Description

On Monday, November 3rd, 2025, an ad for Barnes & Noble popped up on TikTok for a big book collection sale. I clicked on it, and it looked identical to the Barnes & Noble site. I didn't notice the URL at the time. I made a purchase for $59.86, and an order summary appeared with an order number, stating it was confirmed and that I would receive a confirmation email with my order number shortly. The email I received is attached to this, but it didn't give me an order number or anything, it just said Welcome to our shop and there was a link to "visit our store' and a link to email customer service at [email protected] (I didn't even pay attention to this at first). I was able to access the "store" to view my order for 2 days, but now the webpage doesn't exist. It comes up as "Error 1000 DNS points to prohibited IP. You've requested a page on a website (discounter-club.com) that is on the Cloudflare network. Unfortunately, it is resolving to an IP address that is creating a conflict within Cloudflare's system." I checked my bank account, and the charge was for an even $60.00 from a merchant NOCERAST, which, when I called my bank, they said the merchant was listed under "cosmetics." I've attached screenshots. I had to cancel my card because it is obviously a scam.