Report scam companies

[nick2141]

I got scammed twice from ordering from an ad on FACEBOOK .FACEBOOK does not even protect their users from scammers advertising on their site.

On the other hand PAYPAL does nothing to protect consumers , as soon as I checked the sellers e-mail address from my PAYPAL INVOICE  I knew I was scammed . I guess they don't care about the consumer safeguards as long as they get their cut from the scammers.

We should all demand PAYPAL to place safeguards for consumers against fraudulent companies. at the very least they could hold payments and contact us about a fraudulent company. I had them hold a payment to a legitimate company before , and they contacted me to verify this company ( AMAZON.COM ). It must be lucrative for PAYPAL to IGNORE shady companies. Once the payment goes through PAYPAL and the SCAMMERS have you , because PAYPAL won't refund anything they categorize as a valid transaction. 

[kernowlass]

@nick2141 

Paypal would not be able to check every seller / merchant in over 200 countries worldwide that adds paypal to their website to accept payments.
So they give you 'some' buyer protection but the onus is on you to risk assess your transactions.

They do stop bad companies from using Paypal when enough claims start rolling in.
However as they are in China (mostly) then its easy for them to just start over with a new name, so stopping them does not really do anything.

The BEST thing is to not buy from them in the first place, to recognise them.......

Chinese Web Sites or on Social Media ads easy to spot (once you know the below signs) so buyer beware.

1. No return address on the returns policy............thats because the site will look as if its in your country (where they despatch goods from) BUT they will ask for returns to go back to China (returns depot) at a shipping cost nearly always more than the item is worth.
2. No contact telephone number............if you click on contact the most you will get is webmail or an email address.
3. No company address information.
4. Great looking items at bargain prices that turn out to be tat.

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