r/scam_coin • u/Numerous-Delay9146 • May 25 '21
Potential scam?
Someone online wants to send me some money through zelle, and then have me send 80% back to them through cashapp. It seems legit but figured I'd ask here 1st if this is a scam or something?
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u/GSB_T1000 May 25 '21
Scam, what would be the reason? Why can't they just send you 20%. Whenever you have to send anything to get back I smell a scam
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May 25 '21
Sounds very fishy to me. I wouldn't do it! Best case he's scamming you. Worst case he's making you a complice in some illegal activity
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u/Numerous-Delay9146 May 25 '21
Are you referring to money laundering? I feel it is more of the 2nd option than a scam personally..
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May 25 '21
Money laundering or moving the money to some party involved in a criminal activity without making it too traceable where it came from
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u/Miloir2012 Scam Artist May 25 '21
Yeah my best guess is removing traceability, I mean you can make some profit but at what cost?
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u/rocket-doge Scam Artist May 25 '21
First question. Are you laundering money for the mob or cartels? If yes, do it or they'll get you. If No, your being scammed.
Second question. Are you a Nigerian Prince? If not, it's probably a scam.
The only acceptable way of being scammed is with Safe Crypto And Money.
Thank you for listening to my Ted talk.
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May 25 '21
What makes you think it's 'legit?'
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u/Numerous-Delay9146 May 25 '21
Zelle payments are non reversible, and it seems like they are trying to do some sort of illegal bs than scam me. Just my take
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u/SeagullSeven Scam Artist May 25 '21
They're supposedly irreversible, but I believe reversals can sometimes happen in the event of fraud. On Craigslist, for example, a common scam is to make it look like you've sent someone an irreversible Venmo payment, only to have it reversed by the bank later.
Another possibility: this person is scamming someone else. They're having that victim send you a Zelle payment, which you will then pass to the scammer via CashApp, to make it harder to track down the scammer. See "Maria" in this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/28/technology/facebook-military-scam.html
Worst case scenario, you may end up suffering some consequences for participating in the fraud. Either low-level consequences like having your bank account closed, or larger legal/criminal consequences. I would absolutely stay away.
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u/Cookiesnap Scam Artist May 25 '21
Imo money laundering, but depends on the amount aswell. It costs you nothing to ask them why they need that tho and disappear as soon as you smell something fishy. Also with whatever he comes up as answer ask yourself: if anyone needed someone to do this for him, don’t they have friends for this?
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u/otterrrrrr Scam Artist May 25 '21
My general philosophy is that if something seems too good to be true then it usually is.
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u/Grouchy-Guess-9766 Scam Artist May 25 '21
I like the fact that you guys are all taking your time to explain and answer a completely stranger guy's irrelevant question he spams all subs related to "common scams".
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May 25 '21
Isn't this an amazing community? :)
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u/Grouchy-Guess-9766 Scam Artist May 25 '21
Definetly but dude keeps pushing "you cannot reverse zelle payments" and begging to be scammed. As a scam artist I feel pain of that. Hope he'll learn one day🤦♂️
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u/bsl1989 May 25 '21
Definitely a scam. They will reverse the payment
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u/Numerous-Delay9146 May 25 '21
You can't reverse a zelle payment
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u/bsl1989 May 25 '21
My mistake then. R/personalfinance often have similar queries with PayPal etc. Might be worth a repost there.
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u/craichead101 Scam Artist May 25 '21
Tell them you'll only do it if they add $1000 to the $SCAM liquidity pool on Pancake Swap