Facebook Marketplace Sellers Beware of Community Chat Scams

A reddit report about a impersonation scam that cost someone Amount not specified. Learn how to avoid falling victim.

Greetings! Beware Facebook Marketplace sellers. Today I posted a number of not-very-valuable home furnishings for sale on FB Marketplace. Almost immediately, I got "community chat" requests rather than normal FB Messenger messages. The first one said she would send her sister to pick up the mirror and asked for my address. Before I answered, another person wanted to send his nephew and offered more than the asking price. That made me very suspicious. I started looking at their profiles and they were all from places VERY far away from where I live in the US . . . well, they were fake accounts. One was even from a place called Umtata (which I found out is in South Africa). So I blocked them all. Good grief.

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Contact companies directly using official phone numbers

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Protect your banking information and use secure connections

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