Victim Location 58201
Total money lost $27.98
Type of a scam Online Purchase
I placed an order online at Drivesalesmall.com for clothing in the amount of $27.98. When I first tried to place the order it only took cc, so I entered my info and when I tried to submit my order it kicked me out, when I went back to the same site it showed my items were in the "cart" still so I attempted to place my order again, although this time it had the paypal option, which I used. I was sent an order confirmation two days later, and shipping info in two more days. My paypal account was charged immediately. I have not received my order, the # and contact info for the shipping co is all fake and the URL is no longer valid for Drivesalesmall. I have submitted a dispute with Paypal, and also filed a complaint with the FTC. The name that the Paypal payment was issued to was Felix Himmel. Although my cc was not charged for the order, there were attempted charges soon after for IKEA in CA in the amount of $2600 and another attempt for over $900. My bank alerted me to these attempts and they did not go through, thankfully, but I have no doubt it was the same scammers who set up this fake site. Needless to say I have not received my order, and do not expect to. They did a very good job of making the site look real and offered many products with customer reviews, offered free shipping and really seemed legit when they sent the confirmation for tracking.