‘Paid $1,855 for a bag of flour’ cries Amazon shopper over gadget scam and reveals the ‘first red flag’ they spotted | S6R7585 | 2024-04-01 00:08:01

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'Paid $1,855 for a bag of flour' cries Amazon shopper over gadget scam and reveals the 'first red flag' they spotted | S6R7585 | 2024-04-01 00:08:01

Footage of the reported scam have been posted on the popular Reddit

AN AMAZON shopper has claimed they have been scammed out of $1855 after buying a product on the platform.

Footage of the reported scam have been posted on the popular Reddit platform r/amazonprime.

'Paid $1,855 for a bag of flour' cries Amazon shopper over gadget scam and reveals the 'first red flag' they spotted
'Paid $1,855 for a bag of flour' cries Amazon shopper over gadget scam and reveals the 'first red flag' they spotted
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The consumer claims to have acquired a sealed field from Amazon[/caption]
'Paid $1,855 for a bag of flour' cries Amazon shopper over gadget scam and reveals the 'first red flag' they spotted
'Paid $1,855 for a bag of flour' cries Amazon shopper over gadget scam and reveals the 'first red flag' they spotted
Reddit
A bag of flour is pictured inside as an alternative of the processing unit[/caption]

Over 100,000 Amazon buyers use the platform to discuss products and share advice.

One consumer posted a number of footage of an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 graphics processing unit that they'd purchased.

The box was sealed in plastic and didn't look peculiar from the surface.

"Lastly turned victim to a return scam, paid $1855 for a bag of flour," the disgruntled user wrote.

They offered five pictures of the field, including one which exhibits the processing unit shouldn't be inside.

As an alternative, a nasty of flour is pictured instead despite the box seeming to be unopened previous to the client's unboxing.

"The primary pink flag was that Gigabyte graphics cards are usually not shrink wrapped (they have by no means been, anybody can YouTube unboxing movies) however the weight felt advantageous," the Amazon buyer wrote.

"$1855 bag of flour, weighted to be what a brand new 4090 ought to weigh in a field of this measurement," they wrote subsequent to the picture of the bag of flour.

The Reddit publish has over 2,000 upvotes and more than 700 feedback.

"I ordered a e-book and acquired ship a prime of toothbrushes!

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"The tooth brush have been value way more than the ebook. So I simply didn't return them and Amazon sent me TWO extra books," one Reddit consumer replied.

"In case you don't battle this then it'll maintain occurring to others," one other stated.

"Can be better for everybody in the event you returned it, even for those who don't get a refund, in the hopes Amazon will have the ability to determine who returned it.

"We all know they in all probability gained't, however it will possibly't assist to only take in this loss," one other individual wrote.

We've reached out to Amazon for remark.

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