When Internet fraudsters impersonate a business to trick you into giving out your personal information, it's called phishing.

Don't reply to emails, text, or pop-up messages that ask for your personal or financial information.

Don’t click on links within them either, even if the message seems to be from an Organisation you trust.

Legitimate businesses don’t ask you to send sensitive information through unsecured channels.

You open an email or text, and see a message like this:

"We suspect an unauthorised transaction on your account, to ensure that your account is not compromised please click the link below and confirm your identity.''

The senders are phishing for your information so they can use it to defraud you.

Here is an example of what a phishing scam in an email message might look like.

▪ Spelling and bad grammar.

▪ Cyber criminals are not known for their grammar and spelling.

▪ Professional companies or organisations usually have an editor who will not allow a mass email like this to go out to its users.

▪ If you notice mistakes in an email, it might be a scam.

▪ Beware of links in email.

▪ If you see a link in a suspicious email message don't click on your mouse to the link to see if the address matches the link that was typed in the message.

▪ In the example below the link reveals the real web address as shown in the box with the yellow background.

▪ The string of cryptic numbers looks nothing like the company's web address. Links might also lead you to .exe files.

 

These kinds of file are known to spread malicious software.

▪ Have you ever received a threat that your account would be closed if you didn't respond to an email message?

▪ The email message shown in the previous section is an example of the same trick Cyber criminals often use. (Your security has been compromised)

▪ Spoofing popular websites or companies.

▪ Scam artists use graphics in email that appear to be connected to legitimate websites but actually take you to phony scam sites or legitimate-looking pop-up windows.

 ▪ Cyber criminals also use web addresses that resemble the names of well-known companies but are slightly altered.

Phishing scams can happen when malicious organisations or people (also known as cyber criminals) present themselves as an entity you can trust then try to trick you or lure you into providing them with your personal information.

Phishing scams normally occur via email, websites, text messages, and sometimes, even phone calls.

Cyber criminals will often pose as your bank or financial institution, your employer, or any other entity that you normally trust with your information.

To protect yourself from phishing scams you can learn about the methods these cyber criminals use and the signs that indicate you may be a potential victim.

1.Determine if the nature of the correspondence is suspicious.

2.The subject content of the email, phone call, or text message will often help you determine if the message is legitimate.

  • Phishing correspondences will usually ask you for sensitive, personal information that the organisation should already have.

  • For example, if your bank sends you an email asking you to provide them with your bank account and routing number it may be a phishing scam.

  • In some cases, phishing correspondence may be written to induce panic or assume a threatening tone designed to make you act immediately and provide your personal information.

3.Review suspicious emails and text messages for spelling and punctuation errors. In most cases, phishing scams are not proofread before they are sent and contain multiple errors.

 • If the email or text message is coming from a major business or corporation it is unlikely that spelling and punctuation errors will be published without review by an editor.

 • Call the organisation directly to verify the inquiry.

    1. This will allow you to determine if the correspondence you received is legitimate or a phishing scam.

    2. Mention to the organisation that you received suspicious correspondence and you need to clarify its authenticity.

        • The organisation may also take further action on their end if it is a phishing scam.

        • If you were left with a Voice mail or automated message providing you with a phone number to call verify that the phone number matches with the phone number in your records for that organisation.

4. Examine the website links and logos in suspicious emails you receive. In some cases links and logos are masked to look legitimate but may take you to a different website or cause you to download malicious files.

   • Hover your cursor over the link or business logo within your email.

   • A small pop-up bar that displays the true website address will appear below the link embedded within the email.

   • Refrain from clicking or visiting any unfamiliar links that end with an "exe" extension. "Exe" links may cause you to download malicious software, spyware, or other programs that can steal your personal information.

5. Examine the email address of the entity that sent you the email, sometimes phishing scams will display email addresses that resemble authentic company email addresses but vary slightly enough to trick you.

For example, if the email address is for a business ends in "company.com," a phishing scam may use a variation such as "trusted.company.com" to trick you.

6. Provide your personal information only to websites that are secure and this might prevent any personal information you enter from being seen or stolen by malicious entities.

   • Look at the address bar of the website you are visiting to determine if the site begins with "[[https" https"] [https" https"]] rather than "[http." http."] The "[[https" https"] [https" https"]] part of the web address indicates that the website is secure.

   • A yellow padlock icon displayed toward the bottom of your web session can also help you determine a website's security.

