A buyer overpaid and wants the difference back — what do I do?

Never send it. Ask them to reverse the original payment through their own bank, which works if the overpayment was genuine. The original payment is often reversed later, making your refund the actual theft.

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Shopping Scams

Fake storefronts, marketplace bait and the delivery message that arrives before the order.

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Creating a written record of an item, its condition and its price at the point of sale

Shopping Scams10 min readSep 11, 2026

Selling something second-hand without being scammed

When you are the seller, the fraud is on the payment rather than the item — and every technique reduces to one rule about when the money is actually yours.

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A buyer overpaid and wants the difference back — what do I do?: Never send it. Ask them to reverse the original payment through their own bank, which works if the overpayment was genuine. The original payment is often reversed later, making your refund the actual theft.Answered in Selling something second-hand without being scammed