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With millions of people using one site, dishonest people will creep in. Here are common scams on Facebook Marketplace and how you can avoid them. 8 Facebook Marketplace Scams To Watch Out For
• 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.
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 ...
Protecting yourself from falling victim to these scams involves investing in the right tools and adopting more astute online habits. Here are five tips for staying vigilant. 1.
What are 800 and 888 phone number scams? If you get an email providing you a PIN number and an 800 or 888 number to call, this a scam to try and steal valuable personal info. These emails will often ask you to call AOL at the number provided, provide the PIN number and will ask for account details including your password.
Those who sell on Facebook Marketplace should be aware of a scam alert issued by the Better Business Bureau. ... All that is needed to send money with the app is the receiver’s email address or ...
A leaflet from a commercial collecting company. Clothing scam companies are companies or gangs that purport to be collecting used good clothes for charities or to be working for charitable causes, when they are in fact working for themselves, selling the clothes overseas and giving little if anything to charitable causes. [1]
An overpayment scam, also known as a refund scam, is a type of confidence trick designed to prey upon victims' good faith.In the most basic form, an overpayment scam consists of a scammer claiming, falsely, to have sent a victim an excess amount of money.