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Carousell scammers

Posted: Fri, 10 Feb 2023 1:45 pm
by abbby
Nothing the platform can do to prevent this from happening? Seems to be happening over and over and there are getting more cases like these:

https://mothership.sg/2023/02/iphone-bi ... KlCgviE7b0

Re: Carousell scammers

Posted: Mon, 13 Feb 2023 10:09 am
by PNGMK
Laziness.

Re: Carousell scammers

Posted: Mon, 20 Feb 2023 1:03 am
by Lisafuller
abbby wrote:
Fri, 10 Feb 2023 1:45 pm
Nothing the platform can do to prevent this from happening? Seems to be happening over and over and there are getting more cases like these:

https://mothership.sg/2023/02/iphone-bi ... KlCgviE7b0
The best thing to do is to be discerning when choosing to buy something online, especially something that expensive.

Re: Carousell scammers

Posted: Mon, 20 Feb 2023 1:04 am
by Lisafuller
PNGMK wrote:
Mon, 13 Feb 2023 10:09 am
Laziness.
Maybe, but what do you expect them to do?

Re: Carousell scammers

Posted: Sun, 26 Feb 2023 3:10 pm
by taxico
happened to me.

as the seller lived close to me, i drove to his condo.

the outside of this chinese android phone looked and felt as good as what it purported to be: purple iphone 14 pro max 1tb.

i was prepared to paynow and leave without checking the phone as i usually did that but i was told repeatedly to check the item first and it threw me off.

the font, etc, ui looked off. can’t log into icloud. i told him it’s not an iphone.

seller had a long tale of how he took it as repayment of a debt.

not the last time i would be scammed as i don’t like checking what i am buying before i pay for it.

Re: Carousell scammers

Posted: Sun, 26 Feb 2023 3:12 pm
by Lisafuller
At least seller advised you to check... seems like he felt guilty.