Comment on Is this a scam or am I being paranoid? And if so, what kind of scam is this?
PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 2 days ago
You would have to be an idiot to entertain this. Block, move on, and ignore in the future. It’s unlikely you’re even talking to a real person.
This is the first stages of a very textbook fake check scam. They will provide a (unbacked) check, you can cash it and see the funds appear in your account. Something will happen, maybe they’ll realize they overpaid you by a few hundred dollars and ask you to refund that amount. The original check funds will be pulled after a few days when the financial institutions realize they were fraudulent and you’ll be out whatever amount of real funds you sent.
Now that you know this is a scam, even accepting the fake check is a felony.
Cock_Inspecting_Asexual@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I wasn’t planning on accepting a check from some rando online. That much common sense I do have. I will admit I am a bit of an idiot for entertaining them because I deadass CANNOT help myself.
I lowkey-highkey just wanna fuck with em in some way or waste his time. I used to troll fake VRchat model artists with zip bombs, but I’ve never really encountered a check scam before, so I was curious about it, hence why I asked.
I already know it’s a scam, but I was curious on the specifics of the scam. I like learnin about shit and was curious
towerful@programming.dev 1 day ago
Get them to send you the check.
Say you deposited it.
See what happens.
Offer steam gift cards as the payment for the inevitable “I sent too much” part of the scam. Steam is no longer selling physical gift cards.
So you can waste some time pretending to go to a shop, unable to find them, trying other shops etc.
Kitboga is a master at wasting scammers time if you want some YT vids to watch.
PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 2 days ago
It’s a bot. You’re not trolling anyone but yourself