Facebook marketplace scams, nothing special about these scams in general, the ‘seller’ will answer your questions and be fairly polite about it, to add some urgency they will say that they have had a lot of interest or that they can not hold the item without a deposit being held.
If you state that you can “drive to theirs” straight away, they will often provide you with an address as well that will appear in Google Maps, for you to drive too, spoiler alert – there is no one there! so don’t drive to the home, don’t pay a deposit – because you will never see the money again, it is gone!
Marketplace scam
Sanda (sic) Pierce does not exist, at least this version of Sanda does not!
Any Marketplace advertisement that does not have contact details yet offers delivery is a scam, “Sanda” has two items for sale on Scambook Marketplace at the present time, a “tiny home” and a “couch”, why these items appear in many scams? because they are bulky and difficult for the majority of people to transport.
These two items are not owned by ‘Sanda’, firstly because Sanda doesn’t exist, secondly these are the honeypot that will convince someone that what she is selling is a bargain that is too good to let slip through their fingers, it is too good to be true, that is the first signal that this is a scam as I have previously written about here.
The other give aways are that the profile is new, created in 2024, profile creation date is not always something that can be trusted but it is a RED FLAG to not trust someone as every person and their dog has been around long enough to have a Facebook profile that is at least 5 years old by the time they start selling items – if an average teenager signs up to Facebook at 13 – not to use of course because FB is NOT cool! but to check up on parents.
summary – Marketplace scams
These scams always follow the same basic principles and typically use the same items for sale, but generally cheap electronics, like a Playstation 5, or Samsung OLED display will also be a part of this deception to users of the social media platform.
Do your research when ever you see an item like this that seems to be vastly underpriced, do not pay a stranger a deposit, ever…. you would not give $100 to a passer by on the street so do not trust what you see on Social media either, protect yourself by stating that you can pick up the item immediately and insist that you come and pick it up, anyone asking for a deposit before holding is likely not legitimate.
Stay safe out there, if you have any stories that you would like to share then please leave a comment or message me here.
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