Hey Guys Happy New Month Its no News that The E-commerce Sector in Nigeria has been Growing Really Fast, Basically Businesses Trying to Sell Products Online Using the Power Of Technology, The Internet,Social Media and Various Other Marketing Tools…It has However come with some advantages and Disadvantages, Some Advantages Include Ease Of Shopping, Conviences, Increased Number of Sales For Businesses, It has also Come with Some Disadvantages which Include People Getting Scammed Online , The First Question is Why Do People Get Scammed? Most People Get scammed Because The E-commerce Sector in Nigeria is Very young and a lot of people find it hard To Differentiate Between Genuine
E-commerce Brands and Dubious E-commerce Brand And we here at Baffuponline Taken it upon ourselves to come up with a list of How to prevent People From Getting Scammed
1**.Request for Cash on Delivery** : As “Old Skool” as this Might Sound…Try as Much as Possible to Properly Inspect any Item Before Making Any Payment…If the Merchant/Seller Claims not to Offer Cash on Delivery in Your state, Try and Look for a family or Friend you trust in the Merchants State, Send Money to the Person, ask that the Merchant Delivers to your friend, Your Friend Inspects the Item and Pay Cash on Delivery on Your behalf
2.Make Payments into Company Accounts Only: In Unavoidable Cases where you have to make Payment Before Delivery Ensure Payments are made into a company, Avoid Making Payments into a personal Account As it is Much Easier to Retract Fraudulent Payments in a company account than with a personal Account, Before Making Payment into a company’s Account be sure to look out for a Buy Protection Policy/Returns Policy to Avoid Stories that Touch The Heart and Sole
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