All she told them was the balance amount, who the card was with, her first name only and the expiration date of the card. Absolutely nothing else. I kept telling her not to do it because they contacted her through instagram, the numero uno of red flags.
She did it anyways and they paid off $1200 in CC debt. I’m almost sure it’s money laundering or something but it’s been 12 full days since they’ve paid it and it’s still showing as zero balance and the credit card company said the payment has completely cleared.
They gave her their account information to make the payment.
Update: Convinced my mom to report the card stolen and freeze the account. She took screenshots of their entire conversations and they had a website set up to convince her. They have a website (http://burdenfreefinancial.simdif.com) they used to convince her to do a “cash flip.”
I’m just annoyed that she didn’t see this was a scam clear as day in the first place. She even gave them MY information and sent me their banking info.
Update 2: Okay... she refuses to change her passwords. She won’t request a new card. She now tells me that they asked her to send them $200 and they will pay off her 10k credit card. And she’s going to do it. 😐
She seriously thinks she’s outwitted them because she withdrew the $200 and deposited it into a separate account and only would pay them via PayPal instead of direct wire.
She keeps saying how their website is so nice and that’s what nonprofits do, help people. A website full of typos and ugliness...
Update 3: Annnnnd now she’s saying I’m jealous of her. I got her to unlink my zelle from her bank account so now it’s not of my concern.
Submitted April 12, 2019 at 01:06PM by cutecounterculture http://bit.ly/2GiQ9lf
