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A Twitter user recounted her experience using Facebook Marketplace and how they tried to steal her merchandise.
The Facebook Marketplace presents different advantages for both parties, however, it seems that the disadvantages are more important during the transactions.
The Facebook Marketplace It is one of the most used sales spaces in Mexico, however, some sellers (and even buyers) use it to swindle and/or steal merchandise.
Among the advantages of using this social network as a sales site is that, for example, you do not have to pay commissions as is the case on sales sites such as Free marketa fact that undoubtedly triggers the price of some products.
On the other hand, it does not necessarily require you to commit to a purchase to obtain information, but simply send a message to the seller and ask about the product you are interested in.
Among the disadvantages, on the other hand, is not knowing if you are really buying the advertised product and, although this is recurrent on other sites, Facebook is not responsible for a scam of that style and the only thing left to do in these situations is to report the seller.
There is also a big disadvantage, the void shipping guarantee. This point is so important in 2022 because connectivity allows you to exchange messages with people from all over the world, but there is no courier company that ensures that the products will arrive at your home once you have deposited the money that is has asked you
However, and although it seems unusual, sellers are not the only ones who can defraud buyers, but there are even operations where buyers defraud sellers in such a credible way that later it is too late. This user narrated her experience selling on Facebook Marketplace and how she was almost scammed.
This is how they operate in Facebook Marketplace to steal merchandise
Alejandra Ibarra Chaoul is a renowned journalist who recently detailed her experience selling through the Facebook Marketplace portal.
In the shared thread, he told how they tried to steal his iPhone through a contact of three people. In the operation, the writer allegedly points out that she managed to identify three people:
#1 who coordinates, #2 who executes and #3 the person who makes the contact.
He pointed out that the first thing was that the person who made the contact did not communicate by posting Facebook Marketplace but directly by direct message. The next thing was that the person coordinating the transaction would be responsible for the delivery, who was supposedly “her husband.” In addition, the buyer pointed out that, “for safety”, it was better not to see each other in person.
Supposedly her husband would deposit the money, however, they would send someone from parcel service to receive the phone once the payment was made.
The user proceeded to share an image of the car that would be in charge of picking up the package, which should be noted had a 4.9 rating in the transport app. Also, this apparently would be the third involved.
Once the driver arrived at his home, the buyer sent a “photo of the deposit”, which supposedly did appear as a transaction in his account, but the money had not been deposited.
The writer details having called the bank while the buyer, insistent, called her too. At the bank they told him that it could be a scam, because checks take 24 hours to clear and on many occasions the accounts have no funds and, even if the transaction appears, the payment obviously does not go through.
After that, both the driver, who by the way if it had been true would have canceled the trip, as well as the buyer and the woman who made the first contact stopped responding. After that, he received other identical messages with the intention of scamming her.
This is the thread where the user narrates the facts:
I have been trying to sell an iPhone on the Facebook marketplace and have learned the modus operandi of scams first hand. Here are my two cents in case it helps someone.
Everything will be illustrated with the story of who was said to be called Ing. Jonathan.
Go:– Alejandra Ibarra Chaoul (@luoach) May 25, 2022
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