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18 questions linked to/from Scam or Real: A woman from Facebook apparently needs my bank account to send money
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Receiving questionable money Email Transfer [duplicate]
I have recently been offer a job as Account Technician, it's all done online. The job seems true with job search out and a decent webpage. My question is they want me to accept money thru Bitcoin or ...
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Advice to help a friend out with her finances [duplicate]
A lady friend overseas at the moment, got robbed the other day. And asked for my acct info to make deposits into my acct and me withdraw them out and moneygram them back to her...is it safe?
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Free Money Payroll from Ghost Accounts [duplicate]
My friend said he knows this guy who will deposit money into my Chase bank account. The only requirements being that I have had the account for over 4 months and my balance is not negative.
His name ...
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I met a woman online [duplicate]
I talked to her on hangouts and also via texting.
She asked me if I had a bank account and informed her that I don't.
She then says that her uncle is in Mexico would send a check made out in my name ...
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I received $1000 and was asked to send it back. How was this scam meant to work?
Possible Australianism - netbank = a website + app by which an Aussie can do their banking, including transferring money to other people.
A while ago, I ended up with $1000 transferred into my ...
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Is this work legal? Someone promises payment for converting money transfers to Bitcoin
An online company hired my friend as an account assistant. They told him they are a business consulting firm, and that they need an account assistant in every area. His job is the following:
Some ...
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Am I being scammed after paying almost $10,000 to a tree company not being able to withdraw my profit without paying a fee
I was contacted by a woman on Instagram who told me I could make a $50,000 profit after sending in $500. This has been going on since August 2022. The senior trade manager told me that my account had ...
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I believe this to be fraud — hired, then asked to cash check and send cash as Bitcoin
I have been "hired" by Nissan Motor as a key account specialist.
My first assignment is to cash two checks that I have received. Both were written by a customer who has already received the engines. ...
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Ghana scam and direct deposit scam?
My father has been talking to a girl who calls herself Linda Owusu. She claims to be from Germany and living in the US away from her son. She recently found out that her father has left her with a ...
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Is this money transfer a legal way to get money?
I talked to this guy who is always posting about earning money without having to do anything and asked him how he did that. He told me that his aunt was the leader in a temporary service job and what ...
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What are the risks of using money sent to you by a scammer, once the transaction is irreversible
Take as a premise for this question, that there does exist some process by which you can get a bank to confirm that a transfer is completely valid and irreversible. See here for any discussion of that ...
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Somebody sent me a check to deposit into my account, but I now think that it's a scam. will I get in trouble?
I am homeless and have been for the last 8 months. Finding work has been difficult as I am physically and mentally handicapped.
This girl on Facebook who was friends with somebody I know hit me up and ...
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Someone deposited money in my account for business but Bank of America says it's unauthorized
I found a job online. They told me a customer has sent money to my account and I should send it to their managers who are outside the USA. They deposited twice. The bank called me and said it's an ...
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Scamming a scammer?
I have seen many questions like:
I received $1000 and was asked to send it back. How was this scam meant to work?
Scam or Real: A woman from Facebook apparently needs my bank account to send money
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How to verify that money transferred to you is really and irreversibly yours [duplicate]
There are countless examples of the overpayment scam on this StackExchange. Whereby the victim believes that they've been sent money and is asked to send some of it elsewhere, and then the original ...
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