TikToker left with $60 in bank after someone offered to buy her washing machine on Carousell

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matchy

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I also kena this.. Saying wife will help will transact. I told the buyer... Then I wait for you to come back since my house is beside mrt. I got 2 of this item... No issue... Then no reply and after that account suspended
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Carousell i always do meetup, if the buyer say troublesome then so be it, that washing machine how many only, not worth to risk getting scammed
 

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oh it's true, she seems to be my neighbor as spotted from the roof garden
 

sacredrays

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oh, this scam method very old liao. it was warned by carousell before
 

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Many sellers in Carousell are scam. I tried buying a used thermomix from a “expat” doing clearance sale to return back to own country and he asked for a deposit to be transferred though I requested to view the item first. He kept saying that many interested parties and FCFS etc but refused to entertain my request to view. I ghosted him

this is the same FB scam.

expat leaving country, sell brompton for cheap at $600, mass posted in cycling groups, moving house, etc
seems like a few got cheated.
 

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this is the same FB scam.

expat leaving country, sell brompton for cheap at $600, mass posted in cycling groups, moving house, etc
seems like a few got cheated.
Shd get authorities to check on such acc n person.
 

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i'm wonder why carousell never enforce payment made only through their platform.
 

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"I got scammed for my first Caroupay too and I even sent out the item already. This system really failed us," one netizen said.

The system this netizen is referring... is ownself, right?

cannot spot a scam, is ownself fault
 

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what i love about how scams work is that the victim usually ends up blaming themselves, and people around them also blame them.. lol maybe it's a way social engineering works. meanwhile scammers and their bosses and probably their govt as well laughing.
 
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