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- Phenix City, AL, USA • Jan 08, 2025
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Can't make Microscope work and it's for my 4 yo grandchild.

No instructions.

Seller sent YouTube video which showed parts I didn't receive. She said mine is a different model.

There was no protective table that I was supposed to pull off.

She said she sent a user manual... haven't seen it.

Her name is Ellie in customer support.

I think my location information is correct, bot not 100% .

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- Choctaw, OK, USA • Jan 07, 2025
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Boir.com is threatening and deceiving. Scammed me

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- Alexandria, VA, USA • Jan 04, 2025
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Skillsta bombards people with ads on Social media like Instagram. When I clicked on the link to take the quiz, it immediately asked for my credit card information at the end of the quiz. I provided this information thinking I was obtaining a 30-day subscription to the app. I downloaded the app to my iPhone, tried to sign-in many times, changed the password, and everything else i could do to no avail. I was never able to sign in. They tell you to contact Apple to cancel the subscription at any time, however Apple support was not able to do anything because I made the payment directly to Skillsta. I emailed Skillsta using the address provided on their website and someone responded to me giving me instructions to do the exact same things I had already been doing to get access to the app. This person then said if I continue to have problems signing in, to please video record what I was doing. I write them back to ask how I'm supposed to video record when I am actually using my phone to access the app? No response still to this day. The next day I went to Skillsta's website and the support email address had completely changed to a new email. So another obvious red flag. I then searched their Instagram account and saw plenty of comments on their posts calling them scammers. They didn't even bother to respond. It is 100% a scam. I am having to change my credit card number and security code altogether because of this. The initial charge was $9.99, but they then say that I will be charged automatically every month thereafter. Seeing as how it's a total scam, I'm guess they will try to do more than that. I asked Apple to remove the fraudulent app from their app store and I am planning to escalate to Instagram as well. Best to ignore all ads from Instagram! I was hopeful in thinking that this app would be useful similarly to Duolingo and that I could use it to improve my public speaking skills. Oh the other thing is that this company's address is in Cyprus and the company name on the emails, app, and credit card statement are all different.

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• Jan 01, 2025
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Bought a used snowmobile part on Facebook platform, after sending an electronic funds transfer for the part, the person would not reply to me about shipping. After a day or so, they replied and sent me screenshots of a tracking number that I could use to track my part. Shortly after they replied that they need a refundable deposit for shipping insurance. That is when the shipping company contacted me via email, and stated they needed a deposit soon as the plane was going to leave soon. The tracking number the company sent and the tracking number the person I bought the part from were different. I became suspicious so I did not reply that night. Throughout the night I received a few more emails and one from a personal email stating a man worked there and was wondering what was going on, as the plane was going to leave soon.This was sent at 2:08 am my time. After doing a few online searches discovered others have had this same approach, and listing that it was all a scam. After calling them out on it, they tried to reassure me it was a legit company. Be careful out there folks. Was scammed out of the money for the part but not the shipping.

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- Oklahoma City, OK, USA • Jan 01, 2025
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This website makes you pay $1 for a vehicle report but then charges you $29 a month despite multiple times trying to cancel with no response. Now the website doesn’t exist and they’re still trying to take money out of my account!!! This is connected to Apple Pay and I cannot dispute

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- Yukon, OK, USA • Dec 30, 2024
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Order placed online, confirmation email received, shipping email received (never shipped, label printed), multiple emails/inquiries without ANY response.

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- Edmond, OK, USA • Dec 30, 2024
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They do not know how to measure for a bra. If you say your band, under bust, is 34in and order it, they send you a bra with a measurement 10in shorter than that. I reached out to customer care as it is their bad, was advised to show the packaging and that nothing has been worn, ok I get that. Still waiting for a reply from customer service as it has been over a week for any form of response since then. Not to mention, after reading the T&C having to pay for return shipping no matter what is ridiculous. Not sure I should have expected any different after researching and confirming they are a sweatshop based out of China. The IL address on the return label is just stuck over the one shipping each order from China to them. It is also the reason it takes almost 2 weeks before they have a tracking number to show your shipment. It is a complete farse.

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- Denver, CO, USA • Dec 27, 2024
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I received an email from a professional organization that I am a part of, offering a piano to a good home. The woman, Donna Bass, got me in touch with Cleveland Jones who was supposedly the mover of the piano. He happily accepted my $556 to move the piano to my home. However, after accepting the payment there was a "snag" and he needed an additional $1300 to insure the piano. This raised the red flag to me and I called their bluff. Donna and Cleveland are now trying to bully me into giving them more money to move the piano. Here is the contact information they used:

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

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- Wilkes Barre, PA, USA • Dec 20, 2024
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Fake Website, Fake Tracking Company, NO usable links on website. NO Tracking numbers! Ads are linked thru YAHOO.COM! Just discovered TWO more sites with the same EXACT SAME layout and prices. ALSO are advertised thru YAHOO.COM!!!!! Original website went offline within a month!!!

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• Dec 16, 2024
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Facebook ad for a dewalt tool set. I placed an order and didn't get a confirm email immediately. Checked credit card statement and found different amount charged. Was meant to be a purchase from wayfair, but card stated 'romoryusd'. hope my credit card company can sort this out.

