A mother of five says she is the victim of an online scam – and now she’s out $2,000.
Dawn says she is in desperate need of a car, and she believes internet scammers took advantage of that. Now, not only doesn’t she have a car – but the money she saved up for one for so long, is gone too.
Dawn’s garage is empty, waiting for a car she paid for to arrive.
The single mother of five is struggling with cancer and the fact that she was taken for $2,000.
She says she needed a car, saw one she liked online – thought it was a good deal and decided to buy it. She thought she was going through eBay.
Then this happened.
“They told me to go to a store and purchase apple iTunes cards,” Dawn says. “Once I bought in $500 increments to call with the number on the back of the card.”
EBay says if you are ever asked to make a payment thru pre-paid cards it’s likely a scam.
They say make sure the product is actually on eBay’s website, contact the seller using your eBay account only and make sure you payments are done thru PayPal or from bank to bank so that it can be tracked.
Now, Dawn says she doesn’t know what she’s going to do. As she tries to figure out how she's going to get around, experts say if you believe you're a victim of an online scam go to IC3.gov – that’s the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center – and file a report.
