“What face would you stay if you buy a state -of -the -art mobile phone online and You get a potato home? Yes, this has happened. “Thus begins a video published in the Tiktok profile of the National Police where a new modality of fraud is alerted, the potato scam; of course, potato in hand.
Fraud is called that because food is one of the protagonists of the modus operandi of the criminals. On this occasion, criminals scam customers who make purchases on platforms second -hand.
In this case, the offender supposedly puts on sale a state -of -the -art mobile Call user attention. However, the buyer instead of receiving the mobile is with a potato (hence the name of this scam). And, of course, the alleged seller has managed to get his money.
How to avoid being a victim of the potato scam?
In the video prepared by this organism they are revealed Some tips to avoid be a victim of this scam:
1. Check The assessments of that seller, since previous experiences can offer you very valuable information.
2. Suspicion of those prices that are too attractive to be real. “If a product has a significantly lower price than in other stores, it could be a scam,” they explain from the National Cybersecurity Institute (INCIBE).
3. Distrust Of those vendors who want you to continue the negotiation outside the official platform.
4. Make payments for safe media and protected.
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