I’m embarrassed to say this but I got scammed on Carousell.
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Long story short, I was selling an item and instead of receiving money, money was taken from me. I cannot believe I fell for it.
Immediately, I called the bank to froze my account and made a police report about it. So does anyone knows what happens after this? FML
For context, I fell for the carousell buyer protection scam and the money is now pending.
Here’s what happened.
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- Buyer showed interested in buying my item and wanted it to be deliver to him via delivery
- Initially, I declined until he suggested sending it to him via grab from which I agreed as long he is willing to pay the shipping fees
- He requested for my e-mail which I foolishly gave him
- I asked for his address only to receive a reply that he had already paid via Carousell buyer protection and that I should check my e-mail
- I checked my e-mail which the e-mail somehow managed to passed through spam. I clicked on the link to receive the money and because I haven’t link my carousell to my card, so stupid me put my card details in it.
- Afterwards, I checked to see whether the money is in only to realised a portion of my money was gone.
- Immediately, I called DBS to froze my account and afterwards made a police report.