A Scam That I Experienced

I recently was a victim of an online scam. Here’s how it worked….

I was scrolling online looking at clothing items to buy for my spring break trip to Hawaii. I was looking at different bikini brands when a particular brand came up that I’ve been wanting to buy from for a long time. Usually this brand is on the pricey side so when I saw that the whole site was on sale for $15 or less I immediately clicked the link. After a second or two of scrolling through the page I realized that this was a fake site made to look like the real site. I opened a new tab and searched up the correct name of the site and the correct page. I found it and seeing that there was no sale and the normal prices were up reassured me that the other site was a scam.

Always watch out for things that seem too good to be true!

6 Comments

  1. Gracie Armstrong

    Omg! I got scammed when trying to buy my prom dress off of instagram! So glad I’m not the only one!

    • Crazy things people try to do for money! When buying something online from someone I always try to meet the person in real life and hand them cash after I see my product.

  2. Scamming has also effect me dramatically. Ive been very close to be scammed as a kid when buying videogames online.

  3. Wow, this is good to know because I just ordered a dress from a site I have never shopped at and received something else completely different, and it was the wrong size!!
    Completely not what I ordered!!!

    • Wow, I am so sorry to hear that. That is definitely a disappointing experience, I hope that you can get your money back! Always do your research on the legitimacy of the site before spending your money.

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