Dental work can be expensive, insurance or not, and scammers know it. Recently, BBB Scam Tracker has received multiple reports from people who were scammed by con artists claiming to offer expensive dental equipment at discounted rates.
How this scam works
You do an online search for a retainer, dental veneers, or another kind of dental equipment. You find an online ad that looks legitimate and click on it to visit the website. The website may feature high-quality customer videos that seem convincing. Best of all, the price is right. You’ll only pay a few hundred dollars instead of the thousands your dentist quoted you.
Once you place your order, the charge appears on your credit card, and the business claims your order is on its way. If the order does arrive at all, consumers report that it comes long after your credit card’s dispute limit has expired.
For example, one victim reported: “The first indication of something not quite right was the length of time to receive the product, which was nearly a full month later! Plus, they advertised a California location, but the tracking number for my package indicated the origination point was China. When the item finally arrived, the veneers were total junk. You could find teeth like these in any Halloween costume display. It’s a total misrepresentation from the online ad.”
If you try to contact the company’s customer service, you’ll quickly find it doesn’t…
