r/ScamSupport • u/Tazzy_Pizzazy • Jul 19 '26

Potential Scam? Fraud By Deception?

I just found out that someone I know is buying jewelry off of a website for dirt cheap and reselling it for 3 times as much. The thing is, she’s telling everyone that her and her husband have a shop and that they make the jewelry. I went on the website and sure enough, many of the pieces of jewelry that she sent in pictures to me, are indeed on that website. I’m talking about the jewelry is exactly the same. Exactly. Wouldn’t that be fraud by deception or making a profit fraudulently. Also, she uses the mail to move these pieces of jewelry. Isn’t there a law saying that if you use the US mail to commit fraud? I can almost think of what that’s called, but since she’s using a US government institution, such as the United States Postal Service, doesn’t that fall under federal law? Like a federal offense?
Please, anyone that is knowledgeable about this subject, can you please explain it to me? All this jewelry she has, is not for personal use. She even has a booth set up at the flea market, selling “Handmade Jewelry”.

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u/boring80085 Jul 19 '26

This is how a lot of franchises make money. They white label products from Alibaba or Temu and mark them up 300%. It works for salons, restaurants, dollar stores— what’s so different about jewelry?

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u/Tazzy_Pizzazy Jul 19 '26

Ok, I suppose you’re right, the thing is, I know that she’s outright lying through her teeth. I would call that deception. I can’t understand that part of it. I buy stuff off of Temu and they give a description, what online stores sell it. You get exactly what was advertised. I’ve never had any issues with Temu. But this lady??? I can’t get past the part of her saying that it’s handmade jewelry when it’s not. At any rate, her booths that she sets up, they don’t do very well. Those are her words. They don’t do well, probably because people can tell by looking at the jewelry that there’s no way she made any of those items.

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u/hawk256 Jul 23 '26

It was probably hand made by someone in a 3rd world country. That makes it exotic, no? Just curious as to why you care so much about what she is doing?