Sellers
1. Make transactions in Cash as it is a safer option.
2. Hide your personal phone number from buyers when you don’t want them to see your number for SMS/ call

3. Don’t make advance shipment especially if asked from international number

4. Don’t share your WhatsApp number. LOX chat is safer

5. Block the irritating buyers on OLX chat if they are spoiling your platform experience

Buyers
1. Don’t pay in advance as registration fee, token fee, partial payment, or for any other purpose

2. Don’t share your WhatsApp number. OLX chat is safer 

3. Meet at a public location, when making an expensive transaction, and take a friend with you.
4. Avoid any job offerings that don’t require any proper work – they can turn out to be scams.
5. Don’t share your CV with your picture/ contact information unless you trust the job provider.
6. Beware!! Extremely low-priced/ discounted items can be a scam. No one sells good items for lesser money

7. Make local deals only so that you can check the product before purchasing.
8. Block the irritating sellers on OLX chat if they are spoiling your platform experience