I clicked on my Gmail promotions folder on 6 January and saw that Shein was offering online jobs to be completed for lucrative payment. I signed up on the website and then afterwards I was directed to a lady on WhatsApp with number +[Protected]. She told me how the system worked and that I had to recharge R100 to make orders so that I can get R180 back including commission. I completed the task and once I finished the orders, I got R180. After that she referred to a someone called Teresa on Telegram. This person informed me to choose 5 different levels with different commissions.

The higher the level, the higher the commission. I chose level 1, which was to recharge and deposit R100 on my profile on the website which I did. I had to recharge by transferring R100 to a "Mr CJ Smith," which was a Capitec Bank account number [Protected]. I started the task but then on the fourth order I was asked to pay R1710 even though I was told to deposit R500 for the level that I chose and so obviously I did not have the money and I could therefore not complete the order. I made the deposit of R500 by transferring money to a person called "Cynthia" with Capitec bank account number [Protected]. I told Teresa I wanted the order cancelled and I want my refund but she said orders cannot be cancelled, changed, and refunded. So I have been scammed R500 of my money which was all the money I had and now I am broke.

This is also not the first time I came across this type of scam. Someone reached out to me on my WhatsApp number in December 2023 and talked about their "company" and the jobs that I can get paid for completing them. I was directed to Telegram which seemed to belong to a South African black woman but when they asked me to pay money, I ignored it and blocked the account.

I want to make a complaint against this company shein.xyz and to see if I can get my R500 refund?

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