‘Facebook scammer tricked his way into our home’

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cermdkj009mo

by appalachian_hatachi

8 comments

  1. >Facebook scammer tricked his way into our home’ 

    No, you invited him into your home. 

    I feel that it should go without saying, but if you’re arranging an in-person sale or trade, always do it in a public area in full view of people and cctv—*never* bring a stranger to your home. 

  2. “Chris typed his bank details into the man’s phone.”

    That’s just being an idiot.

  3. I often read these stories thinking it will have some warning of sophisticated scams however I just end up leaving that the people conned are idiots.

    I am I reading it wrong or did they

    1. Invite a guy into their house they didnt even know
    2. Put there card information into the guys phone app
    3. Confirm they hadnt been paid anything at all
    4. Let him leave with the item anyway?

  4. We keep getting the scam of someone interested but they want us to give the good to a postman in exchange for money rather than come in person and give money.

    Weird scam

  5. She’s smiling. She should be practicing her perfect “compo face”.

  6. And that’s why ladies and gentlemen, always demand cash. Nothing else other than cash on Facebook, or any other non mainstream sites

  8. Disappointing to see the comments here, shaming victims of fraud creates stigma that helps more people get scammed. I don’t think these people were stupid, they sold the item for a bank transfer, it’s also correct that bank transfers can take up to 2 hours. The scammer had spent a lot of time and effort setting up a fake presence on Facebook, a fake banking app, etc. It is not unreasonable that someone, stupid or not would fall for this scam. 

    Super disappointed in the police too, they have CCTV of the vehicle, pictures of the scammer, and a phone number and the polices response is “They [the police] said we willingly gave away our property,” … As common as this reaction from the police is, it angers me every time seeing it. Really embarrassing for them, so I can go scam people with a fake banking app and the police will blame the victim? Wtf?

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