PSA: 86technie E-commerce Scam Awareness Thread

[coyote]

Why u dun sell at carousel

He can write a thesis on the issues of carousel. I guess that could be the reason he's switching to FB, which could be worse...

 

[BBClone]

I now understand why you have been asked to resign multiple times by different companies.

Zero IQ, zero EQ and zero situational awareness.

 

[Roadster01]

Carouhell also have similar scammer techque.

scammer will email a link to enter bank and collection address, and said already paid carouhell and to pay me upon carouhell collection service go collect from moi. Said he/she will lost hhis/her payment if link expire within minutes. Kept pressuring moi to submit details via the link.

checked carouhell do not provide such payment/ collection service.

told scammer to go jerk him/herself after they wake up.

 

[xuange]

Please update us

 

[86technie]

Update in first post, what has happened.
Please do not use FB martkplace to sell your stuff.
I be filing a Police report later.

 

[KakiMeow]

Once you guys get a request to pay money thru ABCDEFG link

Straight away refuse and ask them to PayNow / PayLah you OR COD

Any link can look legit at first, the best case is you actually click the link and nothing happened,
the worst case usually is a trojan is planted in your phone.

PSA

 

[whatheheck]

Do IT ownself kena scam.
Very disappointed in myself.
Be filing a Police report later.

I already called bank to cancel all banking details and info.
F.

Remember to proof read carefully later.
I myself don't even understand your first post cos you say you are seller and the other party is seller ??
And call bank to cancel banking details and info???
I'm pretty amazed everyone else can understand what you mean ... in any case just re read your report .

 

[86technie]

Remember to proof read carefully later.
I myself don't even understand your first post cos you say you are seller and the other party is seller ??
And call bank to cancel banking details and info???
I'm pretty amazed everyone else can understand what you mean ... in any case just re read your report .

Any issue with my post please let me know.
I call bank to cancel my iBanking, debit card and etc.

 

[BMWguy]

U ish edmw laojiao liao. U should be well versed . How come still fall for it?
U are techie somemore leh

What happened???

sometimes small head does the thinking.. maybe ts big head is resting and small head took over ..

 

[virtualape]

sell things, collect in cash or face to face paynow. if they dont want to come, have them arrange courier themselves for pick up from you and paynow before courier arrives.

the ball is in their court whether they think you will scam them or not. simple affair..no need simi link to enter details etc. why complicate a simple transaction....thats when it get fishy..

 

[hwsstx]

Any issue with my post please let me know.
I call bank to cancel my iBanking, debit card and etc.

If you didn't reveal username, password, OTP, CVV etc should be safe,...or I'm wrong?

 

[Reborn]

This is a awareness thread.

Many of you know I have legit issues with Carousell platform.
Things have been moving vey slowly that I have quite a number of stuff left unsold
for many months.

Recently I wanted to sell a Desktop PC on FB marketplace than this buyer message me.
Charleigh Calabrese is the user name at first sound very legit.
I am in the IT, how would I not know how to spot if there's a bot or scammer behind
the scam.

I ask him few questions like what is he using the PC for.
As well as where he stay even gave me a legit postal code 600371.
What give away this user is a scammer is when I ask him how is he going to make payment.



To me is fishy than after buyer send me a Lalamove link to get the money.
There are few things to spot here:

1) The URL link doesn't look phishing, hosted with spoofing URL with Lalamove suffix.
So very difficult to spot.
2) After clicking the Get funds it direct to a page to choose your bank.
There's no POSB/DBS proably they know POSB/DBS can block very easily.
When I choose POSB/DBS, was asked to enter my Debit card details.
Than after the URL redirect to a DBS banking page than I realize something very wrong.
When I tried to enter the DBS ibanking page, I got denied twice proably either
my PC or DBS side block the connection.
3) Than after when i notice that I could not log in as well as a agent appear out of nowhere
telling me that my userID and passcode is wrong.
I cancel and call DBS immediately, DBS immediately cancel my ibanking and card details.

I also ask DBS did anyone access my bank account money or not.
DBS told me no one have touch it and access to my bank will be restored later this week.
To all please do not use FB marketplace there are scammers lurking around.

hi. my name is aboril manopoosa. my postal code is 539747

i would like to buy your desktop pc.

 

[munimal]

fb when buyer mentioned the word LALALMOVE confirm is scam

 

[Reborn]

hi. my name is aboril manopoosa. my postal code is 539747

i would like to buy your desktop pc.

did you key in you ibanking details in the page? that is already a bad move from you if you did. why would lalamove deal with payments? do they?

 

[86technie]

If you didn't reveal username, password, OTP, CVV etc should be safe,...or I'm wrong?

Sadly I did expose only OTP since it didn't go through.
That's why my ibanking, debit card canceled.

 

[86technie]

did you key in you ibanking details in the page? that is already a bad move from you if you did. why would lalamove deal with payments? do they?

That's why mistake in my part, I am sharing this so no one should fall for what I experience.

 

[XiaoChilli]

You say you sell item

Then you say the seller tell you to click link.

Who is the seller???? Wth are you talking about

He mean buyer tell him click link

 

[Reborn]

That's why mistake in my part, I am sharing this so no one should fall for what I experience.

Being a regular in EDMW, and reading so many of these stuffs here, I'm surprised there are people still falling for this. Maybe in your desperation to get rid of the PC, you let your guards down.

 

[enimen]

sometimes small head does the thinking.. maybe ts big head is resting and small head took over ..

In this example, the small head took over due to greed (want fast deal) and big head (reason) went out the window.

 

[whatheheck]

That's why mistake in my part, I am sharing this so no one should fall for what I experience.

I see.... I understand now ty.
First time hear of lalamove being an escrow for their customers. They don't do this kind of service bah. It don't make sense