Sean Pyles
speaker
9,282 appearances
109 recordings
1 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 3d ago
Sean Pyles’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
Trend
recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 43 in all, peaking in Aug 2026 with 9.
Appearances
Unfortunately, it's gonna be really hard to get money back from a scammer.
voice-verified
That's just the bottom line.
voice-verified
We've talked to scam experts a lot on smart money, and that's something that comes up again and again.
voice-verified
It's just gonna be a really tough thing to do, especially if the money has been wired or the credit card charge has already gone through.
voice-verified
That doesn't mean there's nothing you can do.
voice-verified
There are actions you can take to recover from the scams.
voice-verified
It's really worth filing reports.
voice-verified
So the identity theft
voice-verified
Resource Center and the Federal Trade Commission are two places that people should be filing reports.
voice-verified
Also have your guard up if you have been scammed and especially if you've talked about it online.
voice-verified
There are a lot of threads on Reddit where people share their scam stories.
voice-verified
After that, sometimes scammers will actually reach out to scam victims and pose as scam recovery resources and make you pay money for quote unquote like scam mitigation.
voice-verified
And then guess what?
voice-verified
You've been scammed again.
voice-verified
So if romance scams are a certain type of evil, scam recovery scams are maybe even a more complex, insidious kind of evil because you've already been scammed and you feel so bad about yourself and these people are taking advantage of you.
voice-verified
Yet again, you know, get in terms of getting money back, it's just likely not going to happen.
voice-verified
You could try to reverse a wire transfer, but just again have realistic expectations that it's likely not gonna happen.
voice-verified
A first step to take would be hopefully stopping the financial drain.
voice-verified
The tough part with our listeners' question is that the dad doesn't think that he was scammed at all.
voice-verified
So there's a chance that he could keep sending money to this person online.
voice-verified
Showing 321–340 of 9,282 · page 17 of 465
← Previous
Next →