I was paid via venmo. I'm guessing they were stolen credit cards to make the purchase. Venmo can reverse payments in these instances.

The $1000 was sent after the initial $850. That's a different kind of scam. The guy was hoping to double dip on me. I haven't returned any of the money.

I'm wondering mostly about using purchase protection with Amex now that I'm 99.9% sure the ipad is stolen and the money will be reversed from venmo. The one catch was I resold the ipad, so I don't think it's covered. Thoughts?