There’s something fishy going on with Hoxo.shop. The website, which is just shy of a month old, is under suspicion of operating a fraudulent retail scheme. You’d be hard-pressed to find a customer service phone number listed anywhere on the site. A deeper look into the website’s data reveals a startling truth – the content isn’t unique. It’s merely a carbon copy of content from other websites of the same nature. The products displayed in the photos don’t match up with the actual items they’re selling. A quick tour of the website uncovers numerous incomplete pages, littered with placeholder text and generic default content. Despite the era of social media, the company is conspicuously absent from all platforms. In addition, the business is nowhere to be found on major consumer feedback websites.
A fake store scam is one where an online shop is created with the sole purpose of defrauding customers. These stores often display products at enticingly low prices to lure in customers. However, once a customer makes a purchase, they either receive a counterfeit item, an item of lesser value or nothing at all. These fraudulent stores usually lack customer service, have duplicate content from other sites, and lack presence on social media or consumer review platforms.