Unfortunately this website is being trawled by internet fraudsters.
I have personally been made aware that the 'For Sale' section has attracted fraudsters on the lookout for potentially easy pickings. In particular if you are selling a high value item you may receive an email perporting to come from a genuinely interested buyer.
If the buyer insists on a Western Union payment method, be wary.
If the buyer seems too frivolous, be wary.
If the buyer asks too few questions, be wary.
They are capable of producing very authentic looking bankers drafts but these are forgeries so be wary.
If they suddenly offer to pay more than your asking price to cover shipping costs, be wary.
These are all a part of a potentially convincing scam to relieve you of your honestly earned bucks.
Don't give away your contact or bank details. If you give away your phone number you will likely receive unpleasant calls.
A lot of these scams originate in Nigeria and West Africa but they have accomplices, typically described as 'shipping agents' local to you and to me.
I was immediately suspicious and very fortunately and coincidently spoke to a friend who had recently experienced a very similar fraud attempt. Both of us were lucky.
I have personally been made aware that the 'For Sale' section has attracted fraudsters on the lookout for potentially easy pickings. In particular if you are selling a high value item you may receive an email perporting to come from a genuinely interested buyer.
If the buyer insists on a Western Union payment method, be wary.
If the buyer seems too frivolous, be wary.
If the buyer asks too few questions, be wary.
They are capable of producing very authentic looking bankers drafts but these are forgeries so be wary.
If they suddenly offer to pay more than your asking price to cover shipping costs, be wary.
These are all a part of a potentially convincing scam to relieve you of your honestly earned bucks.
Don't give away your contact or bank details. If you give away your phone number you will likely receive unpleasant calls.
A lot of these scams originate in Nigeria and West Africa but they have accomplices, typically described as 'shipping agents' local to you and to me.
I was immediately suspicious and very fortunately and coincidently spoke to a friend who had recently experienced a very similar fraud attempt. Both of us were lucky.