As per another thread, I have listed some stuff on FB marketplace within minutes I was contacted by two scammers.
#1 - "I will pay you cash" Sending cash via courier who will collect the item. Only he wants me to pay for Insurance. "Don't worry you will get it back"
#2 - "I will pay paypal". Cash does not arrive. "Look in your spam folder" and there I have a clearly genuine message from paypayonlinebusiness@gmail.com explaining that I need to pay £200 to expand my account to business.
And there's no way to report that to FB <fume>
I flog quite a bit of stuff (mainly furniture) on FB Marketplace and the "is it available" - "I want to buy but am busy so will send Fedex/DHL/UPS with cash" scenario is pretty much tried 3 or 4 times on each item I list. A quick look at the profile and it's usually pretty obvious as a scammer . . . if I'm in doubt I message back "I think this might be a scam, if it isn't message me with where you live and I'll reply" . . . seldom get an answer other than someimes "You don't understand, I will send the money"
Given that, I assume, most people wouldn't fall for the "pay for the insurance" thing and thus expose bank details I just can't see how this works for any benefit?
There is a way to report the message to FB as a scam - whether they do anything is open to conjecture - look at "other options" on the message and that's how you do it.
[The topic has been discussed on here before]
Oh, and I had a rare Nigerian email last week . . I'm watching my bank account for a large incoming payment