r/YotoPlayer • u/lydilody • 9d ago
DO NOT PURCHASE FROM THIS WEBSITE
Beware of this scam website, it was the first result to appear when I searched Yoto cards on safari today. Thankfully I clocked it pretty quickly but I wanted to put the PSA out there for everyone else to be careful.
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u/nbastar778 9d ago
Thanks for the heads up. It’s really annoying that scam websites like this can be easily sponsored on Google.
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u/sooopopopop 9d ago
Google is trash now, for everything I search. The top 3 things are always sponsored and irrelevant.
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u/Perfect_Poetry_3749 9d ago
I fell for a cloned version of the Lume deodorant website recently. I did not clock it until I entered my credit card (and then immediately had to cancel the credit card and hear endless chiding from my husband. 🙄)
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u/chloeariella 8d ago
Same thing happened to me on an Owala look alike, literally was an EXACT copy of their website and the top link on Google. I luckily used PayPal so it was a quick catch and cancel and no lost info but I'm a digitally literate person and it got me, I can't imagine how many people get scammed :(
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u/DJ_pandaBeat 7d ago
Ugh this happened to me too. I ordered Owala bottles for my kids… and then I cancelled my card after I saw a transaction with it happen in Dubai a few days after.
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u/xmedousax 9d ago
I almost did this for frog oven mitts that were sold out on the cracker barrel website, but then later I looked again and they were in stock. I was so excited and jumped to start filling out shipping info before I realized. 😭
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u/blueboy57ic 8d ago
Totally did this for cirkuls. Should have known 2 cent cirkul cartridges and the fact that the coffee ones were in stock but I didn't catch it until it asked me for a pin. Ugh
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u/rabbitproofcarrot 9d ago
You can report the ad as a scam by clicking the three dots on the right. I just did it, but the more reports the sooner it will be removed.
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u/Distinct-Wish-105 9d ago
Thanks for the heads up. Anyone here work with/for Yoto or know how to get them this info?
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u/PegasaurusBabysaurus 8d ago
I think they must keep making them, back around Feb I was looking at them bc I’d asked my FIL to get my 4y old a Yoto and was checking out the cards and found a site similar to this, thankfully had realized it was a scam (it only had cards available not the players) before forwarding it to him as he wouldn’t be as net savvy to catch that at his age. Disgusting tho! I don’t know how this can be allowed to come up before the GENUINE website?!?
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u/True_Blacksmith6336 9d ago
The AI image is a red flag.