Scam Type
Online Purchase Scam
Business Name Used
Facebook messenger / Robert Connell
Date Reported
October 20, 2023
Postal Code
83440
Total Dollars Lost
$ 0
Scam Description
Tried to copy Venmo and used a fake Venmo email to get me to send him 200$. The email the “Venmo” sent me required that I open a business account before I received the 600$ for the object I was selling. It asked that the buyer send another 200$ to me, and that they would be refunded. I would need to go through the motions of a regular buy to “refund” them the money, when instead I wouldn’t be refunding anything. I would just be giving them 200$ from my own bank account.
