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I’m ashamed to admit it but I fell for a scam on Instagram ads. Ordered discounted Raybans from what I thought was Sunglasshut but instead was a scammer website

by malshe 3y ago

I’m ashamed to admit it but I fell for a scam on Instagram ads. Ordered discounted Raybans from what I thought was Sunglasshut but instead was a scammer website. The name started with sunglasshut and then there were more characters. The website was an exact replica of sunglasshut. Anyway it was only $50 but the humiliation is very costly psychologically! Luckily I only use one time cards created on Privacy so no worries about canceling the credit card either.

fred_is_fred 3y ago
Not sure about what using Privacy changes here, but why not just do a Chargeback?
- talldatethrow 3y ago
  The scammers didn't also get to steal his entire credit card info...
- sottol 3y ago
  I assume they had a fake CC form and collected the CC number and information on top of the charge. So that'd involve cancelling the card and compromised PII.
  - yomlica8 3y ago
    Can you use different PII, like fake names with virtual privacy.com cards? I haven't used this service so I don't know how it works.
    - Contusion3532 3y ago
      Yes, you can.
mandeepj 3y ago
Sorry for your bad experience. I've never bought anything by clicking on Ad; I collect their info then visit their site or reach out to them, after researching about their product. Not trying to say I'm smart, albeit I'm far from that. > one time cards created on Privacy Thanks for reminding me about that. I'd now definitely get one of those.