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This is almost exactly the same as my experience, but the name of the bogus vendor in my situation was not the same as yours. I did not use PayPal for the payment when I placed the order, and it declined to do so. I used a Visa card number but got a receipt from PayPal with a name of a hobby shop in San Jose or some thing. I disputed the charge through my bank and the transaction was credited back to me and I believe the bank is investigating. PayPal stopped my account, which is fine with me. I also received, like Natalie, a bogus notice of delivery which claimed to show that the product was delivered like the next day after the order. I never received anything. PayPal needs to take some action on this hokaonone.com phony website scam. ... View more

On July 2 I ordered shoes from what I thought was a Hoka website offering 50% discounts. I declined to use PayPal and entered a visa card number. I’ve been received a receipt from PayPal with the name Donald [removed]’ as the seller. I then double checked the website and noted that it was close but one character off from an official Hoka site. Believing that this was a scam, I contacted my bank and after much discussion wound up having the bank dispute the charge and open a fraud case. I’ve been received a false notice of delivery of the shoes, which I have never received, and I received a notice from PayPal that my account has been restricted for behavior damaging to PayPal! I am now unable to get any information from PayPal, and I do not know the status of the fraud claim and I have not heard anything back from the alleged vendor. ... View more