Seems Facebook is really being exploited to the hilt by scammers and fraudsters. Samsung told me they were fully aware of all the fake phones being sold on Facebook Marketplace but seems there was “nothing they could do” and plenty of South Africans have been falling for this. I only have to look at my blog site to see the most popular page for the last three months was about “fake phones”.
This past festive season, several ads from “Takealot” with substantial discounts on various products, including TVs, iPads, hairdryers, and cooking appliances were doing the rounds on Facebook and Instagram. Individual users on WhatsApp also shared the posts.
Takealot provided these basic pointers to spotting a scam in its name:
* Takealot does not request payment to enter into its competitions.
* Takealot does not charge for the delivery of prizes.
* Customers don’t pay extra to unlock deals.
* Takealot has no physical retail branches, only online ordering from their website.
See https://mybroadband.co.za/news/security/429270-beware-takealot-scams-on-facebook.html