The Gun Store

Victim Location 15666

Type of a scam Online Purchase

I found this website through a Google search looking for a particular item. The website had a lot of merchandise slightly under the average price on the internet. The one catch was a minimum of $200 purchase was required. That was a bit weird but that’s just the beginning. When it came time to complete the checkout process it was very off-putting that the only options for payment were more or less a person-to-person cash exchange, like the cash app, Bitcoin, and western union. Considering that I was not required to pay to complete transaction I was okay with completing the check out process and waiting for the follow-up email from the company. Before replying to the conformation email, I started looking around the internet to see if anyone could vouch for the legitimacy of this site. Not only could no one vouch for it, I found one guy who was scammed out of $500+ a couple weeks ago and he said that once he was able to provide them proof of the money being wired he no longer received any more contact from the company, and needless to say, no product. I reached out to discreetgunsales via email to ask some questions to express my concerns and received no reply. Attached is a screenshot of the email they send you after you complete the checkout process.

Victim Location 55362

Total money lost $592.50

Type of a scam Online Purchase

I had been looking for a new shotgun that was out of stock everywhere. I found it was listed as "instock" on this website. I had purchased a couple firearms from an online vendor before, so I figured this website was similar. It was not. They wanted payment by Western Union, which I figured was to save on credit card transaction costs to keep prices low. I sent my payment, and never received the shotgun. My email goes unanswered, and my chosen FFL hasn’t contacted me to come pick up the product. I have contacted the vendor by online chat and email to request the the shipping tracking information, but I have received nothing. I checked the internet and finally found a report that this retailer is a scam. It wasn’t easy to find that information, so I wanted to post here in the hopes of getting the word out.