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- Great Falls, MT, USA • Sep 20, 2024
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Scammer listed a property not owned by them on Facebook Marketplace as a rental. I drove to the property and looked; it was exactly what I was looking for. I provided my phone number, and the Scammer texted me. He claimed that he had divorced and moved to California as he just got custody of his girls and wanted to rent out his Montana house. He claimed that the Realtor was being too greedy, so he decided to rent it out himself, even though the Realty sign was still in the yard. He asked for a picture of myself, my credit scores, and my email for the application. The email he sent for the application was so completely unprofessional that I started to have doubt. He said once I was approved, I could overnight a cashier's check and he would overnight me the keys to the house.

Next day, I was telling my boss about it and he wanted me to make sure it wasn't a scam first. As I looked online, it was clearly a scam. The property was listed with the Realtor and other trusted sites and was NOT a rental at all. Thankfully a previous victim had put the name Anthonly Salazar out there and I was able to clearly identify this as a scam. Anthony had 4 properties listed on Facebook Marketplace and all of them were scams. I reported them on Facebook and they were all removed.

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- Bristol, CT, USA • Jul 19, 2024
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wanted to buy car and they didn't have the car but told me they did, took a downpayment, i drove down there and there was no car

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- Millington, MI, USA • Jul 08, 2024
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I was looking to purchase an RV on Facebook Market place. I "messaged" the Facebook contact, Ariana Alex. She told me she was selling for her Aunt and gave me the Aunt's email address.

After contacting the Aunt she sent me the following: I'm a flight attendant at United Airlines and because I'm away most of the time I will not be able to deal in person. Before leaving I had arranged the deal with eBay so my presence is not necessary. The RV is already at the shipping company in Montana ready for delivery

because someone agreed to buy it, but in the end he never got the loan (the price was different then). For this reason, the shipping is already paid for and it takes 3 working days to arrive. I will use eBay in this transaction for our protection. If you are not aware of this program, you should know that it will allow you to test and inspect the RV before paying me. The inspection period will be set to 5 days and I think that is enough time for you to make a decision about it. If you won`t like my RV you notify eBay and you send it back at my expense, but I assure you that won't be the case.

If you want to continue the purchase, please reply with your full name, delivery address and phone number so I can start the transaction with eBay and ask them to send you the terms of this transaction (with no further obligation or fees). I apologize for the long email but I couldn't explain the process in fewer words.

I sent her my name, address and telephone number.

An "invoice" was emailed to me from "eBay". We appreciate your business and thank you for choosing eBay. You can find the invoice for your item 2005 Winnebago Minnie 27L attached to this email . For a better understanding on how to complete your transaction it is necessary for you to read the invoice carefully. If you need help, please contact our Customer Support Department at:+1 (201) 477-0027?

The invoice requested I send $1,400 in prepaid eBay cards

I then searched for Scam on the internet and found this exact Scam on your website.

Sellers Name listed as Lisa Miller, 493 S. Park Ave, Helena, MT 59601

I saved the email communications, invoice, and Facebook message

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- Iowa, LA, USA • Jul 04, 2024
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Ordered a ring and it was shipped to town four hours away I called fed ex and the tracking number is fake. I can’t reach seller anymore so I lost money time and no ring

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- Columbus, OH, USA • Jun 26, 2024
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I was using Facebook Marketplace, as I have many times before. This person was very responsive, her account looked legit, she had many postings, she has multiple social media accounts under the same name, and she was very descriptive of the item I was to receive. As soon as I paid her, she absolutely stopped responding. I can’t get ahold of her. Never got my item. She’s been reported and flagged, so hopefully others don’t make the same mistake I did. But I’m still out money.

