Online scam strategies have the advantage of creativity and the need for those who could become victims. These two tools constantly evolve the scams. And take to be detected. The last one, recently discovered by the Civil Guard, has to do with Wallapop.
When we use this platform to sell second -hand objects, we have the option of performing the entire operation within Wallapop itself, which gives us the peace of mind of having the safety of purchase and sale or, what many people do, Continue outside it, exchanging telephone numbers and finish the operation by other channels.
In this case, the alarms shot when a woman wanted to sell a mobile phone valued at 850 euros. The scammer who had contacted her, proposes to finish the operation outside Wallapop. The seller accepted and soon Receive a message, supposedly from the Civil Guard, in which you are asked to send the device to a certain postal address. The problem is that the message came from a particular account.
The Civil Guard warned of the mechanism of this scam through its social networks, stating that The scammers supplant identities of people and organizations and even the Wallapop platform itselfto acquire objects without paying for them.
@guardiacivil Sure you buy or sell on well -known #Internet platforms if you ever ask you for money to complete the purchase with this deception, distrust #scam #Guardiacivil♬ Original Sound – Civil Guard
The mechanism is simple, being out of the platform, the seller receives a notice, supposedly official, send the object and then the buyer disappears Without making admission. Therefore, the Civil Guard insists on using the platform, since it has security mechanisms that guarantee so much that the buyer receives his device as the seller his money.
Ways to detect deception
In his message, the Civil Guard states that Neither Wallapop nor any official institution will contact us by emails sent from personal accounts or without verified domain.
If we decide, despite everything, continue with the sale outside the platform, the message advises Always verify the origin of any communication that we receive and distrust any attempt to divert the operation to other channels.