Toys like Labubus and other popular character toys from films and TV can be the hottest gifts of the season, but ordering them online can also be a sneaky scam costing you hundreds of dollars.
That’s because any too-good-to-be-true deals you see between now and the holidays are likely a scam.
The Better Business Bureau, a nonprofit that tracks bad advertisements and customer complaints in North America, recently released a warning about the rise of counterfeit toys in the marketplace that are fooling consumers.
“There’s always counterfeit products around this time of year,” said Melanie McGovern, the BBB’s director of public relations and social media.
These mistakes can be costly, because you might receive a poorly made counterfeit gift, if you even get one at all. According to the BBB’s scam tracker for this December, one Seattle consumer reported that a Stitch toy from the Disney movie “Lilo & Stitch” never arrived from the reseller, costing them $32, while another consumer said they tried to buy a $69 “toy dog on website [for a] lonely elderly, individual ... Waited almost a month for delivery. When arrived it was not anything at all like what was depicted on website.”
