Facebook users have been warned to remain vigilant when selling items on Marketplace amid reports of a new scam that could trick people out of hundreds of pounds' worth of items.
The tactic deployed by fraudsters sees them use a fake banking app in order to convince sellers that they have paid for pricey electrical goods being sold on the platform. Con artists will go so far as to turn up at the seller's house after agreeing to buy an item from them, such as a phone or laptop, and use the dodgy app in front of their victim so they don't suspect they are being scammed until it's too late, The Mirror reports.
One anonymous victim from Merseyside said they had listed their laptop on Facebook Marketplace and believed they had found a legitimate buyer before unwittingly falling for the scam. They told the St Helens Star: "I had communication with this profile which was this girl. It's a profile they'd set up and they posted a message to me saying 'my partner is on the way'.
