If it is an expensive bag, selling for a fraction of the cost, do not fall for the scam. Save for the real thing. Do not lose your money. Thank you Tanner Leatherstein for your efforts and exposing these scams.
@tanner.leatherstein4 ай бұрын
absolutely, be really careful. especially with expensive brands. crooks set up traps around them
@simonk.29694 ай бұрын
If you have to save for a bag... Kindly just buy a fake one for your own good😂
@SaraWilsonBasturk4 ай бұрын
True, though I think living with hyperinflation makes it harder for people to recognize a fair price on foreign goods. Personally, I feel I’ve lost my sense what I can buy with TL, especially if it’s imported.
@Bibagodiva552 ай бұрын
Yesss ..indeed! But: everybody should check that it is NOT POSSIBLE to buy a high Quality Bag as one from POLENE or any other is possible to get for under 100 € ! Also not for € 200 .... 😢! That is stupid to believe that this could be a correct Company...that MUST be a SCAM ‼️ THANK YOU A LOT DEAR TANNER L. ❣️🤗
@jeffhicks8428Ай бұрын
here's the thing though. lots of western brands do sell to Turkey and it's legit, and because the currency has gone down so much the prices are much less, but not like 10x less. Ecco is one. they sell a shoe for $200 in the US and they sell the same shoe for Turkey for like half that cost. and it's the real deal. it's not a scam.
@celestialblueceleste25114 ай бұрын
This used to happen for Coach bags previously. Coach went after these fake sites in a big way!! International laws regarding fraud need to be harsher. They are outdated!
@Bibagodiva552 ай бұрын
I love COACH...I owned two, but not for "little Money" as shown! They give a little "Discount" sometimes - but only maybe 20 % ...and that was the Choice I have had and they are real, good Quality and I love them. But I payed several hundreds...not under 100 or 200 € 🫣😏!
@rainbowstarfall4 ай бұрын
Very detailed investigation! Great work! Thank you for protecting us against these scams.
@tanner.leatherstein4 ай бұрын
thank you
@1romancatholic9 күн бұрын
I saw a different Polene site online just yesterday! I watched the header URL which quickly displayed a shopify account & my eyes popped to “oh man! I think this is a spoof scam site!” & I backed out asap. Sad to hear nobody cares and that their company has to work hard to TRY to take down these illegal criminal sites. Mind blowing.
@LoJo4 ай бұрын
I love that the first thing that came to mind was to go rogue and try to find a hacker.
@tanner.leatherstein4 ай бұрын
a little Turkish in me :) always starts to take a look at "what other ways are possible here (when the legal way comes to a dead end)" Of course not to pursue them always :)
@debbieharry44524 ай бұрын
Excellent journalism. Exposing more sophisticated scams and highlighting the lack of customer care at Shopify.
@tanner.leatherstein4 ай бұрын
thank you. it feels like journalism slowly. not sure where this is heading but I am enjoying it a lot :)
@RandomToon14 ай бұрын
It isn't that Shopify doesn't care about them. They care A LOT. Because they make a ton of money from them. They have every incentive to make sure they stay open.
@tanner.leatherstein4 ай бұрын
everything I have seen this week confirmed what you say
@watchit164 ай бұрын
Those criminals know all the loopholes and what they can get away with.
@tanner.leatherstein4 ай бұрын
it seems like it. and loopholes are hugeeee, as I learned with this
@lriches89604 ай бұрын
Thank you for your integrity, investigation and video exposing these criminals!
@tanner.leatherstein4 ай бұрын
thank you for watching!
@kawenthebear4 ай бұрын
Your channel is getting better and better!!! ❤
@tanner.leatherstein4 ай бұрын
Glad you think so!
@ellyjessie85004 ай бұрын
I love that you are spreading awareness around this topic! Your investigation was very comprehensive, great job! Thank you! :)
@tanner.leatherstein4 ай бұрын
thank you. tried my best but not fully satisfied with the result tho. sites are still up. can't believe that
@IgnisPhantasma4 ай бұрын
Thank you for doing this work to try and protect consumers.
@tanner.leatherstein4 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@tanyalee74004 ай бұрын
Thanks for investigating and reporting this scam..you are incredible.
