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New kind of scam happening on TM - king1 - 31-08-2025
This one is going to be very difficult to contain - no money mules involved...
Quote:A Trade Me user who won an auction for his dream coffee machine fell headlong into a sophisticated fraud. A major bank says the scammer’s method skirts around most fraud detection systems and it wants online marketplaces to improve their security. Isaac Davison reports
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360805573/three-people-one-payment-no-accountability-inside-sophisticated-new-online-fraud
RE: New kind of scam happening on TM - Oh_hunnihunni - 31-08-2025
No sympathy I'm afraid. Anyone spending that much money on a sight unseen purchase is asking to be scammed.
Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I'd be wanting to see that machine in person before a penny changed hands. Even with Ping...
RE: New kind of scam happening on TM - amrist - 31-08-2025
cash transaction of $4900 plus crypto value transaction of $4900, plus TM fee $387.10 = $10,187.10
None for me thanks