![]() 02/03/2020 at 11:15 • Filed to: Scams | ![]() | ![]() |
I see these sponsored ads every day. If you’ve ever searched facebook marketplace for a Tacoma, you’ve probably been served one of these ads for a mint Gen 1 for less than $2,000.
The scammers don’t even try that hard with gibberish user names and ridiculous URLs, I wonder if their goal is to get you to wire a down payment or if the website is in some way malicious.
![]() 02/03/2020 at 11:21 |
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I have uBlock Origin
and
Social Fixer for Facebook installed
, what are Facebook ads?
![]() 02/03/2020 at 11:22 |
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In the world of scammers, why not both? If they don't directly get money from you, they may as well make you part of a botnet.
![]() 02/03/2020 at 11:23 |
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I try to mark those as scams as soon as I see them. They usually advertise a way too low price and an obvious copy and past posting.
I also see a lot of what appears to be East Coast foliage , which is very different than what a I see in my neck of the woods, which is another big tip off it’s a fake.
![]() 02/03/2020 at 12:05 |
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I wonder if, in order to keep costs low and enhance “shareholder value” or something similar, they’ve cut staffing in fraud groups, or offshored it to low cost low quality locales.
![]() 02/03/2020 at 12:52 |
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Are these related to the ones that post, like 6 ads in a day, all showing only one really close up shot of a part of a Tacoma?
Theyre getting to be as common a s the ones that have $2500 in the description, then “actual price is $12,500, Facebook won’t let me post the right amount” in the ad.
![]() 02/03/2020 at 14:55 |
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Annoyingly, I tried once, as a test, to see what FB does when the price is higher than they “think” a vehicle is worth, and they’re right. It won’t let you post with a huge price sometimes.
![]() 02/03/2020 at 15:03 |
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In those cases, I would suggest Facebook Marketplace is not the correct venue for that particular car, vs visiting with an inaccurate, clickbaity price
![]() 02/03/2020 at 23:52 |
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Hmm and with a .us domain whois privacy isn't allowed so presumably you could report the URL to ICANN and give that report some (possible) teeth.