Fake online stores are probably the most common type of online shopping scam. These are fly-by-night stores, often created, mostly, from China but never disclosed, that heavily advertise products at deep discounts. However, the products that they actually send have little resemblance to what was advertised. To make things worse, they have terrible customer service and will refuse to provide refunds despite intentionally shipping inferior products. The stores also rarely last longer than three to six months.
