Would like to report fake buyer

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Hello, fake buyer trying to send false e-transfer link. And would like to report.

I blocked the person in my chat. User name was Vincent Pelletier. I told him that I did not get the email for the e-transfer and he told me to check my Junk mail. Sellers need to make sure the Interact link sent from possible buyers is not a fake link.

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Thank you for bringing this incident to our attention Craig, I will send you a DM, so you can provide me further details regarding the possible fraudulent reply that you received.

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I just had the same experience. The person emailed a fake etransfer. Why is Kijiji making my phone number a default? This should be changed and is NOT safe. This scam artist contacted me via my phone number which I had not posted intentionally. I can only provide their phone numbers and email addresses but not fake Kijiji accounts.

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Hi Rob

Email comes up as Interac e-Transfer…

“A transfer is waiting for your” Drop down menu to select a financial institution.

I’m pretty good at catching things like this…however I was caught a bit off guard. Didn’t expect this to happen when posting to sell something here.

Cheers, Craig

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Thank you for flagging this, @Craig and @Amrita!

We have created the following article explaining how this fraudulent trend works to help keep our users safe:

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I am sorry to hear you may have received a scam reply to your posting through SMS Amrita, we certainly would like to investigate this incident. I will send you a DM, so you can provide me all the details regarding the scammer.

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