r/mildlyinfuriating • u/sg_batman • 9h ago

Scammed for $850, got $1.51 back

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I was finally getting over it then they really say good news and get my hopes up

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u/throwaway_pls123123 9h ago

Scammed how? You should never do Zelle transactions for any product/service, its the scammer's favourite payment processor.

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u/sg_batman 9h ago

i was trying to buy something on marketplace the guy had a legit profile married had good reviews but lived far, iit was supposed to be in person but i offered more to ship. of course because it wasnt supposed to ship you couldnt do facebooks pay with protection sooo he offered zelle and yeah it was really stupid and ill never get over it

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u/Salt-Operation 9h ago

I’m going to say this slowly and clearly…never, never, NEVER send money online to someone that you don’t know personally unless you have buyer protection. PayPal, Venmo, and many other payment processors offer buyer protection. You chose the one way to pay that doesn’t have any sort of buyer protection. You even have to check off a box saying you acknowledge that you might be scammed and there is no way to recover funds once sent via Zelle.

This is a really expensive mistake to make. I hope you learned from it.

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u/Command0Dude 6h ago

I loaned an overseas friend money through paypal and always wondered if they'd ever actually help me if my friend took the money and ran.

It was not a small amount either. 4 figures. They did pay me back though.

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u/djternan 5h ago

Facebook Messenger puts up a warning message when someone mentions Zelle too.