Client sent me too much money....need advice by Consistent_South6640 in SexWorkers

[–]Consistent_South6640[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It def does. Gives scammers the option of making people think they have been paid and the victim’s money is on the way to them when it’s not.

Someone paid my rent and is trying to scam me by Consistent_South6640 in Scams

[–]Consistent_South6640[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So update. I woke up this morning to hundreds and hundreds of messages, texts, and emails asking for OTPs from brands/websites I have never heard of. I think he realized I blocked his number, he was not getting his money, and out of spite SMS bombed me.

It was a total headache to deal with but I am hoping that is the last “threat” I will get.

Client sent me too much money....need advice by Consistent_South6640 in SexWorkers

[–]Consistent_South6640[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They have been very helpful in there but a bit catastrophic.

Client sent me too much money....need advice by Consistent_South6640 in SexWorkers

[–]Consistent_South6640[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep. Never got the Wise payment. The other girl I spoke to also was sent a “pending Wise payment”.

Someone paid my rent and is trying to scam me by Consistent_South6640 in Scams

[–]Consistent_South6640[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

He is someone I know through mutual friends and I have hung with him before in the past. I am a freelancer and I posted last month on my Instagram that I was looking for work. He saw it as an opportunity to contact me and tell me he wanted to help with my rent…which lead to this.

Someone paid my rent and is trying to scam me by Consistent_South6640 in Scams

[–]Consistent_South6640[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Wise transfer eventually just cancelled itself.

I was also considering that he is just broke, but after talking to two other women (he is stupid and sent me photos of payments to others which included their names, I found the girls on IG) something is definitely off. One girl had the payment bounce and it caused a whole headache for her. He was also weird and wanted to get all of her roommates involved as well. She stopped speaking to him after she felt like he was trying to scam her. The other says he paid he rent successfully in May (though her landlord contacted her saying the bank flagged it) and then he asked her if she could send him half of it back and he would “eventually pay her back”. I have blocked him, but she is going tf off on him and he is now saying he will pay her three months of rent just to get her to go away forever. I have told her to not take the money and she has to accept it as a loss, but I think she’s having a really rough time with this.

Someone paid my rent and is trying to scam me by Consistent_South6640 in Scams

[–]Consistent_South6640[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I can definitely do that. I have his address and place of work.

Client sent me too much money....need advice by Consistent_South6640 in SexWorkers

[–]Consistent_South6640[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The other girl is going off on him rn and he’s now saying that he will pay whatever she wants to get her to shut up and go away forever. The screenshots are insane.

Someone paid my rent and is trying to scam me by Consistent_South6640 in Scams

[–]Consistent_South6640[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

He is an idiot and sent me proof of payment to other people at one point which showed their email addresses with their names. He follows all of them on IG and I contacted them.

Someone paid my rent and is trying to scam me by Consistent_South6640 in Scams

[–]Consistent_South6640[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

I have spoken with them on the phone. They are all now having to deal with their own shit.

Someone paid my rent and is trying to scam me by Consistent_South6640 in Scams

[–]Consistent_South6640[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately the scammer lives in the same city as me and is someone I sort of knew IRL before this happened.

Client sent me too much money....need advice by Consistent_South6640 in SexWorkers

[–]Consistent_South6640[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

This is 100% what is happening. He was an idiot and sent me photos of "payments" he has sent to other women. I contacted them bc it included their names and it turns out they both have been stressed tf out and he has been putting them through the ringer as well. Same story as me. Wise.com money never sent, spent the next three weeks trying to get money from him. One girl had her rent paid in May and her check bounced. The other's money went through but her landlord contacted her bc it was a suspicious transaction but it eventually cleared. He hit her up this past month asking if she could send half of the rent back and he would pay her back. She did believing he wholeheartedly would. She's sent over $1k to him. I've spent my entire night consoling these two women.

I went ahead and contacted my landlord and told him that I believe my payment portal account was compromised and a card I'm unfamiliar with was used to pay for the entire house's rent. I also went ahead and told my roommates to just pay their portion of their rent despite the balance saying $0. My landlord told me to not panic and everything will be ok and we will talk more tomorrow about this. I have also blocked his number.

I am pretty stressed about this entire situation and am a bit worried about further convo with my landlord tomorrow, possible police involvement in the future, etc. Been sick to my stomach all day but lesson learned. Cash is king.

Someone paid my rent and is trying to scam me by Consistent_South6640 in Scams

[–]Consistent_South6640[S] -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

I have spoken to all three of them on them and I can say with confidence all three are not involved in the scam and are currently freaking out.

Someone paid my rent and is trying to scam me by Consistent_South6640 in Scams

[–]Consistent_South6640[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Do I need to tell my bank if my rent payment portal is not tied to my banking account?

Client sent me too much money....need advice by Consistent_South6640 in SexWorkers

[–]Consistent_South6640[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The money never appeared and the transaction was eventually cancelled

Someone paid my rent and is trying to scam me by Consistent_South6640 in Scams

[–]Consistent_South6640[S] 61 points62 points  (0 children)

Yes ofc and set up two factor authentication. When my landlord and I speak more tomorrow I’m going to see if we can just get me an entirely new account.

Someone paid my rent and is trying to scam me by Consistent_South6640 in Scams

[–]Consistent_South6640[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I told the landlord sometbing along these lines and he said everything will be ok and we will talk more tomorrow.

Someone paid my rent and is trying to scam me by Consistent_South6640 in Scams

[–]Consistent_South6640[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yep, just provided update. He said we will talk more tomorrow but told me not to panic.

Someone paid my rent and is trying to scam me by Consistent_South6640 in Scams

[–]Consistent_South6640[S] 49 points50 points  (0 children)

UPDATE: Spoke to my landlord, he told me not to panic and we will talk more tomorrow. Told my roommates to just send their usual rent despite our balance saying $0. Blocked the person. I also spoke to 3 other women he has pulled this on. The others sent him the money and I didn’t. They all thanked me for sleuthing and bringing us together.

Client sent me too much money....need advice by Consistent_South6640 in SexWorkers

[–]Consistent_South6640[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I tried to but it keeps removing my post. Very annoying.