What should you save first?

Save the listing, messages, seller profile, payment proof, and any delivery records immediately. Do not assume the listing will still be available later.

Should you still report if the money is already gone?

Yes. Reporting early still matters for payment disputes, platform records, and preventing the same seller from hitting other buyers.

What to do after a marketplace scam | Copit

By the Copit editorial team · Published April 6, 2026

Move fast on evidence, payment records, account reporting, and platform support. The earlier you document the case, the better your chances of recovery.

The first steps after a scam

If you think you were hit by a marketplace scam, do not start by arguing longer in chat. Start by preserving the case.

Save everything

Keep:

listing screenshots
seller profile screenshots
message history
payment proof
shipping or tracking information

Report through every useful channel

Do not rely on one path only. Use the platform report flow, payment provider dispute flow, and your own records at the same time.

Use the lesson to tighten your workflow

The point of an anti-scam workflow is not only reacting after a bad case. It is making the next bad listing easier to reject early.

Anti-scam alerts for resale marketplaces | Copit — Learn how Copit helps you reduce scam risk by surfacing risky sellers, suspicious listings, and obvious copy signals earlier in your workflow.
How to spot fake sellers on resale marketplaces | Copit — Learn the fastest checks for spotting fake sellers before you waste time on a suspicious resale listing.
How to spot counterfeit listings faster | Copit — Learn the early signs that a resale listing may be a copy or counterfeit before you waste time checking every detail manually.

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Grailed alert bot for streetwear and menswear | Copit — Use Copit as a Grailed alert bot for streetwear, menswear, sneakers, luxury, vintage, and archive fashion alerts.
Depop alert bot for vintage and Y2K fashion | Copit — Use Copit as a Depop alert bot for vintage, Y2K, streetwear, designer, and affordable secondhand fashion alerts.
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Mercari alert bot for US resale listings | Copit — Use Copit as a Mercari alert bot for new US listings, saved-search monitoring, price filters, categories, brands, and condition-focused resale alerts.
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The RealReal alert bot for luxury resale | Copit — Use Copit as a The RealReal alert bot for product, designer, category, keyword, and price-filtered luxury resale searches.

Category and marketplace-fit pages

Second-hand fashion alerts across marketplaces | Copit — Monitor second-hand fashion alerts across Vinted, Depop, Poshmark, Grailed, and Vestiaire from one Copit live feed.
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Streetwear and menswear resale alerts | Copit — Track streetwear, menswear, sneaker, archive, and designer resale alerts across Grailed and the rest of Copit's marketplaces.
Vintage and Y2K resale alerts | Copit — Track vintage, Y2K, streetwear-inspired, and trend-led resale alerts across Depop, Vinted, Grailed, Poshmark, and Vestiaire.
Closet resale alerts for brand finds | Copit — Track closet resale alerts for brands, handbags, shoes, jewelry, dresses, and fashion finds across Poshmark and Copit's marketplaces.

Marketplace pages

Vinted alerts for second-hand fashion | Copit — Use Copit for Vinted alerts across second-hand clothing, shoes, accessories, kidswear, and broad brand searches in one live feed.
Vestiaire alerts and new listing alerts | Copit — Use Copit for Vestiaire alerts, saved-search monitoring, and new designer listings in one live feed with Vinted, Grailed, Depop, and Poshmark.
Grailed alerts for streetwear and menswear | Copit — Use Copit for Grailed alerts across streetwear, menswear, sneakers, luxury, vintage, and archive fashion in one live feed.
Depop alerts for vintage and Y2K fashion | Copit — Use Copit for Depop alerts across vintage, Y2K, streetwear-inspired, designer, and affordable secondhand fashion.
Poshmark alerts for closet resale | Copit — Use Copit for Poshmark alerts across US closet resale, handbags, shoes, jewelry, dresses, fashion brands, and home categories.
Mercari alerts for US resale listings | Copit — Use Copit for Mercari alerts across US fashion, sneakers, electronics, collectibles, home goods, brands, conditions, and price-filtered searches.
Mercari Japan alerts for resale sourcing | Copit — Use Copit for Mercari Japan alerts across Japanese resale listings, fashion, accessories, collectibles, brands, conditions, and price-filtered searches.
The RealReal alerts and alert bot | Copit — Use Copit for The RealReal alerts and The Real Real alert bot workflows across designer handbags, clothing, shoes, jewelry, watches, accessories, and price-filtered luxury searches.