@tanner.leatherstein4 ай бұрын
glad you like it! thank you for your support
@zukacs4 ай бұрын
My girlfriend gets many ads on Instagram of many famous brands with 100% fake websites. She almost fell for it because of the 70% site wide sale. This is very common and nothing new
@tanner.leatherstein4 ай бұрын
there is no consequence so I think it will get wider if authorities don't improve the process to deal with these...
@loungingcat4 ай бұрын
wow I thought this is click bait--"they should be JAILED for this... because their product is so good!" lol. Turns out they're really scams! Hopefully someone with more resources can take this on... Great investigation and love how you show it to us step-by-step!
@tanner.leatherstein4 ай бұрын
well polene is good but not that good :) thanks for watching :)
@AllisonWatt4 ай бұрын
You’re one of the very few remaining people that are honest and have values. Thank you for your awesome videos!!! Always thoroughly entertained/leathertained!
@tanner.leatherstein4 ай бұрын
I appreciate that!
@janetr59294 ай бұрын
So many scams and scammers. It’s very distressing. I appreciate being made aware of them.
@jessieliu17314 ай бұрын
Thank you for making the video. These big platforms just don’t care. As consumer that was scammed, we should have the right to report and get them shutdown too. I had experience of being contacted by people on Facebook trying to buy something from me and they were using a fake Facebook account and then a PayPal account for the transaction. After wasting an hour with them, I was sure they were scammers so I reported both to Facebook and PayPal. NOTHING happened. So, online scams basically face no consequences and these platforms they are using just can’t be bothered dealing with it
@tanner.leatherstein4 ай бұрын
Exactly. If there are no consequences of a crime we can only expect to see more of it
@paulambartsumyan71114 ай бұрын
Tanner, great work! thank you for your hard work, time, and effort to bringing these scams to light
@HailToTheMeep4 ай бұрын
That hacker channel is AMAZING. Thank you for your good work as always! ❤
@LprogressivesANDliberals4 ай бұрын
Scams is becoming the biggest rise in the increasing increase of consumer culture. If it’s to good to be true remember it probably is. Be safe and always double authenticate!! 💯
@tanner.leatherstein4 ай бұрын
100%
@carmenineztorres47794 ай бұрын
Awesome 👏Thank you for your excellent investigation 😎
@tanner.leatherstein4 ай бұрын
glad you like it!
@abrockman1024 ай бұрын
You did a great service here and your effort showed that we’re not in this alone. We can all be in this together by spreading the word that we learned on your channel and being more aware as consumers because ultimately the more people who figure out the scams and the less people who buy /that’s what’s going to take these scammers out of business
@VickyRyan20184 ай бұрын
Wow amazing work and information!! Thank you for sharing !! Be aware of the scammers people
@kiki2012034 ай бұрын
Thanks for taking action to take down the illegal website. I saw many fake brand names websites on the Facebook and they keep posting products with huge discounts. I reported them to Facebook but nothing happened.
@tanner.leatherstein4 ай бұрын
Same here, I reported to Instagram few days ago but both accounts are still live
@belleramaisa65684 ай бұрын
Hi, thanks for your video, your patience and resilence. I just want to say that, it is possible that the scammers are not Turkish. I live in South Africa and I have noticed that we have a simialr scams happening but instead, the brands targeted are expensive athleisure (eg. North Face). Its strange because sometimes the brand already has it's own local website already, but a fake one pops up too as well. The fake website claims to be an 'outlet' with significantly cheaper prices. Our legal system basically doesn't recognise cybercrimes. When I noticed this trend with various brands, I was helpless. Next time I come across one of them, I will be sure to report them to the brands, espcially for the smaller Aussie & Kiwi brands. Nevertheless, I don't think this is a local scam, because the targeted brands are international brands, that your average South African may have heard of but would have no interest in. Instead, I think they are targeting digital nomads who come to SA for the summer (Nov - Apr) and want to buy brands that they are use to from US or EU. If you are a saffa reading this and know how police departments that could help, please let me know. Thanks again Tanner
@ic18434 ай бұрын
This is amazing and I'm so impressed how you figured this out!! No doubt this was extremely time consuming and your investigation skills are top shelf. Thank you so much for this excellent video.... :)
@sstraw72244 ай бұрын
Wow - THANK YOU for all of your effort in exposing these crooks. Instagram is FILLED with scammers that remain active on the platform, while legit, reputable re-sellers get shut down - just crazy. Yes, you're right - "If it sounds too good to be true..." I like the saying: "Pay the price or buy it twice."
