A netizen who apparently fell for a scam on Carousell was seen posting online asking if anyone had fell for a scam and yet managed to recover their money before.

Here is what he asked

“So recently I fell victim to a scam… it was a Carousell one.

Someones account with over 300 5 star reviews got hacked and was being used by a scammer. I had believed the deal since I saw so many reviews and proceeded to paynow (DBS) the guy but never received the product.

Only things I have is his paynow number and his name associated with that, as well as his whatsapp number which is now inactive.

I called DBS and they said getting the money back would be on a best effort basis and they could only do so after the IO prompts them to.

I’m trying not to keep my hopes up but I just wanted to ask if anyone that has been in a scam every get their money back?”

Replies and comments by netizens

How much were u scammed? If it’s a small amount then make a report with the necessary authorities and move on. No point losing sleep over this. I don’t understand why people like to paynow the seller directly when carousell offers the caroupay platform to transact. Even when I’m selling items, I would insist to use caroupay to avoid the other mess if the other party chut pattern.

Make a police report but treat the money as gone. I got scammed 4.6k last December & never got it back. Just take it as the price of learning the lesson.

Hope you learn your lesson. Which is more important to you? Being scammed or having assurance that you can get a refund if the seller is a scammer? One costs more than the other. Choose wisely.

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