New answers tagged scams
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account activate plus stamp duty charge, is this a legit fee for bank transfers
This is a pretty common advance fee scam, there are a lot of questions like this (often times it's referred to as "COT" fee, see the canonical question here).
Fees take different names, but ...
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LMS Code for making international transfer
This is clearly a scam. Please be aware that anyone can set up a web site claiming to be a bank. This web site is clearly bogus:
Googling "United Falcon" reveals several non-banking ...
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How does this scam work where a potential employer emails me the scan of a check to deposit?
You have been sent a bad check. This check will appear good for up to a month, and after that will be clawed back from your account.
You will be asked to pay for your own gear. This will involve ...
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How does this scam work where a potential employer emails me the scan of a check to deposit?
They most likely want your bank account number. This way they can try to fake authorize a continuous payment. It could also be the first step in the scam, following up with letting you pay a single ...
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How does this scam work where a potential employer emails me the scan of a check to deposit?
While they might to try to steal money from you right away, this might also just be a way to prepare.
They ask you to do something weird - print a check - it clears, everything went well.
Next time ...
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How does this scam work where a potential employer emails me the scan of a check to deposit?
Above all, DO NOT SEND ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY TO THEM OR ANYONE EVEN SLIGHTLY CONNECTED TO THEM, OR THIS "JOB", FOR ANY REASON AT ALL!!
Currently it sounds like you're only being set up for a ...
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How does this scam work where a potential employer emails me the scan of a check to deposit?
The more I think about it the more it looks like a scam.
Signs of a scam:
They contacted you, you never contacted them. You can start with contacting them via an independently obtained phone number. ...
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How does this scam work where a potential employer emails me the scan of a check to deposit?
When you deposit a cheque, your bank will likely release the funds to you before it has actually 'cleared'. This means there is a period of time where the bank basically puts it on good faith that the ...
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Bought a lemon and the bill of sale has an incorrect price
As @littleadv said in the comments, "In California [and possibly other jurisdictions], buying a used car from a dealership comes with a mandatory cooling off period that cannot be waived." ...
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Do I have rights to money that was intentionally deposited in my bank acct
My guess would be: Probably transferring money from scam, hack or fraud victims to a safe harbor inaccessible to claims from the jurisdiction you reside in (so it is potentially/probably not "...
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Do I have rights to money that was intentionally deposited in my bank acct
Do I have rights to that money because it was in my account in my
name?
You are asking the wrong question. If the account was real, and you helped move money into and out of the account, then the ...
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Do I have rights to money that was intentionally deposited in my bank acct
Don't be sure "nothing has been taken from you." Odds are that the check they wrote will not clear, but yours will, and you have just lost however much your check was for.
Or the incoming ...
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Do I have rights to money that was intentionally deposited in my bank acct
I'm afraid to say you've been scammed. The "gentleman" may not even be one person, but a team of people operating from a call centre type arrangement.
If the account was with a legitimate ...
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Is a tcp code fee a legit fee what is a tcp code
Anytime somebody wants you to pay money to get your money, it is a scam.
In your case they want you to pay money to get money you never knew about. That also means it is a scam.
If there was a ...
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A stranger messaged me “please put 10 dollars on my card”, followed by a card number. Is this a known scam?
8600 is the bank prefix of UzCard. UzCard accounts can receive payments from third parties. So that bit tallies.
As another poster says they may just be straight out begging for money (with a ...
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A stranger messaged me “please put 10 dollars on my card”, followed by a card number. Is this a known scam?
I wouldn't really call that a "scam", I would call it an electronic version of good, old begging. Just that the beggar in this case is probably a professional who obtained a list of Telegram ...
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A stranger messaged me “please put 10 dollars on my card”, followed by a card number. Is this a known scam?
Basic principle: if you have to ask, it's probably a scam. And there are very few which are genuinely new; they just get decorated differently as communications and technology evolve.
In this case, if ...
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A stranger messaged me “please put 10 dollars on my card”, followed by a card number. Is this a known scam?
I don't even know how I could put money on a credit card.
This is possible. There are types of prepaid cards by major credit card companies that can be replenished and can be used like credit cards, ...
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A stranger messaged me “please put 10 dollars on my card”, followed by a card number. Is this a known scam?
Well, this is a pretty old type of fraud. Usually, registered funds are collected to help children, and even they are often questionable. Don't fall for something like this.
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What's app crypto romantic scam?
It's a scam, any money you have sent or paid in is gone and you will not be able to get it back out again (any "gains" you are being shown are fake to keep you on the hook and paying more). ...
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