Common frauds

Prepaid goods delivery. It often happens when the seller does not want to meet in person or is located in another city and cannot do it in principle. In this case, it will require partial or full prepayment. If you agree, most likely, you will lose your money and do not receive the goods. Such situation can be avoided just in the case if you work with the proven seller.

You can use C.O.D. service. This is when you are sent goods to without prepayment, but you can receive it only in that case when you make payment at the delivery place of the goods. Reliable function, but it does not ensure that the buyer receives the order.

You can also look for the similar versions of the ads that are in your city and the seller agrees to meet with you personally.

Response to SMS. There are cases where on behalf of Foodbay.com you will receive an SMS message onto the phone. It says that the moderator is going to block your ads or account and to avoid this; you need to send an SMS to the same number, putting a specific character.

Foodbay.com marketplace does not send such messages, and if you answer it, then just lose the money on the phone. To respond to a message just write automatically in your account.

If you receive these messages periodically, contact your mobile provider and report on such violations to our customer support service.

Employment after payment. After you pass the interview, you can be informed that next step includes any payment in order to some documents, permits, insurances drawing up and so on. In most cases, this is standard hoax, after which you will not get a job nor your money back.

Recently, very common proposals are considered with a safety contributions for the remote employees. 99% of offers of this kind is hoax. Be careful.

Personal data and their submission. If anyone tries to find out your personal information, including account numbers, PIN-codes for cards or e-purses, be sure that it is done for fraudulent transactions. You can suffer from this not only mentally, but financially as well. Avoid such deals. Also, avoid transactions in which you do not understand the process of cooperation and, in particular, the order of payment.

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