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• Dec 14, 2024
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search results directed to what looked like a WayFair site - took payment and no email order and incorrect email contact -

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- Yukon, OK, USA • Dec 13, 2024
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I saw an ad on Facebook for some hoodie blankets at a really great price thought I would try them out. After paying for items I never recieved any type of receipt or shipping information from the seller/scammer. I only received the payment receipt from PayPal as they processed the payment. After a month of no word from seller/scammer and no delivery I decided to look up the company and that’s when I found out it was a scam and the websites stating that it is a scam said to contact our bank to report and get our money back. I tried but my bank told me that since I couldn’t reach the seller or have a receipt that I couldn’t get my money back even thought I provided the PayPal receipt and the websites stating that it was a scam! It wasn’t enough for them.

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- Norman, OK, USA • Dec 12, 2024
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Said they would fix the bead around tire came back said tire was bad. Then when I said no they put sealer on outside of tire to make it look like they did the repair. I checked tire for leaks before I came there

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- Suitland, MD, USA • Dec 12, 2024
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I’m disputing a few transactions that were sent to whom I thought was a reliable distributor company to create appears for my teenage son’s business. They have good reviews which now i realize I’d probably paid promotion. I sent them over $1400 total. I reached out to this company on September 26,2024 and gave them my son’s design and sent all shipping information. I originally sent $699 for 25 custom hoodies and then another $325 for custom hats . After a little back and fourth about seeing my product because there was an error he stated that i needed to send him another $396 for shipping before he fixed it I told him I wasn’t sending anymore money until he fixed it. He showed me it was fixed I sent him the remainder $396 that he claimed I needed for shipping. I have been contacting them and they have been reading my message and not responding.it wasn’t until yesterday that I reached out to the what’s app number that he wrote me back. I have all messages to prove it. Once he responded he stated on October 26,2024 that I was to be patient and that he would send out my tracking information on November 11th, which he didn’t do. I waited until November 18th to start contacting them consecutively and he was busting reading my messages with no response and now I told him I’m not sending him anymore money and that he’s scamming me and let him know I would be contacting the better business bureau to let them know his business was a scammed he read the message and did not respond again. I am highly upset because my son wanted to start a legitimate business to create generational wealth and this is my first experience.

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- Oklahoma City, OK, USA • Dec 09, 2024
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They were advertising Judy Blue Jeans for a cheap price. I ordered 3 pair 09/01/2024. Tracking my package from China to the Los Angeles ports. Then it said it was delivered on 10/02/2024, but it never was. When I emailed their Customer Service, I informed them I never received the package. I asked who was the delivering company they used. They could never tell me. I have emails of them stating a refund or redeliver of my package within 15-25 days . Still no package. So they were going to apply the funds to the card I used. Still hasn't happened. I reached out to customer service now the payment processor is experiencing delays.

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- Newport News, VA, USA • Dec 05, 2024
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Attempted to contact the company for a return with no assist. They are located in Hong Kong.

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- Harrisburg, PA, USA • Dec 05, 2024
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I am a social media user who frequently uses SocialPlug to purchase likes and views. However, my recent experiences with their services have been extremely frustrating and unprofessional. Lately, every time I purchase views, they either delay rendering the services or fail to deliver the full amount I paid for. For example, if I pay for 50 views, they often provide only a fraction, such as 5 views, and I have to argue with them repeatedly to get what I paid for.

A few days ago, I made a payment of $17 for 50 views over a 5-hour period. However, I only received 5 views during that time. Despite my repeated attempts to resolve the issue, SocialPlug refused to acknowledge the problem. They insisted the full views were delivered, even though I clearly did not receive them.

This issue disrupted my live session, forcing me to end it an hour early due to the lack of engagement. Their refusal to refund my money or provide the service I paid for is unacceptable. Their actions have wasted my time, money, and effort.

At this point, I feel I have no choice but to report this company to the Better Business Bureau. SocialPlug is failing to deliver on their promises, taking money without providing the agreed services, and refusing to address legitimate customer concerns. I urge others to think twice before using their services.

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- Choctaw, OK, USA • Dec 05, 2024
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Facebook add took you to Talbots.com cloned site.

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- Manassas, VA, USA • Dec 05, 2024
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This company did a very good job at acting like they were a legitimate cannabis delivery company in the DC area. To trustingly, I gave them my Apple Cash payment and did not receive the service whatsoever and only received crazy messages from them and demanding $300 basically to secure the delivery of the product which was never delivered. They would say that the payment did not work and that I needed to do it again to make me give them more money basically. Do not trust this service.!!!

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- Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA • Dec 05, 2024
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I was searching for a textbook download online. I came across the Controses website. Their site offered a downloadable PDF for 19.99. I processed the payment with my credit card. After processing payment, the automated confirmation email seemed suspicious, so I went back to the site to take a closer look. After review, I found that the site and payment address for the company were different, when I looked them up on google maps, neither address was valid. Also, when I looked through their catalog of products, there were thousands of pages that were duplicates of the first page. I believe this scam is attempting to get "customers" to click links that could cause damage or steal data. I received the email with the link, but I did not click the link. Instead I replied by email asking for a refund. They replied later that their policy did not allow refunds for downloads. However, I never accessed the link. I have reported this transaction to my credit card company, and will be fighting to get my 19.99 back.

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