In a twist on the online marketplace exams, we have been seeing an increase in scammers trying to obtain your credit card and other personal and financial information when trying to sell items on a social media marketplace, such as Next Door or Facebook.

Online shopping is very convenient! In an age where online shopping is an everyday convenience, scams are growing in sophistication and frequency. According to the Pew Research Center , 73% of U.S. adults say they’ve experienced at least one online scam or cyber-attack, and 36% of U.S. adults say they purchased an item online that never arrived or was counterfeit and not refunded.. Moreover, fraud reports estimate that global e-commerce fraud losses reached US $44.3 billion