Scammers have been around for longer than we can remember and their schemes become trickier each day. So, what can you do if you fall victim to a scam?
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Scammers have been around for millennia, but for whatever reason it seems like they just keep getting better and better at finding ways to take our money. And let’s face it, they can be very convincing.
THV11 Verify viewer Doris reached out to us, explaining how she ordered a patio set online from a website claiming to be Home Depot. She wanted to know if she’d fallen victim to a scam.
“I saw on an advertisement on Facebook with the Home Depot logo and it said a 5-piece patio set. Regular $898, 93% off, which would cost $59.98 with no shipping and handling. I thought well, if it was Home Depot’s logo, it was okay. But then I got kind of suspicious,” Doris, a scam victim, said.
When Doris checked her bank statement, she found this charge from a foreign company for $59.98– the same amount that patio set she thought she was buying from Home Depot was supposed to cost.
When she saw that charge and realized that it was not Home Depot, she came to the conclusion that she probably got scammed.
“I was like uh oh, I think I been got,” Doris said.
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