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Facebook Marketplace Scammer

Posted on 12/21/25 at 3:10 pm
Posted by Red Stick Tigress
Tiger Stadium
Member since Nov 2005
20332 posts
Posted on 12/21/25 at 3:10 pm
If you use Marketplace to sell, beware of a "businesswoman" who goes by Katelyn Tyler on Facebook.

"She" tried to scam me by saying she sent me $20 to hold an item I was selling. I never received payment.

She then had her "husband" call me from a 206 area code. Also wanted me to verify the transaction by calling a 607 area code that was allegedly Zelle customer service but in reality was just another cell number. She had fake photos showing that the Zelle fake number was from a Google search.

He told me that I would regret messing up her bank transactions and that the FDIC would get me for fraud.

I told him I would call the cops, FBI and the FTC.

All of this was over an alleged $20 transaction.

The crooks are desperate.

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Posted by TigerReich
Member since Dec 2024
780 posts
Posted on 12/21/25 at 3:17 pm to
Sorry for your stupidity. Good luck with that
Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2016
37117 posts
Posted on 12/21/25 at 3:24 pm to
This is why I sell all my junk to Mexicans who deal only in cash
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
136195 posts
Posted on 12/21/25 at 3:24 pm to
You millennials are so easily manipulated
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
13512 posts
Posted on 12/21/25 at 3:30 pm to
The FDIC??? lol, that's not what they do.

The risk behind selling shite of inconsequential value on FB is mind boggling to me. I had neighbors in million dollar houses listing onesies on FB marketplace for $4, etc. Just donate the shite.
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
133633 posts
Posted on 12/21/25 at 3:31 pm to
quote:

The crooks are desperate.
Yes, we are....uh...I mean, yes THEY are!
Posted by SoFlaGuy
Fort Lauderdale
Member since Apr 2020
2480 posts
Posted on 12/21/25 at 3:33 pm to
What are you selling? Can’t wait to see it.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
175875 posts
Posted on 12/21/25 at 3:38 pm to
If it was 10 years ago this thread would devolve into a fight about Alex Box reentry passes. But I won’t mention that.
Posted by PsychTiger
Member since Jul 2004
107175 posts
Posted on 12/21/25 at 3:42 pm to
And a knuckle check
Posted by Godfather1
What WAS St George, Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
87583 posts
Posted on 12/21/25 at 4:02 pm to
quote:

If it was 10 years ago this thread would devolve into a fight about Alex Box reentry passes. But I won’t mention that.


Posted by Red Stick Tigress
Tiger Stadium
Member since Nov 2005
20332 posts
Posted on 12/21/25 at 4:08 pm to
One of the things I sold a brand new pair of purple and gold New Balance.


Posted by Red Stick Tigress
Tiger Stadium
Member since Nov 2005
20332 posts
Posted on 12/21/25 at 4:09 pm to
Never happened the way you might think it did

Posted by Shanegolang
Denham Springs, La
Member since Sep 2015
4799 posts
Posted on 12/21/25 at 4:10 pm to
quote:

This is why I sell all my junk to Mexicans who deal only in cash

Where do I find one?
Posted by greenbean
USAF Retired - 31 years
Member since Feb 2019
6107 posts
Posted on 12/21/25 at 4:14 pm to
quote:

You millennials are so easily manipulated


I swear, young folks today believe everything. In an era we should be getting smarter as a society, we're getting dumber.
Posted by Odysseus32
Member since Dec 2009
9796 posts
Posted on 12/21/25 at 4:14 pm to
The majority of people left on Facebook are the most susceptible to scams.

Do your family a favor and don’t transact over Facebook. Most of you genuinely can’t handle it without being bamboozled.
Posted by Red Stick Tigress
Tiger Stadium
Member since Nov 2005
20332 posts
Posted on 12/21/25 at 4:21 pm to
quote:

Sorry for your stupidity. Good luck with that


I am far from stupid. Nothing bad happened. But they sure tried hard.

They didn't get anything from me. The person pretended to want to buy an item and went to great lengths to convince me that money was sent.

I know Zelle very well. My monthly $ s a Zelle transaction. Yeah... I am.a.trust fund bebe.
Posted by greenbean
USAF Retired - 31 years
Member since Feb 2019
6107 posts
Posted on 12/21/25 at 4:24 pm to
quote:

Do your family a favor and don’t transact over Facebook. Most of you genuinely can’t handle it without being bamboozled.


If you want to buy or sell used items, most of the business is transacted via marketplace.
Posted by andwesway
Zachary, LA
Member since Jun 2016
2795 posts
Posted on 12/21/25 at 4:25 pm to
Stay off of Marketplace, gramps.
Posted by MRTigerFan
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2008
6410 posts
Posted on 12/21/25 at 4:31 pm to
Bro just give my wife her $20 back
Posted by Red Stick Tigress
Tiger Stadium
Member since Nov 2005
20332 posts
Posted on 12/21/25 at 4:33 pm to
quote:

Bro


Not a bro.
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