3 May
2017
3 May
'17
6:53 a.m.
I wrote:
... Of course after you
send payment to the "third party", the payment that you thought
you had received from the "client" somehow gets canceled or fails
to clear.
For example, the "payment" from the "client" to you may turn out to
have been made using a stolen credit card number, forged cashier's
check, spoofed PayPal payment notification, etc. A web search for
"overpayment scam" will turn up info on many variations on the
theme.
--Jim
On May 2, 2017, at 11:19 PM, James Saxe
<jim.saxe(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Kalia Kliban asked, regarding a bogus request for services
quoted by Karen Dunnam:
My question is, what does the person sending the
email get out of this
transaction, aside from the pleasure of wasting your time?
I believe the way this scam works is that the "client" supposedly
buying your services comes up with a story about how their
payment to you will include an additional amount that you're
suposed to use to pay to a third party. (For example, in the
message Karen quoted, there's reference to a "private transport
driver" who would presumably [hah!] be transporting the ten
bridesmaids to and from Karen's studio for their "2 hour
rehearsals twice a week for 3 weeks".) Of course after you
send payment to the "third party", the payment that you thought
you had received from the "client" somehow gets canceled or fails
to clear.
--Jim