Alabama Mom Mistakenly Sends $800 via Apple Pay, Recipient Refuses to Return Funds
A Troy, Alabama mother accidentally sent $800 through Apple Pay to the wrong recipient, who is now refusing to return the funds. Shayalia Bradford says the money was intended for her children’s tuition but ended up in the account of Carmen Melissa Farris, who has since blocked her on all communication platforms.
Bradford took to Facebook on Friday, Jan. 10, to ask for help. She asked if anyone knew Carmen Farris or her husband, Joseph Farris, explaining how she mistakenly sent the funds and her attempts to recover them. Bradford wrote that the payment was meant for a woman named “Tasha” but was mistakenly sent to Carmen – who has the old number of Tasha.
The Transfer
According to screenshots shared by Bradford, the $800 was sent at 6:25 a.m. on Jan. 10 for “Khloe and Kassidy Wright,” presumably her children. Shortly after, Bradford received a message from the contact saved as “Tasha,” who told Bradford to call her attached with a screenshot showing the money had been transferred to a Wells Fargo account at 7:08 a.m.
Bradford immediately realized her error and sent a request to reverse the payment, pleading with Carmen to return the funds. Her messages included emotional appeals, stating, “I’m a single mother trying. Please just hit pay so I can get my funds back.” Despite her repeated requests, Carmen read the messages but did not respond. Instead, she blocked Bradford on iMessage, leaving the mother with no means to reclaim the money.
Social Media Fallout
During a Facetime call, Joseph reportedly berated Bradford, claiming she didn’t give them enough time to respond. When Bradford insisted the money be returned, Joseph replied, “It’s too late.” Carmen then attempted to justify her actions instead of returning the woman’s money.
Adding insult to injury, Carmen allegedly posted on social media saying, “$800 payday. Guess who just got PAID,” a post that has since been deleted.
If you would like to donate to this mother of three, you can send your contribution via Apple Pay to Shayalia at [email protected].
Her grammar is so bad she need to be paying for classes for herself as well.
May the lord take away ten times more that she received from Shay. This sad the way her and her husband talked to Shay. The husband has the nerve to speak to her in that manner. No good things are coming there way in a long time.
She let let two geekers handle her😔
Is she able to report is stolen or file a police report on her. She’s aware that the money isn’t hers. Shame on her she is such a lame. Karma is going to pay her back big time. Make sure you post so everyone knows what type of person she is smh it’s so simple to just send that girl her money back. That’s not your money. 😡
In the year of our Lord 2025 if you don’t have the correct contact info for your own chillrenz then the congregation cannot believe this all isn’t one big stunt between three people who know exactly what they are doing. And $800 tuition for two kids to one account? C’mon now. This is all a farce and y’all took the bait.
$800 for competitive cheer for two kids is actually not a lot, also, she had the number that the cheer coach had, the cheer coach changed her number. Let’s lead with literacy and compassion.
Your moms should have named you:
“Lil Ignorant 304 Biiiitttch”
That’s rude and nasty
It was the coach phone number, not her children’s.
That lady is wrong and she knows she is wrong. She needs to do the right thing and send that lady her money back cause she wouldn’t want no one to do her that way. May God bless the lady that lost the $800 and does she recover it? I will take her to court her and her husband
This just happened to me the other day I sent $500 to my nephew thinking I was sending it to my rent but luckily my nephew love his auntie and he sent it back this can happen very easily so heartbreaking you have to pay attention when you doing these things I bet I won’t do that no more especially after I’m reading this story