Meet safely
- Meet in a public, well-lit place whenever possible.
- Tell someone where you are going and avoid isolated locations.
- Inspect the item before handing over money.
Marketplace safety
Buy and sell with more confidence.
Mawjoud is built to make local discovery easier, but every marketplace needs clear safety habits. Use these rules before meeting, paying, or sharing information.
Avoid payment scams
- Be careful with advance payments, deposits, or urgent transfer requests.
- Do not open suspicious payment, delivery, or verification links.
- Keep proof of payment and never share bank codes or one-time passwords.
Check the listing
- Compare the price with similar listings before you commit.
- Ask for clear photos, serial numbers when relevant, and ownership details.
- If a deal feels too good to be true, slow down and verify.
Report suspicious activity
- Report prohibited items, fake listings, impersonation, and unsafe requests.
- Mawjoud can review listings that mention drugs, alcohol, weapons, medicine, or illegal services.
- Future reviews and verification badges will add more trust signals, but they are not a product guarantee.
Listing policy
Ads we should block or send to review.
Mawjoud should automatically block or route listings for human review when the content appears to involve restricted, unsafe, or illegal goods and services.
- Alcohol, drugs, narcotics, or drug paraphernalia.
- Weapons, ammunition, explosives, or unsafe weapon accessories.
- Prescription medicine, controlled medical products, or unsafe health claims.
- Counterfeit goods, stolen items, forged documents, or illegal services.
- Accounts, identity documents, personal data, or anything that helps impersonation.
Scam signals
Slow down when you see these signs.
- The other person rushes you to pay before inspection.
- They ask for OTPs, card details, bank login, or verification links.
- They refuse in-platform chat and push you to unknown payment or delivery links.
- The price is far below market with a story that pressures you to decide quickly.
- The item photos, ownership details, or seller identity do not match.
Verification badges
What verified badges should mean.
Badges should show that a specific signal was reviewed. They should not guarantee the item, change search fairness, or hide safety reports.
Confirms control of a local phone number before contact buttons are trusted.
For shops and companies; should verify commercial registration before public display.
For stronger identity assurance when the product and legal path are ready.
For car listings; confirms staff reviewed the seller-provided registration signal.
For property listings; supports licensed real-estate activity and ad compliance.
Trust layers
Verification, moderation, and reviews are controlled signals.
Paid promotion must never bypass these checks. Reports, reviews, verification, and AI moderation should stay separate from ads and ranking products.