Most scammed items on Facebook Marketplace 明らかにする/漏らすd by 詐欺 sleuths

  • TSB finds a third of Facebook Marketplace 広告s could be 偽の?
  • It 警告するs 消費者s not to make online 購入(する)s from Facebook Marketplace??
  • 73% of all 購入(する) 詐欺 事例/患者s at TSB 起こる/始まるs from Facebook Marketplace

TSB has 問題/発行するd an 緊急の scam 警告, after the bank 設立する that a third of 広告s on Facebook Marketplace could be 偽の.

The bank is 勧めるing 消費者s to 避ける making online 購入(する)s on Facebook Marketplace so they don't 落ちる 犠牲者.

The bank's 詐欺 team 見本d 100 Facebook Marketplace 地位,任命するs ? 含むing cars, watches, games consoles, 空気/公表する fryers and handbags ? and 接触するd the 販売人s to 決定する whether the items were genuinely for sale, or scams.

The 詐欺 専門家s 結論するd that 34 パーセント of the listings were 偽の 広告s because the 販売人 used 策略 ありふれた to 購入(する) 詐欺 犯罪のs.

Beware: TSB has warned that vehicles, phones and shoes and clothes were targeted the most by scammers by volume in 2023

Beware: TSB has 警告するd that 乗り物s, phones and shoes and 着せる/賦与するs were 的d the most by scammers by 容積/容量 in 2023?

For example, these 販売人s directed TSB 詐欺 専門家s to 偽の websites, 辞退するd to 許す 見解(をとる)ing of a n item in person and 需要・要求するd 前進するd 料金s.

TSB also discovered items advertised as 'brand new' for hundreds of 続けざまに猛撃するs いっそう少なく than their real 小売 price, which can also be a tell-tale 調印する of a scam.?

During the 調査, TSB discovered an iPhone 13, 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)d as 'brand new' for just £84 - when the Apple website sells this model for £599. On 接触するing the 販売人, TSB's 詐欺 専門家 was directed to a scam website to make the 支払い(額).

TSB also 設立する a 2016 Audi Q3 advertised for £6,000. The 販売人 辞退するd to answer any questions and directed TSB's 詐欺 専門家 to an email 演説(する)/住所.?

Upon searching the email 演説(する)/住所, TSB discovered it had been 報告(する)/憶測d as part of a car 詐欺 scam on a community website in 2023.

Other items 含むd a Ninja 空気/公表する Fryer, 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)d as brand new at £65 when the real 小売 price is £249. TSB was directed to a 偽の 場所/位置 upon enquiring.

A spokesperson for Meta, which owns Facebook, said: 'With tens of millions of people using our apps daily in the UK, we recognise our important 役割 in 取り組むing the 産業-wide 問題/発行する of online 購入(する) scams and have systems in place to 封鎖する scams.?

'Facebook Marketplace is a 地元の 会合,会う up and collection service so we don't 容易にする 支払い(額)s or shipping, but scammers 偉業/利用する this by taking conversations off our 壇・綱領・公約s where we can't 施行する.?

'We encourage our community to 報告(する)/憶測 scams すぐに so we can take 活動/戦闘 and we'll continue equipping 顧客s with knowledge to transact securely and 避ける 詐欺 on Marketplace.'

Lloyds Bank recently 警告するd that cars and concert tickets and are の中で the 最高の,を越す items which could be 的d by scammers in 2024.

Facebook Marketplace 現在/一般に accounts for 73 パーセント of all 購入(する) 詐欺 事例/患者s at TSB ? and remains the biggest driver of 詐欺 by 容積/容量.

人物/姿/数字s show £60million could have been lost by 顧客s of all banks 経由で Facebook Marketplace in 2023 ? which is £160,000 存在 lost every day on the 壇・綱領・公約.

Our sister 肩書を与える Money Mail has been (選挙などの)運動をするing for the 政府 to 軍隊 tech companies to step in and stop the scammers.

Last year, we 明らかにする/漏らすd how Facebook Marketplace had become a hotbed of scammers - and how thousands of 偽の car adverts are on the 壇・綱領・公約.

Money Mail also carried out its own 実験(する) to see how 平易な it is for scammers to 地位,任命する 偽の 広告s for phones for sale and reel in unwitting 消費者s.

MOST SCAMMED ITEMS ON FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE
Item 容積/容量 of scams
乗り物/乗り物 Parts 21%
Phone?7%?
Shoes and 着せる/賦与するing?7%?
Games Console and 従犯者s?7%?
Concert and Festival Tickets?6%?
Small Electronics (Laptop, Cameras, (米)棚上げする/(英)提議するs, Drones etc)?5%?
Furniture?5%?
世帯 Electronics and 器具s?4%?
Service?3%?
Building 構成要素s and 道具s?3%?
Source: TSB

The 政府 発表するd 対策 to 軍隊 tech companies to 割れ目 負かす/撃墜する on online 詐欺 last year.

It 伴う/関わるd 11 of the world's biggest tech companies 調印 a voluntary 'Online 詐欺 借り切る/憲章' which saw them 誓約(する) to take 活動/戦闘 to 保護する their 使用者s against online scams and to 封鎖する 偽の 追加するs and fraudulent content 影響する/感情ing their 使用者s.

Meta, which owns and operates Facebook has 調印するd the 借り切る/憲章. As the 借り切る/憲章 is voluntary, there are no 刑罰,罰則s if companies are 設立する to not be doing enough in line with the 条件.

TSB is now 勧めるing social マスコミ companies to 配達する on かかわり合いs in the 政府's Online 詐欺 借り切る/憲章.

Matt Hepburn, 詐欺 spokesperson at TSB, said: 'You wouldn't shop at a supermarket if a third of the items were stale or 偽造の ? so the same should 適用する to Facebook Marketplace, where you could have a one in three chance of 存在 scammed when 支払う/賃金 ing online.

'Social マスコミ companies really must 行為/法令/行動する on their かかわり合いs under the 政府's Online 詐欺 借り切る/憲章 by 緊急に (疑いを)晴らすing up their 壇・綱領・公約s ? 除去するing scam adverts is a good first 実験(する).'

Five tips to 位置/汚点/見つけ出す 偽の adverts?

1. 見解(をとる) the item in person

You can also ask the 販売人 for a live ビデオ call. Pre-記録,記録的な/記録するd ビデオs won't work as they could also be stolen from a 本物の advert.

2. 避ける bank 移転s

Using the second-手渡す 場所/位置's own 支払い(額) 壇・綱領・公約 often comes with better 保護.

3. 逆転する Google search

Google has a feature that 許すs you to drag images into the search 妨げる/法廷,弁護士業 and see where they have been used before, which can help you identify a scam advert.

4. Be 怪しげな of low prices

偽の adverts usually 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる) the item for a price much lower than the 普通の/平均(する). Do your 研究.

5. Don't panic

Scammers use tricks to 急ぐ you into a 決定/判定勝ち(する) ― such as making up another 可能性のある 買い手. Be 用心深い if the 販売人 is 適用するing a lot of 圧力.

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