Scammers with 'online credit'

' I don't dare to buy goods online now .' - It is a firm affirmation of many familiar nickes on the box of Fashion-Cosmetics-Jewelry of Heart Network VN Online (TTVNOL). After successive shocks by spectacular scams and huge incidents involving ' counterfeit goods, real goods ', netizens who are accustomed to buying online have fallen into trouble.' deep faith crisis .

Repeated scandal

At the end of 2005, also on the Fashion-Cosmetics-Jewelry box (often called f363), the online shopping atmosphere was extremely exciting. But this year, surfing through "f363", it is easy to see a quiet and somewhat boring atmosphere. It is the result of a series of chaos during the past.

Enrique81's old, crumpled and obsolete clothes that Enrique81 sent to customers instead of branded products as agreed

Opening with the nickname Enrique81 'holding' nearly 20 million deposits of 9 members on TTVNOL and instead of the laptop, clothes and cosmetic products as agreed, Enrique sent them all old clothes. , crumpled, cosmetic too date. The incident was loud on the internet, causing admin (operator) to participate in finding ways to resolve and thanks to the intervention of the economic police.

Enrique81's fraud is not so sophisticated, but hitting the psychology of online buyers on f363 is very respectful and trusting of each other. Although Enrique is a strange nick, no one knows her real name or address (or him?) But still happily deposits 50% of the value of the item. Especially nickname Debon ., an 'expert' who buys online also deposits up to 13 million VND.

When I waited and didn't see the goods, some of you were worried and angry but many friends, including Debon ., were calm and expressed their confidence in Enrique81. It is not until we receive a pile of 'waste products' instead of brand name products that people are really shocked because the donkey . is too big.

At the end of November 2006, a topic on TTVNOL's Beauty box with the question ' Is it safe to buy Linhperfume's perfume? 'has sparked the hottest debate in 2006 by TTVNOL. Linhperfume is considered a 'brand' of the most popular online perfume in Vietnam today.

But in this topic, a series of nicknames claiming to be 'victims' buying fake perfume from Linhperfume have asked Linhperfume to compensate. In just a few days, the number of readers has reached several hundred thousand and the topic has pulled up to 180 pages (although TTVNOL regulations, the maximum of each topic is only 100 pages). At the same time, there are more than a dozen other topics open to discuss Linhperfume's 'real, fake' perfume that disturbs the Beauty box.

The situation became more stressful when Linhperfume not only did not seek to answer customers' questions, but also scolded them with obscene words and deliberately evaded their questions. At this point, the story of Linhperfume eating out the perfume auction that he had promised to send to the charity and to dispose of the award for the emotional writing contest organized by himself.

Shortly thereafter, f363 heated up with some customers suspecting nickname Miuxinh selling fake MAC chalk and sent the box image via email to the MAC company for confirmation. As a result, the MAC representative confirmed that they did not produce the 2-tier chalk Miuxinh was selling.

At the same time, many dozen firefighters found out at Ben Thanh market (Ho Chi Minh City) and Dong Xuan market (Hanoi) full of identical chalk boxes for VND 27,000, equal to one tenth of Miuxinh price sold online. So, if the semi-false powder is really fake, she has tricked tens of millions of customers.

Belief does not come back

The Tresor bottle has lost its words on the shell that a customer claimed to have bought from Linhperfume.Photo: TTVNOL.

Nickname Awitch shared: ' Joining the net community, especially online shopping, we all understand mutual trust is the most important. Because you have to send money to someone you don't know, you have to get an unknown item from where . '

In fact, in the past, f363 was always considered a common home for those who like beauty. Members who do not know but still consider each other as close friends, like sisters and are willing to place items worth up to millions of VND, even tens of millions of VND, without worry and suspicion.

Even without seeing Enrique81, many people still believe that there is something wrong, not a scam. Even Enrique81 lied 'I have to take care of my boyfriend in the hospital so I don't have time to send things back', everyone comforted, encouraged and patiently waited.

Then, at the time of the "super trick" Enrique81 revealed, the f363 community still encouraged each other to trust and continue to buy and sell. Or when the 'brand' Linhperfume collapses in the eyes of many members, they still consider it 'the worm that makes the soup'.

It wasn't until the feeling of being cheated by an '18-year-old girl' that people were really upset. However, initially, the victims who bought MAC chalks from Miuxinh were very calm, gently advising Miuxinh to apologize and compensate everyone.

Nickname Cherry286 said: ' Loving for an 18-year-old girl who made a mistake, we gave Miuxinh many opportunities to apologize to everyone. But her attitude was very stubborn and somewhat insolent that after a long time of waiting, customers had to gather together and find ways to ask the police to intervene . '

But people are still looking forward to Mirandinh's remorse and are willing to forgive because Miuxinh is too young and no one wants to harm the "future of a human being" floweremperor, a client of Mianyang.

Hai Yen, another customer said: ' I was very shocked and distressed because I had to buy chalk. Not only economic damage but also serious health problems, especially skin. I know there are many reputable salespeople on this site, but from now on I will not dare to buy goods online this way because I cannot trust 100% strangers . '

Julliette_pham, a reputable 'brand' selling cosmetics on the f363, said: ' True sellers like us are seriously affected by such scams. Even I was so tired that I decided to stop selling online and open the shop for convenience.

In early 2007, I will go home and confront people who doubt my product. Fortunately, many customers trust constantly calling, texting and encouraging me to continue selling because of the 'career' of women. Honestly, things like this make people lethargic. I myself dare not buy goods from strangers online now. '

After online scams, economic losses are clear, but there is an invisible but enormous damage. It is a belief in a pure and sincere online community, the belief in a pure and friendly virtual world has been seriously "smeared".

Lan Huong