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Originally Posted by wiltma
If you read my post from 3 weeks ago, someone sent me money into my PayPal account for their rent. I tried for three weeks to get ahold of them by email and text with no response. I messaged PayPal and they said it was out of their hands. Yesterday, I finally got an email from someone that was odd. Nothing in subject line and no signature. It just said to return the money which I want to do but am still wary about this. I emailed back and asked for a phone number but have not received an answer. Should I just send it back (not sure how)? Who would leave their rent money in someone else’s account and not answer texts or emails. Just very strange to me. Thanks
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Scammers are laundering stolen cash through money transfer apps, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) reported.
App users receive payments that can be several hundred dollars from an unknown account.
The user is then contacted by the account holder who claims they sent the money “by accident” and request the money be sent back.
The BBB says in some cases the initial payment came from a stolen credit card. When the money is returned the scammer replaces the information from the stolen card with their legitimate account information.
Since the initial payment was stolen, the card owner may become aware and cancel the payment, meaning that amount of money will be removed from your account.