Lince Market: Scam Check

Buying or selling second-hand on Vinted, Gumtree, eBay or Facebook Marketplace? Before you tap a link "to receive your payment", accept a payment request or send a deposit, ask Lince Market.

IS THIS A SCAM?
• Share the conversation from the platform's app, WhatsApp or email, paste the text or pick a screenshot (the text is read on your phone).
• Catches the buying and selling tricks: "I've paid, click to receive it", payment requests and QR codes that are really payments, fake couriers and "delivery insurance", sites copying Vinted or eBay, overpayment with a request to send back the difference, deposits before viewing, prices too low with the seller "abroad", PayPal Friends and Family, requests for your SMS code, photos of your card or ID.
• Traffic-light result, every warning sign explained in plain words, suspicious phrases highlighted and "what to do now".
• The analysis runs on your phone. If you wish, check the link online (Google Web Risk and domain age).

BEFORE SELLING / BEFORE BUYING
• A checklist for each platform that remembers what you have already confirmed.

PAY AND GET PAID WITH MORE CARE
• For each country (United Kingdom, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Germany): which methods are recommended, which need care and which to avoid, from bank transfer to PayPal.

TRAINING: SCAM OR NOT?
• Seller and buyer cards, swipe to answer, explanation after each one, levels and medals. Optional expert pack.

I'VE BEEN SCAMMED, WHAT NOW?
• Steps in order and the right numbers for banks and police in your country.
• Anonymous report, to improve detection.

No account. Free, with ads. Results are indicative, not a guarantee: detection was measured on synthetic examples (89.2% on a held-out set), not proven on real scams. We are not affiliated with Vinted, Gumtree, eBay, Facebook or any other platform. From the makers of Lince, against SMS, call and "Hi Mum" scams.