I decided to share my experience with scam/credit card abuse, just to inform how easy it can happen and to help anybody who experienced it.
I for one was definitely thinking that I am more protected against it. I also believed that if it does happen, who ever behind it would be easily caught.
So I was naively buying stuff on line for years and getting so used to it that I stopped checking for and taking care of the most basic things one should think off when giving his bank card number away.
Until I gave it to the wrong person and was shocked to find out how big and perfected scamming business has become and how there is very little one can do even when trying to get help from the police, consumer agencies etc...
(The dates of the posts are fake to achieve a reverse order)
Sunday 2 August 2015
Saturday 1 August 2015
Soo stupid...
One day I noticed an add on Facebook about some diet/supplement pills that were supposed to be really healthy, natural and help you lose weight. There was even a bunch of real comments saying how great it is. After clicking on the add I was redirected on this web page, it is in Swedish, since I live in Sweden:
https://offers.dietanddetoxproducts.com/VFJHQ0dTMDAx/a/a/1
As you can see, the page is quite neat and full of good stuff about the product. All seeming very legitimate and a great offer to get the product for free, only paying for the shipment.
I had never really come across how scams are made and was too naive and stupid to notice it was an obvious scam. I was so used to smoothly buying stuff on-line that I completely forgot to check for the basic things before giving my bank card number away. After paying for the shipment of the "free" product, I was just redirected to another product for "free" , saying they work really great together etc...:
so I ordered that as well and received two confirmation emails with the order ID a bunch of useless information and a statement:
Please note that the purchase will show on your credit card statement as Positive CS .
I was so ignorant that I did not notice that there was an absolute lack of any information about the company sending these products in the confirmation emails as well as on their web page offer.
https://offers.dietanddetoxproducts.com/VFJHQ0dTMDAx/a/a/1
As you can see, the page is quite neat and full of good stuff about the product. All seeming very legitimate and a great offer to get the product for free, only paying for the shipment.
I had never really come across how scams are made and was too naive and stupid to notice it was an obvious scam. I was so used to smoothly buying stuff on-line that I completely forgot to check for the basic things before giving my bank card number away. After paying for the shipment of the "free" product, I was just redirected to another product for "free" , saying they work really great together etc...:
Please note that the purchase will show on your credit card statement as Positive CS .
I was so ignorant that I did not notice that there was an absolute lack of any information about the company sending these products in the confirmation emails as well as on their web page offer.
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