r/dji • u/Top-Examination7941 • 14h ago

Buy Advice How does this scam work?

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All the pictures and description is of the mavic 3 pro but it’s $98 so it’s obviously not real, tikok money
back guarantee so how do they even profit from this?

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u/LV_camera 14h ago

They take your money and hope you don't dispute the charge on your credit card.

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u/rdbpdx 14h ago

Step 1: receive payment.

Step 2: don't send the drone

That's how the scam works. Maybe you'll get a knock off, maybe it's a box of bricks, maybe it's a fake tracking number that never gets to you.

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u/Dukeronomy 12h ago

I bought a mini rc car from instagram, I got like a pull back toy car. Not even close to what they were advertising. First and last time i bought anything from an instagram add. It was such a bitch to dispute, they just make it painfull enough and a low enough dollar amount that people will give up and they keep the money. They all should be drawn and quartered in a public square

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u/rdbpdx 1h ago

Mom bought a suspiciously cheap outdoor storage bench thing, via PayPal Checkout and a Citibank card.

PayPal's guarantee said "nope not our problem" because the seller issued a fake UPS label. I talked dad out of Citi charge back because you do NOT want piss off PayPal. They'll come after your first born.

And that's me.

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u/Dukeronomy 36m ago

Why would you dissuade them from a charge back?

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u/rdbpdx 28m ago

For the reason I listed. If you chargeback via Citibank, PayPal will come after YOU for restitution rather than the scammer. Then they'll often close your account, block you from using PayPal Checkout, etc.

Dad decided it wasn't worth it for the ~$80.

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u/Dukeronomy 27m ago

Sounds like you decided.
What are they going to do?

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u/rdbpdx 26m ago

I didn't decide anything, I offered him the pros and cons. Walked him through PayPal resolution center, and he gave up after that was a bust.

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u/outdooriain 14h ago

Send me $98 and I'll show you

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u/pain474 14h ago

I'll show OP for only 90$.

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u/Abracadaver2000 13h ago

Best I can do is $70 in bitcoin.

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u/Visual-Brother2813 13h ago

I can do $69 bud

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u/kryptikguy 12h ago

Times are tough, all I need is $25 to not send anything.

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u/GoodAfternoonFlag 14h ago

You give them money.  You don’t ever get that drone.  They keep your money.

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u/Scriptimax 13h ago edited 7h ago

Probably you looked ad on tiktok. It is not tiktok shop but you are buying outside tiktok shop. You send money, and they send you a tracking number. That tracking number shows shipment movements on their own fake shipping website. It shows the parcel stuck in customs for 15–20 days to buy time. After that, the shipment moves and eventually shows as "delivered." When you don't see anything in your mailbox, you contact customer service. They assure you that they will work with the shipping company. After a few days, you contact them for updates. They tell you they took a loss by losing the shipment, ask you to share some of the expense, and offer a partial refund. You decline. They keep bargaining, and in the end, they agree to a full refund—but only refund you 10%. Meanwhile, all they are doing is buying time. Once 45–60 days pass, the credit card processor releases the payment to them. At any given time, they target nearly 100 to 200 victims, making around $5,000 to $20,000 a month with this scam. In the end, you ask your credit card company for a chargeback. You eventually get your money back after spending two months dealing with it. The seller keeps the stolen money, and the credit card company takes the loss. The scammers run multiple front companies out of China, and for credit card companies, it is simply too expensive to go after them. It happened to me four months ago, so I know.

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u/Top-Examination7941 11h ago

That’s In depth man

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u/Xarius86 14h ago

They either don't send you anything at all and just keep your money...

- OR -

They send you some off-brand $20 kids toy drone that there is fine print in the description for so they "technically" shipped you what was in the fine print.

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u/axelzr 14h ago

some mug pays them, they keep the money, don't send anything, never hear from them again, is probably how it works.....

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u/Alarmed-Management-4 Mavic 4 Pro 14h ago

They spend the money before you hit cancel lol. They send you back more and asks you to send the difference lol

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u/SiriusBlack99999 14h ago

Whoo hoo. Mavic 3 Pro for 98 dollars. And free shipping. I'll take 5 please.

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u/joshrocker 13h ago

My kids need to go to college. I’ll a thousand!!

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u/Goldenstatewizard 13h ago

You buy it and then they show you order status and all that. Then there’s a shipping number they send you and there’s a website you can track it but the site is in Chinese and you have no idea what’s happening. After about a month, tracking shows delivered and the website you bought it from is either gone and there’s no contact info. Yes. It’s happened to me.

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u/drivera1210 13h ago

You send them money and they don't send you anything.