I got scammed on Facebook Marketplace // Cashapp 

I got scammed on marketplace this weekend and am feeling really stupid and shameful about it. It was $450. I'm watching stories like this to make me feel less alone ❤ so thanks for sharing

A valuable story to share, especially with older folks. Appreciate your willingness to do so! 👍

Ouch man. Sorry to hear. I wish there was some sort of avenger going after these scams, especially the ones targeting the elderly in the USA. They deserve far worse than getting some parts cut off and sent to other scam centers as a warning.

Hell yeah $300 is a lot of money. That’s a car payment, groceries, gas, a tent to go adventure with that you now can’t. People who scam hard working people are pond scum!

Sorry you got scammed. It happens to the best of us. I hope you can get this resolved.

That sucks...sorry to hear this. I got scammed in February and I felt like an idiot as it was something that was ridiculously low priced. That should have been enough to send me looking elsewhere, but nope! Rule #1: If it looks too good to be true, it probably is. The good news is the transaction was through PayPal. I tried contacting the seller a few times and got no reply. Contacted PayPal and filed a claim. For whatever reason, I was expecting it was going to go nowhere and figured it was a $79 lesson. To my pleasant surprise, PayPal looked into it, notified the seller they have "x" amount of time to respond (I think it was two weeks), they didn't, and PayPal credited my account.I don't know why people hate on PayPal, they did me right! Fellow New Jersey-an here! Headed to Worthington this weekend. Glad the campgrounds are open once again (injury limits my backpacking right now), Stokes is great, but why not keep all the other campgrounds open year-round? Have you hiked the BATONA? Is it hammock friendly?

man, that sucks bad. I hope things go your way. 😢

People are going away from PayPal because of scammers on both sides. John sells to Marty. Marty pays through PP G&S. John ships to Marty and Marty receives it then files claim and John for not receiving product. Marty now has his money and the product and John is screwed. That's the reverse scam.

Ah, the curse of the switch to ground sleeping strikes again 😂

Sorry you had an expensive lesson, as the old Roman saying goes “buyer beware!” 😞

Sorry to hear this. This is something I've been really concerned about. Of course, it is not just on the marketplace groups. I ordered something through a cottage vendor recently (as with a bunch of people) and the vendor went under and ghosted, leaving orders unfulfilled. We still have a CC dispute open, though we think we will be OK.

Just lost 720 dollars to this I’m extremely stressed out and feel so lost

This girl kept asking if I had cash app I said no! Kept saying to get one blah blah blah. I told her I knew what she was up to. I said I’d you had all this money, yet no car , no house nothing. I cussed her out and told her to get a life

I just got scammed this way the same way but I have their information still can I still report this to authorities?

Sorry to hear about that. I hope all goes well.

That sucks. This is why I don't pay for anything until I see the product in person, unless it's a business.

can you find the messages? i archived them but i cant find them. all you did is talk about your tent

Thank you for sharing your bad experience on marketplace cashapp

That sucks. I'm sorry. So many crooked people out there.

Thanks for the update. I have spent years buying off of e bay and never got robbed. Please go through the investigation and then lets expose this fool publicly. The Apps the social media used and shut this shit down . Im so sorry for this event. We as followers can fix it

People like that will cry the loudest when the shoe is on the other foot. Hope you get justice out of this.

That sucks; I hope you get your money back. My double wall tent is the BA Tiger wall 2 person. It weighs 2.5 lbs, semi freestanding, and if you buy the footprint that adds four oz. When I got mine I paid $400 and another $70 for the footprint. I think it’s a little bs to have to spend another 70 bucks when you’re already paying $400 on a tent. That being said it’s a solid tent. I’ve been in all night rainstorms and never had any leaks.

thanks for sharing Mark. until April 4th there is always a little bit of hope. not much, but a little bit. hopefully karma will catch up with your scammer

I don't ship, sell local for pickup and do busy in person with cash only.

Dang!! Sorry to hear it man.

Did it ever get ruled one way or another by cashapp support?

