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Originally Posted by gpdriver17
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Originally Posted by josec70
Sad sign of the world we live in and these type of faceless crimes.
I'm in the Financial industry and every day there's a new scam or fraud attempt.
OP, enjoy your car and hopefully you can get the $$ back.
In the end, it's just $ ... certainly could be a whole lot worse.
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This is a bit off topic, but You're totally right. I heard the other day people are on ebay selling legit new items for ~50% of their value. You buy from them, they buy the item from the company with a stolen credit card. Whatever company they buy from his happy, they get paid. Ebay is happy they get paid. Seller is happy, they get paid. Buyer is happy. Only one that gets screwed is the person or credit card company after the payment is reported as fraudulent.
So many scams out there these days... |
I heard about that. Happens all the time.
My cousin was working a deal on a commercial property. He was ready to wire transfer $45K to them, he received an email from them with the wire details. He wired the money and then got a confirmation email from them confirming receipt of transfer. Two weeks go by and the lawyers called my cousin stating that they never received payment. After investigation, turns out my cousin got scammed/phished. They had spoofed their lawyers email address. Bank /FBI checked the other account and it was closed. Opened with phony info. My cousin was out $45K. Lesson learned to always verify by phone the account info before transferring.
Crazy happening out there.