We started out finding 2 or 3 of these scam sites, and readers have reported DOZENS more. Some readers report losing THOUSANDS of dollars to online scam sites promising to ship THC cartridges. They run games on people to jack up the price, making up fees, etc.
DO NOT give your money to any website promising to ship THC carts to you in the USA. You may trust a dispensary in a legal state or “last mile” local delivery in a legal state, if they are vetted by a third-party directory or a license in your state.
Assume any operation offering to ship THC carts to you through the mail is a scam.
If you have been scammed: Report it at FBI’s Online Crime Complaint Center. Check with your payment method to see if you can get your money back. The FDA and DEA are aware of the problem already. Here in December 2019 they took down 44 vape scam websites, exactly like what we describe here.
Reported sites by readers so far:
Check for more of these sites at The Scam Directory. Report any sites you find to that resource as well.
Again, it is ILLEGAL to ship THC-containing cannabis products through USPS, UPS, FedEx, or any package-mailing service in the United States. There are no legit ways to do this, every website promising this is a scam!
It seems if you trust the name “Dank” for even one second, everybody has it in for you. First off, Dank is a fake brand. Second, a rash of tainted THC cartridges has led to many hospitalizations for lung damage and at least five deaths and counting. Dank cartridges are among the ones confirmed to be tainted. And now, from the people who brought you so much misery already comes…
A while back, a commenter tipped us off to an online store that was allegedly selling Dank cartridges, but even at that, they just take people’s money and send nothing. That site is now dead.
But a new domain has popped up in its place, dankvapecarts.com. Note the ‘s’ is missing from ‘vapes.’ Once again: There is no Dank brand owned by any company on Earth, it’s just a package printer in China selling empty packs for people to fill with who-knows-what and re-sell. So there’s no way possible that such a site can be legit.
But, like fleas, ticks, and other parasites, once the scammers find out you can rob people of their money online just by posting an online cart store, they will return to the same racket. Here’s what other fake brand stores we find from searching:
There seems to be one for every phony “brand” we can think of. But wait, it gets better:
Yep, for instance, we found 710kingpenshop.com. We talked about Counterfeit King Pens before. The real King Pen is made by LoudPack, and if you look on their website, they don’t sell vape cartridges online, they only offer a map of where to find their products.
We could of course go on, but we’ve made our point. Many of these online shops, if they ship anything at all, are probably supplied by illegal vape cart factories like the one just busted in Wisconsin.
> “The 10-person operation was filling up to 5,000 illegal carts a day, and selling them for $16 on the street.”
With selling carts for $16 and still making a profit, imagine what they could be filled with…
The Scam Directory is a consumer advocate website which has a very thorough list of scam websites claiming to ship recreational drugs. Nearly all of them are listing THC cannabis products.
The listings go on for 39 pages as of this writing! By our count, there’s some 780 websites listed there which advertise popular THC vape cart brands, charge you money through a channel that’s difficult to get a refund, and fake the shipping steps to lead you along for awhile.
From here on out, we’ll recommend readers report all vape cart shipping scam websites to that resource. It makes sense to keep it all in one place.
Anybody else have an unfortunate encounter with an online cartridge distributor? Let us know in the comments below or in our forum.
UPDATE – Reading all these comments about everybody getting ripped off, like:
With people losing $250 to $650, these scammers must be raking it in!
Here is the FBI’s Online Crime Complaint Center: https://www.ic3.gov/ – This has to stop, if it can be stopped.
The FDA and DEA are aware of the problem already. Here in December 2019 they took down 44 vape scam websites, exactly like what we describe here.
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I bought some vape carts online for personal use and was asked to pay $1000 in insurance fees. They threatened me with the police but I am not the one shipping. I had no idea it was illegal until the guy in the text said it was contraband. I lost 225 but at least I learned my lesson. I will never fo that again.
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They use the address of 5104 Hermosa Avenue in Los Angeles California which is a Dispensary but they're Permanatly closed. I dealt with 2 guys named Bryan, and Donald. Chelseawynsma@gmail.com is also involved.
I’d rather have a short list of validated vendor web sites than pages and pages of scam ones.
Get your act together and he,p people out with WHERE TO GO!
Cheers
Can't imagine this is legit
https://premiumvapestore.com/
premiumvapestore.com took $150 from me. Placed order online, told to contact via whats app for Zelle payment information, I paid them. After a few days I asked them if it had been shipped, to which he said yes but would get back to me shortly with tracking info. Never heard from them again. Number still receives messages but never online or replies.
Muhamedshop.com and muhamedstore.com both scams . same trick . They ask for minimum cart of $250 and after place order and pay ask for more money for some bs insurance of transportation but they can not send agreement . After that they threaten with police coming to my door for buying illegal carts. This group controlling these web sites are from England .
I got scammed out of $154. Tried to get me to send more $ so I didn't get in trouble. GTFOH
So sad to see people still ripping off stoners man … download Wickr and add up datcaliplug
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Cookieextracts.com scammed me out of 200+ and called saying they needed 875.00 more money for discreet passage from airport. They claimed to be affiliated with cookies dispensary and texted me to pay the money and they turned to vulgar words and emoji’s. They kept calling over and over saying F***k you. They threatened to release all my personal info to authorities.
Medicalcannabis-shop.com got us pretty damn good. Not Real, but really stole $250 plus wanted us to send more money because of a shipping discrepancy...Glad they didn't get us for more!!! Please add this scam website to the list!
Thanks, will add!
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Premiumthcconcentrates.com is another scammer