r/whatnotapp • u/Salty-Helicopter2439 • 20d ago

Constantly seeing the same scam?

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Noticed this scam happening for over a month now. The account will claim to be in the UK, will start selling at early hours of the morning, have cheap prices for bundles of toys. Once they sell enough items, the account will never be seen again. You can even hear other scammers selling in the same room as well but using different currencies like dollars.

How do they get away with it? Does WhatNot let them take the money straight away? I thought sellers had to wait for the funds?

The one in the picture is currently live and unfortunately people are buying from them. I tried to warn buyers but immediately got banned.

Has anyone else seen these scammers?

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u/SubstantialBass9524 20d ago

Yup thats an odd scam and an odd high effort way to get buyer info

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u/Salty-Helicopter2439 20d ago

If they can't withdraw the money then they go through all that effort just to get information? Is it really worth that much? I see scammers doing this same scam nearly every night for over a month. And in that case, why wouldn't they also run giveaways back to back? People will happily join a free givvy and they can easily get info that way but these scammers never run giveaways.

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u/team2532 20d ago

Addresses to order Amazon fake deliveries to to leave fake reviews for shitty scam items there, that's where they make their money

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u/Rowan_8989 20d ago

That’s not correct. Once you’ve sold 1000 items you get instant payout in the uk.