An incident in England has led to the belief that shopping on Facebook is not very reliable. A 60-year-old woman using the pseudonym Sasha was scammed while trying to rent a thousand-pound house for her son. Let’s look at the details of this event together.
While looking for a house for her son, the unfortunate woman came across an advertisement she thought was appropriate. The woman contacted the owner of the ad and reached an agreement as a result of the negotiations. The owner of the ad said that the owner of the house lives far away, and if he wants, he can go to the house and look through the windows. The woman did as she was told, believing the fraudsters.
They even sent a fake contract to rent a house via Facebook
The persuasion of the scammers led to the trapping of the 60-year-old woman. So much so that even the lease agreement sent to the woman was too realistic, and Sasha did not suspect anything. The woman, whose only source of income is the disability pension, paid both the deposit and the monthly rent of the house with the debt she received from her relatives. Now it was all up to the keys to come. However, such a thing never happened. The woman, who lingered for a while with various excuses, states that she even met a man who claimed to be the owner of a house, but could not reach a conclusion.
The woman, who reported the situation to the law enforcement upon the emergence of the fraud, managed to get all the payments she made from the bank where she worked. However, officials who say that such an event can happen to anyone, remind that one should be careful when renting a house or trying to buy a different product on Facebook. Because Facebook is a relatively new company in the world of e-commerce and fraudsters manage to victimize people by taking advantage of Facebook’s vulnerabilities. . .
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