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DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMMIT!!!
2 months ago
I bought concert Tickets to see Billy Idol back in Late January for a concert in Milwaukee in August. I love Billy Idol's music, and he was on my bucket list. Fast forward to this month, I'm planning on the upcoming MFM this weekend and I check the dates on the concert. To my horror, the concert is August 31st....THIS COMING SUNDAY, And I'm in Memphis that same weekend!! And no way in hell can I be in two places at once. Especially at that distance between Memphis and Milwaukee. Had it been MFF in Chicago...no biggie...Dammit!
I put the tickets up for sale for $125 for both to A: Get them sold quickly, B: And use the funds for getting down to MFM. I get a bite on my ad, Wanting the tickets. Ask if they can pay with Zelle, I agree to it, saying once I see the funds in my account, I'll do the transfer of the tickets. I get notified by Zelle I needed to reaffirm my account, which I do in order to get the $125.
Zelle affirms the money is pending, and relog in to accept the funds. I redo it again. Customer keeps asking, "Did you receive the funds?" I see the funds pending, but I need to prove it by opening up the account. Provide my email yet again. Then Zelle replies, the funds are frozen,
I glance at my checking account, to look for the $125, suddenly $165 is missing, I immediately contact my bank. Asking what the hell is going on? As I'm talking the bank, ANOTHER $125 goes missing, just like that! The person I'm talking too immediately says "Looks like a scammer is involved" and immediately freezes the account. Then connects me to the fraud department. I explain the situation to this department, they assure that the $125 is safe, BUT, the $165 was removed immediately. Then they say "Sadly We literally cannot get it back, they immediately withdrew the amount, you were sadly scammed." Then they explain to me that the scammers are increasingly using accounts like in Zelle, Apple Pay and Cashapp to increase the net ability to scam folks. Another favorite trick is in Paypal, they actually send you the money, you send the item. Then they wait a certain time, now claiming item never received, THEY file a claim and Paypal withdraws the amount and they get the item AND your money.
Long story short, I was scammed out of $165 I frankly can't afford to lose. Which fucking sucks utter ass. And as I'm typing this, another "Do you take Zelle? I can send money immediately!." Naturally from way out of state. I redid my ad, stating "Any transaction must be done in person, and at a police substation to avoid fraud from either side."
Grumps....fuck...I can't believe this happened, now.
I put the tickets up for sale for $125 for both to A: Get them sold quickly, B: And use the funds for getting down to MFM. I get a bite on my ad, Wanting the tickets. Ask if they can pay with Zelle, I agree to it, saying once I see the funds in my account, I'll do the transfer of the tickets. I get notified by Zelle I needed to reaffirm my account, which I do in order to get the $125.
Zelle affirms the money is pending, and relog in to accept the funds. I redo it again. Customer keeps asking, "Did you receive the funds?" I see the funds pending, but I need to prove it by opening up the account. Provide my email yet again. Then Zelle replies, the funds are frozen,
I glance at my checking account, to look for the $125, suddenly $165 is missing, I immediately contact my bank. Asking what the hell is going on? As I'm talking the bank, ANOTHER $125 goes missing, just like that! The person I'm talking too immediately says "Looks like a scammer is involved" and immediately freezes the account. Then connects me to the fraud department. I explain the situation to this department, they assure that the $125 is safe, BUT, the $165 was removed immediately. Then they say "Sadly We literally cannot get it back, they immediately withdrew the amount, you were sadly scammed." Then they explain to me that the scammers are increasingly using accounts like in Zelle, Apple Pay and Cashapp to increase the net ability to scam folks. Another favorite trick is in Paypal, they actually send you the money, you send the item. Then they wait a certain time, now claiming item never received, THEY file a claim and Paypal withdraws the amount and they get the item AND your money.
Long story short, I was scammed out of $165 I frankly can't afford to lose. Which fucking sucks utter ass. And as I'm typing this, another "Do you take Zelle? I can send money immediately!." Naturally from way out of state. I redid my ad, stating "Any transaction must be done in person, and at a police substation to avoid fraud from either side."
Grumps....fuck...I can't believe this happened, now.
And yeh oof this month had 1k drop on teeth -.- amongst others
I don't mind helping, but one must make some sort of an effort to help themselves. Another thing, don't get you back pinned against a wall, and I'm very guilty of that.
He even said how Mark Merlino tried to kill him at CF, Riiiight!!! Brian the Dipshit literally pissed in a corner near a hallway cause he was too fucking lazy to use a restroom 50 feet away. Merlino verbally ripped him a new one!! Hardly "Killing him".
Good Riddance to bad trash. Another reason I refuse to draw up a memorial for him, He utterly and completely pissed me off!
And yes, still the states problem.
Yeh atm I’m trying to scratch back up fm teeth loss bills since Freya is needing her yearly this month
Trying to selll stuff etc it’s hard but trying. Need get back in my art swing
I canceled the card, got my money back, but I constantly get scam offers in my e-mail.
Those get deleted.
My Visa card was frozen one week before my trip to IndyFurCon. Someone used my info to buy $380 in goodies at Busch Gardens/Sea World Orlando. A new card would be issued. I had my mail stopped just for the weekend, but they actually halted delivery that Wednesday! That new card could've arrived already. Fortunately, there were debit cards.
My condolences, Tom.
The timing of events just hurts but, the scam atop of that? Murphy was makin in personal!
How'd they manage to back charge, more than what you originally asked for?
This is why I use a credit union. I have not used a bank for many years, not since JP-Chase Manhattan made it clear they thought of scammers as allies when it comes to getting as much money out of customers as possible.
Why you think I ask for CASH when I sell stuff?
Had someone using my bank credit cartd recently to try and pay for tuition and books at some "Educational Institution" in Cali to the tune of nearly 500 bucks. Wells Froggo texted me on that one, stopped it and got a new card issued. Been trying to figure out how the info leaked. Remembered I had a similar thing denied a few years ago on another card. So damn many scammers out there.