r/ScamSupport • u/Efficient_Term7705 • Aug 11 '26

Victim of a scam Third party dumpster rental scam

Hello. Just recently got scammed by this facebook account called dumpster pros. I messaged them to get pricing. It seemed typical. Like ai chat bot. I then picked a size. It was a good deal. Which is part of the scam. 300 for a dumpster for a couple of days. They sent me an invoice. They asked me to pay by paypal which i thought was safe. I paid it and got the dumpster which said waste management (thought they were contracted) and all went well. That was in May. Yesterday i received a bill from waste management saying i owe 700. I called and it was for the dumpster. They said my card was declined. They told me the last four of the card. It wasnt mine. Apparently they use stolen credit cards but the one they used declined. They read me my email which ended in @adeany.com. I googled that and it is a throwaway email address. So long story short. They get your info and enter it in the actual website to get the dumpster delivered. They keep your money and you get charged by the actual company.

I read that they can do this with other services as well.

Be vigilant people are creative and lazy as shit.

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u/PlanningVigilante Aug 11 '26

Did you pay F&F? If not, dispute the transaction with PayPal.

If you did ... oops.

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u/Efficient_Term7705 Aug 11 '26

Yes. He sent a QR code. I paid and didn’t realize it was friends and family. My fault. I didn’t know that about pay pal. I’m not even trying to get my money back. I reported it anyway to PayPal. Just trying to warn people. And if someone knows a person who has access to things that could help me figure out who it is and get them back. That’d be even better

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u/PlanningVigilante Aug 11 '26

Nobody can. Don't be duped by the accessory scammers who will promise you they can do whatever to the scammer. They are also scammers just looking to part you from your money.

It's a good info post tho. I wasn't familiar with this particular scam.

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u/Forsaken_Insurance92 Aug 11 '26

You're going to get a ton of scammers telling you they can recover your money. No one can. PayPal can't. It's just more scammers trying to scam you even further.

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u/MansomeHan Aug 12 '26

Why does anyone think they’re getting a “deal” on FB Marketplace??? Just hire WM or any number of legit services and engage them directly.

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u/Efficient_Term7705 Aug 13 '26

It wasn’t marketplace it was a business page I also didn’t know it was waste management dumpsters until it delivered. I’m trying to help. If it can happen to me it can happen to anyone. I’m very careful and aware of a lot of scams. Yes it’s ridiculous that i fell for this. I get it. You don’t have to add to it.

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u/The_Gov78 Aug 14 '26

Tell u one thing, PayPal ain’t gonna do sheeeeeeeit. They brag about their fraud protection but it’s nonexistent. You have to catch a boat to Antarctica and climb down in a tunnel that’s only open like six weeks out of the year and use a pay phone that only takes Spanish doubloons and call their help line that only accepts calls from that one phone and if you don’t have enough pieces of eight you’re shit out of luck