B019

Marketplace activity

Technique in the Bait (B000) stage of the SC&MS ABCDEF lifecycle

Version 0.3 · ID stable since publication (March 2026) · Data snapshot: March 8, 2026

Description

A fraudulent interaction with a buyer, seller, or auction participant in an online marketplace.

Subtechniques

B019.001 Interested buyerAn interested buyer eager to purchase the victim's listed item.
B019.002 Interested sellerA seller offering an item at or below market value who requests off-platform payment.
B019.003 Non-fungible token (NFT) auction offerA claim that the victim's NFT received a high bid.

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How to cite

Plain text:

Narang, S. S. (2026). Marketplace activity (B019), in SC&MS: Scam Classification & Mapping System (Version 0.3). https://scams.dev/techniques/B019/

BibTeX:

@misc{scms03_b019,
  author = {Narang, Satnam Singh},
  title = {{B019 Marketplace activity}, in SC\&MS: Scam Classification \& Mapping System},
  year = {2026},
  version = {0.3},
  url = {https://scams.dev/techniques/B019/},
  note = {A taxonomy for classifying scam techniques}
}