Do you sell for Wallapop, for eBay, for Todocolección? If you are an online seller and you have Bizum among your means of payment, be careful, because there is a new digital scam designed precisely to scam sellers.
A scam that sites like Maldita.es or Twitter accounts such as the National Police I exposed a few months ago to prevent cybercriminals who use them from continuing to profit, but now others such as the OSI (Internet User Security Office) keep alerting because they continue to occur.
That the seller pay for the purchase
This new attempt at scam would be carried out mainly through trading platforms, such as Milanuncios, Vinted or Wallapop, where any user can put an item up for sale. It is at that moment, when cybercriminals take the opportunity to contact their victims, the vendors, disguising themselves as supposed buyers.
Cybercriminals are interested in buying the item and, once they have gained the trust of the seller, they indicate that they want to make the payment through Bizum. The scam starts like this: UA buyer is interested in an object you sell, and he calls you on the phone so that you can close the deal on the spot and he will pay you through Bizum in less than half an hour. Suddenly you, the seller, You receive an SMS message to your mobile asking you if you want to pay 395 euros to a person by name X.
Scam by Bizum
The steps described may vary slightly, depending on the bank through which Bizum is used, although it will always be very similar. If the seller does not pay attention to the message and accesses your bank account, You will find a message showing the money requested with two options: “Confirm” to confirm the money transfer and “Reject” to reject the payment.
This is when you should be clear that It is a scam, since they are asking you, who are the seller, to pay instead of charging. In the case of accepting the payment, the application will show a new screen with the amount to be paid, the concept and the identity of the applicant, where it must confirm that all the data is correct. Again, a message is displayed indicating that when confirming, the money that you have requested will be paid.
Beware of scams by Bizum
Bizum is a type of digital payment platform that allows both receiving and making money transfers even faster than Paypal and others, simply through the mobile number, so you always have to be careful when making a payment.
This particular scam, which seems quite blatant, has been effective because according to the National Police, these days they have registered various complaints from online sellers who have been scammed using this method.
Do you sell for Wallapop, for eBay, for Todocolección? If you are an online seller and you have Bizum among your means of payment, be careful, because there is a new digital scam designed precisely to scam sellers.
A scam that sites like Maldita.es or Twitter accounts such as the National Police I exposed a few months ago to prevent cybercriminals who use them from continuing to profit, but now others such as the OSI (Internet User Security Office) keep alerting because they continue to occur.
That the seller pay for the purchase
This new attempt at scam would be carried out mainly through trading platforms, such as Milanuncios, Vinted or Wallapop, where any user can put an item up for sale. It is at that moment, when cybercriminals take the opportunity to contact their victims, the vendors, disguising themselves as supposed buyers.
Cybercriminals are interested in buying the item and, once they have gained the trust of the seller, they indicate that they want to make the payment through Bizum. The scam starts like this: UA buyer is interested in an object you sell, and he calls you on the phone so that you can close the deal on the spot and he will pay you through Bizum in less than half an hour. Suddenly you, the seller, You receive an SMS message to your mobile asking you if you want to pay 395 euros to a person by name X.
Scam by Bizum
The steps described may vary slightly, depending on the bank through which Bizum is used, although it will always be very similar. If the seller does not pay attention to the message and accesses your bank account, You will find a message showing the money requested with two options: “Confirm” to confirm the money transfer and “Reject” to reject the payment.
This is when you should be clear that It is a scam, since they are asking you, who are the seller, to pay instead of charging. In the case of accepting the payment, the application will show a new screen with the amount to be paid, the concept and the identity of the applicant, where it must confirm that all the data is correct. Again, a message is displayed indicating that when confirming, the money that you have requested will be paid.
Beware of scams by Bizum
Bizum is a type of digital payment platform that allows both receiving and making money transfers even faster than Paypal and others, simply through the mobile number, so you always have to be careful when making a payment.
This particular scam, which seems quite blatant, has been effective because according to the National Police, these days they have registered various complaints from online sellers who have been scammed using this method.
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