   • Double-click on the padlock icon to verify that a security certificate displays on the screen, as some websites will display just a graphic of a padlock to be malicious.

7. Review your bank statements regularly. This will allow you to see if any unauthorised charges or purchases have been made with your account indicating that you may be the victim of a phishing scam. If you notice any unauthorised activity in your bank account or on credit cards notify your local authorities and your financial institution.

8. Delete email and text messages that ask you to confirm or provide personal information Such as credit cards, bank account numbers, Social Security numbers or passwords etc.). Legitimate companies don't ask for this information via email or text. The messages may appear to be from organisations you do business with. For example; They might threaten to close your account or take other action if you don’t respond.

9. Don't reply, don’t click on links or call phone numbers provided in the message. These messages direct you to spoof sites – sites that looks real but whose purpose is to steal your information so a scammer can run up bills or commit crimes in your name.

10. Area codes can mislead too, some scammers ask you to call a phone number to update your account or access a refund. A local area code doesn’t guarantee that the caller is local.

 

If you’re concerned about your account or need to reach an organisation you do business with, call the number on your financial statements or on the back of your credit card.

You can take steps to avoid a phishing attack:

• Use trusted security software and set it to update automatically, in addition use these computer security practices.

• Don't email personal or financial information.

• Email is not a secure method of transmitting personal information.

• Only provide personal or financial information through an organisation’s website if you typed in the web address yourself and you see signals that the site is secure, like a URL that begins https (the "s" stands for secure). Unfortunately no indicator is foolproof some phishes have forged security icons.

• Review credit card and bank account statements as soon as you receive them to check for unauthorised charges.

• If your statement is late by more than a couple of days, call to confirm you’re billing address and account balances.

• Be cautious about opening attachments and downloading files from emails regardless of who sent them, these files can contain viruses or other malware that can weaken your computer's security.

To reportphishing@antiphishing.org. Which is the Anti-Phishing Working Group.

ISPs, security vendors, financial institutions and law enforcement agencies to fight phishing use these groups.

Criminal activity has become increasingly technology-based, so it’s a very good idea to educate yourself on how to keep your money safe. Have you ever received a text message, email or phone call from someone looking for your bank or card details and deep down something about it doesn’t feel right? Or maybe everything seemed fine until your credit card bill went through the roof? These seemingly innocent messages inform you that you’re owed money, due a refund, offer to make your computer or account more secure.

Phishing’ refers to emails that trick people into giving out their personal and banking information; they can also be sent by SMS.

These messages seem to come from legitimate businesses, normally banks or other financial institutions or telecommunications providers.

The scammers are generally trying to get information like your bank account numbers, passwords and credit card numbers which they will then use to steal your money.

Phishing emails often look genuine and use what looks to be genuine Internet addresses, in fact they often copy an institution's logo or message format which is very easy to do.

It is also common for phishing messages to contain links to websites that are convincing fakes of real companies' home pages.

The website that the scammer’s email links to will have an address (URL) that is similar to but not the same as a real bank's or financial institution’s site. For example, if the genuine site is at 'www.realbank.com.au', the scammer may use an address like 'www.realbank.com.au.log107.busylel' or 'www.phoneybank.com/realbank.com.au/login'.

Phishing scams have evolved in a very sophisticated way from the obvious spam emails telling you that you’ve won the Lottery, or that the crown prince of a foreign country wants to transfer thousands into your bank account.

With the widespread use of smart phones has come an increase in text messages (SMSs) attempting to fool people into divulging their credit card details. This is called ‘smishing’ and this is how it works:

• A person receives a text that looks like it’s from a brand they know and trust

• Rather than being from a phone number it will say the brand name

• The text is automatically grouped in a ‘thread’ of other messages from the same brand name so the text looks genuine

• The text may have a message with a link to a website

• When they click on the link it goes through to what they think is a genuine website and looks like the real website

• The person is asked to enter details such as logging in or inputting their bank or credit card details.

• They enter their log in details for the real website on this dummy website or they enter their credit card details

• Criminals now have their personal details to defraud them of money

• Why and how you can fall for this trick: Fraudsters are very cunning and sneaky people who look for people they can easily fool. They label the text message with a genuine brand name and have a link in the text that people can easily access due to their smartphone’s Internet capability. Another hook bait is the urgency of the message, or a promise of a refund or cash giveaway

Nobody, it seems, can avoid phishing attempts but you can stop and think before you act on any request for your personal or financial information.

