Buyer using Zelle does this look like fraud?

[Dirk Diggler]

You mean the AOL email address wasn't the first clue?

 

[Rabidhamster]

Buyer wants to buy bass using Zelle for $1500.
Email arrives from "Zelle" that $1500 cannot be deposited into my account because I do NOT have a business account and tells buyer to send $500 more.
Buyer agrees to sent $500 more and asks me to refund him.
Zelle supposedly now will put $2000 on hold until I ship the bass but buyer wants $500 refunded right away. Email from Zelle shows zelle pay ([email protected])
Looks like fraud to ME!

Tell him you’re ready to ship. What’s his address?

 

[Bushrod Johnson]

Bovine Scatology

 

[dponbass]

nothing to refund, I do not have the funds, bogus email from "[email protected]"

To all please beware of this trick.

View attachment 4535195

AOL? What's the shipping address, 1998?

 

[dalkowski]

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.

I probably waste too much time in the course of a week messing with sub-continental boiler room scammers but it brings me a perverse sense of justice. The offer me interest rate reductions on my credit cards and ask how much I owe. I tell them some ridiculous amount, say 37K (we actually owe zip). They ask for my card expiration date. I tell them I need to go find the card because I keep it locked away because, y'know, I owe so darn much.

I’m still looking.

My record for keeping one of those berks on the line is around 16-17 minutes.

 

[bassicmike]

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

That's what the Mrs does with the South Asian scammers. She'll string them along for a bit and then go right after them with the mother talk.