Victim Location 35007
Total money lost $620
Type of a scam Online Purchase
I live in the UK and have a medical issue so decided to try a US dispensary to purchase medical marijuana. Found Denver Smoke Buds located in Colorado online and after speaking with their so called doctor online decided to make a purchase. They asked me to send cash via a money wire service, so I used Western Union. I was told to send it to their agent in South Carolina, I did not think this was odd as they had already told me they had several dispensaries located thoughtout the US. Once the cash had been picked up that’s when the problems started, they would not give me a tracking number for the parcel and when I persisted they gave me a fake number which sent me to a site for UPS which was clearly also a fake site. I decided to phone Denver Smoke Buds using the contact number listed on their website, to my surprise it was answered, the person was Asian or African and did not give me any clear answers and eventually hung up. I was scammed out of $620 by this fake company, I reported it to Western Union but will not be able to get a refund as it was collected in cash. Denver Smoke Buds need to have their fake website removed from the internet as I have since learned that the BBB have been investigating them since at least June 2017, yet it seems they are still up and running and able to keep on defrauding people.
Victim Location 53188
Total money lost $300
Type of a scam Online Purchase
A friend of mine with a medical card tried to buy online paid the cash then was told a day later customs had his package and he needed to pay 165 dollars more for delivery or they would report him to authorities.