Beware of this scam

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I was hit by a scam this afternoon and lost 300 Euros. The fellow pretends to be FAB (3 weeks ago) or Sketchfab (today) and says that Sketchfab needs access to my bank account and that I must send 300 euros (returnable) to verify my trader status. Well. I fell for it. Please be aware of these scams. Epic/FAB must have been aware of this scam because I was almost ensnared in it 3 weeks ago when I could not follow the scam’s suggestions; as I did not have 300 Euros in my account at the time. Perhaps the complexity of getting a FAB seller account was to blame. FAB assumed I was a business and asked for company registration which, of course, I don’t have. In fact I’m a sole trader, 77 years old, and retired. 300 Euros is a lot o me and my pension is not much more than that. And it’s bloody well Christmas. I’m depressed. Don’t follow in my footsteps. Merry Christmas. I’ll try to post a screen grab of part of the conversation that cost me dear.

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George

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Here are the links I followed. One is the bogus purchaser and the second is to the scam web site

https://sketchfab.com/s922010

the scammer’s link http://tr.ee/sketchfab

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Really sorry to hear you got scammed so close to Christmas. :pensive_face:

Thanks for sharing, I’ll spread the word.

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I have more information on the scammer, who is based in Lithuanian. Here are his company records

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I have emailed him asking if he would care to return the money he stole from me.

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Thanks Jay. I did hesitate for a moment before I clicked the link offered by my bank. ■■■■. I should have seen through it.

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Thanks so much for the warning, @George_Snow! I just got the same scam. I did click the link, but fortunately I checked my email for a notice of account verification before I fell prey to the scam. I came here to double check if anyone had seen this before. Thank you for your help, and sorry this happened to you as well :frowning: