Following recent isolated reports on transactions that have gone wrong, Tonaton.com, Ghana\u2019s Largest Marketplace has advised online traders in Ghana to read more about safety before undertaking the actual buying transaction offline. This was in reaction to a story that received a lot of publicity across media in the last week of September 2014.<\/p>\n
The management of the top online classifieds website was in support of the naming and shaming of the suspect who committed such a fraudulent act on a genuine interested buyer.\u00a0 They believe this will serve as a warning to others. The website has been collaborating with the security agencies and revealed that two suspected fraudsters were caught last week. The case is still under investigation by the police.<\/p>\n
The growing internet penetration has opened up the country to new online trading platforms, which has empowered the average Ghanaian when it comes to buying or selling a car, a smartphone, a pet or renting an apartment. Unfortunately some unscrupulous individuals are using this avenue to dupe people who are looking for good deals online.<\/p>\n
Kwabena Opoku-Boakye, Marketing Manager for Tonaton.com maintains that even though the actual transaction takes place offline, users should take some time to read the safety guidelines which are posted on the website. \u201cLike any discipline, users need to educate themselves on how to stay safe whilst undertaking any form of transactions online. We have a Help and Support section on our website where users are encouraged to read to acquaint themselves with the Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts\u201d, he says. He went on to give a few tips on general safety which includes the following:<\/b><\/p>\n Commenting on the seriousness Tonaton.com attaches to fighting scammers, Estelle Westling, Head of Site says \u201cOur commitment to creating a safe marketplace is total. We have over a dozen employees in our customer support team that manually reviews all ads before they are published. These reviews are done based on parameters such as pricing of the item, location of the item, which must of course be in Ghana, the category and the descriptions given. Furthermore we have implemented a special fraud team that reviews escalated suspected ads and take care of customers\u2019 fraud related complaints \u201d. Explaining further, she posited that \u201cSince we cannot really know the intention of the seller or a prospective buyer, we are urging all online traders to be take note of the safety messages that we have on our website. Please take note of our Customer Support number and report any suspected fraudulent ad, so we can continue working towards a safe online marketplace\u201d, she concludes.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source: Tonaton.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Following recent isolated reports on transactions that have gone wrong, Tonaton.com, Ghana\u2019s Largest Marketplace has advised online traders in Ghana to read more about safety before undertaking the actual buying transaction offline. This was in reaction to a story that received a lot of publicity across media in the last week of September 2014. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":2070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[18],"yoast_head":"\n\n