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- Pittsburgh, PA, USA • Jun 13, 2023
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I received a message on FB messenger that they were interested in buying my furniture that I listed on FB marketplace. They immediately sent me, (I thought $500 through a legitimately looking Bank of America transaction) and an email for me to open a Zelle account. The email was from [email protected] saying that in order to receive the funds I needed to upgrade my account in order to receive the funds. I at that time tried to open a Zelle account with my bank, but they stopped any transactions. (This should have been my first sign that something was up and I should have stopped at that point. Then they (supposedly) sent me another $500 in order to upgrade my account and then asked for the $500 back. At this point it seemed like they sent me $1,000 and I needed to reimburse them $500. This is when it became very confusing to me. Now I am more than embarrassed that I even fell for this! I knew something didn't feel right . But they started sending very aggressive emails and messages and several screenshots that appeared to be legitimate. I fell for it and was completely tangled in a web of confusion. I unfortunately sent $500 to a venmo account and then they kept asking for more and sending screenshots that they were sending more to me. I ended up sending another $200 thinking at this point that I OWED THEM $1,000!!!!!! Thankfully, I never gave my bank account info. They did have my email address. It was a crazy couple of hours that this went on. I finally stopped answering their emails and messages. This all happened on a Sunday, May 8th. And i did try to contact my bank right in the beginning of all of this, however, was unable to reach anyone.

I have learned such a costly lesson and still can't believe I went through this to the degree that I did. They are smart and had me so confused and looking back there were so many RED flags. Misspelled words, improper grammar etc.... in their emails and messages.

I did contact Venmo on Monday and reported a dispute, however, they said since I sent the money willingly I had no recourse.

I just wanted to report this to stop it from happening to another trusting, naive, person like I was. But I'm not trusting anymore!!!!!! I've beat myself up enough over these last few weeks for being so easily taken advantage of. I wish there was more that I could do. I know I will not get my money back, but if this can help one other person, then I've done something positive.

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- Loretto, PA, USA
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I was selling something on FB marketplace, they asked if I had zelle. I went on my zelle app after I gave them my email to pay to confirm through zelle (which is normal). There was no activity or pending activity, which made me suspicious. Then I got an email from [email protected] saying I needed to upgrade my account to a business account by making the sender give me an extra $300. I asked the person about it and they said they would as long as I gave them the $300 back. I found it weird since I was not notified through my banking app or anything. Since I did not receive the original $75 for what I was selling, I declined to do so and there was no confirmation picture or anything on their end. I do not want to give them $300 to “verify” most banks and apps give and then take away a few cents to verify your account

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attempted to sell a $50 aquarium on Facebook Marketplace. Was approached by a buyer who sent fake emails saying he would send $300 dollars additional so that my account could be upgraded to a "business" account and then I just send $300 back to him and the total $350 he "sent" me would be released. I would have to send him $300 and then send screenshots to Zelle to show that i sent it back to the buyer and then the funds would be released. He sent this as the emails to use for Zelle [email protected]; [email protected]

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Rachel_brooke49 on Facebook is a scammer

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I was trying to sell something on the Facebook market and got contacted by someone claiming to be named Margaret Suter. She said she sent me the money via Zelle and sent screenshots but I got an email from Zelle supposedly claiming I needed to pay an additional 500 dollars to her to upgrade my account to a Zelle business account. Then another email came saying an additional 300 and then an additional 450. When I couldn’t figure out how I got a message from this person saying a customer service agent from Zelle would be contacting me. I got a text from the above listed number claiming they would send me 750 but I would have to send it back to them and then I would get my money. When I didn’t get anything they became upset and said I had to figure it out. The way they spoke seemed similar to the person I spoke to in the Facebook chat and that’s when I realized I had been scammed.

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I needed to set up a Zelle account. In order to receive the amount of money, I needed to send $300 to create a business account which I was told they would send back. The Zelle email gave me a contact for further questions. This contact said I needed to send an additional $200 to verify the account and then $300 to finalize it. The money was promised it would be returned back to me after finalization. The number kept asking for more money, before I reported fraud to my bank.

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