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Fake Simms 80% sale: beware of the Instagram Ad

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#1 ·
The Simms Warehouse 80% Summer Sale (advertised on Instagram, no less) shows all the merchandise in a perfect fake website. The prices are 20% of list and (the clincher), you're offered free shipping (to Canada in my case) and an additional discount when you check out.

Some things are too good to be true.
 
#4 ·
I blame my bladder for the poor decision making: a 3 a.m. pee, then a quick check on the phone . . . then a look at Instagram (I'm waiting for my Romanian young fiance to confirm her flight details after I wired her the funds last week) . . . and I see a wonderful ad . . . 200 liter duffel for $27 . . . G3 Pack for $27 . . . etc, etc. I did a quick internet search for shenanigans and came up empty. Tapped out my order, went to bed, woke up and had an "Oh, Sh#t!" recollection.

Back on the internet: Whoops. The scam's been running since early June and another board has a lengthy thread on it.

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I wrote to the scamsters that next morning to cancel the order. They instead sent me a shipping tracking number. I have a #6 muddler to wager that clicking on that link will not improve the health of anyone's laptop.