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Overpayment scams: You've posted and sold an item on an online buy-and-sell site. The buyer sends you payment by cheque for a sum greater than the agreed-upon amount. When you advise them of their mistake, they instruct you to just return the difference through a well-known money transfer service. What should you do?

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Fact: Recent statistics from the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) show that Canadians lost $379 million to scams and fraud in 2021.


Overpayment scams: You've posted and sold an item on an online buy-and-sell site. The buyer sends you payment by cheque for a sum greater than the agreed-upon amount. When you advise them of their mistake, they instruct you to just return the difference through a well-known money transfer service. What should you do?






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