As supply chain issues disrupt the holiday shopping season, scammers are making things worse by taking advantage of those challenges with fake websites.
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"When you go to some of the big-box stores — whether it be Walmart, Amazon, Best Buy — they don't have the toy that you want in stock and then you google it. Then you find this really boutique company that is offering the bicycle that your daughter wants and you think, 'You know what? I'm going to get it,'" Talcove told CBS News' consumer investigative correspondent Anna Werner."It's a front for a transnational criminal group," Talcove said.
"And so after that, I started to look at the website, look up reviews on the website, and there are over 1,000 people reviewing this website saying it's a scam, 'Don't buy. I haven't got my stuff in over half a year,'" Leninger said. "Well, I don't have the merchandise or my money," he said.are typically launched from overseas and are becoming increasingly sophisticated.
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