FRAUD ALERT: Maximus Firearms (aka Maximus Arms LLC) AND Marathon Postal Annex ? FRAUDULENT WEBSITES

FRAUD ALERT: Maximus Firearms(aka Maximus Arms LLC) AND Marathon Postal Annex - FRAUDULENT WEBSITES! Pass the word. Here are the details?

The Scam

The website seems legit but it is fraudulent! Beware!!! Everything appears okay at first. But there are signs. You can only contact them via chat and they offer a 10% discount to use Zelle. They probably won?t accept cards. They will provide a name and email to use for Zelle payment. After payment, you will receive a fake tracking number and a link for more info to https://marathonpostalannex.com.

Marathon Postal Annex (MPA) then emails the notice below demanding payment for a ?Diplomatic and Customs? stamp to release the order for deliver. Again, they only use chat.
If you call Maximus, you may get a call back from someone identifying themselves as the Sales Director Christopher Paluch. He will tell you to contact MPA. He will try to stall the process and say he will get back to you. You won?t hear back.

Here is the notice about the fake order.

From: MailCenter Annex <mailcenterannex@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2022 at 11:52:06 AM MDT
Subject:

Hello

We write to inform you that your package(094832962387) delivery has been suspended. We are allowed by the law to ship private products but not of this sort.
Due to this latest discovery, we want to let you know that a 100% refundable fee for a diplomatic stamp and custom restriction stamp has been levied on your package. This fee guarantees the package safety with respect to its content. Without this fee, the delivery of your package scheduled to arrive tomorrow will be suspended.
Therefore, you will be required to pay a 100% refundable fee of $297 for the diplomatic seal and custom restriction stamp. Your package delivery status is "pending" for now and the package will only be released after the refundable fee has been paid. It is to this effect, that you are expected to make a complete payment of the refundable fee which is $297 within 24 hours. All fees paid during the delivery process are refundable.
For more information contact our live chat support.

Delivery Department
USPS-MPA

DISCLAIMER: This email and any attachments are confidential and are intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the addressee, tell the sender immediately and destroy it. Do not open, read, copy, disclose, use or store it in any way, or permit others to do so.

The text you quoted is written in the common style of African scammers. It's a really bad idea to click on any of the links associated with the two sites you wrote about.