Depop Scam
I decided I wanted to sell clothes on Depop. It’s an app where you can buy and sell clothes. I’ve never done it before so I didn’t really know how it worked. That’s when I got an email saying they want to buy my clothes I put for sell. I tapped on the link to sell it to them and it brought me to a different page. In this page it asked for my card information. Which I filled out thinking depop just needed it to give me the money from the clothes I was selling. It started making me fill out lots of other information and that when I started getting kinda skeptical. I thought it was weird I had to fill out this information on safari and not in the app. I look at the links address and it said, depop.lol and that’s when I knew I was getting scammed. A couple days later they were stealing money out of my account so I had to cancel my card. So if you get emails with a link DO NOT TAP ON IT, unless you know it’s trustworthy. Has this happened to any of you?
8 Comments
Raegan S.
Oh no! This sounds horrible! I can’t say this has happened to me, but I will be extra careful in the future!
egreav
It was horrible! Definitely be careful! Thanks for the reply!
William R
Wow, that’s really scary, having money stolen from me would be infuriating. Thanks for letting us know.
egreav
Very infuriating! Stay safe and be careful what links you tap on! Thanks for the reply!
Shelayne Barrett
Oh no! I have definitely learned that so many scams start from emails! A good reminder to always stay in an app or go direct to a companies website. Way to have your guard up once they asked for more information!
egreav
Yes many scams definitely start with emails! Thank you, definitely gonna have my guard up even more now on!
Shellie Greaves
I unknowingly ordered from a copycat website. I received a dress that was cheaply made, in the same color but different style. I tried to return it to the company I thought I was ordering from but they had no record of it. Good idea to always double check the web address!
egreav
Oh no! That sucks. It’s the worst getting scammed on merchandise!! Definitely has happened to me a few times! Always double check the web address.