Is this a scam?

[Hazel_1914]

I’ve asked to speak to the client so I can tell them. They could be being used as a money mule.

Don't. If they fell for it, that's on them. You'd do them more help by reporting the scam to the police department.

 

[Hotwire]

Please help me. My friend said it is.

Big Ole scam

 

[SusanLR]

I've gotten this type of scam over and over.
They are usually transferred into the junk mail automatically.
I remember the first ones were from the rich prince type that left me millions of dollars and they want all your information so they can place it in your bank account.

The information is ALL they want.
I got used to all of the different types and flush them as soon as they are sent.
Scam and phishing!

 

[maycontainthunder]

The variant that used to do the rounds was they send you the cheque and you forward on the difference between the 'commission' and the total amount. The cheque is fake and bounces leaving you with a hole where your hard-earned money was.

If something sounds too good to be true it usually is.

 

[Outdated]

The cheque is fake and bounces leaving you with a hole where your hard-earned money was.

Australia is considering banning cheques, it's a very expensive and flawed system and these days it's almost defunct anyway. Nearly all transactions are electronic today.

 

[maycontainthunder]

Here in the UK we're getting the Amazon Prime scam again. If you get one of these calls and do have an Amazon account do not respond to the phone call or give any information. First port of call is to check your account.

Second scam warning is someone calling from your bank. You question their authenticity and they tell you to call them back on the advertised number for that bank. What you don't realise is the scammer does not hang up so when you dial your bank it doesn't do anything; you are still connected to the scammer. The scammers then pretend to be that bank and dupe you into giving your details. If you get a call like this on your land line check for a dial tone when you pick the phone back up to call the bank.

 

[Outdated]

This one hit a lot of Australian parents last year:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-12/hi-mum-messaging-scam-targeting-parents/101326776

 

[autism-and-autotune]

My friend said it is. This guy wants my full name and email address to send a 2.5K check to my bank acc

please no no no no don't do this. It's only going to end in shambles. Who is this 'other guy' anyways and for what are you getting paid, exactly?

 

[autism-and-autotune]

It's quite an old scam that keeps coming back around again. 20 years ago it was always a Nigerian prince that wanted to use your bank account to siphon money out of his country.

All they want is your bank account details so that they can empty it.

I remember falling for the Nigerian prince in high school

This was also the same time I got scammed by a camgirl too. Golly was I gullible young man.

 

[Forest Cat]

Yes, that's a scam. Don't answer anything, give them nothing.

 

[Captain Jigglypuff]

I accidentally engaged in one of these scams with a guy and he was asking me for my Cash app account (which I don’t have because I don’t trust that thing with my money) and I played dumb. I pretended to not know what an app was and said that I don’t even have a bank account and the guy asked me what I was using to communicate with him and I said a desk top computer. He left me alone after that.

 

[Captain Jigglypuff]

 

[WiffingWaffles]

Please help me. My friend said it is.

Yes, Complete scam, never trust these Phishing scams.

 

[Progster]

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The really dodgy thing here is that half eaten mushroom beside her.

A lot of that kind of scam here at the moment. One needs to be careful.

 

[Kisa the tea]

This is called an advanced fee scam. Typically what they do is they send you a check or deposit the money and you send them the 600 quid/dollars. Then the check bounces. Now you have to pay your bank money and the scammer gets a free 600 quid/dollars