We are about to meet the iPhone 16 and this is the time of year when the largest number of used iPhones are sold. To earn those extra dollars and opt for the new model, they are usually used apps like Wallapop. In these, the intermediary of a physical sales store is eliminated, and there is always a higher value compared to Apple’s renewal plan.
However, in Wallapop you have to be very careful. This is not the first time that there are scams related, but on this occasion We were able to follow a scam in detail when selling an iPhone 13 mini. The method is very simple, you don’t even need to leave the app chat.
An iPhone 13 mini for less than 500 dollars and a profile with good ratings
This Wallapop scam is surprising in the quality of its execution. At all times, the buyer’s language is Spanish, has a profile picture, positive reviewsand in no case was there any question of switching to another application like WhatsApp… The only strange thing is that the payment was going to be made via Bizum instead of via the Wallapop shipping system.
Let’s put it more in context: you are the seller and a buyer contacts you. After chatting for a while, it’s time to make the purchase. In this case, the buyer offers you to do it via Bizum. To give you some guarantees, he pays you first and then you send it to him. What could go wrong? He would take the risk of not sending him the iPhone anyway. That’s exactly what the protagonist of this story thought. So, He trusted at all times and approved the payment of Bizum. This is when the buyer begins to complicate his message:
I have a business account and when I send money they will charge you 3 cents. I leave it to you now purchased. As soon as you get the Bizum, accept it.
Apparently, the seller would have to accept the purchase by Bizum from a company, and therefore I would have a commission of 3 cents. This is where all the alarms went off and after checking the arrived Bizum, he hid a terrible trap.
Wallapop Scam Screenshots | The Debate
The Bizum concept was a “3 cent” text, but in reality it hid a request for 500 dollars
As usual, we manufacture and receive Bizum very easily. We hardly look at the recipient or the details of the transaction.. That’s exactly what this buyer took advantage of. There was no Bizum company. There was no 3 cent fee. What I was doing was asking for a Bizum for 500 dollars but with a text in the concept.
Pay three cents, get 500 dollars
An ideal message to read quickly, accept the request and finalize the sale. If it had been like this, the buyer would have received 500 dollars instead of sending them. Fortunately, the seller realized this and made the scammer understand it. He took screenshots for the later complaint and acknowledged that the scam was good. “You must become rich.”
This type of scam is becoming more and more common, which is why you need to start pay more attention to the Bizum we receive. Being fully aware that they can either send us or ask for money. This is precisely the request that this Wallapop scammer played with. So be very careful when buying and selling apps. Fraudsters always take advantage of quick situations and confusing so that we don’t have much time to think about it.
Source | The debate
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