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BEFORE SWIPING FOR SOMEONE READ THIS: (first hand story)

https://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=36812.msg2062371#msg2062371
https://www.dansdeals.com/more/dans-commentary/dark-side-earning-credit-card-points-psa-dont-swipe-others/#comment-1399884


Dan's warning to DDF:
I hope people realize that any buying group or anyone else that gets merchandise in advance of payment can go south at any time. That's even if you get a check at the time of delivery.
X-posting as I don't want anyone to say that I never put a warning here.

A story that ended up in court - https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/DocumentList?docketId=iRcRHuyZUdOIx69D00a5XQ==&display=all&courtType=Kings%20County%20Supreme%20Court&resultsPageNum=1


I am one of the biggest buyers for buying groups, I have done millions in transactions and have sent to every group there is over the past 3 years. Most buying groups are okay, some scan in slower than others, some pay slower than others - most will lose a few packages over the year. You can research and find which are better for you.

However there is a bigger problem now with Amazon itself.  Amazon in the past has been great with any problems always ready with a refund for lost packages even if it was thousands of dollars. Lately Amazon has clamped down and has tagged these buying groups addresses  in their systems as "freight forwarder" and now no longer will fix any problem you have whatsoever. Doesn't matter what the problem is, even if it shows the package was never delivered, amazon will not help you in any way. Their copy and paste response will always be "this item was sent to a freight forwarder and we're unable to replace or refund the item. We recommend contacting your freight forwarder for more details, as we don't have any more insight or information regarding this matter, For more information about sending items via freight forwarders, please visit our Help Pages: https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201117950." As well the amazon drivers either must know this or have been increasingly bad at delivering packages because the numbers of packages missing has gone up astronomically. Previously you would have very few packages missing, now the past 3 months I have had 59 "lost" packages. I now have over $15,000 of loses and some guy in Delaware is probably living the life with all the stuff he stole from me. I will survive, I have made a lot more than $15,000 over the years however just a warning to others here that things are not as they used to be and it really is no longer worth doing buring groups with all the loses piling up

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #2040 on: February 12, 2019, 04:46:06 PM »
ETA:

There does seem to have been an allegation that defendant threatened to (and apparently followed through on) dispute the transactions as a result of some other dispute.




I foresee this being an issue for defendant (fraudulent chargebacks), the gmach (misuse of merchant agreement), and "K" (misuse of CCs). What a mess.
You can pick through the whatsapps there, though clearly the plaintiff edited what to include and what not, as it jumps around. By the end, the lender seems to be hounding the borrower for repayment, and the borrower doesn't seem to dispute that he owes money, just asks for more time.

That doesn't help the lender defend the chargebacks, but it gives some of the picture as to why they're even fighting in the first place.

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #2041 on: February 12, 2019, 05:06:04 PM »
https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/DocumentList?docketId=iRcRHuyZUdOIx69D00a5XQ==&display=all&courtType=Kings%20County%20Supreme%20Court&resultsPageNum=1

Amazing.

So an organization might lose its 501(c)(3) over this (presuming it has it), along with other potential consequences, did I hear anyone say (A)ML? It's scary to think where this might end for all parties.
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #2042 on: February 12, 2019, 05:33:34 PM »

Amazing.

So an organization might lose its 501(c)(3) over this (presuming it has it)

Interesting story but it’s a far cry from what most of this thread is about. He knew full well that he was dealing with a guy desperate for cash flow, and I’m willing to bet there was more going on here than just scoring a few million cc points והמבין יבין.

I do feel bad for the guy (both of them actually) but nowhere near as bad as for a gullible yungerman who sees an ad and thinks that it’s manna from heaven with no clue of what in the world he is getting into.

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #2043 on: February 12, 2019, 05:39:35 PM »
Interesting story but it’s a far cry from what most of this thread is about. He knew full well that he was dealing with a guy desperate for cash flow, and I’m willing to bet there was more going on here than just scoring a few million cc points והמבין יבין.

I do feel bad for the guy (both of them actually) but nowhere near as bad as for a gullible yungerman who sees an ad and thinks that it’s manna from heaven with no clue of what in the world he is getting into.

As stated in the suit, he was promised additional donations to his gemach for facilitating the transactions.

