Strange!!!!!!!!!!

Nah, don't donate.

What you do is this:
Send me the $100 to my paypal account.
Then 3 days later, I will refund $75 back to your paypal account.

Then you will be trusted, at least by me....lol

 

haha farooqaaa you're foolish for participating in this obvious scam.

 

If this is a scam funded by a stolen credit card, when the fraudulent activity is detected by the cardholder (or their bank), won't that bank come to farooqaaa for the money? Will he have to give the full $500 back? It was his PayPal (or his friend's) account, which was used to launder the money. It would seem to me that he, or his friend in the UK, will be out $500 once this is all over. At least, that is my understanding of how these scams work. I have read a lot about how the Nigerian scams work (typically using Western Union; or a fake certified check), and it typically leaves the person, who was scammed, hung out to dry.

 

God know if he is part of the scam...may be later he will PM you and introduce his "rich friend" to you

 

oops! i am not foolish!

 

Rob its true, its a scam..

Farooq, you've just been part of a scam...
The guy who paid you $500 paid it through a stolen CC..
When the CC holder (Original) will find it out, he will file a CC fraud case. The CC transaction will show that money had been transfered to your paypal account.
Upon the notice from Federal bureau, Payapl will reverse the transaction..and trurst me feds will not buy your gift story..

That guy got $400 for free and you are gonna face a fraud case and loose your $500...

I know a guy, this happend to him before...and the result wasnt joyfull...not even remotely, trust me....

 

Faaroooq , I advice you to write to paypal immediately about the matter.. In doing so you might lose your free $100 but you will be saved from paying $500..
And also contact your UK friend

Please post the results of these scam here..

 

lol this scam has been going on for years, yet people still fall for it to this day.

 

sounds like a scam you may end up owing the bank $500.00

 

Even worse... he may has to pay more..way more than $500...

 

My advise: quickly escalate the issue to paypal

 

I apologise farooqaaa. I was being an ass for no good reason. Like others have said I strongly advise you to contact paypal and let them know what the situation is. This could be really big trouble for you so don't lie or leave out any details of exactly what transpired.

If you have to cough up $500 to make this problem go away then consider yourself lucky because this very well could end up costing you more than that i.e. a criminal record.

I'm not saying this to scare you. I'm just trying to bring light to the seriousness of your situation. It's unfortunate that you were scammed but if I were you I would eat the $500 if the opportunity presented itself because you very well could be viewed as guilty and prosecuted for your involvement.

Good luck.

 

that is mighty bizzzarrre

 

Hmm I saw alot of users saying "This is a scam". But its definately not a scam, and theres no problem for me . When i recieved that payment i have started a dispute. And so i am safe.

 

It's not a scam yet you dispute it, do you even listen to yourself?

 

Ohhh one more Scam thread from farooqa

He gave u money from one address and tells u to send 400 to other ID
You will get ur paypal frozen if the sender account owner is different and if he opens a dispute

 

You have started dispute for what..
1)for sending $400 to the other ID or
2) for accepting $500 from some one
3) or both

If it is only 1) then you are in deep shit. because...that $400 might have been consumed by now. As you have not raised issue regarding $500. That $500 will be charged back to your account, your account will be freezed and you will be marked as fraudster. An inquiry will be initiated. As you are using UK paypal from pakistan, from IP log analysis it will be prooved that you are a BIG fraudster. Your friend who is in UK, will also be in deep shit.. he might be questioned by police and subsequent investigation.. Remember in UK credit card fraud is taken seriously..

If it is only 2) then paypal will return that $500 to original CC holder or paypal account. You might come clean for raising the issue and not accepting fraudulent money. But in that process you will loose $400.. which is ok..you can take that as future learning

If it is 3) You will show yourself as unsuspecting user who is victim of fraud.. you might get $400 back.. but for sure $500 has to be returned.. this is the safest option..

See, you have # of things against you..
- using or even accesing UK account from pakistan
- you accepted money from unverified buyer (god knows which countries CC or paypal was used, if US, then have fun)

I strongly feel you update your friend and ask him/her to communicate to paypal..

Others: don't accept or pay anything to farooqaa, your account will get tainted..

Farooqaa: seems that you are taking it lightly.. you should realise the implications now