Is this a scam?
I work as an agent for Western Union.
I had an elderly caucasian lady come in and ask to send $2000 to some guy in China. So I thought that's strange and I asked her if she personally knew the person she was sending this money to. She said no.
I asked her what the money was for. She claims she paid for some online services and they refunded her. They accidentally refunded her $3000 instead of $300. So they asked her to send the remainder back via Western Union.
I advised her not to send the money because it sounded scammy to me. And that that if they accidentally refunded too much, tough cookies for them.
Is this a scam? I didn't get the full details from her, like how they refunded her, what she bought. I just advised her not to do it because they could easily reverse that $3000 refund after she sent her own money to them.
Does anybody know what the hell was actually going on or if its even a scam? lol
I had an elderly caucasian lady come in and ask to send $2000 to some guy in China. So I thought that's strange and I asked her if she personally knew the person she was sending this money to. She said no.
I asked her what the money was for. She claims she paid for some online services and they refunded her. They accidentally refunded her $3000 instead of $300. So they asked her to send the remainder back via Western Union.
I advised her not to send the money because it sounded scammy to me. And that that if they accidentally refunded too much, tough cookies for them.
Is this a scam? I didn't get the full details from her, like how they refunded her, what she bought. I just advised her not to do it because they could easily reverse that $3000 refund after she sent her own money to them.
Does anybody know what the hell was actually going on or if its even a scam? lol