@michelebreen17354 ай бұрын
Love that you’re trying to get the criminals, at your own expense. Keep up the very good work. Huge fan 🇨🇦
@4gma594 ай бұрын
Nice work, Detective Leatherstein!! Thanks for all your hard work -- you never disappoint!
@bagsandlifestyle4 ай бұрын
I appreciate you sharing basic things we can do as consumers to protect ourselves. They did a really good job with that website.
@tanner.leatherstein4 ай бұрын
Yes, this seems like a well established organized crime who is doing it over and over again. So they are fairly well presented
@73Sibelle4 ай бұрын
I have seen these scam ads all over instagram lately and wondered why nobody is doing anything about this. Thanks for taking action and informing people!
@nhny584 ай бұрын
Thank you for this deep dive into the fake websites coming out of Turkey. It does seem that they are taking peoples money, but I wonder if any kind of goods are received by the consumers ? I would assume they get nothing and keep wondering what happened to the bags they ordered ? Thank you for all your hard work trying to alert these companies..I hope they look into this and file complaints and use lawyers to shut down these scam operations. For them to do nothing is negligent and harmful to the clients.
@jiru3312 ай бұрын
chances are, the customers don't know any better. people with money to spare and who are in the know have legitimate luxury suppliers such as Beymen and Boyner to go pay a visit at.
@cambjorgan71684 ай бұрын
You should be very proud of the time and effort, you have put into researching this! Trying to help consumers in purchasing legitimate products, is very much appreciated! Thank you for everything you are doing! 💕
@Mirella_MtOlympia4 ай бұрын
Great video! Thank you!
@tanner.leatherstein4 ай бұрын
thanks for watching
@ednawilliams36084 ай бұрын
Thank you for your hard work against scammers. We appreciate your efforts. Keep up the good work.
@priscillam98504 ай бұрын
Now that you mention Songmont! Can you please do their tumbled leather! I got one and love it so much but wondering if it’s really tumbled or embossed w a plastic finish? The bags quality is so amazing, the stitching, the glazing, the hardware, I’m hoping it’s up to par with you! Can’t wait til you review Songmont!
@tanner.leatherstein4 ай бұрын
I already ordered their Luna bag for my next review! Thank you so much for your suggestion!
@HeyitsCharo4 ай бұрын
I appreciate your help. I just got scammed my self. I reached out to my bank and they didn’t want to help. I’m waiting a call from a lawyer, hopefully they will be able to help me.
@tanner.leatherstein4 ай бұрын
hopefully you get your money bank. be careful, I now realize why this is increasing so rapidly
@KrimsonRose874 ай бұрын
I enjoyed this video. I’ve come to learn about scam websites when I got into NFTs cause there are so many scammers behind the NFTs markets so that has helped me get so careful about who I shop with in regards to website addresses and not just clicking links sent for purchasing due to some being fake links that end up confiscating your accounts
@tanner.leatherstein4 ай бұрын
tech is great but it is getting more dangerous each day. So we gotta be aware and careful at all times what we click on
@courtneyd.40614 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for investing your time and effort into exposing these sites.
@tanner.leatherstein4 ай бұрын
Glad you like them!
@marvella214 ай бұрын
Tanner you are a good guy please keep up the good work ❤ It is sometimes frustrating how these things are handled..I hope you find a hacker 😊
@robinpitkin32444 ай бұрын
You are amazing! Thanks so much for your dedication to the betterment of the luxury industry.
@tanner.leatherstein4 ай бұрын
You are so welcome! just following the leads come my way each week. And gratefully, I enjoy this so much now! as much as crafting leather :)
@Robbie_LeMeow4 ай бұрын
I really appreciate your honest integrity. Thank you. I learn so much. ❤
@GraceChen838Ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing your findings. This is such an interesting video.
