Offers and announcements: 5 scams to avoid on Tayara.tn in 2021

Scams on Tayara.tn: If most of transactions between individuals is going well, the Tunisian classifieds giant Tayara.tn has become the hunting ground for con artists with boundless inventiveness.

And if the site now knows how to manage payments between sellers and buyers on its own, even this security is under attack today. The opportunity to come back to the most common deceptions.

In this article, we present to you popular scams and frauds on Tayara.tn classifieds site to pay attention during your next purchases.

Tayara.tn what is it?

Created in 2012, tayara.tn is an ad site to sell and buy second-hand goods online. Like its French equivalent, Le Bon Coin, its economic system is based on advertising and the visibility of advertisements.

tayara.tn is the Tunisian version of the Swedish site blocket.se. In 1996, Henrik Nordstrom designs this site, giving Internet users the possibility of selling objects of all kinds online and of offering their services without having to register on the website beforehand.

tayara.tn totally belongs to the group SCM Ventures, owned by Schibsted ASA. Schibsted is present in thirty countries and has more than 6 employees worldwide.

Its activity mainly concerns developed markets such as France, Spain, Sweden, Italy and Belgium. SCM claims to have a strong track record of safe and easy trading around the world.

The site provides a service allowing Tunisian Internet users to sell their goods and / or to offer their services.

In Tunisia, the site has more than one million visitors each month. But also the largest showcase of markets, such as used cars or real estate. 

A success that inevitably attracts crooks of all kinds, of which both buyers and sellers can fall victim. Some scams are basic, others are really neat. Here are some of the ones you can escape, provided a little bit of caution.

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Offers and announcements: 5 scams to avoid on Tayara.tn in 2020

Tayara is famous for various scams, but financial scams are probably some of the worst you can come across on this infamous site.

People across the country have been victimized by fraudsters taking advantage of the platform. There are not a lot of security measures in place when using the site to buy or sell, and people in many cities have found themselves luckless and penniless after being swindled by users of this website.

There are many money scams on tayara.tn, and here are five types of scams to avoid in 2020:

Real estate scams in Tayara

In Tunisia, there is a list of legitimate and public real estate that brokers use to promote and sell properties that are not actually for sale.

Unfortunately, some scammers mistakenly claim that some of these ads on Tayara are privately owned. This is tricky, because these lands are not for sale, or else they belong to the government (public lands) and these crooks profit from it.

They list these properties as their own properties for sale, even if they are not, and they use scam tactics of showing properties for rent to people who are desperate for something affordable.

They will give an excuse not to have to show the interior of the house for example (because they do not have access to it), collect money from someone who is trying to secure the property, and s 'will run away with the money once the false sale made.

Rent-to-own home scams

Home rental scams are not new. This scam has been around for ages, but it only took on a new form with the commission on Tayara.

Scammers typically post photos of vacant properties for the season on tayara.tn and present them as rental (hire-purchase) properties. Renting with an option to buy is attracted to many families because it is a way to buy a home without having to make large down payments.

The rental scam with option to buy also applies to other items such as furniture and cars. It's a scam you don't know exists until you fall victim to it.

Real estate agency scams on Tayara.tn

As you can see on a quick visit to the real estate category, most of the listings are offered by real estate agencies claiming to represent the owner of the house or land.

This is not a fraud, but if you try to contact some of these agencies they tell you that in order to visit the house or see the location of the house you would have to pay a certain amount called "Visit fees".

And if you choose to accept and pay, the agency invites you to visit the place or the house freely, but the next day you will receive a phone call from one of their agencies and you are told that the house has been rented / sold / etc.

So to summarize this scam technique, the agency asks you to pay visiting fees (which varies from 10 to 40 DT) then after having visited the house, as if by chance the offer is no longer valid for sale. This tactic allows the real estate agency to gain enough using tayara.tn to promote their scams.

Job scams

If you have already looked for a job on Tayara.tn, you should know that there are a lot of them. Just be careful when dealing with unfamiliar companies.

Si a business requires some type of payment before you are hired, there is a good chance that it is false. Many companies require a background check before you hire.

Just know that you will never have to pay for it. If a company charges you for a job interview or to receive your application, stop dealing with them as they are more than likely to try to scam you.

Be aware that there are also a number visa scams, these scammers publish advertisements to buy a visa or for a guaranteed work abroad, be careful of this type of offers too!

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Used car scams

The machine was well established and the scam has been going on for years. Unscrupulous individuals have made dozens of victims around the sale of vehicles. The idea is quite simple. They collect cars in consignment et tamper with odometer of the vehicle. They then put an ad on the Bon Coin with a price obviously much higher than the quality of the car.

Once the buyer has decided and the sale has been made, crooks hand over a bounced check to the person who left their car on consignment. And when the happy owners of the tampered with come back after breakdowns or other complications, the scammers have the parade. They offer an exchange, a discount or a wooden check…. And this is how this group of criminals managed to rip off both the sellers and the buyers.

Conclusion: How to spot an ad scam

Another thing to consider when visiting the Tayara site: Don't be seduced by sponsored ads (those advertised at the top of the page " Featured Ads“) In fact, sponsored ads can also turn out to be scams!

If you're dealing with someone you don't know, you better be careful. There are a few different scams that have been problematic in Tunisia.

The first step in protecting yourself from scammers on the site is knowing what types of scams are common in the area. The Tayara site has seen many scams in the area of ​​rental and real estate, selling cars, fake checks and selling fake tickets.

While there are many scams on classified ads sites like tayara.tn, Tunisie-Annonces, etc. these platforms remain a very effective method for buying and selling second-hand goods, you just have to be careful!

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