I was reached out to on Messenger by a lady claiming to be from TronSmart who wanted me to post their Amazon deals on OzBargain.
However, their Amazon store is brand new and not the original Tronsmart-AU store as I've seen on here. Any advice on how to respond?
Edit: Last message before she blocked me was in Chinese lol
Common sense ain’t so common anymore…
I'm surprised they would go to these lengths; also leaving it up here as a memo for others.
it's automated, they go to zero lengths.
Doubt it. Bad English and all that.
Username checks out
Any advice on how to respond?
You don’t know how to respond to a message ???
No is only two keyboard clicks.
I'd like to prod this scammer a bit further.
Three to hit send
That's two letters and one click too many.
Op wants advice speaking to a lady
Actually don't know who it actually is on the other side haha, "lady"
Your words! Not mine!
Any advice on how to respond?
The correct answer is "don't"
Payment upfront , paid in PEPE
Explain you have no Ozbargain cred and they are wasting their time.
You need to add a poll.
Edit: Last message before she blocked me was in Chinese lol
What did google translate say she said?
Prolly like eff off you gaijin.
有病 means crazy. I'm Chinese which is probs why I was targeted. I managed to get back with a retort.
I managed to get back with a retort.
im sure they will be losing sleep over that…
either way..if this was all via facebook how did they know who you are/ you are an ozbargain member…
Well this is awkward after posting those offers in this forum as the rep since Amazon store reps are prohibited from posting main deals. It would seem someone there went rogue after not liking this rule. Pretty disappointing and thanks for the heads up.
I'm not sure if they were genuine in the first place. She had these product-specific discount codes on some TronSmart products, in addition to a vacuum cleaner.
Jimmy vacuum? Yep genuine. I've messaged their management team.
And 3D printers too? But why did they create a new storefront? That's where they failed to answer me.
@Imnuts7: It's not Tronsmart themselves, but rather a 3rd party distributor. Hence why the storefront is Wingsing and not Tronsmart-AU as you've noticed.
@Clear: Interesting. The lady introduced herself to me as Olivia from Tronsmart. She appeared to not be familiar with this site. I just wonder why they solicited me if they have you already.
I was aware of this and I would have had to tell her I could only post in that thread. Not sure how she expected to get around it.
Just say yes, and keep them occupied. :)
How did she know you're name on Facebook and that you're on OzzieB?
Probably from seeing who likes the OzBargain Facebook page
Prob a bot and when you responded someone actually checked. I suspect they freaked out when they saw your avatar.
They may get cancelled by the pooh bear
Do you really have to ask?