Imitation (Fake) Online Store, Consumers Are Deceived

Viralterkini.id, Medan – Online shops are now in great demand by the public and have become a lifestyle for modern society. The ease of ordering goods from home, the variety of products, and the big discounts make online stores increasingly popular. Unfortunately, this trend is also accompanied by an increase in digital crime, one of which is fake (imitation) online stores designed to deceive consumers.

MA, who is a buyer from the online shop “sepatusecondorii_88” almost became a target. Suspicions arose after the price offered by the shop was far from the market. MA contacted a friend who was in the city where the online shop was located to check the shop’s whereabouts and make sure it was from that shop.

‎From the monitoring of the media crew who also took part in searching for the location of the shop on Jl. Setiabudi no. 121 C, Medan Selayang, Medan city, Tuesday, 07/10/2025 at around 18.15 WIB it turned out that the address and shop number were correct, but the shop name was different.

Fitri, who is the leader of the Thrif Labu Store shoe shop, said that many people had been deceived by using the name of their shop address.

‎‎”Many people have been deceived, bro, it’s not our shop’s IG, bro. We have also received many reports from buyers who were deceived because the price offered was far from the market price. We have also tried to contact the contact of the fake shop but we couldn’t find it in a search. Our shop name on IG is “LABUSTUFF” and on Tiktok it’s called “LABUSTUFF_”, so if there is another online shop using the address here and the shop name on IG and Tiktok is different, open it. our shop”. he said.

‎‎He also added to always be careful when buying products online and always ensure they are correct and the price is appropriate so as not to become a target for fraud from other imitation online stores.

‎‎”For online buyers, remain wise when shopping at online stores, if someone uses our shop address and the name of the shop does not match our official shop, we are not responsible.” he concluded. (bn)