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- South Elgin, IL, USA • May 28, 2024
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I placed a dress for sale on MarketPlace_facebook and the scammer texted me to buy the dress. Then, the scammer wanted me to believe that they paid the money to my husband zelle's account as we agreed. So I provided them my husband's email, phone number and name; however, my bank account did not show any money received from scammer. Scammer made up fake proofs of payment and wanted me to refund the money that I did not receive. I did not pay the scammer but the scammer has my husband's name and email address. I need help to to ensure that the scammer won't be able to harm us.

Thank you

**** ***** ******************* _ my husband's email

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- Portage, MI, USA • Apr 06, 2024
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I tried to buy a Yeti cooler off of Facebook Market Place in February. The person sent me some piece of crap cooler. I made two separate orders for ($144 for one Yeti cooler) and another order for ($137 for a thief Yeti Cooler) I never tricked a Yeti Cooler but a huge dented up scraped up dented cooler that did not match the description. The seller hasn’t refunded me and it’s been over a month. I’ve filed two separate claims with PayPal that keep post pining my resolution date. The seller hasn’t reached out to me to make it right or refunded me. I do not want the cooler they sent me but refuse to spend my own money to ship it back, since they clearly scammed me. Just about $300 later and over a month later, I still have not received my money. Even tho, I reported to Facebook, PayPal, and now the ScamPulse.com because I’d like my money back. I never authorized my money to be fake. Out of my account for anything other than a Yeti. I still haven’t received anything from the seller trying to make it right. I was scammed and the worst part is one of these coolers was supposed to be a gift for my friend whose getting married. Now I’m negative 300 dollars and still without a present, spending hours typing up my disgusting situation and this all take my time away, we’ll the scammer has had my funds for over a month.

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- Rockford, MI, USA • Mar 22, 2024
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I purchased a grooming table from a Facebook, marketplace seller . It showed shipped via UPS, transferred to USPS, delivered to a parcel locker. USPS told me it was a scam and I never received. I filed a dispute with PayPal/Discover who reviewed and said seller provided proof, apparently of nothing. I reported to Facebook, nothing. If you look at this seller’s Facebook seller reviews you will see reviews showing him as a scammer. How do I stop the next person from paying for nothing?

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- Seattle, WA, USA • Mar 08, 2024
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Was looking for a car on face book market place and found a 2010 Honda Accord exl for 1,400. It's not the same person selling the car they message u back and tell u it's their sister selling the car and have to send an email to the person on the. U have to pay with Ebay gift cards or cash app bitcoin. The seller in Montana said the car used to belong to her dad and he passed away 4 months ago and she was on a military base and she's leaving and needs to sell the car. Paid 1,000 in Ebay gift cards then she said had to send more money for insurance for shipping the car did that then she said they need another $1,000 for custom charges, sent email saying Montana Border Authority said I need to pay for custom charges to bring the car over the border that is when I found to be strange. The people running the scam have face book photos that are not really them they use fake names and most of them have only 1 follower. The Ebay emails are not real they look real until u see the copy write says 2024 Ebay real site says 1995 and 2024. The emails say if you don't send the money u will lose the rest of the money u already sent for the car, they tell u the paper work is already ready in the car for you but I never gave them any information yet. These people have lots of nice cars that they list for 1.400 once they take your money the car is no longer listed on face book market place they put other cars up so the car u was looking at is no longer on the site.

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- Palmer, AK, USA • Mar 01, 2024
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Ludacris tickets at Alaska State Fair. Send money through Apple Pay. Kept wanting more and more money. No tickets fake tickets sent. Then scammer says send more money and they’ll get authorized.

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- Palos Heights, IL, USA • Feb 08, 2024
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The company (kilgoty) advertised a going out of business sale for garden sculptures, originally priced at $159, now $29 each. The video shows the artist creating those large 3D sculptures. The product received is clearly machine made, and not worth even the discounted price.

At this point, Facebook has the same product under yet another name (kogoty).

