Choice has highlighted in the past that there are criminals/scammers using consumers’ interest in Starlink to scam consumers:
Fake sellers of Starlink products are seen on social media regularly, claiming ultra-cheap Starlink deals or selling ‘technology’ which allows connection to Starlink services without the need for any subscription payments. These are scams and this is one example (being sold on the Chinese website Ardorahaven.com):
Do not buy Starlink products which claim extremely cheap or free Starlink services. You will be scammed.
It is also possible, like other scam websites, Tooubuy harvests personal and payment details (e.g. car payment details) to use for unauthorised transactions or to sell onto criminals.
If the scam sites happen to come up in searches for Starlink, quite a few might get caught, as there has been a mass deployment of roadside Starlink advertising in the past few weeks.
Enabled by the government of course since they have legislated that you must surrender hard-core personal details in order to get an internet connection. (If you actually signed up for this, I assume that absolutely all legitimate government authentication would be compromisable.)
I suppose, since this is ostensibly “Space-Link”, not “Starlink”, Starlink itself would have no arguments for going after the scammer?
I agree but not everyone will notice the difference. Many will still be fooled by not seeing that there is a difference especially since the names could be seen as being similar (Space verses Star - they are both up there). Scammers would have specifically selected the name ‘Space-Link’, knowing it adds to their potential success.
