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A man claims he wants to send me money to my credit card. He wants me to send him a picture of both the front and back side. He claims that he’s going to send it to his accountant and put me on a payroll. He also wants my login information. I’m not sure what to do , it’s not like I have a balance on it or he can take any money out of my savings, but with the picture it gives him all of the information to use it online.

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You can't add someone to payroll via credit card. If they want to add you to payroll they'd have you fill out an I-9 and likely a W-4, proper tax forms, but you shouldn't provide such information if you aren't actually accepting a proper job and have taken steps to verify the employer isn't a scammer in cases of online job opportunities.

If this person really wants to send you money suggest they use Venmo/Zelle or some other legitimate money transfer solution that doesn't require compromising security.

If they are unwilling to use a legitimate method, it's because they weren't interested in sending you money in the first place, only in scamming you.

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