I’m selling some stuff through Tutti, FB marketplace, Ricardo, etc. and a few times now people have reached out claiming they don’t have TWINT but offering to do some payment method via Swiss Post or some such. I’m quite sure it’s a scam—some cases obviously so and others actually come across as somewhat normal at first. I’m just wondering:

  1. How does the scam work?
  2. Is this actually a viable way to handle payment if the person were genuine (not a scammer)?
  3. Who are these people and why are there so many of them?
  4. Why haven’t I been contacted by a Nigerian prince offering me wealth and treasure beyond my wildest dreams in a while?

by reasonisaremedy

5 comments

  1. How does it work? You send them money, and they don’t send you shit. They obviously don’t have bank accounts in Switzerland so don’t even bother and block, block, block. Or don’t, if you have 183.50 to lose.

  2. 1. You send money or the item. You get nothing. If you’re particularly dumb you input your banking info into their fake website and they get even more money and you get nothing.
    1. Maybe a few hundred years ago…
    1. Scammers. Because it works
    1. People are more sceptical towards “cold calls” these days. By offering up your items or asking about they have a clear “IN” and all they’ve got to do is send a few canned messages to see if you can be fooled. This means they need to send orders of magnitude fewer messages for a similar volume of scam victims.

  3. There are so much stupid people who believe the scammers you have to log in into your own bank account to RECEIVE money. The login page is fake….
    [https://www.20min.ch/story/betrugsopfer-fuehle-mich-im-stich-gelassen-yannick-verliert-fast-4000-franken-103279710](https://www.20min.ch/story/betrugsopfer-fuehle-mich-im-stich-gelassen-yannick-verliert-fast-4000-franken-103279710)

    But stupid people are in solidarity with stupid people, they collect now money for him🤦‍♂️
    [https://www.20min.ch/story/twint-betrug-gibts-ein-happy-end-leser-wollen-yannick-finanziell-unterstuetzen-103284023](https://www.20min.ch/story/twint-betrug-gibts-ein-happy-end-leser-wollen-yannick-finanziell-unterstuetzen-103284023)

  4. Yes happened to me, reported. Don’t put your bank details in.

  5. Just a thought: Ask if he means transfer via Postfinance, or some strange thing with cash on delivery with die Post.

    Postfinance is a bank, totally legit. Cash on delivery by post is a scam.

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