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This page is here to explain a common simple scam.
So on April 10, 2025, my wife came across an advertisement on Facebook. It promoted a care product package for just €1.95. It sounded too good to be true—Normally she is aware on this kind of advertises, but but unfortunately she submitted her details to receive the package.
That same day, €1.95 was debited from her account with the description: “Dir Market Conclutinuity.” Shortly afterward, she received two emails from
[email protected] containing login information. The content of
those emails referred to a program on a website called
yardthestart.com, and inded a support contact: [email protected].
She also received a second email almost immediately with the following message:
________________________________________
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
This is a confirmation of your registration.
The transaction will appear on your bank statement as yardthestrt.com.
For any questions related to the transaction shown as yardthestrt.com, please contact [email protected] or call +34 518 989 551.
Keep this information safe.
Thank you,
Support Department
________________________________________
At the time, she didn’t find these emails suspicious, as she believed they were connected to the package she had just ordered.
However, on April 15, 2025, at 10:49 AM, €49.80 was charged to her credit card—without her consent.
This prompted her to ask me to look into the matter further. I discovered that by reacting to the Facebook ad, she had unknowingly registered on www.yardthestart.com, a website offering garden maintenance advice plans. However, I also noticed another domain was involved: yardthestrt.com—with a suspicious spelling error.
I was able to log into the website, but her personal details were not correctly listed. I used the contact form on www.yardthestart.com to request a refund of the €49.80, explaining that she had only ordered the care product package and never intended to sign up for a gardening advice service with no actual service provided.
I received an automated reply confirming receipt of my complaint. The next day, I got another automated email stating that my wife had agreed to the terms and that no refund would be issued. The message did not respond to my specific claims, confirming it was a generic response. All done automatic with Zendesk software.
I continued my investigation and discovered that both yardthestart.com and yardthestrt.com are connected to the same company:TRANVALIA MARKET S.L
Ps de Gracia num.53 p.at, Barcelona, 08007
+34 518 989 551 / +33 28 55 01 926
[email protected]
Neither of the phone numbers worked when I attempted to call. The company Tranvalia Market S.L. has no email address or website of its own.In response, I sent another email outlining my findings. Again, I received an automatic reply offering a 70% refund, but the message ignored my serious concerns about the misleading Facebook add and the false registration process.Upon further investigation, I found several other websites registered to Tranvalia Market S.L., all using Namecheap as the registrar. These sites appear to be part of a broader scam operation:• yardthestart.com
• yardthestrt.com
• naturprai.com
• cometogarden.com
• flothegarden.com
• bloominday.com
• witfees.com
• gardnflo.com
• garcardia.com
• naturepraise.com
• gogrd.com
• grdnwlcm.com
• cometogrden.com
• gadenia.com
• cometogarden.comThe domain superbsurprises.com, from which the original emails were sent, is also registered with Namecheap.A whois on any of the url's learned they are all registred at Namecheap and the registrar use the adres:Kalkofnsvegur 2
Reykjavik Iceland
Postal Code: 101This is an notorious adress when it comes to scammers. A good adress for an obsure company as Tranvalia Market SL.Way to go Olga.A simple search online reveals many complaints about these websites. Numerous users report being lured into similar scams and having unauthorized charges made to their credit cards.According to public records, Olga Schmidt was the founder and original director of Tranvalia Market S.L., based in Barcelona. On June 26, 2023, Ludmila Popelkova Pilipenko took over as the director and owner.The company has no public-facing contact details or domain name, which is suspicious for a company claiming to operate in online marketing.
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Conclusion:
All websites associated with Tranvalia Market S.L. appear to be part of a coordinated scam. They:• Use unreachable or fake phone numbers
• Send only automated email responses
• Use misleading advertisements to trick users into registering for unrelated services
• Charge credit cards without proper consent
• Operate under a company Tranvalia Market SL which main activity seems online trade but that has no online presence of its ownThey use a fully automated reply email system on they support. No real answers.I got my money back as I kept on harassing them for give back what is mine. Its a European company and you have rights as consumer.Facebook is well aware of these scam advertises they have. But its all about the money.
Source and additional info:
Contact: [email protected]