WOOTIDE

Victim Location 34986

Total money lost $46.62

Type of a scam Online Purchase

Made purchase, never received an confirmation email. Tried contacting them but phone number and email address do not work. They use fake shipping info to trick PayPal so deputed will get denied. PayPal will not refund me my money. Tired emailing scammers email address used on PayPal but of course no reply.

Victim Location 21228

Total money lost $33

Type of a scam Online Purchase

This was the PayPal tracking code trick that has been outlined on the ScamPulse.com site last December.

You are shopping online and find a site with amazing deals, often brand name goods at a significant discount. The website and the products look legitimate, so you decide to take a chance and make a purchase. The site instructs you to pay through PayPal, which should provide extra security.

After checkout, you get a confirmation email that contains a tracking number from UPS, FedEx, or another shipping service. After a few days, you log onto the site and see that your package has been delivered. That’s funny, because no box ever arrived! You call the shipping company, and they confirm that the package was delivered… but to the wrong address.

When you try to correct the mistake, you find that the e-commerce site is either unresponsive or unhelpful. In some cases, the site doesn’t provide contact information; in others, they simply don’t respond to your emails or calls.