{"id":62831,"date":"2022-09-03T11:54:29","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T07:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/?p=62831"},"modified":"2022-09-03T11:54:30","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T07:54:30","slug":"these-are-some-new-scams-that-you-need-to-be-aware-of-if-you-use-dubizzle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/latest\/these-are-some-new-scams-that-you-need-to-be-aware-of-if-you-use-dubizzle\/","title":{"rendered":"These Are Some New Scams That You Need To Be Aware Of If You Use Dubizzle"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few days ago, a lady shifting countries decided to sell some items online through Dubizzle. The buyer sent her a link, claiming that the money would be transferred once she clicks on it. They also added that they would schedule a FedEx delivery for the product.<\/p>\n

The link took her to the FedEx page, where she was asked to type in her bank details. Shortly after inserting a verification code, she lost AED 2000.<\/p>\n

This is not an isolated incident.<\/p>\n

Dubizzle has been receiving several scam alerts in the past year and has been issuing warnings to all its users- they will never ask for your card details via SMS or WhatsApp.<\/h2>\n

So if you come across these messages- please ignore them!<\/p>\n

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The only way to deal with escalating cybercrime is by being vigilant, and reporting any suspicious activity<\/h2>\n

In an exclusive statement to Lovin Dubai, Dubizzle added that any communications off their platform have a higher chance of being a scam. They further advised that users stick to the Dubizzle chats.<\/p>\n

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On our platform, the best practice for our clients is to use the ‘Dubizzle chat’ feature and communicate through our secure source with the seller or the buyer. When customers take conversations to WhatsApp or phone calls it will remove the layer of security and expose them to many potential scams.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The most common scams so far have been:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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