![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/i-was-scammed-out-of-3600-on-facebook-marketplace/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_SWNS_CONTAINER_SCAM_009.jpg&description=Lisa Fletcher used Facebook Marketplace, an e-commerce platform which connects buyers and sellers in the same area, when she was looking for a new garden office A beauty therapist has warned social media users after a garden office she bought on Facebook Marketplace was never delivered. Lisa Fletcher spent £3,600 to secure a ready-built shipping container office from a man after spotting the listing on the e-commerce platform. The 46-year-old woman transferred the cash after exchanging messages and phone calls - and receiving official-looking invoices on business-headed paper. But she had fallen victim to Facebook Marketplace scammers and the office was never delivered. Now, the beauty therapist is out of pocket - for the £3,600 office, loss of earnings, and buying and converting a new container. To make matters worse she'd burned her old office to make room for the new one - and her bank will only refund half the amount. Lucy, who is from Evesham, Worcestershire, is speaking out after a recent study showed the number of scams on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp surging. Lucy said: "I feel really vulnerable now - this guy now has my address, he's had a lot of my money and I've lost out on work, so I've lost business as well. It was just how professional the scammers were – I had no reason to doubt any of it at all. The emotional stress has been unbelievable. It's been an absolute mess. If I've been scammed – and I think I'm quite switched onto it – if other people aren't already then they need to be more aware basically." Lucy wanted to upgrade to her beauty therapy studio so she could offer laser hair removal. The seller on Facebook said the room would be delivered to her property and provided her a quote from a business email address on headed paper. She also received an invoice on headed paper with bank details – and when she transferred the money, the details matched with a business bank account. Before the transfer was completed, Santander rang Lucy to check sh){kind=link}
Lisa Fletcher used Facebook Marketplace, an e-commerce platform which connects buyers and sellers in the same area, when she was looking for a new garden office
A beauty therapist has warned social media users after a garden office she bought on Facebook Marketplace was never delivered.
Lisa Fletcher spent £3,600 to secure a ready-built shipping container office from a man after spotting the listing on the e-commerce platform. The 46-year-old woman transferred the cash after exchanging messages and phone calls – and receiving official-looking invoices on business-headed paper.
But she had fallen victim to Facebook Marketplace scammers and the office was never delivered. Now, the beauty therapist is out of pocket – for the £3,600 office, loss of earnings, and buying and converting a new container.
To make matters worse she’d burned her old office to make room for the new one – and her bank will only refund half the amount. Lucy, who is from Evesham, Worcestershire, is speaking out after a recent study showed the number of scams on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp surging.