CASE and CCCS Advisory on Online Consumer Transactions
By Melvin Yong
September 2, 2021
This article is contributed by Melvin Yong, CASE President. Any extracts must be attributed to the author.
The Consumers Association of Singapore (“CASE”) and the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (“CCCS”) would like to alert consumers to common tactics used by errant online retailers to mislead consumers into purchasing products. From January 2020 to 2 August 2021, CASE received 52 complaints related to transactions with overseas online retailers where consumers were misled into making purchases. Attempts to get a refund of money paid to such online retailers may be difficult as they may not have any presence in Singapore.
