The police are ringing the alarm bell.
Online shopping is also one of the most common forms of online fraud. In these cases, various so-called sellers of goods usually appear on the internet, who, when they receive the money, do not send the goods.
It is often difficult to locate them because in all cases the information they provide on the internet as well as in banks and transport offices is false.
Therefore, we recommend that you pay close attention when trading online and the public should be aware of the following:
Mode of action of the experts:
• Goods are presented at lower than usual prices to attract
• The contact between the buyer and the seller is made by e-mail, while after the first contact there are others which can be done by phone
• Most of the time the experts are presented as the owners using different names. In this way they deceive their victim and make it harder to locate them
• It was also found that in addition to using different names each time they use different titles such as "directors of companies" in order to make the whole process look more formal and of course to mislead their victim more
• To achieve their goals, the experts also use misleading websites of so-called transport companies, which guarantee the safe collection of money on behalf of their "customers".
• When the product is paid for, these websites are immediately withdrawn from the internet and the perpetrators cannot be located unless they try again to deceive their victim by misinforming him even more, mentioning e.g. that the customs authorities should be paid or anything else if they feel they can receive more money
• Several times the victim is asked to transfer money to a bank account. In this case, the professionals use (rent) the bank accounts of students or the unemployed, who receive some money for the use of their account. Those who actually act as bearers are instructed to immediately withdraw the money transferred to their account and then send / transfer it to them using some companies.
• If the payment is made to a company, whether it is a fictitious (straw) or a legitimate company that deals with the collection of money on behalf of third parties, the money is usually transferred to East Asia and later back to Europe or Africa.
Finally, for your online shopping you need to know that you are taking a big risk. If you do not know your supplier avoid doing so. If absolutely necessary, before you pay any amount of money, make sure that the supplier's details are true so that you can find him later if he does not meet his obligation.