What the Tech? Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist Scams – ABC 6 News – kaaltv.com

(ABC 6 News) – Since the early days of the pandemic, people buying and selling personal items online hassurged. Two of the most popular websites people are using today to sell unneeded items are Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace.Both sites are safe to use if you know how to spot scams and how to avoid them. To demonstrate, I listed a DSLR camera I hadn’t used in years on Facebook Marketplace. I took a few photos of the camera, added a description, set a price, and hit save.Within a few minutes, I received 8 responses from other Facebook users asking if the item was still available. Before responding to those messages, I decided to check them out first.6 of the messages appeared to be from real people with authentic Facebook profile accounts from my area. Two of them were clearly faked. One user’s profile contained no photo, no posts, and no friends. A second suspicious profile only had a picture of a cat as his profile photo and had posted only once, a photo of a lizard playing the guitar.Before responding to every Marketplace message, check the person’s Facebook profile. You’ll find a link to it in their message where they
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