The safest way to communicate with buyers and sellers is through Wallapop’s in-app chat. Scammers will often try to pressure you to move onto WhatsApp, email or another platform.
If the person you’re talking to wants to move on to another platform because they want more photos of your items, you can add the extra photos to the item listing. That way, other potential buyers can see them too.
Why sharing contact details is risky
If you share your phone number or email address, scammers may try to:
- Trick you into sharing your bank card number via links to fake websites
- Send you fake shipping confirmations or payment links
- Pretend to be Wallapop, and ask for your password
- Steal your login details and take over your account
- Impersonate you to other users, to trick them
Example of this kind of scam message:
The benefits of staying in the Wallapop chat
- Our system automatically detects and prevents links to other websites, protecting you from possible scams
- If something suspicious happens, you can report the conversation to Wallapop directly
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