Typing this as a PSA.
Been looking for a car for the teen, $3-6k range, have a cousin up nort very active on FB, complete gear head but don’t see him a lot during the year. He posts a small suv and utility trailer for sale on FB, sweet price for the suv but not stupid cheap, friends husband died, downsizing vehicles. PM him to ask a couple questions, responds, asks for a deposit to hold until the weekend. Understandable, alot of talkers out there and doesn’t want to burn a friend who may need the cash. I’m busy AF as work so going thru this seems all legit, send the cashapp to his buds for $500, gets rejected right away. He PMs right away asking whats up, takes me a lil bit bc work is busy, but that’s when his PMs got a bit off, and suspicious.
Sum things up they hacked his FB, posted a fake ad, used his messenger to facilitate conversations and luckily cashapp stopped it. Got my refund in 48hrs.
Fwiw, just this week sold a pair of old bike pedals to some dude in fon du lac, he mailed cash and I mailed pedals, so sometimes it works too lol