India, July 8 -- Online shopping is second nature now. People have moved beyond the traditional e-commerce platforms and are shopping from platforms like Instagram, Meta and more. But not everything that shows up on your feed, or the first page of Google, is worth clicking. Scam shopping sites have got smarter. They look clean, run ads on Instagram, offer cash on delivery, and then vanish once your money's gone or worse, deliver junk.

Here are five scam websites that real users in India are reporting, and you should avoid at all costs.

You'll spot them on Instagram pushing "premium ethnicwear" at Rs.999. But once you place the order, all you get is a cheap curtain or a pair of old pyjamas. No refunds, no returns, no contact. COD is used...