A Cautionary Tale
Like many of you, I get tons of email and facebook posts from companies I do business with. llbean has been sending quite a few. Today, I fell for one that looked legitimate on facebook. It was a super sale on shoes and boots.
I clicked on the facebook link.
It looked quite real. The little logo on the tab was as expected, a green square with a boot.
The URL was close to real.
BUT . . .
The URL was close to real - not real. Now that I look back, I see that the real URL is always beginning https://www.llbean.com/
The prices were too good to be true! That should be a clue. We got 7 pairs of shoes/slippers/boots for $149.00!
Another clue, there were only shoes in full sizes, no half-sizes.
A fourth clue, they were not out of any of the sizes/styles.
The fifth clue was the text from Citibank saying they suspected fraud, and did we really authorize that payment?
Free L.L.Bean Citi Fraud Msg: Card 1167. Did you attempt $149 at RELIABLE KIND on 05-31? Yes=1, No=2. Reply STOP to Opt-Out
Well, we had made the purchase, so we authorized it. . .
Then we began to second guess. Did we authorize payment to a not-llbean company?
Stay tuned - we now think we fell for a scam. We have received an email from the seller with the purchase summary. . . we'll see what happens next.
My guess - nothing more will happen and we will have to challenge citibank to avoid this bill.
Let this be a warning.
TANSTAAFL
2 comments:
Scammers are locked down, too. And bored! I got 2 text messages on my phone today about my Netflix account. Since I have never had one, it was easy to delete it. Got the first one in the morning, the second one in the afternoon. I guess it might be time to find out how to block phone numbers.
Don't have below email anymore
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