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I received $1000 and was asked to send it back. How does this scam work?

6 pointsby arshbotalmost 5 years ago

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simonblackalmost 5 years ago
<i>Possible Australianism - netbank = a website + app by which an Aussie can do their banking, including transferring money to other people.</i><p>Definitely Australian. &#x27;Netbank&#x27; is the proprietary name given to internet banking by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. I use it myself, its interface is very simple to use.<p>Money transfer to other bank accounts can be via Direct Credit to &#x27;anyone&#x27;, even to foreign bank accounts. Company Invoices can be paid using that same system or by a slightly separate system called BPay.<p>Paying money by cheque is now practically non-existent in Australia. I don&#x27;t think I have written one in several years.
celiasalmost 5 years ago
Tangentially related - The Cost Of Getting Your Money Back from NPR&#x27;s Planet Money<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.npr.org&#x2F;2019&#x2F;06&#x2F;26&#x2F;736352315&#x2F;episode-922-the-cost-of-getting-your-money-back" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.npr.org&#x2F;2019&#x2F;06&#x2F;26&#x2F;736352315&#x2F;episode-922-the-cos...</a>