Warning about new scam via Vinted and Wallapop
Application for buying and selling used items
cybercriminals They continue to manage to cheat over the Internet. The Civil Guard has warned app users about buying and selling second-hand items. Vinted and Wallapop, that scammers are using a new method of theft.
To methods fraud The new method, already known and previously warned by state security authorities, was reported by numerous app users.
It has been reported that some users, in this case the buyer, purchase an item that turns out to be complains that it didn’t arrive and then keep the goods and return the money.
Until now, fraud has been associated with the theft of personal data and bank cards, but it has gone further.
Another type of scam, known to Vinted and Wallapop and which has been repeatedly warned about, is where criminals ask for the exchange to be completed in order to save on administrative costs. outside the applicationbut in the end it turns out to be a scam.
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The apps recommend that you never leave the app to suggest security for users.
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