SEASALT FLASH SALE

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They have a ridiculously cheap sale on today
Very sadly it appears they are closing
I saw this on my FB this afternoon so sale is still active

Are you so perfect that you have never made a mistake or had a lapse of judgement? Really?

Good grief. I hope no ones bought anything due to this.

Because fools go through Facebook adverts to sale sites and get scammed it makes it difficult for other people to shop because the banks will want to do more and more checks on people's purchases.

@SoupDragon

I can't think of an occasion that I've been scammed but maybe I have. I've definitely not been scammed by buying things off a Facebook advert though! I knew the Seasalt ad was fake instantly. My point wasn't about whether or not I'm perfect but that people should be more cautious and that they should make an effort to educate themselves about scammers. There is loads of information about.

It's the scammers who are responsible for the scamming but people shouldn't make it easy for them.

No, your point was to blame the victims. You can educate yourself about scammers all you like, people still have a lapse of judgment or the scammers are just too clever. No one is perfect, no one never makes a mistake in their life and that includes you. You just need to hope no one is there to kick you and blame you when you do make a mistake with anything.

I've had three different so-called Seasalt flash sales come up on my fb feed today, all posted by utter randoms.

Do people really fall for this stuff?

You certainly have a very appropriate username 😂

You mean SeasaltS

I've reported the FB many times. FB day it's fine and it keeps popping up. So I just type "this is a scam" in capitals and hope people read it. Grim.

@SoupDragon
You can try and twist my posts but I was very clear. The scamming is 100% down to the scammers but that doesn't mean people shouldn't take care and shouldn't educate themselves. If you are going to buy things online you need to make yourself aware of what type of scams are about. This type of Facebook scam isn't even convincing.

This is not a lapse of judgment or scammers being too clever, these adverts were on Facebook and you had to go through it on Facebook, they are clearly scams, people that go through these websites make it more difficult for everyone to shop in the long run.

I don't want the bank questioning every time I buy something because some idiots choose to go through scam adverts and the banks lose money paying all these people back.

I think calling people idiots for falling for a scam shows your lack of empathy @BobnLen. But that's fair enough. Not everyone can be a decent person, in the same way that not everyone is on high alert for scams 24/7. There are plenty of legitimate companies who advertise on Facebook - Boots, Marks and Spencer, Fatface etc - and they provide links to their products and very often to their deals and sales. That very fact is what scammers rely on. Ah well, you can spend the rest of the day polishing your wee medal that shows how clever you are.

Maybe if the banks didn't refund these people they would be more careful. They would be better off using a cashback site to shop and then getting a little bit in return, there is no advantage to using Facebook to access shopping websites. Seasalt is a legitimate company like the ones that you listed but unfortunately the ads for it aren't.

Scammy McSpamface.

The link on today’s fake advert takes you to a company whose domain name seems to be seaselt .