Bizum It has been a tool that has come to stay. It’s one of the star payment methods and that has replaced in many cases the payment with physical money. However, sometimes it is a user riskas they arise scamsas the latest scam known as “the two cents”.
And it is that, one of the main problems that Bizum has is that it does not transfers can be canceled once made. This is the cause of many scams through product sales pages. In fact, the Local Police has shared on Facebook a cheating attempt using this method.
And the problem arises when It is not about a seller, but about a buyer, so he is the one who has to send the money, not receive it. However, through various tactics try to confuse the seller. In the example shown, the buyer says that he is going to send him a signal to make the reservation, although the opposite is intended. What happens is that the seller receives a request to send 500 euros to the scammer accompanied by the concept “pay 0.02€”.
According to the Local Police, this message has nothing to do with the purchase itself and that validate the amount of money being sent. In fact, in the video, you can see how the scammer hangs up seeing that you will not achieve your goal.