Fraudsters on Avito: How to Avoid Falling into Their Web

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Fraudsters on Avito

Many who have posted ads on this site have observed the activity of scammers. Below we will consider the most basic and insidious of them, so that they pass you by.

Personal messages with an exchange offer
A message like "Let's exchange? The guangdong mobile phone numbers database item in the photo" comes to the number you specified in the post. Then there is a link similar to the Avito domain - avito-v/1361. It is dangerous to follow this link. Why?

The scammer sends you an SMS and you welcome the exchange.

You click on the link.

Malicious data is automatically downloaded to your smartphone.

Money disappears from your card due to a cunning software virus.

Remember: if a person is really interested in buying or exchanging, he will write in the internal Avito messenger or call you on the phone. But he will not upload photos to any sites and send you links to them.

Therefore, never click on suspicious links, there is a chance of getting a virus that will try to steal your money.

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Offer to make a deposit
Here, things are a little more complicated. The buyer calls you, asks about the product, you believe that he really wants to buy it. Then he tells you that he is ready to buy your product. This lulls your vigilance. Then he tells you that he wants to make a deposit, because he is currently out of town or for some other reason cannot pick up the product today. In order to do this, he needs your data: card number, full name.

After a while, the mysterious buyer calls you again, asking you to provide some more information: a three-digit number on the back of your card, a password from an SMS, or something else. He argues that the bank is requesting all this information to approve his transfer. By providing all this information, you will be left without your own funds.

What happens in this case is the following:

The criminal gains your trust by creating a well-thought-out myth about himself and his desire to buy from you.

Becomes the owner of your confidential information.

Enters them with the purpose of transferring your money to his account or to buy something on the Internet. That is, he can carry out any financial transactions.