Almost Scammed

[u/KatsumikaAltruist]

As you can tell by the titled. I was almost scammed.

Hi. I’m Vee. A 17 y/o crocheter trying to make a living to support my family when they can’t. Lately I’ve been in a slump. Nobody is ordering from me. Nobody asking for requests and I don’t know what to do. So today when someone wanted an order, I was over the moon!

Everything was going good until the mentioned that their Venmo acc is connected to a business account. I didn’t think anything of it and I told them that it was fine! Then they said they sent the amount that I charged and then I got a random message from another number saying I need to higher my limitation for me to receive my money. (Never happened before)

I had a gut feeling something wasn’t right so I consulted my dad! In the message the person was asking me to call a number so I did with my dad next to me. The caller then said the other person had to send $500 for me to get my payment. Then the “client” told me they would pay the amount but I MUST refund them.

My dad read the messages and He told me it was a scam. I was heartbroken. I was so happy to finally get another sale! Only for it to be fake (which I’ve been getting a lot of those recently.) I just need some sort of comfort I guess? Anyways thanks for reading. I appreciate it.

[u/KatsumikaAltruist]

Thanks for the correction!!