An Australian couple had to set up a sign from their home as more than 100 buyers returned to their door because it was used for a market fraud on Facebook.
Since July, the couple leaves and Gerard has left foreigners who appear on their doorstep to get the items they bought on Facebook Marketplace.
However, each of the hopeful clients left with empty hands after realizing that they were confused in a detailed and strange trick.
The unusual situation began when a woman went up to the couple’s door asking about a bike she saw online.
“Then we had more than 100 people to appear in our house looking for items we supposedly had for sale we didn’t do,” Leah 9News told.
People from all over Queensland state bought items from Facebook Marketplace from a false seller, unaware that they were heading in a goose chase at a fake address that happened to be leaf and gerard.
Since July, more than 100 people have known in their door to seek “all sorts of things, mostly large items like TV, armchairs, mattresses, outdoor furniture”.
“They would arrive somewhere from 7:30 am immediately until 10-10: 30 night,” Leah said.
A Facebook Marketplace customer showed pictures of their intervention with the false seller, completed with the address of false receipt as evidence.
Gerard told The Outlet that some people had “paid deposits” before they were planned to collect their supposed items, and others had “airtaskers organized to come and collect on their behalf”.
While the Queensland couple has explained polytely to people about deceit, they have had to use extreme lengths to stop people not to fall on their doors by placing a sign and obstacle of security outside their front yard.
“We are not a market seller on Facebook,” the mark said.
“Unfortunately, a rogue is using our address in a rogue manner.
“We understand how inappropriate this is for everyone, and it is very stressful for our family.”
Despite having the ratio of Facebook fraud profiles, sharp sellers created a new account and repeated the process, using Gerard’s leaves and address to seduce people for another dull sale.
This was not until the local member contacted Facebook Meta’s parent company Meta that the fraud profile was dropped.
Support Group Cyber ​​ID Care warned the Australians what red flags to care about making purchases on Facebook Marketplace, including the absence of followers or friends, without profile pictures and deals that may seem very good to be True.
Sharp sellers will often use a random address in a local area to gain customers’ confidence and may require a deposit before the supposed sale goes forward.
Some fraudsters may request scanned copies of the buyer’s legal documents as a driver’s license or passport when requesting a deposit.
“Identity theft is also a great danger,” the chief executive of ID Care dave lacey told 9News.
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