One of the strangest scams ever!

Bambino · ‎22-06-2016

There's always a new one.

http://bgr.com/2016/06/20/iphone-6s-amazon-scam-clay/

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Curr946 · ‎22-06-2016

It's not a new scam, ebay has been riddled with this type of scam for years. The amazon site sellers items from 3rd parties too, not just thier own stock.

It's a brutal scam and hard to prove as postage etc will show weight etc.

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viridis · ‎22-06-2016

Amazon's pro buyer policy is a common target for this kind of scam, downright deceitful and immoral imo.
When the xbox one was first released people noticed that the first few waves of deliveries didn't require a signature. Cue people ringing up and getting refunds for non deliveries and keeping the xbox too.

MI5 · ‎22-06-2016

Quite bizarre!

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Cleoriff · ‎22-06-2016

@viridis wrote:
Amazon's pro buyer policy is a common target for this kind of scam, downright deceitful and immoral imo.
When the xbox one was first released people noticed that the first few waves of deliveries didn't require a signature. Cue people ringing up and getting refunds for non deliveries and keeping the xbox too.

Quite a few 'got lost' via the couriers as well. Thing was the hype and advertising gave everyone the heads up about what was likely to be in the box or parcel. I had at least 3 COD games that failed to turn up after pre order on supposed delivery day. Unless the tracking system from Amazon and it's marketplace sellers improves it will always be a massive scamfest

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Curr946 · ‎22-06-2016

Always pay with credit card for section 75 protection

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Martin-O2 · ‎22-06-2016

As much as I disagree with stealing you do have to give them props for imagination. It seems these things get more and more sophisticated as time goes by. Just goes to show how careful you have to be weather running a business or as a consumer.

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jonsie · ‎22-06-2016

It's always a judgement call. People need to just stop and think but even the best of us will be caught out at some stage no matter how invincible we think we are.

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MI5 · ‎22-06-2016

It's all part of the learning process.

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Martin-O2 · ‎22-06-2016

Agreed it certainly makes you much more cautious if you've fallen victim to a scam in the past!

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