Zonelex

Victim Location 76543

Total money lost $50

Type of a scam Online Purchase

A company called Zonelex was promoting itself on Instagram (it still has a suspiciously small IG account with only 2 pictures, and it’s site is still active). It was having a supposed "clearance sale" where most of the items were free – the consumer would only have to pay the (fairly high) shipping costs per item. It described its jewelry/products as being "high-quality", "authentic", "silver", "crystal", "Swarovski", and "Italian"…and of course, none of the products on Zonelex are any of these things. I entered what turned out to be a rather impressive, sleek-looking website (zonelex.com) where the prices on items were listed in British pounds, and bought some jewelry and a watch. I waited for at least two months for my package. Indeed, the items I ordered came – in plastic parcels from Hong Kong – containing only the cheapest cobalt and paste jewelry. The "luxury watch" I ordered was flimsy and didn’t work. I couldn’t believe I had paid 50 dollars in shipping fees for absolute trash!