Cashplus Bank - genuine email?

Zanderman

Good that you've cancelled!
The gmail clue may have made you suspicious but, quite frankly, the whole concept should have made you suspicious.

• Paying by bank transfer?  Often dubious on FB marketplace. In person payments are the only reliable way to be scamfree.
• A buyer asking you to post an item, but saying they'll only pay once it's in the post? Instant alarm bells should be ringing at that alone.
• Asking for it to be sent to a third party? More alarm bells.
• Facebook profile looks genuine? Not hard to do, so not a reliable measure of trust. And how 'genuine' is it looking - lots of friends, posts or just a few? 
• Email has a bank logo at the top? Easily done by anyone.
• Being bought as a gift for a cousin but being paid for, allegedly, by someone's business account? Do people buy relatives gifts using their business accounts?

All of that sounds dodgier than dodgy to me! Gmail or no gmail.  

Martyn_H

Report scammer to Facebook (for what good it will do)

jimjames

Martyn_H said:

Report scammer to Facebook (for what good it will do)

Yep, in my experience absolutely zero. Reported dozens of clearly fake adverts yet every time the  FB reply is that it doesn't break their standards. I think that shows their standards more than anything but also how far they are from being able to develop anything AI if they can't spot obviously duplicated scams.