Timeline for Stranger sent me $12,100
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| S Apr 29, 2020 at 10:42 | history | rollback | Ganesh Sittampalam♦ |
Rollback to Revision 4 - Edit approval overridden by post owner or moderator
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| Apr 16, 2020 at 0:00 | history | suggested | CommunityBot | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 15, 2020 at 19:36 | comment | added | Demonblack | I thought that this was some kind of joke so I agreed. Okay hang on there for a second let me get this straight: as a business owner you sent someone a $12000 invoice as a joke? WHAT? I'm frankly surprised your business has survived long enough for you to fall for this scam, dude. Do yourself a solid and report this immediately before you get charged with being an accomplice to whatever sort of credit card scam this guy is running... | |
| Apr 15, 2020 at 18:47 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Apr 15, 2020 at 15:40 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Apr 15, 2020 at 15:24 | comment | added | Dmitry Grigoryev | Does this answer your question? I received $1000 and was asked to send it back. How was this scam meant to work? | |
| Apr 15, 2020 at 15:13 | comment | added | Valorum | @JohnFx - Nope. Free money is rarely free. | |
| Apr 15, 2020 at 10:57 | answer | added | user127538 | timeline score: 4 | |
| Apr 15, 2020 at 7:03 | comment | added | selbie | Aside from the scam, how did the sod installation go? Did you actually do the landscaping job at the address he lived at? Meet him in person? | |
| Apr 15, 2020 at 0:56 | comment | added | Roman Odaisky | Isn’t there a canonical “Is this stranger’s request to forward money to someone a scam” question? Lots of other questions could be closed as duplicates. | |
| Apr 14, 2020 at 18:54 | answer | added | Damon | timeline score: 5 | |
| Apr 14, 2020 at 16:57 | history | protected | Ganesh Sittampalam♦ | ||
| Apr 14, 2020 at 15:19 | answer | added | user97158 | timeline score: -1 | |
| Apr 13, 2020 at 21:41 | comment | added | JohnFx♦ | Didn't even need to read past the title to know this was a scam. | |
| Apr 13, 2020 at 17:46 | comment | added | Sergio Fuentes | No I have it set to where it charges the customer not me. So the guy pagos the 2.9% plus .25 per transaction. So whoever the card actually belongs to paid that not me | |
| Apr 13, 2020 at 16:41 | answer | added | Zangetsu | timeline score: 9 | |
| Apr 13, 2020 at 16:16 | answer | added | Machavity | timeline score: 48 | |
| Apr 13, 2020 at 15:00 | comment | added | Rich | @LeninRajRajasekaran Nothing happens. The bank takes the money back in a month or two, and the only thing that you cost the scammer is time. | |
| Apr 13, 2020 at 14:34 | comment | added | Raj | What if you do not pay the ex-owner but keep the money he sent you? | |
| Apr 13, 2020 at 14:04 | comment | added | Zibbobz | Most credit cards offer a cash advance, which this person could easily use to pay the person who 'can't accept a credit card payment'. And even if they didn't (some credit lines don't offer that much cash advance), they could easily take out a loan from a bank for the amount and pay off significantly less than $2100 in interest over time. There is no reason for them to include you in this transaction, unless they are trying to scam you. | |
| Apr 13, 2020 at 13:50 | history | edited | Freiheit |
added scam and fraud tags, OP thinks this is a scam and answers point to such
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| Apr 13, 2020 at 12:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackFinance/status/1249668802847129600 | ||
| Apr 13, 2020 at 6:15 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | The person certainly did not pay. You may see some cool numbers in your bank account, but that's because the scammer is way better at spoofing the banking system than you. The chickens will come home to roost! Just ghost the guy and let the money sit there for 2 years. If the money is still there, well... | |
| Apr 13, 2020 at 5:37 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Apr 13, 2020 at 1:08 | history | edited | Sergio Fuentes | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
added 53 characters in body
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| Apr 13, 2020 at 1:03 | comment | added | Sergio Fuentes | Yeah apparently the ex-owner is unable to receive credit card payments and the guy doesn’t have the cash. Definitely a scam I will contact my bank first thing Monday and get advice from them. The thing is the transaction is being done through Quickbooks and sometimes it takes a couple weeks to a month for the money to clear. So we’ll see | |
| Apr 13, 2020 at 0:16 | comment | added | Daniel | Ex-owner has no way of receiving has no way of receiving money from him, but he can receive money from you? And also the scammer can pay you, but not the ex-owner? Does not check out! Apart from the already explained scam scheme, if it where true you would certainly make yourself guilty of money-laundering! | |
| Apr 13, 2020 at 0:10 | answer | added | Charles E. Grant | timeline score: 143 | |
| Apr 12, 2020 at 22:37 | history | edited | Bob Baerker | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Made question more cohesive
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| Apr 12, 2020 at 22:01 | comment | added | mkennedy | Land surveyors are getting hit with this same scam. | |
| Apr 12, 2020 at 21:40 | review | First posts | |||
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| Apr 12, 2020 at 21:37 | history | asked | Sergio Fuentes | CC BY-SA 4.0 |