The Secretary of Security and Protection of Citizens through the State Cyber Police Unit, alerts for fraud in the Facebook Marketplace.
Social networks have served not only to keep in touch with our friends or new people we are meeting, but also to sell used products or objects, such as the marketplace on Facebook, however we invite you to take extreme precautions.
The first thing that happens is that a potential buyer texts you to tell you that they are interested in what you are selling; though he doesn’t do it via the Facebook Marketplace ad.
After having had the first contact with you and having talked about the prices, they ask you for a telephone number “to better coordinate the purchase”, at that moment, they communicate via messages, who indicates who will make the payment for the item to be purchased.
Likewise, they agree to purchase and send the product through a transport platform, by sending a false receipt or mentioning that the payment will be reflected in about an hour, this is when they try to commit a fraud.
If you then decide not to send the product, they start with threats through messages and calls, so it is advisable to block the communication and notify the authorities on the emergency numbers 911, 089 anonymous complaint or 088.
