Scams
Marketplace scam
In Turkish: İkinci el ilan dolandırıcılığı
A fake buyer or seller on a second-hand or classified site who pushes you to pay or be paid outside the platform's protection.
As a seller, you may meet a fake buyer who sends a fake link, a fake receipt, or overpays and asks for a refund of the difference. As a buyer, you may meet a seller who asks for a transfer first, then disappears.
The common thread is moving the deal away from the site's own payment and messaging, and rushing you. Sticking to the platform's tools, and to in-person handover where you can see the item and the money, removes most of the risk.
What to do
- Keep the deal and the payment inside the platform when it offers a protected payment.
- Hand over the item only after the money is visible in your own banking app.
- Do not open links a buyer sends to "receive" money.
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