Victim Location 20710
Total money lost $71
Type of a scam Online Purchase
DO NOT BUY FROM HERE! This company scammed me out of $71!!! I purchased a football jersey almost half of a month ago and they just now sent out A FAKE tracking number to me 3 days ago?? And it’s been NO MOVEMENT FROM IT EVER SINCE. They have NO phone number and choose when they want to reply to your email. Sick crooks that are getting people for their hard earned money! I can’t even find reviews of this company! I should have known better than to even buy from here but I really needed a jersey for football Sunday at my job.
Victim Location 43214
Total money lost $87.95
Type of a scam Online Purchase
I attempted to purchase a football jersey from an online retailer called EllyClothes.com. I entered my card information, and was sent an invoice via email with an order number for my purchase which had some irregularities. Firstly, there was no contact phone number listed. Secondly, the address on the invoice differed from the one listed on the website (the physical address on the website, 500 N Atlantic Blvd, Monterey Park, CA 91754 USA, yields no search results on the web for their business). Thirdly, there was a strange listing of taxes and insurance fees, the latter of which was not inquired of or agreed upon.
I then received a second email from "sfepay.com" saying that the payment I made to EllyClothes would appear on my bank statement as a payment to GZ UHUANG TRADE. I then checked my bank statement, and there was indeed a payment submitted to that entity, the amount of which was greater than the cost of my purchase.
After a week of no further contact, I emailed EllyClothes.com to check the status of my order, and I was told that it had been shipped and that they would send me the tracking number "later".
I’ve attached images of each step of this exchange.