Oh no, have I been scammed?

[parisdisneyfan]

Just having a browse around the interwebby supposedly investigating stuff for the house But I saw some really nice trainer type shoes. I thought I had checked out the company - Impressmall - but now wondering as it is showing on paypal as a company called Jiadi it had the padlock sign on it. Contact address ends in .yip which I have no idea what it means. Suppose I used paypal and it is only £25 but a bit cheesed off - lockdown obvs getting to me

[wanye]

hate to say it, but i think youve been scammed

scamdoc/view/223577

dont feel too bad, i've even been caught out TWICE in recent months. both via facebook adverts for cool gadgets. they seemed like no brainers and were at a very reasonable price.

upon deeper inspection, the products images and stuff were nicked from kickstarter for a product 5 times the price. the other item was available on amazon for 3 times the price. i now have two paypal claims in to try to claw back the money.

so yeah, even I got scammed, and i can usually spot these sort of things a mile off. both times via facebook adverts. i now dont trust *any* facebook ads, and always do a reverse image search if there is anything im remotely interested in...

*edit*
heres what i wrote on facebook last week:

BEWARE SCAM FACEBOOK ADVERTS!

i'm not someone who usually gets scammed, and can usually spot something iffy a mile off, but recently (the last few months) i've bought two things via fb ads that i've now had to put in a paypal refund claim for, as one didn't even turn up, and the other was a piece of garbage plastic not even worth a quid.

the first one was a cardboard midi controller. i thought it was cardboard, and mostly contained cheap arcade controller buttons that £30 seemed a reasonable price for it, so i thought why not, and ordered. after it not arriving, and not hearing back from the seller for over a month, i put a paypal claim in, and whilst doing so, i discovered this kickstarter, charging considerably more for the exact same thing

kickstarter/projects...controller-kit

the second item was a metal sink rack thing for £20 or so. again seemed ok for the price, so i ordered. and this photo is what turned up! the website i ordered from is long gone, but identical variants have popped up... wheedle.store/products/stain...-kitchen-drain is one of them.

so yeah. be wary of facebook ads, even I am susceptible. always pay with paypal or similar too so you have buyer protections and you aren't entering card details into a potential scam website, who could clear you out. especially if its a debit card!

now i just have to hope i get the refunds from paypal... fortunately, i'm only £50 out of pocket.

(im making this post public in case anyone wants to share with others)

[Rac20]

My husband got scammed by a company on Facebook too. PayPal were really good at refunding.

[Guest]

yeah was going to say paypal are normally good for refunding.

[GoldenAvalanche]

I recently bought some T shirts that came up on Google ads, I didn;t realise it was a Chinese company, looking at reviews (after buying stupidly!) really bad, maybe not a "scam" but certainly not a site I would have purchased from. I will see if they turn up and what they are like, but I'm hopeful PayPal might refund if there are any issues.

[mickey house]

Lots of scammers out there. In fact I received the wotsapp message below earlier and at first I thought it was a scam, but when I contacted them the guy in broken English assured me it was genuine. So I've paid him £350 for various products, and once I order them off amazon and leave feedback he will refund the entire £350, so not everyone is a scammer:

[catherinesian]

If they don't turn up / are not as advertised put a claim in with Paypal

[Disney_time]

I bought shoes from an online ad that popped up on instagram -despite my best instincts warning me off. They were only £20 and were just what I was looking for.

Anyway the shoes arrived and were too small, though were marked as my size and I never have problems with shoe sizes. I looked up how to return them. They were posted from London, but lo and behold, I would have to return them at my own expense to China. The email back from company suggested I give them to a relative (which I did) or donate to a charity shop! If I had returned them, I expect the company would have said they hadn't arrived, unless I had paid extra for tracking.

Lesson leaned.

OP check the company on Trust Pilot.

[parisdisneyfan]

Originally Posted by wanye

hate to say it, but i think youve been scammed

scamdoc/view/223577

dont feel too bad, i've even been caught out TWICE in recent months. both via facebook adverts for cool gadgets. they seemed like no brainers and were at a very reasonable price.

upon deeper inspection, the products images and stuff were nicked from kickstarter for a product 5 times the price. the other item was available on amazon for 3 times the price. i now have two paypal claims in to try to claw back the money.

so yeah, even I got scammed, and i can usually spot these sort of things a mile off. both times via facebook adverts. i now dont trust *any* facebook ads, and always do a reverse image search if there is anything im remotely interested in...

*edit*
heres what i wrote on facebook last week:

BEWARE SCAM FACEBOOK ADVERTS!

i'm not someone who usually gets scammed, and can usually spot something iffy a mile off, but recently (the last few months) i've bought two things via fb ads that i've now had to put in a paypal refund claim for, as one didn't even turn up, and the other was a piece of garbage plastic not even worth a quid.

the first one was a cardboard midi controller. i thought it was cardboard, and mostly contained cheap arcade controller buttons that £30 seemed a reasonable price for it, so i thought why not, and ordered. after it not arriving, and not hearing back from the seller for over a month, i put a paypal claim in, and whilst doing so, i discovered this kickstarter, charging considerably more for the exact same thing

kickstarter/projects...controller-kit

the second item was a metal sink rack thing for £20 or so. again seemed ok for the price, so i ordered. and this photo is what turned up! the website i ordered from is long gone, but identical variants have popped up... wheedle.store/products/stain...-kitchen-drain is one of them.

so yeah. be wary of facebook ads, even I am susceptible. always pay with paypal or similar too so you have buyer protections and you aren't entering card details into a potential scam website, who could clear you out. especially if its a debit card!

now i just have to hope i get the refunds from paypal... fortunately, i'm only £50 out of pocket.

(im making this post public in case anyone wants to share with others)

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Like you I ignore these ads until today I'm pretty sure it is similar to what you said as there was another pair I liked and I did do a regular search and the same were 3 x the price so I didn't buy those ones! I will wait and see!

Originally Posted by GoldenAvalanche

I recently bought some T shirts that came up on Google ads, I didn;t realise it was a Chinese company, looking at reviews (after buying stupidly!) really bad, maybe not a "scam" but certainly not a site I would have purchased from. I will see if they turn up and what they are like, but I'm hopeful PayPal might refund if there are any issues.

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dd has just done this for some t-shirts too, obviously like mother like daughter!

Originally Posted by mickey house

Lots of scammers out there. In fact I received the wotsapp message below earlier and at first I thought it was a scam, but when I contacted them the guy in broken English assured me it was genuine. So I've paid him £350 for various products, and once I order them off amazon and leave feedback he will refund the entire £350, so not everyone is a scammer:

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Wow almost too good to be true

Originally Posted by Disney_time

I bought shoes from an online ad that popped up on instagram -despite my best instincts warning me off. They were only £20 and were just what I was looking for.

Anyway the shoes arrived and were too small, though were marked as my size and I never have problems with shoe sizes. I looked up how to return them. They were posted from London, but lo and behold, I would have to return them at my own expense to China. The email back from company suggested I give them to a relative (which I did) or donate to a charity shop! If I had returned them, I expect the company would have said they hadn't arrived, unless I had paid extra for tracking.

Lesson leaned.

OP check the company on Trust Pilot.

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This is the type of thing I'm thinking may happen, oh well my dd might like them as she has smaller feet than me!

Thanks everyone, glad I used paypal and thank you for the advice. If nothing shows up I will open a case. Lesson learned

[GoldenAvalanche]

Was it fairy season by any chance?!