Watch out for scams on Wallapop and Vinted that steal money: how to recognize them and defend yourself

Watch out for scams on Wallapop and Vinted that steal money: how to recognize them and defend yourself
Watch out for scams on Wallapop and Vinted that steal money: how to recognize them and defend yourself

The scams we have talked about recently lurk everywhere, even on platforms like Wallapop and Vinted which allow you to resell your used items. Just take a look around the web to discover them. Let’s see what it’s about.

The scammers, who obviously have set up automatic bots to mislead users, they usually send a private message immediately after registering or after uploading an item to the site in which they inform users that the item has been sold, but to release the money it is necessary to verify the card .

At this point, just click on the link in question to be redirected to a page with a similar UI to that of the application where the card details are requested to carry out – according to the scammers – a micro transaction to verify the profile. It goes without saying that this leads to higher sums being charged which are then not released.

Scams of this type are certainly not new: a few days ago on these pages we talked about the new PayPal message scam which essentially operates through the same modus operandi. The difference, in this case, however, is that the websites seem difficult to recognize also because of an Italian who appears correct.

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