5 Signs Of A Scam When Selling On Facebook Marketplace

I rarely sell on Marketplace and the first bite I got today was saying they can only pay with Venmo or Zelle. My gut said something is fishy. When I said I only wanted cash, I didn't hear back from them.

Basically, with the possible exception of Market Place, if you see something for sale on FB it's a scam.

Yep get a lot scammers stupid

awwhh,,,air duct. cleaning. jobs ( no business info or license number)..work frorm home… no info on companies.. and they want you to use whats app only ….and I buy local about 20 km( 12 miles) from me,,and then I do Etransfer when I get the item in hand.. be Hyper vigilance ..suppper vigilant

Stay off Facebook.

Thanks for a great video, I'm in the UK and selling any thing on Marketplace is a nightmare! I will only ever accept cash and that does help keeping the scammers at bay. I also find anytime I buy anything on line (only ever from reputable companies) I am bombarded with scam emails! Thanks again, and stay lucky

I don’t do that, but I think I did that in reverse maybe

Have you guys had an item that’s for free on Facebook marketplace

The other thing they want your email and phone number for is they will try to log into your Facebook account and when Facebook texts you a code to reset your password the scammer tries to get you to tell it to them telling you it’s a payment confirmation code or whatever. They want to lock you out of your own account to use your account to post their own scam ads

I don't buy / sell much but when I do I meet at a public place. I don't want them to come to my home, and I don't want to go to their home. Could be scoping me out, or could pull some shit and there's no witness.

Hi im about to buy a md dress from marketplace so she wants a deposit of 50percent do u guys its legit

I had that EXACT issue with FB Market place and Zelle.
Messaged me immediately after I posted the product asking if they could buy it. They then said that their sister would come and pick it up. And then the whole issue with Zelle and needing a “business account” happened. I can’t believe I wasted nearly 2 hours of my life stressing over how I’d get payed for my product when really, it was a scammer. Thankfully I blocked the user and reported them. They didn’t get any of my money.

Marketplace SUCKS

To your viewers - If you recieve an email that says it's from paypal with PayPal Reward with
<User Name> you recieved a payment of 💲1000..00 💲 do not fall for it it's a scam.

b market place is a skam place. Recently i account got hacked, people address me and i can see people contacting me for items i never advertised and potential buyers responded. I get this multiple times a day. I tried following many linked to changed password, cancel account and remove account, but none of that works. FB obviously don't want you to cancel/remove your account but that is favouring potential scammers. I regret opening a fb account, now im stuck

FB Market place doesnt care, They could use the same software as "offer up" but they dont care

Scammers ruined Facebook marketplace. I stopped selling there 2 years ago after for every sale I made I had to deal with about 7 scammers.

I won't sell anything to anyone who won't meet me with cash. If i buy something i will go to their address or to a police station with cash. No Zelle no Paypal no venmo.

I've had 2 people offer $ in response to my FB Marketplace ad.
I check their profile first to see if they have much activity on their page, or if they live anywhere near me.
I declined both offers as the face book profiles looked bogus.
All of my ads are "cash only," and meeting someplace local.
I'll keep the tips mentioned here in mind, as well.
Always be careful - there are bad actors out there!!

I found if I put in the post, cash only, no payment apps and will only communicate through messenger, the scam messages pretty much go away.

I treat 100% of all marketplace ads as scams, so don't buy or sell

Cash is king period! Any other form of payment using online applications is a no no. You as the sender/receiver are not protected unless you pay for the service which makes the whole buying and selling aspect more expensive. Anyone has the ability to cancel and refute a transaction even if it has been cleared. Disputes like this happen all the time which in most cases both parties accounts will be terminated even if fault wasn't yours. Stick with cash! My 2cents.

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Love your shirt bro!

I wish 50 million viewers could watch your video.

Jesus is a fictional character like Apollo the son of god born to a human mother BEFORE Jesus.
Religion is a scam.

I was househunting for a place to rent in New Mexico a few months ago. Found one cheap but not too cheap place. Seller wanted me to make the initial payment with one of those apps, Zelle, Venmo or some other. I had never heard of those before, so assumed it was a scam. But was it? Do regular people, non-scammers, use those apps in real life?

item 1: have you ever heard of burner phones? Scammers use them too.

Sign #1 - you’re on Facebook marketplace.

Having heard of so many scams going on Facebook by folks who just trusted the instructions of the scammer makes me wonder how many of those being scammed are first time victims.

Why are they so gullible to believe total strangers our mother, fathers on down telling us "beware of strangers" over and over until we left home for our own reasons?

The complicated way they use to get you to believe you they are legitimate is (to me) a huge problem with me.

Is the population of gullible people that big that con artists can make a good living scamming people who are easy targets?

I only sell or buy on marketplace local. My city has even set up “safe spots” to meet at police department - fire stations etc…I also only deal in cash deals only!

I’m having some problems selling on Facebook marketplace.On a few of my items I didn’t accept the amount they offered or they bought the item for less and I didn’t accept.I then couldn’t edit or delete the post? The last order today was a concert shirt I lowered the price I wanted on messenger to someone from $110 to $90.Only $90.I then see it was bought without my approval for $70?

I almost got scammed. Unfortunately gave out my info but figured it out when I saw the email.

One error . . . PayPal and Venmo payments CAN be ripped back from seller's account. It has happened to me and PayPal was no help. The buyer tried to keep the merchandise AND ripped my payment back. I had to get the police involved to get my money back. PayPal / Venmo rip-backs is how the overpayment for shipping scam works.

Could you tell if the scam caller had an ethnic voice or did they sound like your next door neighbor?

Cas only solves all. People don’t realize that if you use Zelle, PayPal, or any other one they can always go back to the bank and say they never receive the item and they will reverse the charge for the buyer

Hello

Talk about selling and listed scams please 🤔

Yeah I get it all the time. When they ask where I am Located, I just make something up like 'Tumbalumer' and I ask where they are. When they reply that they are also in Tumbalumer, I give them a middle finger emoji. Quite satisfying

Here in Thailand there are currently about 10 'companies' selling ex pawned M/cycles. There are NO bikes, they just want a 3,000 Baht deposit. I have tried informing F/B and Marketplace. No real response. They (f/b) must know but ignore it. Same as the Rolex, Omega watches for 1000Baht ($ 30) Disgusted with them!

You need to cover the six digit code request scam where they want you to give them the six digit code that was sent! BIG SCAM!

Lol. Facebook Market place experience-I recently had two people (man and wife presummably), try to convince me that they want to pay more than my asking price so that I could send it to them. I was like ph*** no. And they wanted to take the conversation off of Marketplace. lol

Good video, but Chapter markers please. 🙂

Oh my god the guy he asked me and I really thought is a buyer . Than wanted to give me cheque. I said will accept only cash . And I reported to Facebook

I once had a person say their brother would pick up the item and that they would pay with Zelle. I told him, Zelle your brother so he could bring cash. Crickets.

Any chance of getting off of facebook and creating a alternative online classifieds to buy, sell, trade and post wanted listings? It's too much work to get on here and established only to have facebook ban or block me from their buying/selling groups while allowing many of these spammers and scammers to make many hundreds of thousands of posts. Makes me wonder if facebook has some partnership with them. Did I violate facebook's policy by blocking obvious spammers or scammers?

Don't pay or accept money outside of the app. Cash in person at a safe place is also fine.