Think I’ve been scammed

Pollycat

nats1987 said:

I got scammed by this company over christmas. They had a fb link to the perfume shop with seriously cheap deals which my mum accepted i noticed straight away n reported it same night. My card company took it on and the company refunded me within a week. I got a cheap ring delivered instead of perfume

Most of the complaints of scams on here are from a Facebook link.
Instead of clicking on the link, find the correct company yourself.

ArbitraryRandom

Pollycat said:

nats1987 said:

I got scammed by this company over christmas. They had a fb link to the perfume shop with seriously cheap deals which my mum accepted i noticed straight away n reported it same night. My card company took it on and the company refunded me within a week. I got a cheap ring delivered instead of perfume

Most of the complaints of scams on here are from a Facebook link.
Instead of clicking on the link, find the correct company yourself.

Or just think that if a deal is too good to be true then it probably is... 

Pollycat

ArbitraryRandom said:

Pollycat said:

nats1987 said:

I got scammed by this company over christmas. They had a fb link to the perfume shop with seriously cheap deals which my mum accepted i noticed straight away n reported it same night. My card company took it on and the company refunded me within a week. I got a cheap ring delivered instead of perfume

Most of the complaints of scams on here are from a Facebook link.
Instead of clicking on the link, find the correct company yourself.

Or just think that if a deal is too good to be true then it probably is... 

On another similar thread, someone said about 'prices too good to be true' but still went ahead with the purchase.
And discovered it was a scam.

ArbitraryRandom

Sometimes these things aren't a scam - a vanishingly poor amount of the time it's genuinely a good deal for whatever reason... but if I ever decide to take a punt then I view it the same as making a bet (paying for the 'experience' and if you win that's a bonus). Same approach I take with things like kickstarter. 

Pollycat

ArbitraryRandom said:

Sometimes these things aren't a scam - a vanishingly poor amount of the time it's genuinely a good deal for whatever reason... but if I ever decide to take a punt then I view it the same as making a bet (paying for the 'experience' and if you win that's a bonus). Same approach I take with things like kickstarter. 

Sometimes they aren't a scam.
But people can at least try to protect themselves by doing a bit of checking before they chuck their money away.

Personally, I wouldn't even "take a punt" if I wasn't sure the website was kosher.

wilki123890

Hi
I have been scammed by a company called leggingsoutletslat.
I was lead to believe that I was ordering jeans from Bon Mache.
I have been to my bank and was told to contact PayPal as that is how I pay. 
I have done that and was told too change my password. 
I have been scammed for the amount of £23.70.

Will I get the money back from PayPal please

ArbitraryRandom

wilki123890 said:

Hi
I have been scammed by a company called leggingsoutletslat.
I was lead to believe that I was ordering jeans from Bon Mache.
I have been to my bank and was told to contact PayPal as that is how I pay. 
I have done that and was told too change my password. 
I have been scammed for the amount of £23.70.

Will I get the money back from PayPal please

I don't think anyone who works for PayPal reads/posts here (there are sometimes company reps on the board but their accounts make it clear and I've not seen one). 

You would need to open a PayPal dispute for the transaction (which I believe you can do via phone or on your online account) - providing your evidence (perhaps you could take screenshots of the advert or website to show why you thought it was a Bon Marche store?)/telling them what happened.

I'm not sure in your specific situation, but you may need to wait an amount of time for them to fail to deliver then open the case as item not received. 

born_again

wilki123890 said:

Hi
I have been scammed by a company called leggingsoutletslat.
I was lead to believe that I was ordering jeans from Bon Mache.
I have been to my bank and was told to contact PayPal as that is how I pay. 
I have done that and was told too change my password. 
I have been scammed for the amount of £23.70.

Will I get the money back from PayPal please

Depends if item turns up.

Patty_Odore

Scammed by the same "company" - Leggings Outlets Retails UK, they call themselves.  I bought what I thought were Mountains Warehouse slip on shoes; I've had them before and they were often at sale price on the legit website.  These were cheap but postage was around £9.  I think it was a link on Instagram I clicked on.  Trying to fill in a form to claim the money back, but as I have no receipt or evidence of purchase (apart from the transaction on the bank statement) I've reached a dead end.  It's only £16 but it's the principle.  I'm cross with myself for falling for this. 

born_again

Patty_Odore said:

Scammed by the same "company" - Leggings Outlets Retails UK, they call themselves.  I bought what I thought were Mountains Warehouse slip on shoes; I've had them before and they were often at sale price on the legit website.  These were cheap but postage was around £9.  I think it was a link on Instagram I clicked on.  Trying to fill in a form to claim the money back, but as I have no receipt or evidence of purchase (apart from the transaction on the bank statement) I've reached a dead end.  It's only £16 but it's the principle.  I'm cross with myself for falling for this. 

Contact bank for a chargeback.

Moral. never click on adverts via social media. Or if you do. Check the website address it takes you to. Then returns, T/C etc before clicking purchase. 👍