Anyone experience this on Facebook Marketplace?

[Andy Sabisch]

We recently (10 days ago) closed on a triplex in PA and posted two of the units for rent on Facebook Marketplace.  We received a dozen inquiries within a few hours and setup appointments to meet them and walk through the units.  So far so good . . . . until mid-way through the showings.  We received a call about the apartments and invited them to swing by and then they asked if they needed the $800 in cash or would a money order work.  We had no idea what they were talking about and were told that the Facebook ad said they needed to pay $800 to see the unit . . . since neither unit was renting for $800, we were confused.  They said the phone number was a CA number and the person was firm on the amount upfront. We tried to pull up the listing and found out that we were now blocked from Facebook Marketplace and the ad had been removed.  We have tried reaching out to Facebook for an explanation but only received a message that their decision was final as we had violated their policy . . . not sure what we violated other than having someone clone / hack our account.

So the question is has this happened to anyone else and if so, any thoughts on how to get access to the Facebook Marketplace again since we use it often in renovation where we can sell or give away material rather than paying for a dumpster.  Bizarre that someone woudl do that but welcome to the cyber world I guess . . . thanks in advance for any assistance or thoughts.