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Beware! This fake shopping website dupes thousands of buyers amid festive seasons

Technology has made everything easy and simple for us. There was a time when shopping meant to visit the market, but nowadays shopping can be done sitting at home. Online shopping has become very popular in cities and towns, but not all online websites are genuine.

The slightest mistake in shopping through the internet is defrauding the customers. Consumers are falling prey to fraud by getting caught in the websites selling goods at low prices on the internet. From torn sarees to dummy mobile, there are endless encounters where buyers are getting trapped in the hands of online fraudsters.

Fake online shopping website

wellbuymall.com is one such portal that has duped thousands of Indian users. The website lured buyers to purchase technology products and vanished immediately after making the payment. The website is currently inoperative. The URL of wellbuymall.com now redirects users to a Chinese message that translates “Site Not Found. Your request did not find the corresponding site in the webserver!”

One of the fraud victims, Sujeet Verma, posted his experience on scamadviser.com that he placed an order and paid online. But the website didn’t deliver the product, and now it doesn’t even exist. Another victim named Sunil Gupta shared that he ordered an SSD, but after the payment was made, the website did not respond, and neither delivered the product.

There are several other experiences where buyers are caught under these malicious and fake shopping websites and then register a complaint in a cybercrime cell.

According to the cybercrime wing, while shopping online, keep in mind that either cash on delivery option is available on the site or money will have to be deposited online. Apart from this, if someone asks for information like a bank account or a customer’s mobile number by contacting them through a phone call, SMS, or email, then do not share the details.

How to save yourself from fake shopping websites

  1. You can find out about authentication of a company’s website from the internet, and several online portals give information about the company’s registration and its legality.
  2. Check the copyright option and look for VAT ID.
  3. Go to the home page of the website and click on Contact. If you do not get information like address, then avoid shopping from such sites.
  4. Check HTTP in the website link.
  5. Most of the customers shop on online shopping websites because of the discounts and cashback available. If you are getting a product on a website at very low prices, then note that there can be some fraud in it.

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