@kimspangler87554 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for all the investigation. You have saved many from losing hard-earned money.
@makeupwithvalerienotrends79613 ай бұрын
Thank you for making it your business however, sometimes these brands can’t do much and the Lawyers do as much as they are getting paid for. Thank you Tanner ❤
@tanner.leatherstein2 ай бұрын
Thank you for understanding. It's true that sometimes the situation is complex, and brands are limited in what they can do. I'm glad to be able to share these insights with you. Thank you for your support.
@jasminwilliams10324 ай бұрын
Thank you for your work to protect consumers!
@tanner.leatherstein4 ай бұрын
happy to do it! thanks for your support
@JenniferYbi4 ай бұрын
Great work! You're doing good in the world, bringing us this information and working to clean things up. Thank you for ALL you do!!
@ayda49084 ай бұрын
This is a very impressive 👍 Bravo! They seem to use an AI that scrapes the whole content of a website in few minutes and then allows you to buy a domain and publish the whole website also in minutes. But here is the catch : the copy that is created by AI can't remake perfectly aome details : either graphic details or code details. As you are very meticulous and you have a high level on conscienciousness you can catch those details. I think the next level of cyber security will be to create some plugins or some code that prevent these hackers to steal the original content. But right now the phenomena is too recent to be fully faced by developpers. Congratulations, you are doing a great job for your community and your industry. You are setting a model that hopefully will be followed by many ❤
@quidproque84044 ай бұрын
Big thank you Tanner Leatherstein for all the tireless, thankless efforts exposing these criminals👍. I am always wary purchasing anything online even via amazon. I am such an old school that I prefer buying the merchandise through brick & mortar establishments. Always do your research before purchasing anything online.
@machkam83712 ай бұрын
Thank you for this video and doing your best to shut that shit down🙏
@tanner.leatherstein2 ай бұрын
Thank you for your support! I'm glad you appreciated the video. 🙏
@WyeChengChong-ql7lr4 ай бұрын
Wow, great video and thank you for all your efforts to get these fake websites down. Hopefully Polene and Songmont will use their resources to pursue these criminals. Not sure if you’re aware of Cosette in Australia which has been accused of selling fakes around July last year. They are under investigation by the NSW Fair Trading and are still operating!
@MariaSchlenoff3 ай бұрын
Excellent video! I’m sure it took you forever to make it. Thank you!
@tanner.leatherstein3 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. It did take quite a bit of time to put together, so I appreciate your recognition and support!
@TheUnseenOracle2 ай бұрын
Wonderful investigative reporting. Please do more videos like this.
@tlokorea4 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing. So helpful.
@tanner.leatherstein4 ай бұрын
So glad!
@gabylemmens1844 ай бұрын
Thank you for this video. I'm sure these scammers are operating in many countries. They are also operational in my home country Belgium. Luckily I didn't fall for their too-good deals. Already looking forward to your next video.
@tanner.leatherstein4 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching and be careful. Most of their games are easy to spot if you keep a critical approach
@mixedandknot59112 ай бұрын
Your vlog is fantastic and I truly appreciate learning from you. I need a tote, medium size, and am looking for quiet luxury. No LV, Chanel, of course cannot afford Hermes. Any recommendations would be appreciated from the bottom of my heart. Grateful!
@maggiecheung47532 ай бұрын
Great work! Thanks for doing it
@tanner.leatherstein2 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@jkl12024 ай бұрын
Good for you for exposing these scams. I recently found an Australian website selling Polene also with a fraction of the price. I was very tempted and tried to find some reviews but there was nothing. The website was very convincing and looked legitimate.
@lah_bang21794 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing. That's a commendable investigative work. The amount of time and effort you put into this is not a joke. Wow, you're better than a lot of our police force here. Shopify don't want to take action because they make money from every transaction - THAT IS DISGUSTING, CAPITALISM AT ITS BEST!
@FrankZier-pu5pg4 күн бұрын
Same thing happened to me regarding Longchamp. Too good to be true and I feel for it anyway. Credit card fixed it but still.