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #2044 on: February 12, 2019, 05:52:17 PM »
Interesting story but it’s a far cry from what most of this thread is about. He knew full well that he was dealing with a guy desperate for cash flow, and I’m willing to bet there was more going on here than just scoring a few million cc points והמבין יבין.

In the WhatsApps the borrower asks about "the price for 500"

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #2045 on: February 12, 2019, 05:56:18 PM »
As stated in the suit, he was promised additional donations to his gemach for facilitating the transactions.

I’m willing to bet there was more going on here.... והמבין יבין.

AFAIK Amex does not have super low charity interchange rates like visa so that wouldn’t explain why he chose to run it through the גמח....
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #2046 on: February 12, 2019, 07:40:32 PM »
Skimmed it.  At first blush, it appears that despite being paid back in full, lender disputed the charges anyway.  That doesn't make much sense unless he was outright trying to defraud the gemach or the ultimate borrowers (but he had to know that a dispute against the gmach would not hurt the borrowers, unless he thought the dispute would cause the gmach to assert leverage on the borrowers to pay back money otherwise owed...).

I may have missed something that involved other deals and the lender not being paid back in full. But I agree, unless outright fraud, I don't see how lender disputes charges for which he's been paid back fully, unless something else is in there that I missed.
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #2047 on: February 12, 2019, 07:41:59 PM »
ETA:

There does seem to have been an allegation that defendant threatened to (and apparently followed through on) dispute the transactions as a result of some other dispute.




I foresee this being an issue for defendant (fraudulent chargebacks), the gmach (misuse of merchant agreement), and "K" (misuse of CCs). What a mess.
Ouch, though no one seems to know what this other dispute is about, and these charges were clearly authorized...
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #2048 on: February 12, 2019, 11:35:42 PM »
Did a scary lady call you about lahyuhs in suits yet for posting this?

This scam will not be official until that lady calls.

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #2049 on: February 13, 2019, 04:37:40 PM »
I'm very confused..... from what i'm hearing there are multiple stories going on now in Brooklyn community.....
some lighting company.....
amazon company.......
Real estate investments....
bakery..........

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #2050 on: February 13, 2019, 05:04:20 PM »
I'm very confused..... from what i'm hearing there are multiple stories going on now in Brooklyn community.....
some lighting company.....
amazon company.......
Real estate investments....
bakery..........
Ripple effect....

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #2052 on: February 13, 2019, 05:15:21 PM »
?
People got scared off from the first story.

so now the company's that use cc swipes to pay back other people etc are having trouble paying back..

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« Reply #2053 on: February 13, 2019, 05:17:15 PM »
I'm very confused..... from what i'm hearing there are multiple stories going on now in Brooklyn community.....
some lighting company.....
amazon company.......
Real estate investments....
bakery..........
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #2054 on: February 13, 2019, 07:34:14 PM »
I'm very confused..... from what i'm hearing there are multiple stories going on now in Brooklyn community.....
some lighting company.....
amazon company.......
Real estate investments....
bakery..........

What are you confused about?
The world is full of scammers
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #2055 on: February 14, 2019, 12:48:04 AM »
Ok a fellow DDF’er is likely to be a victim he’s going to confirm if he’s really screwed and let’s hope he’ll contact Dan for 1st hand info.....

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« Reply #2056 on: February 14, 2019, 12:58:48 AM »
Ok a fellow DDF’er is likely to be a victim he’s going to confirm if he’s really screwed and let’s hope he’ll contact Dan for 1st hand info.....
Which case are you referring to?
is there anything we can do to help?
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« Reply #2057 on: February 14, 2019, 01:03:17 AM »
Which case are you referring to?
is there anything we can do to help?
Amazon
I don’t think so.

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« Reply #2058 on: February 14, 2019, 07:36:44 AM »
Ok a fellow DDF’er is likely to be a victim he’s going to confirm if he’s really screwed and let’s hope he’ll contact Dan for 1st hand info.....

How much did he get scammed ?
Also did the scammer pay at first ? Or he was scammed from the beginning ?
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #2059 on: February 14, 2019, 07:42:13 AM »
How much did he get scammed ?
Also did the scammer pay at first ? Or he was scammed from the beginning ?
over $100K.... I’m not sure if he ever got paid or its his 1st time but I know plenty of people that have done this the past 2 3 years in this same place and got paid....