This is most definitely a scam, I work for a company that sells outdoor furniture and grills, and we keep getting calls from people who all seem to order a robot vacuum cleaner at $49 dollars. Saying the website they ordered from has our number listed. It's not us. Warn your friends it's a scam, report the ads as a scam and if you did order call your bank/credit card and report it as fraud.
$49 pool cleaner???
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Call your Bank/Credit card and report it as a scam/fraud. It is most definitely fraud.
I ordered one got a tracking number and the package came today it had a fake necklace in it
I don't know what to do to get my $50 dollars back.Honestly, you are just being stupid falling for this nonsense.I ordered one got a tracking number and the package came today it had a fake necklace in it
Use some common sense and stop believing whatever people say.
Had similar once on ebay for a good quality seed spreader. The price was too good to be true but I being naive went for the bait. While I was tracking the un-trackable package kept reaching out to the seller asking why I don't see movement on the package but then finally there's a trace and then one day when I was expecting it to arrive it showed "delivered to mailbox". Really? A seed spreader in the mailbox. When I checked the mailbox I found a small Manila envelope with the tracking # containing a small sticker. Took pictures and had it out with ebay till they were convinced of the scam. These people have it all figured out.
If you want a real deal, go to my site JamesW’ssuperduperdeals.scam where I sell everything for $99.00 with a money back guarantee.
What kind of deals?
A brand new car.....$99.00
A horse.....$99.00
Helicopter.....$99.00
Bike......$99.00
House.....$99.00
Hurry, these deals won’t last long.
Don't be scared, I have a AAA+++ rating from the Better Business Bureau.
What kind of deals?
A brand new car.....$99.00
A horse.....$99.00
Helicopter.....$99.00
Bike......$99.00
House.....$99.00
Hurry, these deals won’t last long.
Don't be scared, I have a AAA+++ rating from the Better Business Bureau.
Remember when @Wobblerlorri had a too good price on a new sand filter and she got covid face masks? At least they could in theory filter sand, so bravo to the scammers, but yeah.
1/2 of TFP was rooting for her, although we all knew deep down inside, as did she.
1/2 of TFP was rooting for her, although we all knew deep down inside, as did she.
Of course, anything you want.
Just pay up front and it will be delivered by noon tomorrow.
Check your mailbox.
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These sites probably also make $$$$$$ selling everyone’s credit card/personal info.
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My wife got scammed a few Christmas’ ago. There was this hot toy on the market, called something like Mixie Pixies or some such nonsense. It was this cauldron that emoted smoke and had a magic wand and you could do all these cool “magic” things with it. The internet was on fire over it and, of course, my daughter wanted one. So my wife saw an Ad on Facebook for it and the price wasn’t too far off from the retail prices, maybe $5 more. So she ordered it and it charged to our credit card. It was a scam. Package never arrived. The company selling it was some Chinese front company in California. Multiple emails and requests online went nowhere. USPS said it was delivered to the mailbox but it would have been a huge box that couldn’t fit there. We reported it all the the FTC, State AG office and the USPS in case they ever did anything about it. But that was like $99 down the internet drain.
Live and learn …
Live and learn …
Oh the irony. You don't get a XYZ, but somebody else does with your CC #.
As my dad would say learn your lesson with $$ that isn't going to kill you so it wouldn't happen with a much bigger $$$$$$.
They should require all scam sites to use the .scam domain so that it's easy to identify scam sites.
I searched the Aiper pool cleaner that they were advertising. Looks like a really nice cleaner. Retail price for the one they are advertising is $899. Yeah, that would be $49 for nothing
. I am interested in the Aiper pool cleaner and if they are as good as advertised…on their legit site www.Aiper.com.I was scammed by this! They took my money immediately and I’ve yet to hear a word from them. I don’t know how to contact them. I’ve commented on every one of theirs posts on Facebook and they always remove it.
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In addition to disputing the charge with your credit card company I’d also recommend the following:
These types of scams are extremely common, especially targeting product lines consumed by older generations who are more likely to fall for them. Following some of the basic practices here can cleanup if you were a victim and in general protect you from the more basic scams.
Finally I’d always recommend the first line of defenses being general Phishing Awareness (read a few articles on google) and setting up a Password manager (1Password is pretty easy). These two things protect you from the vast majority of cyber crime likely to impact individuals.
- Replace your credit card, depending on the transaction method they may have gotten that information.
- If you had to create an account (email/username and password) change those everwhere you reuse the same information. If you used the same username and password that you use for other sites they now have access and will attempt to get in.
- Run a virus scan on the computer you used. Depending on what’s on the site you could have been infected with malware. I believe MalwareBytes has a free version still.
- Be wary of any emails/texts/calls, especially if there is a link to click. Your contact information is now likely on a list and potentially has been called out as a vulnerable scam victim. Never provide banking, personal, or sensitive information to anyone who reaches out that you did not contact.
- When in doubt of future messages visit the legit website and contact them. Eg. if your bank reaches out with an email for something urgent go to their legitimate website and contact them directly to inquire.
These types of scams are extremely common, especially targeting product lines consumed by older generations who are more likely to fall for them. Following some of the basic practices here can cleanup if you were a victim and in general protect you from the more basic scams.
Finally I’d always recommend the first line of defenses being general Phishing Awareness (read a few articles on google) and setting up a Password manager (1Password is pretty easy). These two things protect you from the vast majority of cyber crime likely to impact individuals.
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Also wanted to note since my post might alarm anyone who's made a purchase through a scam site like this that it's very common these days and nothing to be overly worried about. Realistically even if you protect yourself from these kinds of things the likelihood that your usernames, passwords, credit card information, social security numbers, and other personal/private/health data has been accessed by cyber criminals is incredibly high these days due to the large business breaches (healthcare, retail, etc.).
Now that I'm reading that though some people are probably more alarmed than the original post
. A good reason to think about your cyber security hygiene and online safety, even if you think it "it can't happen to me" well I'm sure a few of these companies have some of your information:
informationisbeautiful.net
Alright getting off my soapbox now..
Now that I'm reading that though some people are probably more alarmed than the original post
. A good reason to think about your cyber security hygiene and online safety, even if you think it "it can't happen to me" well I'm sure a few of these companies have some of your information:
World’s Biggest Data Breaches & Hacks — Information is Beautiful
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Alright getting off my soapbox now..
I believe it is a scam because I saw this very same ad on Facebook and I decided to order it. I was skeptical until I read all of the comments from people who supposedly bought it and had very good reviews about the product. When I got my order confirmation though, I noticed the address of the sender and it happened to be a person with a gmail account. I didn't get cordless automatic pool cleaner robot. Instead I got some cheap little dual lightning ring hold adapter. I have no idea what that might be, but it certainly wasn't what I ordered and probably not even worth half of what I paid for the cordless pool robot cleaner. I am so irritated to say the lease. I'm so tired of scammers. I am reporting it to my credit card company as well.
Apparently it’s a scam. I was very apprehensive before falling thru with it but for some reason took a chance. Well they charged me the $59 of course right off the bat, then just this morning, I get a txt msg with an 704 area code saying die to me not entering my zipcode I’m correctly when I ordered, shipment is on hold. That is bs! The have my phone number so they could call me. I also just looked on my banking and they have charged me now an $1.50 or something on my account. So I’m headed to bank to close out my checking account number! I don’t know why I fell for something like this but the website looked legit. No more buying off fb ads! The price was too good to be true anyway but I thought maybe they just have so many of these in a warehouse or something.
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