Notice to sellers in Wallapop: this is the scam that is being popularized by Bizum

With an increase in cybercrime attempts, the Internet Security Office is constantly working with the aim of reducing the dangers that exist on the Internet. More if possible for unsuspecting users, the latest warning has been raised about second hand selling apps like Wallapop or Milanuncios.

New scam popularized in sight that this time brings together two highly encouraged tasks in recent years. Both the exchange of products between individuals and the payment by electronic means have gained fame, to the point of being one of the preferred options to acquire an item as well as Bizum It has become an application that grows without limits.

And it is that with more than 18 million users, the dangers about the use of this service have increased at the rate of its popularity. For his ease of exchanging money, cybercriminals try to take advantage of it to profit from it.

This is the scam that brings Wallapop and Bizum together

Thus, in platforms such as Wallapop and Milanuncios, it has been seen in recent months how a totally legitimate sale ends in a theft of money that is difficult to solve. Through the same platform, the offender is interested in a product for sale from a private individual, you earn their trust by showing the desire to buy it, and then get the product as well as money from the seller.

All through Bizum and with the option of ask for money. A service that the cybercriminal sends to the seller, instead of making the transfer, in order to take advantage of the excess of confidence of this and that accept the request as if you believe it is a shipment. With the money in his possession, the scammer escapes without leaving a trace, also making it difficult to report it and then return the money to the scammed.

This type of money theft is very difficult to revoke as the scammed person has accepted to send money

And it is that when accepting a money transfer by Bizum, this is done automatically and with all the guarantees that the user has given his approval to such operation. For this reason, it is more complicated complaint, to which the different supervisory institutions try to alert so that more attention is paid to this type of operations.

In case of having been a victim of such a crime, the police always recommend contact the bank as soon as possible to try to block or reverse the operation. In addition, applications such as Wallapop have a direct and secure payment platform, by which shipping can be done with full guarantee.