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Online shopping has become very common. Most of the time, we do this in stores that already have a great reputation, well-established companies. But sometimes what we do is buy second-hand things, in portals designed for that.
This is when you have to be more careful because, even being careful, it is possible that we miss something and end up getting scammed.
We’re going to give you three generic tips that are always good to apply, although we realize that every purchase is different.
If you insist, it’s a bad sign.
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One of the most used tactics, because it works, when selling something is to pressure the buyer. It forces you to make a decision quickly, without having time to think. If you doubt whether to buy something and the seller is exerting more pressure than you consider normal, it is worth reconsidering the purchase.
Not letting someone think about a decision is a classic strategy to make them do what you want, in this case send money without having all the guarantees.
Phrases like “I have another person interested”, “the price will soon increase” and others activate this mechanism that makes us make the decision in haste so as not to find ourselves without the object of desire.
weekends are tough
Although banks have customer service every day, as well as trading platforms, on weekends the support capacity is much lower. That’s why many scammers try to make sales on Fridays, when when you want to realize the problem has already lasted several days.
Imitation
Seeing reviews for a person or an online store is something we do regularly to check that we are not falling into fraud.
The problem is that it is becoming more and more normal for there to be identity theft by small businesses or companies, who see how their image is used to commit crimes.
These cases have been seen on platforms like Wallapop.
We can mention here the need to pay attention to the type of writing of the texts, the urgency with which they speak to us, etc. However, the issue here is for store owners.
House photo by Christin Hume.
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