August 2021 IDM Special Edition
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SCAMDEMIC: NO VACCINE IN SIGHT<br />
I WILL DO AN EFT<br />
Selling things via Gumtree, OLX or other public<br />
platforms is super convenient and can help you raise<br />
some much needed cash when your ends don’t meet.<br />
A common scam is to contact you from “far away”, and ask you to<br />
send the sale item to them via the post. The person sends proof of<br />
payment and then waits for you to send the item.<br />
More brazen crooks might even show up in person after convincing<br />
you that they have made the bank payment.<br />
How it works:<br />
The person makes a payment that reflects on your online banking<br />
(you may even call the bank and check) and then later reverse the<br />
payment, or they made the payment in such a way that it bounces<br />
back to them.<br />
They then end up with the item and you end up with nothing.
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