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I saw an Instagram advertisement for a small business owned by a woman named Mary in New York who stated " after years I have come to the difficult decision to close my shop." I placed an order in support advertised as "express shipping". I requested shipping to CT. Then I noticed on the order confirmation that the shipping origin is China. I made multiple attempts to contact "Mary". I received delayed emails that had robot sounding verbage. Initially, I was told the shipping address could easily be changed to my permanent MA address since "express shipping" from China would not arrive to CT within the week that I was there. Again, delayed email responses that concluded February 22nd stating the shipping could not be changed. I googled the company and found MULTIPLE warnings from people stating that the company is not who they say they are, not in the USA, and not individually made high quality.

Dollars Lost

$40.02

Targeted Person's Location

MA, USA- 02631

Scammer Information
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Unknown Location

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(416) 555-7834

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marysgems.com

Scam Type

Online Purchase

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Business name

Mary's Gems

Date Reported

February 24, 2025

Scam ID

950416


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