Dossier
online purchase
Coverage of online purchase in the Nexus archive.
- Got scammed trying to buy a digicam
A Reddit user reported being scammed approximately $94.32 while attempting to purchase a digicam online. The scam involved initial payment of $16 for the camera, followed by demands for additional fees, including a $300 'secret fee,' before the scammer blocked the user. The funds were intended to help the user escape an abusive household.
- help with online purchase using bitcoin
A user new to cryptocurrency is attempting to use Bitcoin from their bitcoin.com.au wallet to pay an overseas website that uses NowPayments. They are confused because NowPayments is not listed as an accepted payment method and face a withdrawal fee higher than their transaction amount (0.0002 BTC for a 0.000158 BTC transfer).