• indomara@lemmy.worldEnglish
    188·
    1 month ago

    That is a scam, they probably send mass texts linked to tracking numbers that have a registered phone number.

    • ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netEnglish
      331·
      1 month ago

      I remember one of the funnier scams.

      They said they were from USPS, and in order to finish shipping, they needed me to pay the tariff.

      It didn’t have anything about me. No login. No address. No tracking number. It just wanted me to hit that pay now button.

      But even then, why would I pay a tariff for something I didn’t order?

      • superkret@feddit.orgEnglish
        31·
        1 month ago

        They didn’t send it just to you. They sent it to millions. If even one person happened to order something internationally and be stupid, it’s already worth it.

      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldEnglish
        61·
        1 month ago

        I get that once in a while here in Denmark too, only replace USPS with PostNord, sometimes DHL or GLS

      • Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        5·
        1 month ago

        For a while (and still every so often), I received fake texts from delivery companies, but they always referred to me as “There”. “There, we tried to deliver your package…”, “There, your package may be returned if you don’t click this link…”. I was curious what I typed in and where that they recorded my name as “There”.

  • kia@lemmy.caEnglish
    140·
    1 month ago

    Ask them for their bank login details so you can deposit the money directly into their account.

  • magnetosphere@fedia.io
    106·
    1 month ago

    I would be completely astonished if this was legit. If you’ve already filled out the form, change you banking password and contact your bank immediately.

  • Burn_The_Right@lemmy.worldEnglish
    57·
    1 month ago

    It’s probably against your bank’s TOS to give your password to a 3rd party. No way this is legit. Run away.

  • 1luv8008135@lemmy.worldEnglish
    39·
    1 month ago

    Google seems to suggest they’re some sort of fintech company out of South Africa? Either way if that’s their product then I’d run a mile in the other direction, and then another just be sure.

    • codapine@lemm.eeEnglish
      11·
      1 month ago

      Yeah no. Plaid is one thing but giving access to your bank login to pay an invoice is something quite another. If it’s legit they can accept a card payment, or send you to a PayPal invoice.

    • tourist@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      1 month ago

      Yep. They’ve been around for years.

      Normally you would just give them your card info like any other online pay site like PayPal etc. but I don’t know why they suddenly decided to give everyone at the company a deluxe lobotomy

      I saw this shit yesterday when I was trying to buy a weed cart online (still not sure if it’s legal or not. I still hear stories of those moron cops arresting people for “drug possession” i.e. didn’t pay a bribe)

      Noped out and just gave the clearnet grey market drug website virtual card info that’s gonna expire in a few hours anyway

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      1 month ago

      If you’d like, I can show you. Just uh, need you to sign a waiver saying you authorize this little demonstration and accept all risks.

      Also, gonna need your login credentials…

    • irotsoma@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      1 month ago

      Step 3: Log in and select your account to pay from. Don’t worry, we have security covered. 🤣

      Yeah, scam or not, this method of getting your account and routing information is not at all secure. I’m actually more surprised that the banks allow another site to initiate the login with a plaintext password. This defies all decent security practices.