Carlucci Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 Is this a scam? Five days ago, A dude sent me $7.00 via paypal. Don't know him, wasn't selling anything. He then immediately contacted me and said it was a mistake, asking for his money back. I got an email from PayPal first saying I got the money, then saying it was under investigation because it was reported and not being authorized by the sender. He's been bugging and bugging me to send him his 7 bucks back. He sent me a screenshot showing that his appeal was denied. However, his case # in his screenshot is different than the one I see on PayPal. Huge red flag? This has all the earmarks of the "overpayment" scam, meaning if I had refunded the money by sending it to him, then it gets reversed, he's made a cool $7. I don’t have the option to refund the payment via the PayPal site, or I would just do that. I just told him to contact PayPal and be patient. I hate to think it's some poor kid who legit made a mistake and is out $7 hard earned bucks. Carlos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magness Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 It sure sounds like the overpayment scam to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 https://www.knoe.com/content/news/KNOE-570158231.html Seems like a lot of work for $7, but I guess people are much more willing to bite with smaller amounts. Carlucci and Kranix 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 Scam. And if not, it's between him and PayPal now. Eldorado 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 If you want to keep your money don’t send it to random people. Period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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