Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
Scamming - Fraud
I ordered from a FB advertisement. They were advertising Bowflex High Tech weights for 89.00 (no shipping fee). They sent me a confirmation email and confirmation number but I haven’t heard from them yet. That was 3 weeks ago. I’m sure I got ripped off. That said, I called my credit card company and disputed the charge. They reversed it.
I have realized there are a lot of fake online stores claiming to sell Bowflex dumbbells, weights, and other exercising equipment. Therefore, you need to be careful when shopping online and watch all for those stores with ridiculously low prices.
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I'm happy to see these complaints but why doesn't FB have protection from scams. They put people in "FB Jail" Why can't they block scammers?
I felt for it. I immediately (less than 10 minutes after I made the purchase) contacted my credit card company and they canceled the transaction. The low price was too good to be true. I figured Bowflex was coming out with a new version so they were getting rid of the old bells. I checked the online certificate of the website and it looked legit. Once I got the email with the purchase confirmation, I noticed that the contact was a gmail account...I feel so stupid. I ended up changing my credit card number (all of this in less than 30 mins)
Yes, there’s similar on Snapchat. Too good to be true. I’m not doing it www.dumbbells.site
