amentiba Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Hi all, if you remember this story between the freeware simulator FlightGear and the trolls who tried to sell an out of date version called "proflight", "flightpro", "prosimulator" or "simulatorpro", here's a new scam : virtual pilot 3D ! when the "authors" talk about it as a FSX, P3D or X-plane 10 killer, in fact, this is only an out of date FSX version, and the C172SP integrated is only the FSX's one with all it spells and docs as in FSX... More informations here : http://www.simflight...d-another-scam/ Beware, they sold it to on facebook... and on the net : http://www.virtualpilot3d.com/index4.html Don't buy it, it's FSX... but a bit more expensive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolter van der Spoel Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Hi Loic, Thank you for the info, it's actually just a plain thieving scam ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amentiba Posted May 30, 2012 Author Share Posted May 30, 2012 The "as real as it gets" spell... even that, they don't have changed it... And "offering" freewares (project Airbus) from the communauty to be sold... SHAME ! In this kind of case, i'm asking myself what are doing the Anonymous Guys... Where are they when someone can do something like that ? SO BEWARE EVERY ONE - IT IS NOT A NEW SIMULATOR BUT FSX... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajc Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Thanks Amentiba for the heads up! AJC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mra Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 In spite of everything they have the gall to suggest it is better than FSX because of a superior number of airports. But nothing I saw could lead me to think their scenery or addon aircraft could hold a candle to FSX with Orbx and addon aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amentiba Posted May 30, 2012 Author Share Posted May 30, 2012 In fact, after a bit investigating, it's still flightgear in an older version that they sell.... With pictures and movies from FSX and X-plane... For info, Flightgear is an opensource - freeware flight simulator that has recently passed to 2.6 version. Do not buy it, it's free here : http://www.flightgear.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassman Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Can they be reported to the various payment agencies? i.e. Paypal, Mastercard, Visacard etc who could then remove their ability to receive funds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amentiba Posted May 30, 2012 Author Share Posted May 30, 2012 Can they be reported to the various payment agencies? i.e. Paypal, Mastercard, Visacard etc who could then remove their ability to receive funds? Seems that they are located in sweden which autorised to sell something like this. As Flightgear is opensource there are no rights or laws that can be used to lock the transactions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Johnston Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Just noticed they now have an app on the chrome web store. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ebbilibbcijcojpiedfnaoncnonlakcn?hl=en Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amentiba Posted June 26, 2012 Author Share Posted June 26, 2012 Just noticed they now have an app on the chrome web store. https://chrome.googl...cnonlakcn?hl=en incredible... no more comments for the moment... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyguy737 Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 yeah long time ago I got stung by this mob but I wont get sucked in again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhuntphx Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 HAHA... You can even spot ORBX scenery in the preview video.. false advertising is still illegal even in Sweden isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyguy737 Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 you know watching the promo video makes me think how bad they are they produce a fantastic and inticing video but they are scammers. I think they would make more money the honest way in video production. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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