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Buyer Beware: Common Scams To Watch Out for as a Shopper Fraudulent sellers attempt everything from selling counterfeit and broken goods to posting fake rental properties.
Those who sell on Facebook Marketplace should be aware of a scam alert issued by the Better Business Bureau. The alert warns of Zelle scams on Facebook Marketplace in which a fraudulent buyer ...
SEE MORE: Seller dodges Facebook Marketplace scam, only to fall into another In the meantime, Bergen County prosecutor Mark Musella is urging people to take safe steps when meeting with strangers ...
Two teen suspects out of Houston are on the run after allegedly staging Facebook Marketplace scams and then robbing victims, according to police.. Arlando Lyles, 17, is wanted for aggravated ...
A package redirection scam is a form of e-commerce fraud, where a malicious actor manipulates a shipping label, to trick the mail carrier into delivering the package to the wrong address. This is usually done through product returns to make the merchant believe that they mishandled the return package, and thus provide a refund without the item ...
Next, scammers find ways to drive traffic to their site. Often that's through phishing texts or emails, but deceptive ads on social media or search engines like Google and Bing work just as well.
• Fake email addresses - Malicious actors sometimes send from email addresses made to look like an official email address but in fact is missing a letter(s), misspelled, replaces a letter with a lookalike number (e.g. “O” and “0”), or originates from free email services that would not be used for official communications.
Social media marketplace scams were one of the fastest growing scam types in 2022, experiencing a 184% increase over 2021 incidents. It's become such an issue that the sites themselves have taken ...