As stated by Rick Bourne of Southern District Investigation Support Unit
Southern Police have noticed an increase in the number of people advertising items through Facebook with no intention of supplying the goods to the purchaser.
Rick Bourne says that the sellers often use their own, an alias or fake profile using made up or stolen identification documents or even an unregistered company to advertise the goods. There have been many cases of these types of offences.
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