Thursday, 6 November 2025

Avoid this Lidl purchase scam

We've spotted 49 fraudulent adverts that impersonate Lidl and promote items including coffee machines and electric bikes at attractive prices.

These types of scams are known as purchase scams, which is when you buy an item online and are either sent nothing in return or an item that doesn’t fit the description. This particular example uses ads on social media that lead to a scam website. Find out more about these fake adverts and how you can spot them.


Source: Which? (05 Nov 2025)

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