Types of scam
Marketplace and Goods Never Delivered
You paid for goods or services that never arrived.
Recovery outlook
Often recoverable
How this operation works
A purchase was made from an online seller, marketplace listing, or social media shop and the goods never arrived, or were materially not as described. Where a card or a payment platform was used, formal buyer protection usually applies.
Warning signs
- The seller asked you to pay outside the platform
- Payment was requested by bank transfer or as a friends-and-family payment
- The price was far below market
- The listing or shop disappeared after payment
How recovery usually works for this type
- Card chargeback for goods not received
- Payment platform buyer protection claim
- Marketplace dispute resolution
What the claim form will ask you
Gathering these before you start will make filing quicker.
- Seller or shop name *
- Listing or shop address
- Where the listing appeared
- What you were buying
- Did you pay outside the platform checkout?
Have you lost money to this operation?
File a claim and we will assess what recovery routes are realistically open to you. We will tell you plainly if we do not think recovery is achievable.
File a claim