'[He] was clearly not the smartest cookie': Dude finds employer of guy who scammed his family member out $73 with fake concert tickets, gets him fired

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Oct 7, 2023 12:00 AM EDT

Usually it's the person getting scammed that tends to be left feeling pretty unintelligent afterwards. Of course that full-blown piano wasn't $40, but you didn't want to miss the chance at a stellar deal, so you bought it online anyways. Now you have to report suspicious activity on your account and still no piano. It happens every now and then to the best of us. 

However, sometimes, when the stars align, or the scammer is sloppy, satisfying justice gets served. That is the happy story we found on Reddit recently. This guy had a family member who thought they were getting the best deal on £60 tickets ($72..94) for Luke Combs in the U.K. Tickets were scarce, so they were elated when they found them on Facebook Marketplace. They sent the money over, excited to get their tickets, but then BAM. Blocked every which way from the "seller." 

They were bummed the just got scammed out of almost $73 dollars AND they are missing the concert. OP decided to look into it and found that the dummy seller used his actual Facebook profile. So he went to the profile, screenshot his information, tried several more times reaching out to no avail. So then he did the best next thing: He emailed the scammer's HR with the scammer CC'd. Turns out the guy worked at a bank! Of all places…

HR said they were investigating their scammer employee, but it's pretty obvious he is going to be fired for his financial crime. You can't pull that kind of thing with that kind of stupidity, ESPECIALLY if you work at a bank. 

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    Font - Posted by u/Just_A_Finance_Guy 15 hours ago ^ Facebook Marketplace seller scammed a family member
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    Font - So a family member was scammed for concert tickets for a well known musician recently. They gave a bank account which they sent money too and bam blocked. They were £60 down and the bank will not refund as they willingly sent the money.
    via u/Just_A_Finance_Guy
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    Font - So cue me getting petty revenge. I found the listing and realised the scammer looked to be using their real account. So I took a screenshot of the profile which mentioned the place of work.
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    Font - Anyway I messaged the seller and went through the whole ordeal and got their bank details. The details matched the name of the profile and the bank checker confirmed this too. Clearly the scammer was not the smartest cookie.
    via u/Just_A_Finance_Guy
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    Font - So the following day I called their place of work and asked to speak with them. When they answered I asked about the tickets and whether they still had them. At this point they hung up.
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    Font - I called back a couple more times and asked and they just hung up. I did what any good citizen would do and I emailed their HR department and copied them into the email too with screenshots of their Facebook and the conversations with both myself and my family member.
    via u/Just_A_Finance_Guy
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    Font - The person worked for a bank which was the ironic thing and well HR emailed me to let me know they are investigating them for the potential fraudulent activity. Here's to hoping they lose their job.
    via u/Just_A_Finance_Guy
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    Font - ieya404 15 hr. ago ● Ah, nicely played. While you'd imagine most companies would view that sort of behaviour dimly, you'd have to hope a bank would view it particularly poorly.
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    Font - Ackilles 12 hr. ago ● I worked at two banks...it's very unlikely this person would keep their job unless they are highly placed or there is no real evidence. Any signs of financial crime stuff and you're out
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    Font - ALVII LAVIL doingthehumptydance. 11 hr. ago Stupid enough to scam and get easily found on social media, there is no way he would keep his job. Banks won't tolerate optics like this.
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    Font - Suprflyyy 11 hr. ago ● If you have all of that, take them to small claims court. 7 Reply Share Sweaty-Dust-1311 · 6 hr. ago I would have Visited at work so he cant Hung up. Just to See the Panic in his eyes when he realises
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