Ask HN: What’s the deal with random people sending me money over PayPal?

Re:Ask HN: What’s the deal with random people sending me mon... by rocketbop on Saturday June 03, 2023 @02:43PM (#36179349)

I assume they will claim a mistake transfer if you claim and ask you to send it back to another account.

It’s a small amount of probably fraudulent money, but small enough that you might just do it. And I guess the hope is enough people do to make it add up to some good recurring income.

Would love to hear if there’s more to it than that.

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Re:Ask HN: What’s the deal with random people sending me mon... by orangepurple on Saturday June 03, 2023 @02:49PM (#36179412)

I had the PayPal sender email and message me dozens of times begging me to return the money when it was sent in error. ($990)

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Re:Ask HN: What’s the deal with random people sending me mon... by xattt on Saturday June 03, 2023 @03:56PM (#36179983)

“I don’t see any errors on my end, perhaps you want to take it up with customer service.”

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