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Comment by raphaelj

It would be better if Meta would focus on detecting spam at scale.

I put a desk chair on Marketplace last Friday, and got 8 messages that were actually scams. These were trying to "schedule" a Fedex/DHL pickup, and would redirect me to fake branded websites that were requesting my personal details and bank account. This was so obviously fake it baffled me Meta can't detect these automatically.

I am also getting multiple message requests per week asking from hookups. These are obviously fake [1].

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[1] https://imgur.com/a/yZDPh3C

parent raphaelj 4 years ago

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