Timeline for Sent money to rent an apartment, landlord delaying refund with excuses. Is this a scam?
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| Oct 18 at 14:08 | comment | added | EJoshuaS - Stand with Ukraine | I rented an apartment 3 1/2 years ago and I definitely looked at it, met the landlord in person, and had a signed contract before paying the deposit. | |
| Sep 20 at 14:39 | comment | added | MonkeyZeus | @ceejayoz I think that's why scammers prefer to not use compromised accounts and instruct the victim to voluntarily send the money. | |
| Sep 20 at 14:14 | comment | added | ceejayoz | @MonkeyZeus Zelle transferrs are reversible if they were unauthorized, like if someone's account is compromised to send OP's refund. The scammers will use some poor victim's Zelle to send money, which will get reversed, leaving OP in the shit. zellepay.com/safety-education/fraud-scams-overview "Because you did NOT authorize a payment, you are typically able to get your money back after reporting the incident." | |
| Sep 20 at 14:03 | comment | added | MonkeyZeus | @ceejayoz Thanks, I made note of that in my answer. The fake-Zelle scenario is covered in my closing paragraphs since that is the most common hallmark. Legitimate Zelle transfers are almost impossible to reverse so if OP gets a victim's legitimate money then only their conscience would lead them to give it back. | |
| Sep 20 at 14:00 | history | edited | MonkeyZeus | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 20 at 11:38 | comment | added | ceejayoz | "Yes, have them refund the money via Zelle." I'd just note that it's very likely that said refund will either a) be from some other victim and eventually reversed or b) another scam on a fake-Zelle. | |
| Sep 19 at 20:20 | comment | added | MonkeyZeus | @JasonGoemaat huh? | |
| Sep 19 at 20:04 | comment | added | Jason Goemaat | and have you had your sister-in-law use that to pay her credit card? | |
| Sep 19 at 19:10 | history | edited | MonkeyZeus | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 19 at 19:08 | comment | added | MonkeyZeus | @JasonGoemaat The "Whoa, whoa, whoa" refers to it being weird that the landlord is taking a different refund path than the original payment. | |
| Sep 19 at 19:07 | comment | added | MonkeyZeus | @JasonGoemaat Most of us have written a check in our lifetime... | |
| Sep 19 at 18:54 | comment | added | Jason Goemaat | "Whoa, whoa, whoa, you supplied them your banking info? Albeit, not inherently dangerous ..." It's not? There's any number of ways having that information could be used for nefarious purposes. | |
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| Sep 19 at 14:45 | history | answered | MonkeyZeus | CC BY-SA 4.0 |