PSA for any other online sellers out there:
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PSA for any other online sellers out there:
My spidey senses went off about an order this week and I want to share my experience so you don’t potentially get scammed. I received a larger order than usual on Etsy (above the seller protection amount), checked the address, and it was Canadian — BUT —- it had an unusual second line to the address that I’d not seen before, so I went investigating.
Turns out it was a well known ‘freight forwarding’ scam address. The buyer doesn’t live in Canada, and they use this location as a front to be able to ‘buy’ Canadian products.
This location is known to be used by the “my item never arrived” type of scammers who will tell Etsy that the item never arrived and get refunds plus keep the items. They’re not purchasing in good faith, and not actually even located in Canada. They’re overseas buyers using the location as a front to scam sellers. I canceled the order.
Please BEWARE! If something looks off, take the time to look into it.
/end PSA
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PSA for any other online sellers out there:
My spidey senses went off about an order this week and I want to share my experience so you don’t potentially get scammed. I received a larger order than usual on Etsy (above the seller protection amount), checked the address, and it was Canadian — BUT —- it had an unusual second line to the address that I’d not seen before, so I went investigating.
Turns out it was a well known ‘freight forwarding’ scam address. The buyer doesn’t live in Canada, and they use this location as a front to be able to ‘buy’ Canadian products.
This location is known to be used by the “my item never arrived” type of scammers who will tell Etsy that the item never arrived and get refunds plus keep the items. They’re not purchasing in good faith, and not actually even located in Canada. They’re overseas buyers using the location as a front to scam sellers. I canceled the order.
Please BEWARE! If something looks off, take the time to look into it.
/end PSA
Could you share more details about the unusual second line?
I'd like to know exactly what you saw, to be straightforward about it.
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