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11-29-2018, 02:43 PM | #1 |
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Join Date: 02-24-16
Location: Mount Sterling, IL
Name/Nickname : Kevin
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Catering Scam Attempt?
I received a text message today from a number in California wanting to have us cater a birthday party for 50 on December 19th. No big deal, we get calls/emails from out of town all the time for people wanting to set up a party for when they're visiting. I was a little put off by him using text instead of calling or emailing, but it's not unheard of.
We agreed on a menu and pricing, and then he said he needed a favor. He said he had a DJ lined up but the DJ didn't have a credit card processor so he wanted to pay us for the DJ ($2500) and then just pick up the cash from us once the credit card cleared. Warning bells are going off big time now. I asked for the name of the DJ and who the party was for. He said the DJ was James. I asked if James had a last name. He said Andrew. Now I know all the local DJ's in this area and there's no James, no Andrew, and no James Andrew. He said the birthday party was for his father, McCarthy Adams. No McCarthy Adams in this area that I know of. I told him I wasn't in the least bit comfortable with that idea, and he offered an extra $50 for my troubles. I clarified and told him I wasn't interested in doing the catering either. He tried a couple more times and I finally told him I'm not interested in cooking a bunch of food that would never be picked up just so he could use a stolen credit card. Never heard back. Has anyone else had something similar happen to them?
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11-29-2018, 02:50 PM | #2 |
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Join Date: 11-15-16
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That's definitely a scam. Good call on telling him to piss off. Next time, don't even be nice about it.
My guess is he's trying to use you to cash out a stolen credit card. In other news - if I could make $2500 every weekend playing music at a birthday party I'd quit my day job!!
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11-29-2018, 04:39 PM | #3 |
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Join Date: 07-19-13
Location: Houston, TX
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This is the classic "overpayment scam".
https://www.scamwatch.gov.au/types-o...rpayment-scams If you sell something of value on Craigslist you will see this a lot. |
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11-29-2018, 06:06 PM | #4 |
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Join Date: 10-16-08
Location: Virginia
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I get them all the time, I don't pay for your vendor who does not take credit cards PERIOD. I've even followed the scam through when I have tome to the point where they give me the CC number and then I send that number to the CC company fraud division and let them know it's been stolen.
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11-29-2018, 06:28 PM | #5 | |
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Join Date: 02-24-16
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11-29-2018, 09:05 PM | #6 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 07-16-16
Location: Johns Creek, Ga.
Name/Nickname : Ron
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So glad you were one of the wise ones that was suspect from the start. Unfortunately, there are many that fall for it. All you can do is spread the word and hope that it goes down the line.
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11-30-2018, 07:10 AM | #7 |
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You boys and girls will enjoy this if you haven't heard it yet ::
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIVfrBFc5og
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11-30-2018, 08:10 PM | #8 | |
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12-08-2018, 05:24 AM | #11 | |
Found some matches.
Join Date: 12-04-18
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
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12-08-2018, 09:42 AM | #12 | |
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Join Date: 02-24-16
Location: Mount Sterling, IL
Name/Nickname : Kevin
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12-08-2018, 12:06 PM | #13 |
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Join Date: 01-11-14
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I’ve had that call a number of times - last was they wanted to overpay me $4,000 to cover the cost of a tent rental. I said “Not today ISIS” - surprisingly they hung up on me.
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12-10-2018, 10:39 AM | #14 |
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Join Date: 02-19-16
Location: Sandhills Area, NC
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I received a scam where they wanted to pick up my BBQ and then add 1500 to the bill so they could pay the drivers for picking it up and another 500 for a tip for me. This would have only been a $300 gig to any of my local customers. Definitely some type of scam. This was either a way to cancel the charge and keep the money or some type of laundering scheme. Who knows but I know it was definitely not right.
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12-12-2018, 09:04 AM | #15 |
Found some matches.
Join Date: 11-30-18
Location: Philippines
Name/Nickname : Annie
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Geez. Most of the time instincts tells.
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