@CM-lc1nk4 ай бұрын
Great work!!!!!!🎉🎉🎉
@tanner.leatherstein4 ай бұрын
Thank you!! 😁
@danielintheantipodes67414 ай бұрын
Thank you for taking action.
@jacquiwinter62824 ай бұрын
Great investigative work; I hope you’re able to make more progress! Visiting Istanbul last year, one of my biggest shocks was all the counterfeit/knock-off bags for sale in all types of shops. Some were rather poor quality and obviously imposters, but others were shockingly realistic. Evidently it’s allowed in Türkiye because there was no effort to disguise what was going on (as in other places in Europe and U.S.) 😮
@chrisd75014 ай бұрын
Had to take a moment to thank you!
@tanner.leatherstein4 ай бұрын
You're very welcome!
@mellel55944 ай бұрын
Great investigation!! Turkey is not alone when it cones to scammers creating fake merchant websites. I live in Canada and came across an online Dooney and Bourke outlet site specifically for Canada. I was so surprised to see it because D&B does not have an office in Canada, nor do they have any brick and mortar locations in Canada. The site had discontinued styles at rock bottom prices. I sent in some very basic information to set up an account and received no reply. No email was sent to me confirming anything, but it wouldn't have been difficult for me to make a purchase without an account. What if I had been naive enough to just make a purchase? I would have lost that money! So scammers will scam wherever they can! ✌🏾
@tanner.leatherstein4 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing. It's crazy how common it is now
@alee51064 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@tanner.leatherstein4 ай бұрын
Welcome!
@Millie-R.07314 ай бұрын
Impressive investigating skills !! I would just leave it alone , you never know what those criminals are capable of; let the Brands deal with them. But Thank you for all your efforts 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
@flohough18704 ай бұрын
Very interesting and very concerning, especially that Shopify isn't vetting their companies. It's just as bad as Facebook running ads for fake companies constantly and ignoring reports with the excuse "they haven't violated our terms of service". I will avoid Shopify completely now, was never a fan to begin with. Thank you for this video.
@ElenaElena-uu1es2 ай бұрын
I saw Polene bags on Aliexpress and not only Polene. I wonder if these fake bags caused downfall of Polene as a high quality brand? I saw few videos on KZbin customers complain about poor quality of Polene bags. I own myself the bag I bought years ago, but these videos made me cautious about this brand now.
@via453 ай бұрын
Thank you for all your work
@tanner.leatherstein3 ай бұрын
Thank you for your appreciation!
@rakhibhardwaj94 ай бұрын
There is a website here in India, the coach website. Its not official, but everything seems so real and they sell everything for half the size.
@brikenabri55184 ай бұрын
Great video. Thank you so much. I wish these websites you reached out to would give you better support to get to the bottom of this. 🙏❤️
@themoon61784 ай бұрын
This is happening all the time bro. Welcome to the internet. You can report them to whoever you want but unfortunately all your trouble will be wasted when they simply create a new site. The brands know this which is why they're relatively inattentive to the situation.
@GUNU.BRAND744 ай бұрын
This type of fraud is possible not only in the field of brands. It can be any famous online store or even a marketplace. In Russia, such substrate sites have been operating for several years, they are blocked, but they are created over and over again. There is one piece of advice - make purchases on familiar platforms and pay attention even to the name of the store's domain. And also, get a separate card for online purchases. For example, a virtual one. Good luck to everyone
@Xobaba223 ай бұрын
If you can’t afford the luxury, don’t buy in any random shops, try to buy at the serious second hand online shops, they will be secured by „trustee shops“ when something happened. You’ll get your money back. It is still expensive but you will get your stuffs. We need to avoid such scams online shops by not buying from them 👌🏽👍
@nirui4674 ай бұрын
Loving the investigative videos, keep up the good work.
@cheryldes1044 ай бұрын
Impressive work on your part. Well done
@heekyongheitz74634 ай бұрын
It is not only designer bags. It goes to shoes, high end clothings, and list goes on. I learned that if it sounds too good, it is not good at all.
