Many of the Newfoundland Classified Ads sites are seeing an increase in spammers and scammers posting ads for “at home jobs” or services that are often questionable.
When contacting several of the Newfoundland Classified Ads sites in writing this article, Corner Brook Classifieds responded within a few minutes of receiving our request stating:
We have seen a major increase in the last several weeks in the numbers of spammers and scammers visiting our site. Our security team has been working overtime blocking the IP addresses and email addresses being used, but it’s often a game of cat and mouse. When we put measures in place on our classified ads site to prevent such activity, the scammers and spammers find ways around these measures.
When doing a deal online using one of the Newfoundland Classifieds sites, use some common sense. If a deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
