Seems every time I post, “ wanting to buy” I get a message wanting to sell me their item too cheap to be real, plus they are new to the hangout, no sells or buys. Be careful
I've noticed that whenever you post an ad, you'll usually get a response within 6 hours, sometimes almost immediately. That first response that happens quickly, is almost always a scammer. My theory is they have bots that automatically respond to any new listing.
So so tired of it all, Facebook always had issues but my gosh it is horrible with all the bs news and ai and stupid stuffneed to look into marketplace without the fb part
It's not just banjos. I have some ads for grave plots and crypt, wouldn't you know they even try scamming on them also. You have to watch it all, bunch of no good theives everywhere.
BadWeld Banjo
I work in very large scale server architecture and was talking with some of the security guys. This isn’t news as the major news outlets have covered it but a fairly sophisticated industry has sprung up in Southeast Asia in the business of any and every scam possible online. There are entire specializations of communes some with thousands of people posting fake ads to get purchases, some working major sales channels with huge teams such as Amazon, poshmark or eBay, some groups developing and selling bots and ways to get around moderators and AI based prevention. It’s become a version of Silicon Valley with career paths and strategic scam mission statements.
I have always believed the first tangible advances in AI will be 1) spam systems and spam prevention systems fighting each other. 2) scam and scam prevention systems fighting each other and 3) advertising and ad-nix systems fighting each other.
For the consumer and individual online the best prevention for now will be lower trust in online activities and establishing person to person relationships with groups; a tribe of sorts.
