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A major Australian fashion brand issues a dire warning after scammers set up copycat websites and tried to fool online shoppers
- Australian fashion chain Dotti issued a warning about a fraudulent replica website
- They urged customers not to buy their products on any website other than their own.
- Dotti also warned about the social media account imitating them to send messages to customers.
A major Australian fashion brand has issued a warning to its online customers after scammers mimicked its website.
The Dotti fashion chain urged its customers not to buy any products from a fake website in a dire warning posted on Instagram late Friday.
“We have been informed that there are websites illegally using the Dotti name and logo in an attempt to defraud customers and obtain personal information,” it said.
Dotti (pictured) also warns her customers not to respond to social media counts by imitating them without a verified blue check
Australian fashion chain, Dotti, issued a statement (pictured) urging its online customers that fake websites imitating Dotti are being used to steal customer information.
Dotti urged customers to only shop at its Australian or New Zealand online stores and to be wary of websites posing as the fashion brand.
“These websites are not affiliated with Dotti,” the post read.
They also warned against scammers messaging potential customers through Instagram accounts that look just like theirs.
“That any communication from Dotti’s social media accounts will have a blue verified tick next to her name,” the post read.
‘If you receive messages on social media from accounts that look like Dotti but do not have the verified blue tick, they are not from our brand and we recommend that you do not reply.
“We hope everyone continues to enjoy shopping with us and stay safe online.”
Dotti urged customers to only shop at its Australian or New Zealand online stores and to be wary of websites posing as the fashion brand.
It comes after a year in which Australians lost billions of dollars to scammers.
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Scamwatch received 166,000 reports between January and September 2022.
The figure is a 90 percent increase from the previous year.
‘We know that scammers are relentlessly targeting Australians. Research commissioned by the ACCC shows that 96 percent of the population was exposed to a scam in the five years to 2021,’ said ACCC Vice President Delia Rickard.
“In addition to costing consumers, businesses and the economy billions a year, scams are emotionally devastating to victims and their families.”
Daily Mail Australia contacted Dotti for comment.