Leboncoin is one of the most used platforms for item sales. However, this success is not without consequences since it has had the gift of attracting scammers who engage in several fraudulent practices in order to deceive their victims. A new parade used by the latter has rightly alerted the association UFC-What to choose. This explains the warning that it issued to the attention of the sellers who were the most targeted. Many of them had also been had. Their objects having been recovered by the criminals, they had not yet received any payment in return.
Common methods that can cause alarm
The most common scam targeting sellers on Leboncoin involves sending a fake payment confirmation email. The criminals perfectly imitate the emails sent by the site and only small details can alert. Note that the platform only sends payment confirmations from the secure site whose addresses end with @leboncoin.fr, @news.leboncoin.fr and @messagerie.leboncoin.fr. Spelling mistakes in emails can also serve as alarm bells to the possibility of a scam.
Buyers on Leboncoin.fr tend to negotiate prices. If the latter offer you to take care of it, it is because there is an eel under the rock. Just like with regard to the delivery address. The latter must be precise and must not consist of a relay point which is not in its city of origin. So all you have to do is pay attention to these details and you’ll be done.
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