Timeline for Stranger sent me $12,100
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| Apr 17, 2020 at 12:21 | history | edited | Damon | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 15, 2020 at 18:36 | comment | added | gojomo | @SergioFuentes- $351 to receive $12,100? That's a high enough fee, I presume as a matter of credit-card processing, that I wonder if that's part of the scam - that this source has somehow figured how to get some kickback on some portion of those fees, even if/when the bulk payment is reversed out from under you. So they score a little, on those fees, even if they don't score big (keeping any $10K you pay). Definitely talk to QuickBooks & your bank about your suspicions, and be sure those fees are not somehow above what is normal/agreed-to. | |
| Apr 15, 2020 at 12:34 | comment | added | JMac | @SergioFuentes That sounds about right. Indian accents and super generic American sounding names are quite common among scammers. Kitboga on youtube has a lot of "scam bait" videos, and you can see the same pattern with the scammers names. | |
| Apr 15, 2020 at 9:07 | comment | added | IMSoP | This answer is really bad advice. As you've said, this is clearly a scam; no amount of waiting for the money to clear will stop it being a scam. The absolute best case scenario is that you're right that it can't be reversed after six weeks, and you've now profited from laundering the scammer's money. More likely, the scammer knows more about the system than you, reverses it anyway in week seven, and you feel like an idiot. | |
| Apr 15, 2020 at 7:22 | comment | added | Oscar Bravo | @SergioFuentes The money did not go through today. What happened is that the bank, as a courtesy, added the amount to your balance because 99% of transfers are eventually honoured. This one won't be. In a few weeks, when the payment is rejected by the other bank, they will remove the "money" from your account. | |
| Apr 15, 2020 at 6:39 | comment | added | user12515 | @SergioFuentes Tell him the funds are being held up in customs and need a $351 payment to be released. (Haha, Not really that's a different scam...) | |
| Apr 15, 2020 at 1:56 | comment | added | Sergio Fuentes | So the money went through today I officially have 12,100 I’m my bank account from that transaction. And I was charged $351 for a transfer fee 😭 so either way I’m out of $351 I will be calling quickbooks tomorrow and going to my bank. The guy keeps calling saying that his accountant told him the money would clear either today or tomorrow. The guy has a Hindu accent but his name is supposed to be Scott Nelson lol he texted me asking for updates but I’ve decided to ignore him completely and going to the bank and possibly the police depending on what the bank says | |
| Apr 14, 2020 at 18:54 | history | answered | Damon | CC BY-SA 4.0 |