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- Pampa, TX, USA • Jan 25, 2024
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Saw the vehicle selling for $800 got in touch with them and they let me believe we were going through eBay got 4 eBay gift cards at $200 apiece call a phone number that was eBay number and gave them the number on the back of the cards then they email me saying that eBay told them insurance was wrong and they need 1000 dollars before they ship it and then I started to get hold of eBay and can’t I keep all emails information

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- Chicago, IL, USA • Jan 16, 2024
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I reached out to owner of the post on Facebook market. I was given a number to contact, which I did. The conversation went as normal. Questions asked about the apartment for rent where discussed. I was told I had to pay a refundable $70 application fee. I did as requested. I was then told after the fee was paid that I had to pay the $500 deductible as soon as I was approved in order to see the apartment. I received a text message with a lot of grammar errors that I was approved almost 2 hours later. The person on the phone started pushing for me to pay the extra $500 but then changed it to $400. I was not comfortable paying this amount without proof that this was not a scam so I backed out. I sent this person a message back stating that I was no longer interested and requested my money back. The person stated that he would send it back but never did. He then started ignoring my messages. I never got my $70 back.

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- Elmwood Park, IL, USA • Jan 09, 2024
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I saw the ad on facebook while Christmas shopping. It was for an oversized chair. I knew by the next day that I paid for it that something was wrong. I received no e mail notifications and have not seen or heard from this company since they got my money. I immediately cancelled my credit card but it was too late. The charge hit and my credit card company doesn't seem to interested in helping

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- Kindred, ND, USA • Jan 07, 2024
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I have boots for sale on Facebook Marketplace and was contacted by someone with the last name Campbell (profile photo was a young couple with a baby). They asked for my phone number so they could send a 6-digit code. I stupidly gave them my cell phone number but then looked it up on-line and came across info that it was scam so am reporting here. I messaged the individual that this was a scam and I was deleting them.

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- Chicago, IL, USA • Jan 03, 2024
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Martha Sorge advertised on Facebook marketplace a free Yamaha piano. She advised contacting her sister, Jesenia Wolfe. Ms. Wolfe informed us her husband passed away, she was moving to Canada and wanted the piano to go to a good home. After we informed her of our situation, Ms. Wolfe said she'd take it off the market and that we were to contact the moving company, Tony Inaimo Transport because the piano was in storage and they would deliver to our home for $350. In communication with the transport company, it was obvious we were communicating with automated intelligence which led to our suspicion. In addition, Tony Inaimo is an Australian company with no obvious presence in the US. We have since verified others experienced similar scam attempt being asked for Venmo or other cash-like payment methods. This is a scam.

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- Temple Hills, MD, USA • Dec 21, 2023
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The business was selling a car under a personal name Jose Caldaras on Facebook marketplace . False advertisement for vehicles, false documentation and company, I located the scammer address Benjamin Caldaras who signed all the documents 6089 Genie Terrace Manassas , VA 20112. I reported them to the US Atty office of lemon laws.

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- North Haven, CT, USA • Dec 20, 2023
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I listed a few items on facebook marketplace and within 5 minutes i had 20 requests from different profiles asking me to talk on the phone or sending me offers for the listed amount.

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- Fort Smith, AR, USA • Dec 19, 2023
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An rv was posted for sale on facebook. When i asked if it was still available i was sent an email address to contact the seller. Once contact was made i was sent an invoice with the ebay motors logo on it and a phone number to contact once i purchased the gift cards. I called that number and gave them the numbers of the cards and then afyer 12 hours was contact again, the scammer wanted an additional $800 from me saying it was the insurance for shipping. Thats when i realized inhad been scammed

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- Morrison, IL, USA • Dec 16, 2023
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I logging into balance my checking account and saw it. Notified my bank and went there right away. Cancelled my debit card. Filled out all the fraud paperwork - the transaction still said "pending". This morning the funds have been withdrawn from my account. I am not sure if I will get them back or not at this point. I did not order anything, pay for anything from Homey Surrounds. My card has been in my possession only.

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