A California shopper, who was trying to help two people raise funds for their community, was allegedly scammed out of nearly $1,000 after using Apple Pay.
Hannah, a TikToker who posts under the username @mamaahannaa, said she was leaving her local Target in Tustin when she saw two men selling chocolates to raise money for her Christian community college.
To help their cause, he claimed he bought $10 worth of chocolates from them and started paying for them with Apple Pay on his iPhone.
In a viral video, she told her followers that one of the men, who was wearing a black sweater, quickly placed his own phone on top of hers to confirm the transaction.
But instead of charging him $10, they allegedly emptied his bank account of $975.
Hannah, a TikToker who was trying to help two people raise funds, was scammed out of almost $1,000 after using Apple Pay.
Surprised by how quickly she received notification of the transaction, Hannah said she immediately asked for a receipt for the payment.
‘I got my Apple Pay ready to go when this guy in the black sweater literally just tapped his phone on my phone without showing me anything.
“I guess he just expected me to go to my car with my chocolates and not ask any questions,” she said in her video.
As soon as she demanded proof of payment, the man in the black sweater began apologizing profusely and saying that he had accidentally overcharged her.
‘My God, I’m so sorry. I overcharged you. Let me reimburse you for this. Wait, I’m sorry,” she allegedly said, to which Hannah responded, “Okay, how much did you overcharge me?”
In a now-viral video, she revealed that one of the men, who was wearing a black sweater, quickly placed his own phone on top of hers to confirm the transaction and charged her $975 instead of $10.
He had seen both men selling chocolates to raise money for their Christian community college outside their local Target.
At that point, he had reviewed his notifications and realized he had been charged $975 instead of $10.
Despite realizing that they had allegedly stolen money from her, she tried to remain calm and gave them the opportunity to return the money.
‘At this point, I still wanted to believe him because he seemed apologetic and I was very naive. “I had a long day and I didn’t want to have to deal with this right now,” Hanna said in her video.
Once the man said he had “initiated the refund,” Hannah approached Apple and explained what had happened.
‘My money must be protected. I trusted Apple,” Hanna said.
In addition to not receiving help from the technology company, the men allegedly never returned the money.
The woman, who has 19,500 followers on TikTok, said she filed a police report with the Tustin Police Department in California and asked her viewers to call the police if they spotted the two alleged scammers.
Hannah told her viewers that Apple said they couldn’t help her because they didn’t have enough evidence to prove that she had no intention of paying $975.
In another video, he also clarified that he had paid the men with an Apple credit card, controlled by Goldman Sachs.
“I feel like any other credit card company should have taken care of this, so I’m very upset and I feel very taken advantage of,” she said.
Hannah told her viewers that Apple said they couldn’t help her because they didn’t have enough evidence to prove that she had no intention of paying $975.
Hannah also said that when she contacted Goldman Sachs, she was allegedly told that resolving the dispute would take about three months.
According to Apple’s website, transaction warnings occur when you try to send money via Apple Cash to someone outside of your saved contacts or if Apple deems a transaction to be risky.
It is unclear whether Hannah received any such warning before the transaction occurred.
DailyMail.com has contacted Apple, Goldman Sachs and the Tustin Police Department for comment.
