Category: Top 10 Cyber Security Guides / How to Spot Scam Ads
Before We Start, Here Is What People Are Saying...
- I bought Nike trainers and they never arrived...
- I bought a shed for $139 and never received it. It was a scam on Facebook...
- I was scammed twice. Unfortunately, I bought on the same day, a flashlight and weights. PayPal sucks, no help...
- I was suckered twice. No more!! I will never buy anything off a Facebook ad again, ever!
- I also fell for two FB ad scams. One was for a small belt sander for $39.95.
- Facebook is driving me nuts with all the scam duplicate selling sites.
Top 10 Tips to Avoid Scams
1 .Don't blindly trust slick video content or pictures, many are simply taken from the original sites.
2. If the advertised price looks too good to be true, it probably is.
3. Don't buy from Facebook pages or websites you've never heard of before. That's like buying from a random person on the street.
4. Google the exact wording in the ad. Many scams can be found this way.
5. Google the product or the website name along with the phrase "scam."
6. Don't trust an ad just because it appears on a reputable site. Scammers post fake ads everywhere!
7. If you are constantly served the same ad, and the price is dropping, it's probably a scam.
8. If most of the reviews are within several days, then they are probably fake.
9. Look out for domains with extensions like ".site" or ".shop." Scammers prefer them because they are cheaper than ".com."
10. Watch out for ads that show popular products from crowdfunding sites such as Kickstarter, it's a common scam.
