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 chasil on Saturday June 03, 2023 @02:55PM (#36179482)

Tangential story...

I had a Northwest Airlines VISA card in the early 2000s.

One day, I noticed a USD $6,000 deposit. I sent a message to customer service that something was wrong.

The next day, I noticed a $5,800 withdrawal. At this point, I called customer service.

They removed the deposit right away, but I had to engage repeatedly to get the withdrawal off my statement. I think this involved some kind of written statement.

I've also had Discover call me, asking if I ordered a $1,200 television off Newegg, and they sent me a new card when I replied that I did not.

I have no idea what happened in either case.

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Re:Ask HN: What’s the deal with random people sending me mon... by tetrep on Saturday June 03, 2023 @04:12PM (#36180094)

I don't have any experience with this, but maybe they found a store or something that they could use to get a refund to a specific card and they used your stolen debit card info to get the refund and then proceed to spend it all hopefully before the card holder notices.

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Re:Ask HN: What’s the deal with random people sending me mon... by postalrat on Saturday June 03, 2023 @04:30PM (#36180256)

In the case of the television id guess someone used your card number to place an order and the transaction got flagged.

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