Wire transfer fraud through fake online auction sellers
Scammers posing as online auction sellers manipulate buyers into sending multiple wire transfers via social engineering. Once wires are sent, banks have no mechanism to reverse or block subsequent transactions. Victims lose full purchase amounts with no recovery path.
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