Revealed: 'Bogus' fashion sites blasted as 'scams' by Christmas shoppers left hundreds out of pocket - as they lure in victims with 'fake' closing down sales
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Bogus online fashion sites are 'scamming' furious customers with knock-off products after enticing them in with huge Christmas discounts, MailOnline can reveal. Dozens of people shopping for last-minute festive gifts for loved ones claim to have been 'ripped off' by two websites flogging fake 'cashmere' clothes, leaving them hundreds of pounds out of pocket.
![[Customers have also hit out at Thompson-Oxford.com for selling alleged knock-off cashmere clothes, in what shoppers have dubbed a 'scam']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/12/93267671-14205157-image-m-5_1734523797925.jpg)
The firms, Velora-London.co.uk and Thompson-Oxford.com, both appear to share identical 'sob stories' online and in social media adverts designed to tug at customers' heartstrings and dupe them into spending money. Each claim to have been running 'for years' but were being 'forced' to shut up shop due to financial struggles - and that 'with a heavy heart' they were having a final 'closing down' sale with 'huge discounts'.
![[Pictured are some of the clothes on sale at Velora London, with some of the images used appearing to be the same as those used by Thompson Oxford]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/12/93267675-14205157-image-m-4_1734523781604.jpg)
However, checks reveal both firms set up their online shops just weeks ago, with Velora's going live at the end of September while Thompson Oxford - which claims to have been 'offering our customers the best service for more than 30 years' - going live last month.
![[Pictured is one of the cardigans purchased by one person on Velora London.co.uk]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/14/93276217-14205157-image-a-33_1734531877470.jpg)
Disappointed customers who claim to have spent hundreds of pounds on high-quality clothes advertised as 'cashmere' say when the garments arrive, they are 'cheap knock-offs' made of '95 per cent polyester' - and imported from China. Fuming shoppers seeking a refund then say they have struggled to get their cash back, with neither websites posting full correspondence addresses.
![[Pictured are two of the turtlenecks purchased by one customer, which had been advertised as 'cashmere' but came with 'no labels' and were just 'cheap acrylic', the customer claimed]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/14/93276209-14205157-image-m-37_1734531909274.jpg)
