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Ask HN: What’s the deal with random people sending me money over PayPal?
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#13Tangential story...
I had a Northwest Airlines VISA card in the early 2000s.
One day, I noticed a USD $6,000 deposit. I sent a message to customer service that something was wrong.
The next day, I noticed a $5,800 withdrawal. At this point, I called customer service.
They removed the deposit right away, but I had to engage repeatedly to get the withdrawal off my statement. I think this involved some kind of written statement.
I've also had Discover call me, asking if I ordered a $1,200 television off Newegg, and they sent me a new card when I replied that I did not.
I have no idea what happened in either case.
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#14I wish random people would send me some money
What’s your PayPal address?
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> These are psychopaths who want to harm non-psychopaths because that is how they get their sexual thrill.
What?
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#17I've had requests payments instead, which I obviously deny everytime.
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#18I would just keep the money
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#19The things you learn on the YouTubes…
It probably is a scam where they try to get you to let them log into your bank account and “accidentally” transfer too much money which you can conveniently return to them with gift cards. Or some variation on the theme.
There’s also some PayPal invoicing scam going around where they send random people bills through PayPal and use that to get the scam rolling.
If it were me I’d just ignore it unless they are sending real money to you, in that case I’d just consider it a stupid tax and keep the money after a while (in case of chargebacks).
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#20I had a similar fraud that PayPal is somewhat complicit in because how how their system works:
I get an official PayPal email. But it’s on behalf of a vendor who is asking for money. But they’ve carefully crafted the request to look like a receipt. As if I’ve already paid $300 for textbooks and this is my receipt. But just a few unwitting clicks and I’ll have accepted the transfer request.