The presenter of ‘Just the right time“(Telecinco) shared its experience to warn consumers of the risk of purchasing through social networks, from accounts that may not be verified and be fraudulent. As explained Joaquin Prathe has … I experienced it personally and I wanted to tell it so that the public understands that anyone can be a victim of this type of deception.
Joaquín Prat thus recalled how he decided to buy a product through an advertisement he had seen “on Instagram”. They sent me the wrong product, which had nothing to do with it, and then they used my credit card to invoice me via a reputable online sales platform for purchases in Luxembourg. After what happened, he was clear: “Report. It’s important to always report and that’s what I did. I went to police stationwhere they treated me wonderfully and told me to be careful about purchases through Instagram or Facebook, among others.
On set, they were able to speak with an affected person, now that a very long time purchases and rush to collect gifts so they arrive in time for Valentine’s Day. Christmas or for the Three wise men. The person concerned, Nazaret, spoke live from Gran Canaria, where she lives and where they were going to send her “football shoes that my son wanted”. The supposed trade was advertised on Instagram and it was a hard model to get, so I decided to try it. He said the site seemed “official, super reliable, you signed up with a user number and there were reviews, which made me trust it.”
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What he saw later was that he received several payment messages, he did this in bank transfer and he received an email confirming the acquisition. Everything seemed to be going normally. They gave her an order number from a courier company and she even accepted and received a message that the package was about to be received. » It was really impossible to realize that it was a hoax. “They clearly ripped me off,” he said. Nazareth. She reported and left comments recounting her experience. However, what would be your surprise to see that “these messages with my experience have been blocked so that they do not reach other users, to have more victims”.
Nazaret even gave the name of the company and one of the journalists present on the set accessed this portal. “It’s true that it looks like a completely legal and normal siteso nothing, none of us would have fallen,” he concluded by saying.
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