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Since March, the IT Laboratory of the Ministry of Innovation and Technology (ITM) has inspected nearly a hundred deceptive web shops with a test purchase. The websites that offer products that promise miracles are usually run by fictitious companies that move in the gray zone, and their products can only be purchased on delivery and in cash, without going through bank transactions. The 14-day withdrawal option required by law is not provided, and contact details are not provided on the site, despite their clear obligation, the ministry told MTI on Tuesday. In its communication, the Ministry drew attention to
that at the time of the coronavirus epidemic, these types of companies prefer to advertise dietary supplements that promise strong immunity, quick recovery or longevity.
Experience has shown that similar websites work with a wide range of infringing methods, surrounding their easily fooled target audience with lurid lies. One side is for shopping encouraged by a pseudo interview with Aunt Erzsók, who was supposedly born in 1896. The fictitious person said in a statement that it is due to a cleansing food supplement that has lived such a decent age. If it really did exist, it would have a guaranteed place in the Guinness Book of Records for 124 years, the ministry added.
According to the announcement, another website sensed the false news that Angela Merkel the German prime minister was treated in a Hungarian hospital. According to aerial reports, thanks to the miracle cure for hypertension that was provided to him at the institution, the chancellor could “be an astronaut” and his veins “as clean as those of a baby.”
The pages are structured in such a way that the texts that look like real interviews, serious news, become product recommendations at the bottom of the page. Simultaneously with the offer of the direct order option, the surfaces give the last push referring to the limited stock or only to the special offer or discount valid on the indicated day. In several cases, fictitious opinions of non-existent people and compliments that seem to support the effectiveness of the product are also displayed on the website.
Based on the inspections, fines of more than half a million guilders were imposed on online stores that engaged in deceptive and aggressive business practices. As a result of decisive official action, the operators themselves made a significant part of the sites surveyed inaccessible from Hungary. However, companies are trying again, with many similar offers popping up every day, whether in the form of an interview or news.
Before spending money, it is always worth checking the database of the offending web stores, where you can also search separately for sites and products that promise miracles. Almost fifty official decisions against such a website are already available here, increasing the security of online trading – read the ITM statement.
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