Anti-Scam

Protect yourself against Internet fraud!

The vast majority of listings are posted by honest people. Despite this, it is important to follow a few common sense rules to prevent any scam attempts.

Our advices

• Doing business with people you can meet in person.
• Never send money by Western Union, MoneyGram or other anonymous payment systems.
• Never send money or products abroad.
• Do not accept cheques.
• Ask about the person you're dealing with another confirming source name, address and telephone number.
• Keep copies of all correspondence (emails, listings, letters, etc.) and details of the person.
• If a deal seems too good to be true, there is every chance that this is the case. Refrain.

Recognize attempted scam

• The majority of scams have one or more of these characteristics:
• The person is abroad or traveling abroad.
• The person refuses to meet you in person.
• Payment is made through Western Union, Money Gram or check.
• The messages are in broken language (English or French or ...).
• The texts seem to be copied and pasted.
• The deal seems to be too good to be true.