All incidents

Auckland woman traumatized by sexual harassment during Facebook Marketplace in-home transaction

Jan 27, 2025Auckland, New Zealand1 source

Summary

An Auckland mother was left traumatised after a Facebook Marketplace transaction turned into a sexual harassment incident. A man named "Shannon" contacted her about purchasing a wooden boat listed on January 27. He arrived at her home on the afternoon of the contact and was invited inside to view the item. Once inside, he made inappropriate sexual advances, asking if he could "suck her toes." The man then refused to leave, causing the woman significant distress. Police have since issued a warning about the risks of using online marketplaces like Facebook Marketplace.

Incident Details

Domain
Privacy & Surveillance

Unauthorized collection, tracking, or exposure of personal data and private information.

Harm Types
Unauthorized Surveillance
Mechanism
contact
Companies
Recipient
IndividualAn anonymous Auckland mother
Dimensions
psychologicalautonomy

Sources

1

This incident is documented by a single source. Source count reflects coverage in our monitored feeds, not the totality of reporting, and we do not evaluate publication quality.