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Marketplace scams

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kafryne · 25/11/2021 09:59

I've been selling stuff on marketplace and I'm getting scammers messages like telling they want to buy my stuff but want to arrange a UPS collection to my home and pay cash on collection. So they ask for my personal details. I don't know how to report them and has anyone got this too lately?

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Jamontoast87 · 30/12/2021 09:39

Hello, yes I had this just before Christmas when I was trying to sell my son's old bike. There's a button at the bottom of the conversation where you can click to report it as a scam, that's what I did. This guy said that he wanted to buy it and would send the money with UPS to my home to collect. Then he said that that I was to click on a link , pay something like £100 as an insurance fee and that it would be reimbursed by the UPS driver. Total bull shit.

NumaNumaYay · 30/12/2021 09:42

There's a marketplace section of Mumsnet?? Where?

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kafryne · 30/12/2021 09:56

@NumaNumaYay

There's a marketplace section of Mumsnet?? Where?
She meant there's a button to report Facebook scams at the end of messenger conversation
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kafryne · 30/12/2021 09:57

@Jamontoast87

Hello, yes I had this just before Christmas when I was trying to sell my son's old bike. There's a button at the bottom of the conversation where you can click to report it as a scam, that's what I did. This guy said that he wanted to buy it and would send the money with UPS to my home to collect. Then he said that that I was to click on a link , pay something like £100 as an insurance fee and that it would be reimbursed by the UPS driver. Total bull shit.
People are so dodgy 😡
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NumaNumaYay · 30/12/2021 13:40

This is the board for stuff relating to the website www.mumsnet.com - technical or policy issues etc.

MNHQ can't really help re Facebook - you'd best move it to Chat or similar Smile

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kafryne · 30/12/2021 14:05

@NumaNumaYay

This is the board for stuff relating to the website www.mumsnet.com - technical or policy issues etc.

MNHQ can't really help re Facebook - you'd best move it to Chat or similar Smile

It's sorted out now anyway. ;)
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Jamontoast87 · 30/12/2021 18:05

Sorry I was referring to the Facebook Marketplace, apologies if I've caused confusion.
@NumaNumaYay

I wasn't asking from for help, I was just replying to the OP to say that I'd experienced similar and to make others aware of the scam.

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EstherMumsnet · 02/01/2022 22:26

We are moving this to Chat

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