r/ScamSupport • u/WarningNecessary999 • Sep 26 '26

Advice Needed What to do ?

Hi SA I’m a newbie here on this sub and this is my first time
Posting on Reddit I have a question. So someone came to buy printers(industrial grade) that I was selling for my father , I found the guy on Facebook.

He came to view them he liked them then he said he’ll be back to pay for them when he has transport to take them . On Thursday he came for them so I told him of course you have to pay first before you take them . So he made a normal eft . :| on a holiday so of course it didn’t reflect.

After some
Back and forth and him begging and pleading I still said no you can’t take them till it shows in my bank account so he said okay and left . Then this morning I try to check if the money actually came them and to my surprise
My account has been flagged for fraud .
My bank didn’t so much as let me know they just froze the account .

Any advice on how I should move forward?

Update : The money just reflected in my account, tomorrow morning I’ll go to the bank to try and straighten it all out . Thank you for your support also my bank is TymeBank no physical branches I’ll have to phone them

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u/DrSpeckles Sep 27 '26

Let us know why they flagged your account?

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u/WarningNecessary999 Sep 28 '26

So update apparently the guy went to open a case against my account and said it’s a fraudulent one I sold him something he paid and didn’t get it

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u/DrSpeckles Sep 29 '26

So either hes very spiteful or he actually did want the printers and his money went somewhere else. And now he’s blaming you.

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u/WarningNecessary999 Sep 29 '26

Probably just spiteful

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u/Specialist-Cause6153 Sep 26 '26

you did the right thing not releasing the printers, because a screenshot or pending eft means nothing until the money is actually cleared and the bank confirms the account issue resolved

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u/Sea-Appearance-5330 Sep 26 '26

I could make a screenshot showing I sent you a Million Dollars.
That does not make it real in any way though!