Is it reliable to sell second-hand mobile phones online? Will you be cheated?

Whether a platform is reliable or not is a matter of opinion. As the times progress, we no longer trust the platforms searched by search engines. After all, the first few pages are full of advertising spots where advertising giants spend money. Either the product with the ads at the top is the best.

But when I opened the old mobile phone money exchange page on Weibo, I found that there were no irritating and deceptive slogans such as high-price recycling and same-day payment all over the screen, and the favorability level increased slowly.

For a relatively niche platform, the credibility is still high. After all, it is an official partner of Weibo. Mobile phone data crushing and privacy security are the most important aspects of the platform, and among Alibaba, Tencent, etc. Various online channels are also laid out. After all, the difficulty in this industry is not 'sales', but 'collection'. Extended information

Scammer's trick one: low price to attract attention, defective products passed off as good ones

The price listed will be very, very cheap, which will make you very excited. Then you take the initiative to add WeChat, and if you are lucky, the seller will send you a defective phone, a refurbished phone, or a copycat phone.

Unfortunately, the seller will falsely deliver the goods, and may also send you phishing links, fraudulent payment codes, and ultimately you will lose all your money.

Scammers’ second trick: digging pits online and slaughtering sheep offline

First of all, they will describe the products very well on the second-hand platform and the price will be relatively cheap, but the only requirement is It only supports face-to-face transactions, that is, offline transactions.

Even if you are not in the same city, you will be asked to ask relatives and friends to pick up the goods for various reasons. For example, second-hand products require on-site inspection, and they are not responsible for problems with your mobile phone. Once you arrive at the agreed upon location, you or your relatives and friends will face being ripped off.

When the buyer and seller meet, you pay and he delivers the goods, and the invoice and receipt are given, and everything goes smoothly. But then, the exciting pit jumping game begins.