Trust and anti-scam pages

Anti-scam alerts for resale marketplaces | Copit — Learn how Copit helps you reduce scam risk by surfacing risky sellers, suspicious listings, and obvious copy signals earlier in your workflow.
How to spot fake sellers on resale marketplaces | Copit — Learn the fastest checks for spotting fake sellers before you waste time on a suspicious resale listing.
How to spot counterfeit listings faster | Copit — Learn the early signs that a resale listing may be a copy or counterfeit before you waste time checking every detail manually.

Guides

How to monitor multiple marketplaces at once | Copit — Learn a practical workflow for monitoring Vinted, Vestiaire, Grailed, Depop, Poshmark, Mercari, Mercari Japan, and The RealReal without turning your sourcing into eight separate routines.
Saved search alerts across resale marketplaces | Copit — Build saved search alerts for Vinted, Vestiaire, Grailed, Depop, Poshmark, Mercari, Mercari Japan, and The RealReal without checking each marketplace manually.
New listing alerts for resale marketplaces | Copit — Get new listing alerts for Vinted, Vestiaire, Grailed, Depop, Poshmark, Mercari, Mercari Japan, and The RealReal in one resale sourcing feed.
Vestiaire saved search alerts guide | Copit — Set up Vestiaire saved search alerts that stay useful: tighter filters, better luxury resale signals, and one Copit live feed.
Vestiaire new listing alerts | Copit — Get Vestiaire new listing alerts for luxury resale searches and review new designer items from one Copit live feed.
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How to enable push notifications in Copit — Set up Copit push notifications from Settings, link your current device to active alerts, and turn push on per alert.
Why iPhone Copit notifications may not show item photos — Learn why iPhone PWA notifications cannot force rich item photo previews, what Copit sends, and which platforms can show notification images.
Sniper mode vs profit mode | Copit — Learn when to use Sniper Mode, when to use Profit Mode, and how to switch an existing Copit alert from sniper to profit.
What Copit credits are for — Understand Copit credits, when Profit Mode uses them, and why normal Sniper Mode alert scraping does not spend credits.
Monthly vs yearly billing in Copit — Learn how Copit monthly and yearly billing work, how to start yearly, and how monthly subscribers can schedule a yearly switch at renewal.
How to manage My Alerts in Copit — Create, edit, duplicate, pause, switch modes, and review Copit alerts from the My Alerts page.

Comparisons and alternatives

Best reseller sourcing tools: prices and market coverage | Copit — A clear comparison of Copit, Souk, V-tools, and Vintybot on price, market coverage, and who each reseller tool is actually built for.
Copit vs Souk: price and market coverage | Copit — Copit vs Souk on price, market coverage, automation, and which tool makes more sense for a Vinted-only workflow versus a 8-source workflow.
Copit vs V-tools: price and market coverage | Copit — Copit vs V-tools on price, market coverage, seller tooling, and whether you need a Vinted-only operations stack or a 8-source sourcing workflow.
Copit vs Vintybot: price and market coverage | Copit — Copit vs Vintybot on price, market coverage, bot features, and whether you want a Vinted-only bot with coaching or a 8-source sourcing workflow.
Copit vs Souk, V-tools, and Vintybot | Copit — A clear comparison of Copit, Souk, V-tools, and Vintybot on price, market coverage, and what each tool is actually built to do.