Tips to identify online blogshop scammer

You should know how to protect yourself from the blogshop scammers. Just as the saying goes “Prevention is always better than cure”.

The problem of fraud and dishonesty is one of the principal Internet problems, and the reason for that is that we don’t know personally those people with whom we transact business with, correspond on the sites or try to meet in real life.

Few tips to identify Blogshop scammers:

-If they are offering too good to be true services, it’s definitely a scammer.

- Check the authenticity of the blogshop through the owners’ information in the site.

- Try to Google the blogshop. The good the bad and the ugly can be found on Google.

- Scammer profiles and blogshops are flawless. They do not make mistakes and everything is planned very well. Therefore, never fall for an impressive website, read the content first.

- Check out scams feedback and chat sites. There are plenty of scam forums that can help you identify a scam. You can subscribe to those sites to help you identify unreliable blogshops.

- Become a member of a group of Safeblogshopper.com. Updates will be sent regularly about the newest scams. This should keep you up-to-date.

-Do a thorough research on the product/service before you take up the offer. Take time before committing anything on an offer. If you are asked to respond immediately to an impossible offer, then take it as an indication that the individual/company is pressurizing and counting on you to make a hasty decision. Well, Don’t!

- Mostly of those scam sites never publish their real charge to your account, lots of them says that you will pay this small money and at the end a very small quotation saying that they will charge you a very large amount. Beware of this sites make sure before entering your credit card number or paypal account make sure that you have read their promo from beginning to end.

What to Do if You Get Scammed:

Gather as much information as you can, regarding the scammer.
-   E-mail address
-   URL or the blog shop
-   Owner information
-   Scammed items
-   Notify the credit agency

- Transaction receipts or details

Look for similar stories
-  Go to shopping forums and try to look for shoppers who have the same problem as you.
-  Get in touch with them and ask questions regarding the scamming incident.

Report it to safeblogshopper.com
- Help other online shoppers who are potential victims of the scammer.
- To help you find justice.

Report to Authority
- Go to local police station after gathering enough information. This will be the last thing you must consider if the seller didn’t compensate with you after several attempts.

If you find anything fishy on the blogshop, just stay away from it. You are encourage to purchase from blogshops that has our SafeShop logo as we had validate their legitimacy and identify them as one of the SafeShops.

With reference to: Scambusters, Pcworld, Brainz