In the last few days we have been talking about a lot about the scam of the Tagliabue brothers, a shop in Bologna who has announced the closure to launch a sale of dubious quality garments. Too bad that the shop has never existed, the photos have been created with artificial intelligence and similar fraud schemes are replicating in different Italian cities.
The case of the shop of Tagliabue brothers of Bologna It is interesting. Also because we are seeing it replicated in different cities throughout Italy. And we admit it, it is not an easy to recognize scheme. Let’s start from the case of the Tagliabue brothers. As reported by the Bolognese back of the Corriere della Sera The announcement of a selling a clothes shop. The name sounds Italian, the images referring to random and formal clothes.
The image in the announcement was credible. Two elderly people in front of a nice shop in the center. The closure is announced: “Unfortunately, our financial situation is no longer sustainable”. For this reason all the shop clothes of the shop are sold with Discounts from outside everything: up to 80%, read the announcement. A deal no?
Of course, too bad that the shop of the Tagliabue brothers was created with artificial intelligence. The two owners have never existed and above all the goods that is sold is not of a shop that acquires only Italian garments but are Poor quality clothes who probably come from some foreign wholesaler. By now we know how we have seen with the trading plans organize a scam With artificial intelligence it has become very simple.
How to recognize the scam outside everything
We received the same report also from other cities. They all have Italian names and tell the same story. Economic difficulties, an activity with ten -year history, reluctantly are forced to sell everything with very high discounts. The editorial staff of Factora tested specialized in fact checking, collected one series of examples who reply the same as themselves.
Fratelli Tagliabue, Bellucci Moda, Raffaelli Milan, Italian essence, tilma. Often in the end the products are shipped but they are other than which purchasedvisibly cheap and often with sizes that do not correspond. Returning them is difficult. According to Facta this scam follows the scheme of Drop Shipping: a system of intermediaries that sells a product to customers without having it directly in the warehouse.
The advice to understand if you are in front of a sale or an opportunity is simple: do a second verification. Even if the first temptation is to take advantage of the occasion with as many clothes as possible, it is always better to call the shop to understand if the business really exists.
