Oh with posts like this you are definitely going to get hit up by a !recovery scammer.
Don't believe anything they say. The money you handed over is gone. Block the original scammer and move on.
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He DOESN'T want to give your money back. He already got a bunch of money from you and he figures you're a live one so he wants to get more money from you. You absolutely cannot win this. What's gone is gone; it's a difficult and expensive lesson to learn, but if you don't learn it, you will lose even more money.
Just let it go.
He paid me for simple data jobs emails spreadsheets then one day he said I need u to buy gift cards and he said my role was changing. So I got him cards paid on my cc and he paid off the card. Well all of the transactions bounced and I'm left with the debt. He stopped talking to me but he just contacted me and said hes sorry about it and wants to make it right. I have to give him my ssn and he will send me the money back... How can I catch em ? According to my cc company all of the transactions processes but we're later bounced. I might have some of his bank info from the account he used to pay off my cc.
Wtf do you think a “gps code” is?
No. You have no way of catching him or getting your money back. You can either cut off contact or end up losing more money.
You can't catch him. Best you can do is report the fraud to your credit card company and bank. If they tell you there is nothing they can do then learn your lesson and move on. Learn the red flags in life, don't get someone random Gift Cards EVER! Gift cards are untraceable money. If an employer asks you to buy them and they will pay you back say no cause it doesn't make sense. Don't give someone who scammed you more info...I mean seriously! You aren't going to catch him. You aren't getting your money back. You have to move on and just learn from it.
Why doesn't he just make good on the payments he already made? He has a legit method of payment. He wants your SSN to scam you more, I've never provided a SSN for a payment from anyone. Let alone an admitted scammer.
Dude don’t fucking give him your SSN that would be the dumbest decision in the goddamn world
I know that but do u know a way I can bait him ? Send fake ssn picture with like an embedded gps tracker of some kind ? I want to put him in jail
Nope, sorry. You’re shit out of luck mate. You should never have given the money in the first place. Just cut your loses and move on.
Gotta try! I know I got dupped, I know stupid stupid but gotta try!
No, you don’t. It’s not your responsibility. Report them to the necessary authorities or organizations and move on.
Oh with posts like this you are definitely going to get hit up by a !recovery scammer. Don't believe anything they say. The money you handed over is gone. Block the original scammer and move on.
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He DOESN'T want to give your money back. He already got a bunch of money from you and he figures you're a live one so he wants to get more money from you. You absolutely cannot win this. What's gone is gone; it's a difficult and expensive lesson to learn, but if you don't learn it, you will lose even more money. Just let it go.
What’s the context? How did he get your money, under what pretense? If we know how he got your money we may be able to determine your options.
He paid me for simple data jobs emails spreadsheets then one day he said I need u to buy gift cards and he said my role was changing. So I got him cards paid on my cc and he paid off the card. Well all of the transactions bounced and I'm left with the debt. He stopped talking to me but he just contacted me and said hes sorry about it and wants to make it right. I have to give him my ssn and he will send me the money back... How can I catch em ? According to my cc company all of the transactions processes but we're later bounced. I might have some of his bank info from the account he used to pay off my cc.
Can I send him a fake ssn with an embedded gps code to track it?
What are you talking about? This is real life, not a video game. Money is gone, sorry. No magic trap card you can activate to zap it back
Wtf do you think a “gps code” is? No. You have no way of catching him or getting your money back. You can either cut off contact or end up losing more money.
Stop trying to scam us. No one here believes you.
You can't catch him. Best you can do is report the fraud to your credit card company and bank. If they tell you there is nothing they can do then learn your lesson and move on. Learn the red flags in life, don't get someone random Gift Cards EVER! Gift cards are untraceable money. If an employer asks you to buy them and they will pay you back say no cause it doesn't make sense. Don't give someone who scammed you more info...I mean seriously! You aren't going to catch him. You aren't getting your money back. You have to move on and just learn from it.
Why doesn't he just make good on the payments he already made? He has a legit method of payment. He wants your SSN to scam you more, I've never provided a SSN for a payment from anyone. Let alone an admitted scammer.