If you want the right anglewe’ll have to do now Warning† For quite some time now, scammers have been masquerading as buyers and hijacking the secure payment system to scam sellers. do not worry† the editors of Objeko will tell you all about it. Are you ready ?
A new scam on Leboncoin
2006, the right angle seen the light of day. Since its inception, the inter-individual ad site has evolved a lot, going from a start-up of five people initially to a complete society today. The site allows individuals to do good business with each other. But if it is used by many French, it is not spared from all kinds of scams. For example, a scammer sold a fake Thermomix to unsuspecting people.
Not a fake Thermomix affair this time, but a simple scam via a fake confirmation email. At least this is what the members of the UFC Que-Choisir association report to us. The seller named Elie wanted to sell his computer high end for €1,850 on Leboncoin. Shortly after posting the ad, he is approached by an interested seller who seems ready to buy the portable PC. This is where the scam starts.
Scammers hijack the secure payment system
In order to demonstrate good faith, the buyer insists on making the transaction through the ad site’s secure payment system. After a few exchanges, the buyer explained that he had made the transfer, taking the passage to Elie that he would soon receive a payment confirmation by e-mail. This is indeed the case. This email will include the item’s name, price paid, shipping address, and description. He also explains that the account is credited when a photo shows the proof of shipping.
Elijah then suspects that something is wrong. And to avoid being scammed, he consults forums. The seller realizes that the message in the secure messaging system of the right angle† Indeed, the email received did not come from the merchant’s site. Élie would never have gotten his $1,850 back had he sent his laptop to the buyer who was in fact a crook. Please note that Le Bon Coin sends automatic messages when fraudsters invite users to leave the messaging system.
Advice from the “Leboncoin.fr” site to avoid scams
In order not to fall into the trap, the right angle sent a message. This scam proves once again that you need to be vigilant online. So always check the sender’s address, that of Le Bon Coin always ends at leboncoin.fr. Do not hesitate to go through Leboncoin secure messaging as much as possible and use secure payment. Please don’t ever send silver without being sure of his move, nor giving his bank details. It is your turn. Don’t hesitate to tell us if you had any problem one day.
