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No fooling you is there DA? -
Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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So if they transfer a load of money into your account, what's to stop you from keeping it?Rule Number 1 - Assuming that you have a valid contract in place always try to get your poo onto your timesheet, provided that the timesheet is valid for your current contract and covers the period of time that you are billing for.
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Violence.Originally posted by BoredBloke View Post+50 Xeno Geek Points
Come back Toolpusher, scotspine, Voodooflux.Pogle
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Problem is that they are using YOUR paypal account. Even if you use it and it is within 45 days of "Paypal reversal terms", then Paypal will take back the money from any linked account (bank, credit card) you have. Also, the fact that the money reaches your paypal account means that the money is traceable to you, and not some tulip overseas bank account from which it was transferred. Someone might even close that bank account (which was opened with fake information in a needy/seedy bank i presume), and leave you hanging when someone starts investigating and traces it to your paypal account. They might as well be converting black money to white, or the other way round, to fund nefarious activities. Money laundering indeed.Originally posted by BoredBloke View PostLast edited by tranceporter; 7 February 2013, 12:16.I am Brad. I do more than the needful and drive the market rates up by not bobbing my head.Comment
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I actually fell for this scam when i was younger.
I was a bit skint (a bit of an under-statement!) at the time so thought why not, what could go wrong?
Within a couple of hours, £3500 appeared in my bank account. Followed by emails and text messages asking me to transfer 90% via Western Union and I could keep the other 10%.
Alarms bells rang
I went straight to my bank and they immediately reversed the obviously fraudulent transaction. I was still getting text messages from them (Latvians) while sat there with the bank manager asking where the money was :O
The text messages and emails eventually stopped after I told them the bank had spotted fraud on my account.
It's suprising what people will do when they are broke.Contracting: more of the money, less of the sh1tComment
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No. As has probably been pointed out already further down the thread, they're sending you money from a stolen paypal account which can (and will) be reversed. You then transfer your own money as a 'legitimate' transaction. So you've received stolen money, and voluntarily given your own cash to a criminal.Originally posted by KentPhilip View PostComment
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snap! I got that too. I reckon its linked in.Comment
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You could be onto a winner there.Originally posted by kingcook View PostI actually fell for this scam when i was younger.
I was a bit skint (a bit of an under-statement!) at the time so thought why not, what could go wrong?
Within a couple of hours, £3500 appeared in my bank account. Followed by emails and text messages asking me to transfer 90% via Western Union and I could keep the other 10%.
Alarms bells rang
I went straight to my bank and they immediately agreed to split it 50/50. I was still getting text messages from them (Latvians) while sat there with the bank manager asking where the money was :O
The text messages and emails eventually stopped after I told them the bank had spotted fraud on my account.
It's suprising what people will do when they are broke.
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