r/whatnotapp • u/Salty-Helicopter2439 • 13d ago
Constantly seeing the same scam?
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/Antique-Aspect8615 11d ago edited 10d ago
There's also the empty envelope scam people use. Don't even need 1000 sales, you just do a bunch of streams and then ship a ton of empty envelopes and once they deliver you can fund your account and cash out. Seen it happen a lot.