@kham60064 ай бұрын
Thank you -you’re a good person ! Love your channel
@c.g.95224 ай бұрын
Amazing video!!! Thanks for sharing!!! ❤
@narspo_md4 ай бұрын
Thank you for the information
@tanner.leatherstein4 ай бұрын
My pleasure
@pattyhurtado72444 ай бұрын
Thanks for the info!!!! I cant afford luxury so im always looking into brands like tory burch, kate spade and coach but i also love polene… i was thiking about buying my first polene for mothers day but now ill check twice the seller!!!
@albertomanuelcheung71032 ай бұрын
The moral of this story is as you said... "if its too good to be true.... probably is true"....
@cskiles3184 ай бұрын
In my area they sell dupes in nail salons hair salons boutiques. I love the look . I only buy direct. Even though there are times I’m tempted by an individual. I don’t. Fashionphile I don’t Il always be thinking it’s fake. I think it’s so big it can’t be controlled. Thanks for all your hard work 👍
@watchit164 ай бұрын
You've done your bit👍
@tanner.leatherstein4 ай бұрын
definetely tried my best whole week
@Pastasalada4 ай бұрын
You became the Polene police 👮 thank for this very informative all I see lately is people trying to scam you,even in Poshmark they shamelessly try to scam you with public messages trying to close a purchase outside the selling app.
@raraavis77824 ай бұрын
That must have been a lot of work to research! It's a frustrating situation. And unfortunately, I'm not even convinced, that the brands themselves care very much. I mean, about good counterfeits, sure, as that affects their bottom line. But outright scams, where the buyer receives either no or a very inferior product? All that will do is turn people formerly to cheap to buy the normal retail price, into people, who will never shop for anything but the guaranteed original ever again. It's a win for the brands, really, if people realize, they have to actually buy in a store to get the real thing. Although admittedly, an authentic looking website is a bit different, maybe. But still. I'm pretty sure, most people seeing those prices actually do realize, it's not authentic. These aren't brands whose main clientele is 'too young to know' teenagers, after all. I mean, maybe I'm a bit cynic, but I could very well see their attitude secretly being: 'Yeah, serves those idiots right for being both cheap and dumb'. (And yes, I realize many people are struggling financially atm. I do myself. But we're talking about luxury handbags here, not food or gasoline. I can't afford a 500€ handbag either and I can't say, that it affects my quality of life in any way, shape or form).
@innekekoops46154 ай бұрын
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉👊👊 thank you
@tanner.leatherstein4 ай бұрын
You are so welcome
@CrossFitterinRealtime23594 ай бұрын
The best ❤🙌🏻thank you for the information
@hannahstraining74763 ай бұрын
I'm guessing you never received a bag, fake or otherwise. It seems virtually impossible to shut these kinds of scammers down for good. They just pop up elsewhere under a new identify. Perhaps the only way to stop them--or slow them down--is to educate people on how to recognize a scam. This skill should be taught in the schools. Your video gave some excellent ways anyone can double check on a too-good-to-be-true scam.
@lindap77194 ай бұрын
Good work, Tanner!😊🌻
@janetgonzalez78834 ай бұрын
Wow, great job, Sherlock Holmes! These companies should compensate you in some way for your time and effort.
@torilatina4 ай бұрын
I just love you and your channel!
@johnosam46814 ай бұрын
I think they also have this here in the philippines, thanks for exposing them. I was planning to buy from that site because of your previous videos.
@frostygl4 ай бұрын
This isn't happening only in Turkey since a few days ago I also found two fake Polene sites with a Greek domain. I don't know if it's by the same circle of scammers or a different one but definitely the same structure and everything. It's a bigger thing that me might think it is.
@13mk13mk4 ай бұрын
Great investigation. Thanks
@JustSheilz4 ай бұрын
The laws need to be updated for these types of scams'
@tanner.leatherstein4 ай бұрын
Totally agree with you. It's crucial that laws keep pace with evolving technology and the tactics used by scammers to protect consumers effectively.
@user-lp3he2cy4u4 ай бұрын
Is there an opportunity to review the brand Fleuron Paris?
@tanner.leatherstein4 ай бұрын
haven't heard but hopefully one day. that's my life mission now :)
@ladym64024 ай бұрын
Thanks for this video!!
@nirui4674 ай бұрын
Thanks for trying. I got duped by all birds a few years ago😢