Scam Type
Online Purchase Scam
Date Reported
2023-02-25 00:00:00
Victim Postal Code
94122
Total Dollars Lost
0
Scam Description
I thought I was buying a winter rain coat marked down on sale from the actual Obermeyer.com website – ****************************** but this apparently is a copycat of the real verified site – https://obermeyer.com. I was led to the fake website based on my Google search. The coat was “reduced” from full price to only $99.00. I thought it was strange that I was asked to verify credit card information differently than on most sites but I was distracted and proceeded. Once I got their thank you email, I knew something was wrong. There was no brand information, it looked fake with a weird order number & distorted payment image. I didn’t receive any email confirmation of my purchase.
I looked up the merchant name which was BestDuka and there were multiple reviews on TrustPilot – ********************************************** about this scammer site. Consumers didn’t receive their items, their credit cards were used for fraudulent purchases, and they couldn’t contact the company. It seems they are located in Dar es Salam, Tanzania – https://www.bestduka.com/about-us/
I’ve alerted my credit card company about the fraud and have stopped any payment on my item and closed my card.
Based on consumer complaints on TrustPilot, it seems this company has set up multiple fraudulent websites trying to scam people into buying fake merchandise.
