Inspect before you pay
Meet in a public place in daylight and check the item yourself. Never transfer money before seeing it.
Safety centre
How to buy and sell safely on Sougna
Warning signs
- Priced far below the market
- Insists on advance payment or bank transfer
- Refuses viewing or a phone call
- Wants to move off-platform immediately
- New account listing high-value items
- Photos taken from other listings
For buyers
Never send a deposit
A request for a deposit or advance payment before you have seen the item is the most common scam there is.
Stay on-platform
Chats on Sougna are retained and automatically screened. Once a conversation moves to another app, we cannot help you.
Check the paperwork
For cars: registration and inspection. For property: the advertising licence number is shown on every property ad.
For sellers
Never share your code
Sougna will never ask for your verification code. Anyone who does is trying to take your account.
Confirm the funds cleared
Check the money is actually in your account before handing anything over — not a screenshot of a transfer.
Shoot your own photos
Real photos sell faster, and photos lifted from another listing are flagged automatically.
How we protect you
Verified phone numbers
Anyone who posts an ad or starts a chat has an account we can hold to account — and sellers can add ID verification for a badge.
Every ad is screened
Automated checks run on every ad before publishing, and anything suspicious goes to a human reviewer.
Your number stays private
It never appears on the listing page. It is revealed on one tap, and every reveal is rate-limited and logged.
Chat monitoring
We detect scam patterns in messages and flag them, without deleting anyone's conversation.
Seen something suspicious?
Use "Report this ad" on any listing page. Reports go straight to the review team.