• NEVER send money or give credit card or online account details to anyone you do not know and trust.

• Do not give out your personal, credit card or online account details over the phone unless you made the call and know that the phone number came from a trusted source.

• Do not open suspicious or unsolicited emails (spam)—ignore them.

• You can report spam to the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland & United Kingdom’s Communication and Media Authority.

• If you do not wish to report the message, delete it.

• Do not click on any links in a spam email or open any files attached to them.

• Never call a telephone number that you see in a spam email or SMS.

• If you want to access an Internet account website use a bookmarked link or type the address in yourself—NEVER follow a link in an email.

• Check the website address carefully as scammers often set up fake websites with very similar addresses.

• Never enter your personal credit card or online account information on a website if you are not certain it is genuine.

• Never send your personal credit card or online account details through an email.

• Contact the main customer service number or email for the company mentioned to verify the request Know a scam when you see one We’ll use the example of a text message claiming to be from busylel.

What a phishing/smishing attempt might look like:

You’ll get a text message or email on your phone that says on the label it’s from busylel. It tells you that you’re owed a refund and asks you to click on a link to bring you through to the site.

Ask yourself have you ever placed an advert on busylel.ie?

Did you even pay for your ad in the first place by credit card?

Remember – Most ads are free on busylel.ie busylel only asks customers paying by credit card for their details once and that is when the customer is paying for a highlighted ad.

The first step NOT to take: You click on the link and a page which looks exactly like the way your login appears. You log in and are asked to insert your credit card details.

Our advice: Before you do this stop and ask yourself? Why is busylel sending me a text with a link to log in?

We will never do this. However, it’s also useful to understand what the proper busylel web address looks like.

This is what it looks like from a computer: Web address for busylel.ie Picture Note the green padlock and these in https? That stands for security.

This is what it looks like from an iPhone: Web-link for mobile busylel.ie pictures For it to be a proper busylel.ie web address it needs to have ‘busylel.ie in the address bar and if the ‘. ie’ is followed by another word or letters followed by a ‘. Com’ or something else then it’s not busylel.ie.

The second step not to take You insert your credit card details. Again ask yourself? Did you even pay for your ad by credit card?

Our advice: Remember – busylel.ie only asks customers paying by credit cards for their details once and that is when the customer is paying for an ad. We have no reason to ask any customer for their credit card details at any other time or through another link.

You should only ever enter your credit card details if you’ve gone directly to the busylel.ie site or smartphone app and are placing an ad.

Whenever you contact your bank or utility company they ask you for details that will confirm that you actually are the account holder.

Why don’t you ask the caller for information to confirm that they are who they claim to be?

If someone phones you looking for your details you can always call them back or call the main headquarters and ask for customer service number for that company.

In a numbers of phone scams criminals posed as computer security engineers and phoned people at home to tell them their computers were at risk from a security threat.

They managed to log into personal computers and run deception techniques. People who fell for the scam told a Microsoft survey that.

• Money was taken from their accounts

• Their passwords had been compromised

• They were victims of identity fraud

• They suffered subsequent computer problems.

The premium rate foreign number scam is another to what out for.

Online shopping is convenient, easy, and quick. Compare to other method of shopping but be noted on our safety advice on how to protect yourself from different Internet scams.

busylel is a site that users can browse for goods and services. Contact the seller to arrange a suitable time and place to see the product or buy in whatever way they feel free/safe to do so.

busylel is an online classified advertising company founded and based in Ireland. The company aims to provide a fast, easy, efficient, reliable marketplace for both buyers and sellers alike.

busylel takes online fraud very serious and our company will help in every way possible to protect our customers to fight against any potential crimes against them.

Our company works in cooperation with concerned bodies such as the An Garda Siochána/PSNI and will takes all necessary actions that it feels fit to ensure the protection of others.

We strongly believe in working closely with the Gardai, PSNI and other government agencies to keep our community safe. We can provide assistance to them on behalf of victims of crime and our communities.

Like any retailer or shopper it’s important to think about safety. Just because the transaction doesn’t take place in a high street shop that doesn’t mean you have to forego CCTV, proof of purchase, personal security or protection against counterfeit notes or bouncing cheques. Whether you’re a buyer or a seller there are ways to ensure you’re not taken advantage of by an unscrupulous minority.

