Buyer using Zelle does this look like fraud?

[Nuage420]

Zelle using an AOL email account? HA!

I also find it very unusual that the BUYER would agree to send more money above the agreed-on purchase price. If I was asked to do this, I would immediately cancel everything and back out of the sale.

What's so sad is that so many fall for this that it's a very commonly used scam.

 

[Rolling Thunder]

I've never used Zelle but it's a common scam on other platforms. They urge you to ship it so "funds can be released", you ship it, they payment is reversed/doesn't clear, you're left with no bass and no money.

It's basically the Nigerian prince that wants to deposit a large check in your checking account because he's coming to your area and their research shows that you're an honest person.

 

[Eric Huber]

The buyer may not be a Nigerian prince but the scammer is. I do a lot of security work in IT and this has the
same wordage as those fake emails. Run and tell the buyer to Kiss-yr-A$$.

 

[devnulljp]

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Spam, bacon, sausage and scam
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Lobster thermidor aux crevettes with a Mornay sauce garnished with truffle pâté, brandy and with a fried egg on top and scam

 

[Gasman]

Sounds like a case for Jim Browning. Check him out on YouTube. The guy is a real life super hero who actively engages scammers, gets into their computers, webcams, and even their CCTV systems to get evidence for the police.

But to the OP, yeah this is obviously a scam.

 

[BlueTalon]

Sounds like a case for Jim Browning. Check him out on YouTube. The guy is a real life super hero who actively engages scammers.

And Kitboga, and Pirogi at Scammer Payback, and the guy at Scam Baiter... I love Jim Browning, and I support him on Patreon.

(One of the funniest anti-scam videos I ever saw was this. >38 minutes, if you have some spare time and want a laugh.)

 

[Gasman]

And Kitboga, and Pirogi at Scammer Payback, and the guy at Scam Baiter... I love Jim Browning, and I support him on Patreon.

(One of the funniest anti-scam videos I ever saw was this. >38 minutes, if you have some spare time and want a laugh.)

I like those folks as well.

 

[Gasman]

I am also interested to know if this “buyer” is on TB

 

[musicman7722]

Run don't walk away

 

[Sam Dingle]

If he wants the bass let him use another service

 

[Real Soon]

Scam, scam, and moar scam.

Zelle is useful for when you can talk to your buyer/seller up close. For example, I ordered pupusas at a great spot on Buford Hwy in Atlanta before I realized a sign on the wall said, in Spanish, that only cash was accepted. I apologized and said my 2-yr-old Spanish didn't catch that. The cashier said, "Zelle?" and handed me the business's card with all the needed info. I set up a Zelle account (via Wells Fargo) and in a few minutes had a payment sent to the pupuseria. It took some info and trust to do it, but it worked out in that case.

Remotely? No way would I use it. It's basically an electronic debit service; you have to know what you're getting into.

 

[JeezyMcNuggles]

Beware of this guy, if he turns out to be legit once I contact Zelle, I'll remove this:
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3 posts, on his Instagram account, in total? And you thought he might be real?

 

[BlueTalon]

3 posts, on his Instagram account, in total? And you thought he might be real?

It's not the 3 posts that are suspicious (that's about all I have), it's the 251 followers of an account with 3 posts.

 

[DigitalMan]

I will never ship anything without payment in full in my hands, period. The only payment service that is at least legit, is Paypal. The rest I don't trust.

Paypal, ApplePay, (real) Zelle, and Venmo are all 100% legit. ApplePay, Zelle, and Venmo are essentially like giving someone cash, so I wouldn’t use them for circumstances where buyer or seller protection is necessary. But they’re great for in-person transactions so no one has to worry about bringing cash.

 

[Relsom]

I had a scammer copy a craigslist ad of mine and post it as his own listing in another state. I strung him along for a couple of weeks, acting as an interested buyer. My bass actually sold, so I took out my own ad in the scammers city outing the fraudster. An earlier email to Craigslist explaining the scam got zero action from them. The bogus ad eventually disappeared.

 

[Samatza]

You need to be careful. I had a guy wanting to buy some furniture, sounded legit but wanted to use a payment service.

I offered to deliver the furniture for cash, he told me lived on the other side of the country.

So who would buy some cheap furniture and spend a fortune shipping it across the country?

Sold it to another guy who picked it up himself and paid cash. Seller beware!

 

[castlev]

100% scam. Good on your for asking us. I had an email a week ago from a business I bought some stuff from last Janurary. It asked me to view an invoice with a link. The phone number was wrong though in the signature, however the email domain was legit. I opened the link in a virtual machine, and it wanted me to sign into my office 365 account, except it wasn't from a legit Microsoft domain. Nope, not doing it.

I forwarded the email to the company, the rep who helped me with my order last year. I let him know that either their domain was spoofed or more likely their email server was compromised because someone at their business fell for the same scam giving up their office 365 credentials. I asked him to not click the link, but forward the email to their IT staff.

I do however accept spam calls, I'm very happy to do so. I lead them on thinking they got me, and say some x-rated fun words at the end and they either hang up, or scream in fury. It's glorious.

 

[bpc]

I do however accept spam calls, I'm very happy to do so. I lead them on thinking they got me, and say some x-rated fun words at the end and they either hang up, or scream in fury. It's glorious.

Ask them if their mother knows what they do for a living. Usually does the trick for me.

 

[slapshot]

It's a scam. Forward the email to the fraud department at Zelle.

 

[r_bnks]

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