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The alert warns of Zelle scams on Facebook Marketplace in which a fraudulent buyer attempts to buy a big-ticket item using Zelle, the popular peer-to-peer lending app, to make payment.
The latest Facebook Marketplace scam to watch out for: a scheme that sold rented cars for cash on the online secondhand shopping platform.
Business payment account scam A scammer offers to buy an item on an online marketplace such as Facebook Marketplace using Venmo or Zelle. The scammer tells the seller (victim) that to complete the transaction, the seller needs to upgrade their account to a business account.
Scams and confidence tricks are difficult to classify, because they change often and often contain elements of more than one type. Throughout this list, the perpetrator of the confidence trick is called the "con artist" or simply "artist", and the intended victim is the "mark". Particular scams are mainly directed toward elderly people, as they may be gullible and sometimes inexperienced or ...
Scammers and bad actors are always looking for ways to get personal info with malicious intent. Know how to recognize legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications to keep your account secure.
A package redirection scam is a form of e-commerce fraud, where a malicious actor manipulates a shipping label, to trick the mail carrier into delivering the package to the wrong address. This is usually done through product returns to make the merchant believe that they mishandled the return package, and thus provide a refund without the item ...
Social media marketplace scams were one of the fastest growing scam types in 2022, experiencing a 184% increase over 2021 incidents.
Zelle Scams on Facebook Marketplace Some are referring to this scam as the Zelle business account scam. Here is how it works.