hehehe OP.....ask to FaceTime to see the item....
I was just thinking, no better way to get some 'cred' than to scam yourself and open a thread calling your other profile out and get someone to send you free gear........just thinking.
Ha, yeah man that is about as deep as these scammers go these days. Hopefully the mods have been in my profile enough in the last couple days that they are confident I'm legitimate. I failed to ask for the FaceTime to see the item until after I paid, which in hindsight was a mistake. I was just convinced enough by everything else I was seeing, and frankly the fact that the buyer was willing to use Venmo gave me some level of false assurance as well, I thought well Venmo has some fraud protection built in so that must mean he's concerned about protecting himself from a scam too. Since then I don't think the fact he asked for Venmo first means much, Venmo has more fraud protection built in than Zelle, but it doesn't appear to have nearly as much as PayPal. Which, he said he didn't have PayPal, that should have raised an alarm for me. FWIW, I did contact my bank, and they said I could open a dispute on the Zelle transaction. Will take up to 90 days to be decided they said, and my expectations are low considering it's front and center on Zelle's website that they offer fraud protection but not scam protection. Still worth a shot to ask anyway though.
A lot of people do, no question. But the generosity that dudes on this forum are showing me tells me that at least here on this forum there are way more good dudes than shit stains.
I enjoy hearing this though, with all the bad, it's nice to be reminded how much good still exists out there.
Hell yeah man, did not expect that here, but it changed my whole perspective on this event. Sky, you got my money, but the legacy of this scam is that it just got a whole lot harder for you to do that here in the future, and I'm left with the kindness and not the anger.
One thing I'd recommend is always have a phone call before sending funds. It's not fool proof but every extra layer of protection gives you another opportunity to vet a seller.
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100%. I was convinced enough without it, but I never will be again. Minimum phone call, even better FaceTime. If they refuse to FaceTime with you for some reason it's because they are hiding something.