Bazeta is a venue: deals are made between people, not with us. We verify e-mails, check listings, rate-limit suspicious behaviour and act on reports, but the best protection is a few simple habits. This guide covers buying, selling, renting, jobs, dating and the local services.

Meeting in person

  • Choose a busy public place in daylight — a café, a shopping centre, a bank lobby, a police station car park. Many police stations offer safe exchange zones.
  • Tell someone where you are going, or bring a friend for expensive items.
  • Let the other side come to you if you sell; go to the seller only for large items and never alone at night.
  • Inspect the item thoroughly before paying. Switch electronics on, check serial numbers, test-drive vehicles.
  • Trust your instinct: if the meeting point changes at the last minute to somewhere isolated, walk away.

Paying and getting paid

  • Cash on exchange is the safest for private deals. Count money in front of the other person; for large sums meet at a bank.
  • Never pay in advance — no deposits, no "shipping", "insurance" or "customs" fees to someone you have not met. Genuine sellers do not ask for it.
  • No gift cards, crypto or money-transfer services for payments to strangers — these cannot be reversed.
  • If you must ship, use a courier with tracking and payment on delivery from a company you looked up yourself, not from a link in a message.
  • Be wary of overpayment: a "buyer" sends a fake payment screenshot for more than the price and asks you to refund the difference.
  • Bazeta never handles money between users of classifieds. Anyone claiming to be a "Bazeta escrow", "Bazeta delivery" or "Bazeta payment service" is a scammer.
  • Keep the conversation in the Bazeta chat until you agree to meet. It is logged and lets us act on reports.
  • Do not click links sent by strangers, and never enter your password, card details or codes on a page you reached through a chat link.
  • We never send verification codes by chat and never ask for your password. Our e-mails come from our domain, bazeta.com.
  • Sellers asking to move immediately to another messenger, or sending a link to "verify your account", are a red flag.

Renting a home

  • View the property in person, or via a live video call at the very least. Photos can be copied from other ads.
  • Verify that the person can rent it out: ask for ID and proof of ownership or a management contract.
  • Sign a written contract before paying a deposit. Get a receipt for every payment.
  • A price far below the market for the area and pressure to pay "to hold it" are the two classic signs of a rental scam.

Buying a vehicle

  • Check the registration document and the seller's ID; the names should match.
  • Compare the VIN on the document, the windscreen and the body.
  • Order an independent history check and, for expensive cars, an inspection at a garage.
  • Test drive it. Never buy a car you have not seen.
  • Pay at a bank or by verified transfer when the documents are in your hands.

Jobs and resumes

  • Employers never ask candidates to pay for training, equipment, visas or "processing". If they do, it is a scam.
  • Do not send passport scans, bank details or ID numbers before a real interview and a signed contract.
  • Be careful with "work from home, earn thousands, no experience" — especially when the "job" involves receiving and forwarding money or parcels.
  • Listings from partner job feeds link to the employer's own site; apply there and check the company independently.

Dating

  • Talk by video before meeting. Meet in public, keep the first date short, arrange your own transport.
  • Never send money, gifts or account details to someone you met online — no matter the story.
  • Read the full dating safety guidelines; the Dating section is for adults only.

Taxi, food delivery and shops

  • Check the driver's name, vehicle and plate shown in the app before getting in; share the trip link with a friend.
  • Pay the driver, restaurant or seller directly by the method chosen at checkout; Bazeta does not collect the money in the first version of these services.
  • Use the order page for problems — the chat, the cancel button and the dispute form are there for a reason.

Reporting

Every listing, profile and message has a Report button. Choose a reason and describe what happened; three reports hide a listing automatically pending review. For fraud or threats, also contact your local police — we cooperate with law-enforcement requests. Urgent cases: contact us with the link.

Your account

Use a unique password, keep your e-mail confirmed, review your sessions occasionally and enable notifications so you notice unusual activity. More in Account & privacy.