Always use common sense when buying or selling. Below are some guidelines that may help when selling goods through classified ads.

• For personal ease and safety, always ensure you take someone with you.

• Meet in a public place or somewhere that you feel safe and comfortable.

• Such places can be your place of work, police station or shopping centres (covered by CCTV if you want to be extra cautious).

• Do not take any valuables with you.

• Do not give out unnecessary information over the phone.

• Insist that the route for a test drive is yours.

• Get someone to follow you if you are selling a car for example.

• Meet in a well-lit public place and don’t meet the buyer alone if you are not meeting in a public place.

• Give somebody else the details of whom you’re meeting and where and when you are meeting them.

• Keep your mobile phone with you.

• Keep hold of the keys at all times.

• Cash should be your preferred method of trade.

• Accepting goods such as jewellery, investment opportunities or a stock as an alternative for cash is never a good idea.

• Don’t pass personal information to the buyer.

• If the buyer has to come into your house keep valuable goods out of view.

• Remember that the buyer may have concerns about meeting a stranger alone especially if they are bringing cash.

• Never trust an unknown person who contacts you and claims to put you in touch with interested buyers for an advance fee.

• Use common sense, if something sounds too good to be true it probably is.

• Do not hand over goods until you have received full payment.

• Cash is the easiest payment method but not recommended for large amount of money.

• Use a bank draft for large amounts and always verify the bank draft with the issuing bank before handing over the goods.

• Either call the bank or go into one of their branches.

• If the buyer gives you a cheque arrange a special clearance with your bank (Never accept foreign cheques)

• If accepting a bank cheque then check with the bank concerned that the cheque isn't stolen and sufficient Funds means nothing if the cheque has been stolen.

• Do not accept faxed copies of deposit slips.

• Check the authenticity of bank deposits with your bank.

• Request your bank to confirm this in writing.

• If you’re receiving a large amount of cash ask someone you know in retail or hospitality trade to check the notes as all currencies can be copied.

When you sell a vehicle you must register the change of ownership.

The citizens Information (click) website has all the information you need about change of vehicle ownership in Ireland.

We believe most of our website users are trustworthy and genuine but it is very important to have the same common sense, precautions online as you would offline.

How to stay safe when buying goods through classified ads:

• Trade with people locally who you can meet in person (this simple rule helps you avoid 99% of the safety or security issues people face).

• Arrange a time and place you feel comfortable with.

• Meet in a well-lit, busy, public place (covered by CCTV if you want to be extra cautious).

• Don’t meet the buyer alone if you are meeting in a public place.

• For personal ease and safety always ensure you take someone with you.

• Give somebody else the details of whom you’re meeting and where and when you are meeting him or her.

• Keep your mobile phone on at all times.

• If you are going to the seller’s house be respectful of their privacy.

• Be wary if a seller is putting pressure on you to make a quick decision.

• Do not take any valuables with you.

• Please beware of forgeries e.g. big brand name goods, tickets and multimedia products that are not originals.

• Try to get a signed proof of purchase.

• If the seller has a mobile phone number also ask for a landline number (e.g. home or workplace phone) so you can make contact if there is a problem with the product.

• Use common sense, if something sounds too good to be true it probably is.

• Do not pay in advance for goods.

• Get the potential seller to provide a name, telephone number, place of work and the contact details.

• Verify these details.

• Make yourself aware of common scams and frauds

• Be careful about how you are carrying cash to pay for goods or else pay with a bank draft.

• Ensure you have full access to your purchase before handing over all your money.

• Use cash or bank drafts when paying for goods.

• Never pay for goods through Western Union or other similar money transfer services.

• busylel does not endorse any escrow company i.e. companies that will transfer money on behalf of a buyer.

Check with the Hire Purchase Register that the car is not under a Hire Purchase agreement.

Check the car history, you can do this with our partner car check company advertised on our website. (Coming soon)

Get a trusted mechanic to do a check up on the vehicle before handing over the money.

busylel Fraud Management:

We take Fraud or potential Fraud very serious here at busylel.ie and will help in every way possible to fight against crimes via ads on our website.

• If you believe you have been defrauded by a seller on busylel.ie website.

• If you have reason to believe you have discovered stolen goods or someone who is advertising stolen goods it may have legal implications.

We strongly encourage you to contact your local Gardaí station or PSNI to report the incident.

