Facebook, beware of the scam: they can steal all your money

Both on Facebook and on Vinted there is the possibility to sell something of your own. Widely used applications but which can give rise to a scam. Here’s what to watch out for.

The web and the network have given many possibilities to people. Today without an internet connection it is really difficult to get around. From the positive aspects, however, we move on to the negative aspects that lead us to scam attempts. In this case, the environment to consider is that of the purchase and sale of products.

There are many applications that allow you to put products to sell as individuals. Facebook And Vinted they are the best known in this sense. This, however, despite the great popularity they ended up in the middle of a scam. The fraud, if carried out, really causes the victim to lose everything. From the object for sale to the data and your money.

As we all know, by now, at any time we must be alert to these situations. In the past, the well-known social network has seen a scam emerge. Users took a really big risk. How big a risk even in this situation. A fraud that, we recall, also involves Vinted. Everything happens through PayPal. Now let’s see what to watch out for.

Scam on Facebook and Vinted, how does it work? It takes place via PayPal

Among the most well-known scams in this area is the one that invokes PayPal and payment through this solution. Precisely for this reason it occurs on sectors in which a sale is carried out. Facebook and Vinted, therefore, are very important places in this sense.

On both Vinted and Facebook, the scammer contacts the seller by making his offer. Once the agreement is reached, send a link via email or message via PayPal. This often happens automatically without the fake buyer asking for something about the product or the price.

Sending the link, however, is an important step. With this step, the criminals try to make people believe how the payment went through. With this scenario, they have the goal of stealing the product and, in even worse cases, the seller’s data. Of course PayPal is not a dangerous payment method but it can be used, as well as other tools, for these purposes as well.

As reported by Telefino.netthe IT expert Jean Jacques Latour he stressed that the victims are mainly women. Facebook it is the ideal place for this scam because it gives the possibility to create accounts that do not arouse too much attention. Scammers go to great lengths to create a certain environment.

The same cyber security expert points out that it is better to pay via the platform. If you have a PayPal account, however, better to check that the money has arrived. If nothing has arrived then the chances of one are high he cons.