#shopee scam

Shopee has been one of the top leading e-commerce platforms in recent years here in Southeast Asia. Therefore, Shopee has just launched Shopee Cares PH. Users are also encouraged to seek help with any product inquiry or concern through Shopee Cares PH. With 30-40% saying they had fallen victim to phishing scams, gift card scams, or third-party seller scams. Through this platform, we aim to equip them with knowledge on how to shop safely and combat these online scams together so that they can continuously enjoy shopping online.” – Martin Yu, Shopee Philippines Director To learn more about Shopee Cares PH you may visit its official Facebook and Twitter page. This is actually very similar to the old trick about foreign lottery winning scams but has been developed to adapt to a localized target. With the popularity of e-commerce in the Philippines, more and more small-time or fly-by-night e-commerce operators (or merchants) are trying to scam (the local term is budol) unsuspecting customers. If the recipient is not around and somebody else in the same household accepts and pays for the delivery, then the scam is a success. Read more in our articles including "Shopee Cares PH launches to promote safe online shopping" and "Beware of this new modus by tele-scammers".