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As the end of year celebrations approach, many French people choose to order gifts on the Internet. And what might be more practical for second-hand than the Leboncoin site. Alas, although the platform always does its best to maintain maximum security. There are always scams once morest which the site cannot do anything. So, in order not to be fooled, the association UFC-Que Choisir shared its tips. We’ll explaine everything here.
Internet shopping
Indeed, another year where parcel deliveries are greatly increased at this end of the year period. Besides, the delivery site Chronopost even revealed that it transits more than a million parcels a day. Unfortunately, orders on the internet are all too often victims of various scams. Whether it remains at the time of the order, the delivery or even the delivery which in reality never arrives.
Whether it remains phishing, theft or even theft of bank or personal data, scams continue to diversify. And this to the chagrin of the victims. So, to avoid being tricked when ordering gifts for Christmas, UFC-Que Choisir has decided to give advice to the French.
Tips to avoid scams
1/ Email and links
The association begins by emphasizing please check the original email. If it remains the Leboncoin platform that contacts you, then the email contains @leboncoin.fr, @news.leboncoin.fr, or @messagerie.leboncoin.fr. But messages can also go directly through the site’s messaging service.
Also, if in this message there are links, better not click on it. And even if you see that it really remains a link from the official site, this may be just to reassure you and to help you fall into scams better.
2/ Mistakes
Spelling mistakes are still the easiest way to avoid scams. In effect, a platform like Leboncoin does not make mistakes in its messages. However, this does not mean that if there are no faults, it is not a scam. On the other hand, if there is, no doubt. Thus, the association has collected the most frequent errors. She quotes “On the part of your buyer, Delivery costs” instead of “delivery costs, Receipt of the package confirmed” instead of “confirmed””.
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3/ Amounts revealing scams
If you are therefore the seller in the situation, you can also be the victim of different scams. One of the points to check remains the amount. Indeed, on platforms like Leboncoin, people tend to negotiate. If this does not remain the case and in addition the person offers to pay more, beware. It sounds too good to be true.
4/ Address and delivery method
Also, when once more, you sell, you can verify the address. Indeed, if your buyer tells you to come from a place, but the address states elsewherethen it can be the scams sign. And if ever there are no addresses, even worse.
Also, the delivery method remains a way of knowing if it remains scams or not. Already, you should know that there are a lot of possible delivery methods. Good that Chronopost is well known, it also remains the favorite of thieves.
Source : Marie-France
