I Almost Fell For a Facebook Marketplace Scam — 6 Digit Verification Code

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Marketplace Scam - 6 digit verification number

This is how the scam works.

When you put an item for sale on Facebook Marketplace, the scammer will contact you with something that goes:

“Im interested but please text me at this number [insert number here]” because I rarely login to facebook.”

Once you text them, they will ask some questions about the product, which at first make them look legit.

This is where the scam starts — they will say they want to protect themselves, so they will send you a 6-digit verification number.

Then, they ask you send it back to verify that you’re real to them.

Once you send the 6-digit code back, you’re screwed because they will use that number to open a google voice account. Here is the source for this information.

In my case, they couldn’t send me a code because I was using a Google Voice number to begin with.

So, a few things you can do to protect yourself:

1. Don’t send anyone a code that you did not generate (login passcode for example)
2. Report the person’s profile on Facebook.
3. Report the number (if they text you back) as a scam.
4. Block the profile of the scammer.