Sorry to hear that that happened to me too so you’re not alone.

Even on eBay you need to be careful. Saw a good deal but had to pass because the seller had multiple negative feedback. Even with protection from ebay, not worth the stress of dealing with what could go wrong. Hope you will be able to be refunded. If not, hope you can move on as best as you can. Hope you can get a good deal on the tent you want.

Just happened to me. Got scammed out of £110. Is there really anything we can do?

I got slammed today on market place the same way I feel like a idiot

Did you ever get an answer from the fraud report?

Sounds like a college kid going to school over here in Boston trying to rip people off to pay for his tuition. Hope they step up and do some investigating because if they get away with it they're sure to keep doing it

Why u pay for something til u pick it up?

That completely blows.😢

Did you get your money back?

So sorry this happened to you.

It really bothers me when I hear things like this that happen to good hard working people. Sorry bro. I do think its great you made the video to share with others, there are many people you can reach to warn them to be careful with these type of transactions.

You can get a Durston 2 person double wall for 300 brand new. Sorry that happened to you!

did u ever get your money back this just happened to me i sent 150 dollars for a ps5 for shipping n i was gone send the rest when she got here to bring it to me n she scammed me i have proof too smh im so sad smh

Can’t your bank get your money back?

Gotta agree with yer first assessment....blame it on the ground dwellin. Lol

So sorry to hear this. If only people would do good instead of bad. What a wonderful world we would live in. Praying you get your money back.

That sucks. Karma will catch up to him one day.

Cashapp doesnt care they got their percentage. Sorry to hear this. PEOPLE STOP SAYING THIS IS GEARED TO THE ELDERLY.

Sorry to hear the bad news, tell rainman to hook you up with scotty next time you need a tent, he's legit. Hope life's treating you good brother.

I'm watching this because I just got scam in the same way. 600 lost. But a least I learned to never send money through cashapp.

I got scammed with a puppy scam . I feel like a fool. What can I do about it

That sucks man. People are such assholes these days...

When I sell anything I ALWAYS TELL THE BUYER CASH ONLY. AND I GIVE THEM A DIFFERENT ADDRESS MEETING AND IN MY PROFILE ON FACEBOOK I ONLY HAVE MY FIRST NAME AND NO OTHER INFO ABOUT ME OR WHERE I WORK ETC

just lost $1,200 to a fake iPhone thought it was real and everything turns out to be fake sad sad day

Damn that sucks. Yeah might want to stick with highly rated ebay/amazon sellers. Or face to face with Craig's list. I had a bad experience buying a headphone amp from a RU-vidr. Lesson learned.

So sad man

As a dumb as yong mf, i fell for the old pep talk trick.

Get to the scam part

I got scammed by a RU-vidr. I’m waiting on PayPal resolution to complete.

Damn scammers. I was wondering about you when I shipped my hammock to you a couple years ago. Phew! LOL glad you were a fake Mark

Not trying to throw shade, but why didn’t you just go to the store and buy one?

I got scammed too

Did you ever get your money back

I always say face to face no transfers cash on collection nothing else no way

Your first mistake was fb marketplace. The 2nd mistake was buying stuff from that geographical area. Lots of trash lives in that area I avoid it like the plague. You prob got off lucky. Cash apps are also not a good idea cash is king. I bet that dude and his gf are on ebt and you and me are paying for their meals.

Sry, dude...I tried to buy a tent and things went wrong before I sent money, thankfully

I lost $50 but I don’t mind I can make $50 in an hour but the fact that scum bag ppl have intentions to scam people they just bums imagine being so down bad to scam ppl

I Got Ripped of Selling a Gaming PC I Wanted 700 but they got it for 480 I Lost 280

I just got scammed $1700 myself....

dont send money over the internet you have no idea who is actually getting the money

Yeah, me too but guess what? Facebook didn’t do a goddamn thing about it after I complaint, they still didn’t do a goddamn thing about it, so fuck Facebook marketplace

Did you get your money back?