Before the advent of online shopping, if you wanted to purchase something, you usually had to get off your ass to do it.
The only problem with this is that 21st-century humans famously hate getting off their asses, which is why roughly 95% of pre-internet consumers decided to just take a nap instead of buying their product.
These days, all you need are a few taps and swipes of your thumb and that Hello Kitty face mask is on its way.
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Some of us make so many online orders that we forget what we’ve even purchased.
Woman Paid $40 for COD ‘Ninjavan’ Order & It Turns Out to be a ‘Fake Order’
A woman who paid $40 for a Ninja Van Cash on Delivery parcel claims that the delivery only contained a $5 mask and that no order had actually been made.
The woman, Ms Peng Xue Lin, warned netizens about the scam in a Facebook post on Wednesday (12 Aug).
Peng recounted how she was busy at work on Wednesday when a delivery rider from Ninja Van knocked at her door.
The purported rider claimed she had a parcel from Ninja Van for Peng, and that she had to pay $40 because she had chosen the Cash on Delivery (COD) option.
Peng, who said she frequently purchased products online, didn’t check the parcel because the delivery rider seemed tired, and speculated that it was her last stop for the day.
So, she accepted the package and paid the money she supposedly owed.
Soon after, Peng realised that something was wrong because she never actually ordered a parcel through COD.
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Suspicious, she opened the package and found a mask inside.
No, not that kind. This kind:
Yes, it was a cosmetic face mask. A cosmetic face mask that she never ordered.
When she did some digging and discovered that it cost just over $5, she knew something was wrong.
Lodged a Police Report
Peng quickly sent a text message to the rider and informed her that she did not order the parcel.
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The rider asked her to inform the seller, which she would have gladly done, except she had no idea who the seller was.
Peng checked her email for a receipt, but couldn’t find one.
So, she lodged a police report, and the rider said she would inform her boss.
Peng said she doesn’t blame Ninja Van, but urged delivery companies to withhold funds from sellers if consumers make complaints against them.
The police confirmed they are investigating the incident.
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Warned Others To Avoid COD Orders
At the end of her post, Peng warned netizens to avoid ordering items through COD, as they could very easily end up as victims too.
The scary thing about this is that some netizens claimed the exact same thing happened to them.
One netizen said he received an SMS, supposedly from Ninja Van, informing him that a COD item which he ordered would be arriving.
When he told them that he made no such order, they said they would send the parcel to another location instead:
If we’re all being honest, most of us don’t check the packages that arrive on our doorstep, because we order an average of 23 new products a day.
But it’s important to verify your purchases every time one arrives, especially if you opted for Cash on Delivery.
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Scammers are getting craftier every day. We need to keep up.
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