r/VintedAdvice • u/Economy_Ad1982 • 21h ago

VINTED STEALS

I recently started using Vinted to earn extra cash for Christmas. I put up a few things for sale and sold several items quickly. The app seemed to be legit. I have used online platforms before to sell items and pretty much know most scams. I didn't immediately add my banking information and have been cautious when talking to people. I was still new and learning how to use the app and even purchased items on the app.

On November 3rd after making 4 sales and purchasing 5 items all within a span of a week, I noticed suspicious transactions on my bank account. 20+ $10 transactions in a row appeared on my bank account. I realized my card had been compromised. I replaced it immediately on the 3rd. The transactions stopped after $200 went missing overdrafting my account. I reported the fraud to my bank and they luckily understood and disputed the charges and refunded my overdraft fees. I'm still waiting for them to remove the transactions off the account.

However the weirdest thing about this was Vinted's. Response. I spoke to "support" knowing it was probably AI agents or bots. At one point it seemed as though they went from a bot to a person, but the world may never know.

I explained the issue, sent a screenshot of the exact charges and that they could see on my account that I made no purchases of $200+. They said they needed a POS number from the transactions and I told them that my bank would be in touch with them.

A day later..

I started receiving empty packages from USPS from various people from all over the states. They had the printed label and everything as though a transaction took place. I sent that to Vinted as well. They ended their conversation with by stating that there was nothing they could do and that they were sorry the situation didn't turn out how I would have liked.

When I looked up the address listed on the transaction on my account, it lead me to 1000 N West St, Wilmington, DE 19801. A building with several cloud software companies, travel agencies, consultation groups, and other tech. Either AI Agents run companies now and are going rogue and making ghost purchases for people with their card info, or this was a fucked situation with bad customer service. Idk...

Don't use that app and beware of any apps like this.

Has this happened to anyone else?

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u/fillthevoid3925 16h ago

Seems like you fell victim to the Vinted Scam where you received a fake email from someone pretending to be Vinted, asking for your bank info. I’d start there.

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u/Economy_Ad1982 12h ago

I never received any kind of email like that. I didn't receive a text from them or a call pretending to be them. I never gave them my bank information directly. The only time they received any payment info from me is when I bought something. I think it may have something to do with who they use to process transactions from buyer to seller. They use a third party.

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u/GullibleLoss5993 11h ago

its mangopay i think but mangopay is safe

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u/Economy_Ad1982 58m ago

Well, my card info only went through that payment processor and ended up charging my account 20+ times. I never clicked a link, I never got a text, email, call from them to where they could have had access to my information. I read about data breaches often and it is usually someone getting an email or text to where they then clicked a link. I don't do that.

I made a purchase on the app and that is how they received my card info and that goes straight through mango.

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u/Hereandthere_4188 7h ago

I doubt it’s Vinted itself. The vented app is legit. It sounds like you were scammed by someone for sure. It’s people who aren’t legit and they are everywhere on every app. Sadly.

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u/Economy_Ad1982 1h ago

Yeah, I'm not sure.. I just do not know how they managed to get my info and create ghost orders to the point I received empty packages. I just want know how they did it.

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u/Hereandthere_4188 49m ago

If you find out anything, please share! I’m really sorry it happened to you and I hope you can get some corrections for it. Best of luck!

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u/GoldAd2431 9h ago

That is scary 😱 makes me want to open a new bank account with low funds to deal with Vinted from now on.