[U.S.] I think my roommate might be getting scammed
Hi, this is one of the strangest situations I’ve encountered, and to me it screams scam, but my roommate seems content with it.
(We’re college roommates)
She told me last night about how a guy randomly added her on Snapchat from QuickAdd. She said hey to him and they started talking a little, shortly after introductions he started explaining stuff that he does and his background. He said he owns a big company, his wife died, he has one kid, and he has a lot of money that he doesn’t really know what to do with. He said he started helping random college kids with paying bills and setting up a $300 weekly allowance for them. He sent her screenshots of transactions for all these kids he was apparently sending money to. He asked if she wanted to be apart of it. She agreed and he asked for her email, she gave it to him and he sent her a check for $700. She put it into her bank and the money actually went through. She told me she looked him up and he seemed legit, and that the company the check came from was legit.
Today she texted me saying he was acting a bit weird. She said he texted her while she was at work, this is what she said in our groupchat:
- “He text me this morning, and then was like show me that you have the money. I’m like I’m working give me 10 mins. Once I’m done doing what I’m doing I will. Then got like mad saying it shouldn’t take that long and blah blah.”
- “And I also don’t even have the money in my account yet so”
- “I said I got email saying like my account is on hold with the check and what not”
- “Then he’s like well take a picture of the email from your laptop or iPad. Like bruh once I’m at work 😭”
She said the only piece of information she’s given him is an email address. That he doesn’t ask for anything in return, nothing sexual or weird. Regardless, the situation is getting sorta scary. I’m not sure what she should do, I don’t think she should’ve accepted the check in the first place.