Warning about scams: Suspiciously cheap phone sales ads spreading online
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Worrying sales advertisements have been circulating on Finnish online flea markets and social media marketplaces in recent days. The ads offer Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 smartphones at an exceptionally low price of only 350 euros. Experts urge consumers to be extremely cautious with these offers.
Normally, the price of this phone model is significantly higher, so such a large discount is a sign of a potential scam. According to e-commerce experts, this is often a so-called advance payment scam, where the buyer is asked to pay for the product in advance, but the phone is never sent to the buyer.
Consumers should always check the seller's background and avoid transferring money to unknown individuals before seeing the product. The safest way to trade online is to prefer face-to-face transactions or use well-known and secure payment services that offer purchase protection.
If you have already paid for the product but have not received it, contact your bank immediately and file a police report. Online scams have become more common, and authorities remind the public that if an offer seems too good to be true, it is often a scam.
Sources: tech-insider.org
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