How scammers deceive buyers of technology
Internet / / December 30, 2020
When buying used equipment online, it's not so difficult to come across scammers. Especially when it comes to purchasing popular gadgets, and even at very attractive prices. In conditions of self-isolation, it is much more difficult to recognize the catch, because sending goods around the city using a courier will no longer surprise anyone. Although this very moment should be alarming. Details of how scammers deceive, hiding behind a well-known delivery service, told one of the Twitter users.
Found ps4. I contacted the seller, said that I wanted to come and check everything myself and buy it personally.
He offered to order the delivery of goods through Boxberry. I knew this delivery service existed, so it hardly aroused suspicion, but I tensed a little anyway.- Ildar (@kozulski) May 6, 2020
Then the seller with Avito threw me a very nice link for payment, I read on it that it turns out the money will freeze and will be transferred to the seller only after my signature at the courier, if the goods are not satisfied, then the money will be returned to the card, and the Playstation will be taken back the seller.
- Ildar (@kozulski) May 6, 2020
I think what a convenient service! Very well!
This is what the link and shipping information looked like: pic.twitter.com/VcmPvuYpr5- Ildar (@kozulski) May 6, 2020
Well, that is, absolutely no suspicion is caused by the link itself. I make the payment on the website of a large delivery company, and not to the seller's card, which is good news. I paid these 14,000 rubles, I tell the seller about this in WhatsApp, but then a difficulty arose: pic.twitter.com/GSlrLBjbEf
- Ildar (@kozulski) May 6, 2020
Then the buyer decided to write to the support service on the same website where the payment was made. Moreover, the seller even specifically specified that it was necessary to write there.
As for the support chat, I'll just throw off the screenshots, everything is fine here) I will not retell. pic.twitter.com/bEGHyPVpuk
- Ildar (@kozulski) May 6, 2020
Although the author suspected something was wrong, he did not attach any importance to the strange error with the translation, because all operations were carried out on the website of a large company. Or so he thought. As a result, another 14,000 rubles were debited from him using the link for a refund.
Of course, when you have lost so much money, there is a glimmer of hope that this is all a huge mistake)) I think, okay, I'll go directly from the browser to the official site of boxberry, I will find another support service, let them confirm that scammers dumped me, otherwise I have no place for myself I find.
- Ildar (@kozulski) May 6, 2020
Well, on the official site of boxberry I was finally upset pic.twitter.com/p7El18uPQN
- Ildar (@kozulski) May 6, 2020
Marina naturally stopped responding in the chat, the man in WhatsApp also disappeared. And 28.000 rubles disappeared (((
- Ildar (@kozulski) May 6, 2020
Today I called the bank, blocked the card, said that they naturally could not return the money. They told me to go to the police, if they received a request from the bank, they would be returned.
A cop friend said that it was all pointless and easier to score) so for now xs, I will keep in touch- Ildar (@kozulski) May 7, 2020
! P.S. - The purchase was made on Yulia, not on Avito. This probably does not matter much, but I wrote to the sellers on both Yulia and Avito, and exactly They tried to sell this Playstation to me on Yulia, when I wrote the thread - I was stressed and made a mistake, Avito did not moreover. I'm sorry. !
- Ildar (@kozulski) May 7, 2020
The takeaway from this story is pretty simple - never trust the links that sellers send you. If you want to organize delivery, arrange it yourself through the website of the courier service you need or use the delivery service of the trading platform. Avito and Yula have such - they do not transfer money to the seller until you receive the goods and make sure of its quality.
You can learn about other ways of cheating when shopping online from separate material.
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