky. Seems like it might be good general info to have out there; especially considering the nature of this thread (and there have been others).

 

[Saltwater60]

Many sites used to be reputable and then other places buy them out over seas and run them into the ground. When I was looking for camera gear for my wife I ran into this. A google search and some Reddit reading usually reveals the truth.

 

[Depick]

It's not extremely uncommon that representatives of these fake/scam firearm sites try to join up here to advertise. They don't make it past me, so you never see 'em.

One pretty common tell I've noticed is scam sites often accept things like Zelle and Cryptocurrencies as payment options.

Besides obviously being a scam because it's on that list @Mosinitis posted , note the payment options from the site the OP is asking about (image is a sceenshot from the site). No standard options even, just scam-able ones. I might make that list a sticky. Seems like it might be good general info to have out there; especially considering the nature of this thread (and there have been others).

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That is what originally made me suspicious

 

[repete]

In many instances scammers use names of reputable businesses with minor changes and even similar looking websites.

I went to the site and thought WOW they have a lot of stuff available and being a scam never would've my mind until MAYBE the payment line.
Thank you Mosinitis and Hex!

 

[pshift]

You also need to look out for your FFL's website being spoofed via a subtle name change to the url. That happened to mine and once I pointed it out to them, they were grateful, to say the least. The fake site looked like theirs but only had PayPal, BitCoin, VenMo, and other so-called payment gateways. I offered to send them a check for (10) FN 5.7 pistols that they had 'in stock' but I never heard back from them.