Current Events > I think I just got scammed out of $500

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It was my fault really
Tried to buy something online for a too-good-to-be-true price a little bit ago. Sent 500 via Venmo for it. No response from the seller since.

oh well I like 70% expected this to happen. Just kinda sucks anyway.

Not paypal?

I would not spent $500 on a 70% expected scam. That's a bit harsh, hope you don't do it again.

WingsOfGood posted...

Not paypal?

No. That was honestly like my second red flag lol

Syfe posted...

I would not spent $500 on a 70% expected scam. That's a bit harsh, hope you don't do it again.

Yeah lesson learned

What were you trying to buy

Oof that sucks.

Something similar happened to me last year, but it was only $25 through PayPal on Facebook marketplace. Unfortunately I goofed and didnt send the money as like part of an invoice so they basically told me I was SOL.

But yeah my thought process was if this ends up being a scam then its only $25 no way would I have done that for $500

I bought a stolen phone off of Craigslist way back when. Just one of those things that happens (hopefully only once).

Damn that sucks

Inaccurate topic title. Drop the I think part of the sentence.

Must be nice to have money to just piss away like that for a 70% expected scam.

I really hope someone here posts a screenshot receipt of a $500 from you so we can get to the bottom of this.

I got scammed out of $100 awhile back (I want to say sometime last year but it may have been a little before) but I was extremely skeptical in the first place and I just accepted it as a risk I was willing to take.

My dad admonished me for "rewarding" a scammer by not letting my skepticism win out, though. He might be right, I'm not sure how to look at it.

Better send another $500 just to be sure

lost 2k on pre-order myself. may be i should sue.

who buys things via Venmo

FL81 posted...

who buys things via Venmo

I got an air fryer at a yard sale using it. Cost me 10 bucks.

Hmmm. There's a 70 percent chance this is a scam?

*click*

This happened to me once. I was buying a pen. Most placed had it for I think 50-70, but here is a place advertising it for $34.67!!! This is like the only time I have ever been scammed on the internet, but in a lapse of judgement I purchased the item. I paid through paypal i think or some service(not venmo), and didn't think much of it, but when I got a basic invoice from kao shin long hao ni hi lao hwatthefuck in my email I knew I got scammed.

The trick for this is to advertise a killer price, you buy it with your credit card, they get your money, and simply ship out a package with a random item in it to any address in your zip code. That way, when you do a chargeback on your credit card, they find out the merchant did ship it out, IDK, and you get denied the chargeback.

DipDipDiver posted...

Better send another $500 just to be sure

as a sign of good will. like a gentle nudge, "hey i'm still interested"

argonautweakend posted...

This happened to me once. I was buying a pen. Most placed had it for I think 50-70, but here is a place advertising it for $34.67!!!

Pen Scam Situation is Insane

viewmaster_pi posted...

Pen Scam Situation is Insane

Hey man it was the Cross Wanderlust Borneo, look at this thing

https://cross.com/products/at0755-2

Damn those Nigerian princes and their silver lined tongues

I got ripped off on Ebay for 15-20 bucks in the past. The most notable I never got my FF2 PSP around the holidays. It's just sometimes ya just take a chance.

I accepted my FF2 copy got lost in the mail during the holidays (this was before tracking was everywhere) but oh boy sometimes ppl get fired up. A friend of mine bought some stupid tennis game when I was drunk and then I got this non payer alert b/c I didn't pay for this shitty game in a few days. I forgot he bought it.

I should delete this, but ppl can really care about small potatoes. I'd be upset too if I lost 500 smackers online. But not seven dollars.

eBay always sides with the buyer, but still in this case I called up eBay and was all. I got a non buyer demerit on my account because I didn't pay for it in less than 48 hours. This is ridiculous.