Last week I made a horrible mistake by not researching a company before making an on-line purchase from them. I'd been having horrible on-going pain from sciatica and was thinking I needed to try CBD oil. I happened to see an ad on Facebook saying that Mike Holmes (the builder) had a cannabis farm in western Canada and thought foolishly that, since he's a reputable person, I should place an order with him. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a scam that Mike Holmes was never part of...he doesn't even own a cannabis farm in western Canada or anywhere else.
I discovered my mistake in ordering and being scammed within 10 minutes of giving these people my credit card number. On-line comments I found said that people had been fooled just like I had been and were experiencing on-going charges for things they never ordered...one lady found she'd been charged $500 by this company without her consent.
And so I contacted Visa's fraud department and the $7.11 the scammers had charged me was removed from my account (they always start out small before placing large charges on your credit card) and I was to receive a new credit card with a different number so I wouldn't be scammed again. Well, I got my new card and checked it on-line only to find these scammers had managed to insert another charge of $7.18 onto my card just before it was cancelled. Visa's fraud department is looking into it but I'm sure my piddly loss of $7 won't be high on their prioity list to do much checking.
Warning...never buy on-line without doing your own unbiased research into a company. Never order from Canabury Farms from western Canada...they actually exist under 2 other names and are located in the Toronto area. Contact your credit card company immediately if you suspect you've been defrauded. Oh, yes, I saw a similar ad on Facebook which depicted Brian Baumer (the builder) as owning a cannabis farm in Canada. SCAM!
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