If you make a report to the Gardaí or PSNI please ensure that you obtain a crime reference number. If the authorities take the matter further and contact us we will provide them with all information to help with the investigation.

Before you go to the Gardaí or PSNI: Is it a criminal offence or a civil matter?

For e.g.: If you buy a car where the mileage has been deliberately altered that is a crime. If you buy a car and it breaks down then it becomes a civil matter between you and the seller.

Your transaction might not be a case of fraud or stolen goods it might be the case that you’re dealing with a seller who is slow at sending an item or keeping in contact. In these cases we encourage you to try resolving the issue with the seller directly. You should always exhaust all options before going to the Gardaí or PSNI.

If you report your advertiser to the authorities they’ll decide if it should be investigated as a crime or as a civil dispute. If the Gardaí or PSNI feel that your case doesn’t involve a criminal intent by the other party it’s possible that they may advise you to take civil action to recover your losses through a county (small claims) court.

The investigating Authorities may be able to advise you with this process and more information can be found on the Court Services Website.

 

How do I make a garda or Police report?

The simplest way of reporting a crime is to go to your local garda or PSNI station. In most cases your report can be taken by telephone and followed up later. You can find the telephone number of your local Garda Station on garda.ie/stations/Defaults.aspx What evidence do you need? The Gardaí or PSNI will need essential details from you such as the date and time of the offence that the victim is and more importantly the identity of the suspects.

If you tried to contact the seller you may have even exchanged names, telephone numbers or addresses. Keep a note of these details as they will be useful to the investigating Garda or PSNI in trying to trace the other person to establish whether or not they have committed an offence.

If you’ve exchanged emails with the other person via our safe mail system we will have a log of these but you should keep them and print copies to provide to the Gardaí or PSNI.

We strongly believe in working closely with the Gardaí, PSNI and other government agencies to keep our communities safe.

We are delighted to assist the Gardaí, PSNI and other government agencies within Ireland and Northern Ireland.

We can provide assistance and support to them on behalf of victims of crime.

If the authorities feel that an investigation is warranted they may come to us for evidence to support the investigation. We are committed to keeping busylel a safe place to buy and sell all kinds of everything. We will always assist in a criminal investigation and in accordance with our privacy policies will appropriately provide evidence to law enforcement and give evidence in court where necessary.

Make sure you have your crime reference number to hand whenever you contact the Garda or PSNI about your allegations, as this will be the best way for them to check on the progress of your case. Will anyone be arrested? If you’re making an allegation of crime you should be prepared that no matter how good you think your case is the Gardaí or PSNI may not continue with an investigation.

The burden of proof is very high and may depend on the amount of evidence obtained. The Director of Public Prosecutions may decide a final decision on whether it goes to court. Read more about this on www.dppireland.ie Other Helpful Links to learn more about your Rights: Citizens Information National Consumer Agency Small Claims Court .

Unwanted phone calls range in degree from serious to trivial but there's no doubt they can be annoying and unnecessary.

Put an end to unwanted calls and texts, Crank calls, prank calls, hoax calls, nuisance calls.

Call it what you want but you don’t have to put up with nuisance calls or texts.

These can be for various reasons.

Here are some undesired calls as a form of harassment:

• Telemarketers phoning

• Teenagers pulling pranks

• Toddlers pressing buttons on parents’ phones

• School bullies

• Radio show presenters making fun of people

• Genuinely misdialed numbers

• Calls from people with a vendetta against you.

• Bored and lonely individuals texting numbers with strange questions.

The actual content of a nuisance phone call or text can vary from silence to the obscene as can how the caller even has your number.

But when is it time to act? what should you do?

Do not call checking.

Call your Phone Company and request to speak with the "annoyance department. This specialised department can place a trap on your line that inhibits specific callers from contacting you. Buy an inbound call blocker; inbound call blockers require the caller to punch in a code to reach you. This will stop callers who do not possess your personal code.

e.g. time, length of the call, what the person says, background noise or anything you notice about their voice or accent.

If you’ve tried the silent treatment and the calls or texts are still arriving it’s time to get in touch with your phone line provider/operator and possibly your local Garda station or PSNI.

Blocking a number and contacting the Gardaí The Gardaí advice:

“If the calls become repetitive your carrier should be in a position to block a number for you, and if you receive an excessive amount of calls, of an abusive nature or otherwise, contact your local Garda station who will be able to investigate.” Your mobile phone operator or landline provider may also be able to help block a certain number from calling or even texting your number.

