They lure you with attractive offers, but those who order from them usually wait in vain for the goods they paid for or, at best, receive a counterfeit: every year thousands of Austrians fall into the trap of fraudulent online stores, better known as fake stores. The damage runs into millions. Krone(+) tells you what warning signs to look out for and how to identify fraudulent providers with a free tool.
“You shopped online. However, the ordered product does not arrive and emails to the alleged store remain unanswered. If this sounds familiar, you probably bought from a fake store,” Watchlist Internet writes on its website.
The independent information platform on internet fraud has more than 16,500 fraudulent fake shops that do not deliver despite payment or deliver something that does not correspond to the advertised product.
Source: Krone
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