Crystalrows.com has a very legitimate looking website that appears to sell research chemicals. The prices are suspiciously low and shipping is a flat rate $50 to anywhere, which is suspicious also.
Once you place an order they will have you pay wither via Western Union or Bitcoin. This is also very suspicious. Why no Paypal? Well, it's because these two forms of payment are the easiest way to scam you.
For Western Union, they will ask you to send money to a person in China (they give name and address) that will be picked up at a Western Union location (huge red flag). Then they will ask you to provide your order number and MTCN #.
For a few days you will hear nothing from them. They won't even pick up your money. Then they will notify you that the Reserach Chemical you ordered is Out of Stock. This buys them a few days. They will ask if you would like to wait or get a refund. If you choose refund they will not refund you. If you say you want to wait they will tell you the chemical is being made and will be ready to ship in 3-5 days. After 3-5 days go by they will do nothing. You have to contact them and they already have your money, so if you don't they don't care.
Then after you contact them and ask when your product will ship they will say 24-48 hrs (everything will be 24-48hrs), but there will also be a problem. They will notify you that there is a problem and you did not use the correct pick up name. All pick ups at Western Union require a photo ID from the name given by you (the sender). So they will say the money is not there so you must have given the wrong name, but there is no way possible you gave the wrong name because the money has already been picked up.
Then they will say they think the "b***h that works for them is stealing from the business. They will apologize and tell you your order will ship in 24-48 hrs (again!). After 2 days you will still have heard nothing. Then you contact them and they go back to the original problem. The money is not there and the "b***h that works in China swears she never picked it up. They will go back and forth apologizing and taking your side to then standing by their employee and accusing you of being the scam artist.
Finally, they will ask you to provide a receipt that the funds were picked up. However, it is impossible to send anything except the email that Western Union sends you confirming the pick up. This is not good enough for them though and they will accuse you of photoshopping the email and will say you could have made up the email yourself. They know Western Union will not provide or send any other form of receipt, but they will ask you to get it.
There is a hole in their scam though. Anyone can go to www.westernunion.com and if they click "I am the receiver", enter the MTCN# 9064990197, and the country it was picked up in (China) and the amount that was sent ($200 US dollars) it will show it was picked up. Here is the reply once I asked the gentlemen nicely to do this (anyone can do this too):
Sorry it is in capital letter, but that's how he sent it to me:
crystalrowscom
Alabama,#2REBUTTAL Owner of company
Sat, May 16, 2015
Hello,
I am Richard, the owner of the business. This guy, is paid by our competitors or I dont know from where, to set us up and fill the place with bad reviews about our company. He stated here everything what suits him, but he forgot that we record all emails. please read here the whole story and then you will understant how he set us up .click here if you would like to read more crystalrows reviews click here