For example, eMobile and Meteor can block a known number if a customer requests this. If the number is withheld the recipient of the nuisance calls will need to contact the Gardaí to report the nuisance calls.

The Gardaí will then approach the recipient’s network provider to investigate the call data.

The Gardaí must make this request to initiate the investigation to take place. Once the investigation has been carried out and the operator identifies the number it can then be blocked.

Facilities and procedures vary from company to company so it’s a good idea to pick up the phone and ask customer care can they block a number for you. Some mobile phone handsets also have the facility to block incoming calls from certain numbers – have a look at your user manual or find out if there’s an app that can do that.

In the days before caller ID and before mobile phones, prank or nuisance calls were a mystery to the person who answered the phone. Nowadays phone owners are equipped with a certain amount of information: the actual phone number the call is coming from or the lack of a phone number is withheld, unavailable, unknown or blocked may flash up on a landline with caller ID or a mobile phone. The lack of a number doesn’t mean that the nuisance calls can’t be investigated.

The Gardaí can investigate the calls with the mobile operator. Operators are not permitted to investigate calls unless the Gardaí makes a request. Customers can contact us to seek advice on how to go about sorting out nuisance calls.

We would advise customers not to answer the phone to a withheld or blocked number if they are receiving nuisance calls. Customers can also request to change their mobile number and ask for their number to remain ex-directory.

If you’re receiving sales or marketing calls from a company asking if you want to advertise your items for sale elsewhere you can report them to the Data Protection Commissioner.

Have you ever Googled your own number? It can be amazing where your number appears online and the same goes for the phone number of the person phoning/texting you.

Google the phone number a few times in different way e.g. 087XXXXXXX, 087-XXXXXXX, +353 87 XXXXXXX or (087) XXXXXXX.

How you separate the phone code from the rest of the phone number can throw up different results.

Serial crank callers/texters’ numbers may appear in an online forum for example where others with the similar experience have shared details.

If you discover you’re just another person this caller has annoyed why not make sure you’re the last by contacting the Gardaí or PSNI about it? Call into your local Garda station.

There are more mobile phone numbers than people in Ireland. At the moment anybody can buy a sim card and start making phone calls without having to verify any personal details. While some people may buy a sim card with the sole purpose of anonymity and nuisance calls, you don’t have to have watched CSI or The Wire to know that it’s very hard to stay ‘off grid’ even with a supposedly untraceable sim card.

Meteor http://www.meteor.ie/do_more/number_blocker/tsandcs/

Vodafone http://www.vodafone.ie/aboutus/code/carepolicies/bullying/

O2 http://www.o2online.ie/wps/wcm/connect/O2/Home/Business/Help/FAQs/Nuisance+calls/What+to+do

eMobile https://secure.emobile.ie/assets/static/pdfs/malicious_calls.pdf

Eircom http://business.eircom.net/mobile/policy/malicious/

Contact information for removed ads busylel cannot give out any contact details of ads that have been deleted or removed. This is in line with the link Data Protection Act of 1988.

We believe the vast majority of all transactions on busylel are genuine and leave both the buyer and seller happy with the outcomes.

As always when there is money involved there are criminalswho will try various scams, however, these scams can easily be avoided by knowing the details of common scams as detailed below, being vigilant, having common sense and reporting ads if you’re suspicious.

It is easy to avoid the scams by using common sense. By avoiding the following you stay clear of the most common scams:

• There is no 100% guaranteed sale.

• Never trust anyone offering a guaranteed sale.

• Never use Western Union or MoneyGram

• It is never safe to use Western Union®, MoneyGram® or other similar money transfer companies to pay for goods for sale on busylel regardless of what the other person says.

• Never buy or sell to a foreign Country.

• Buying or selling to a foreign Country involves a shipping company or foreign money transfer and scammers do use this as a common approach.

• If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is.

• Common sense is the best way to avoid scams.

• If an offer sounds too good then it is probably not a genuine offer.

At busylel.ie our users email cannot be seen by users to avoid spam email from others. We also do it so that we can block email addresses that are not genuine from contacting any of our precious sellers on our site.

For these reasons we recommend that you never email anyone about your ad outside of the email link in the ad itself.

They do this by sending text messages to people that are advertising on our site asking them to email them outside of our Safe Mail System.