have you ever fallen victim to a scam?

[Underdog]

tell me about it.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

I was very close (damn phishing), but I reacted at the last minute because the email account it was sent from and the site it linked to had small spelling differences on their addresses to the services they were mimicking and I was subscribed to.

 

[Cardboardtubeknight Cardboardtubeknight]

Got close to one. It concerned my antivirus ironically, but they used a Gmail account which wouldn't be the case, so I was able to get out of that

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

tell me about it.

those sexy desperate lonely mom's in my area..weren't real...

 

[Sir Auriel of Lionel]

Drop shipper posed as a real seller on Etsy, found the "homemade" goods for cheap on AliExpress. Also always buy your Seagate directly from company the don't risk the case of a fake that'll quit on you in year without their warranty.

 

[RetroLuvr]

college

 

[Segadude113]

yeah i ordered two game boy repro carts from France, Dragon Warrior 1&2, and Dragon Warrior III both for Game Boy Color but the repros were in gray Game Boy cases. Neither one had a working save battery. I cannot save my games on my RPGs.

 

[Bakuma1997]

For Father's day in Mexico my dad recieved a Whatsapp about a beer company handing a free ice cooler full of booze, however before getting him in the contest i decided to make my own research and the thing was a Physing scam, my dad rapidly bailed, but i don't know what happened to the original poster and if he was another victim or the physing scammer

 

[Anim8rDude Anim8rDude]

Asking "have you ever fallen victim to a scam" while having the master thief himself as your pfp is funny as hell. What are you trying to do, sell me yellow products!?

 

[SherionVane]

Yes, my ex-girlfriend sold my computer after I moved out and she used the money to buy her new boyfriend an iphone. I found out about this 3 months after we broke up.

 

[DunkeyKong]

Yes, my ex-girlfriend sold my computer after I moved out and she used the money to buy her new boyfriend an iphone. I found out about this 3 months after we broke up.

She what?…

 

[χKai]

I got scammed repeatedly and got sick of it. Then I scammed someone out of spite and got banned. I felt bad aside from losing my account, and never scammed anyone again.

 

[starseeker300]

I fell for an employment scam and got $2000 dollars and a lot of my personal info stolen from me

 

[MajesticSiN]

Never

 

[Adrastia]

No. I'm way too paranoid.

 

[kuroninneko]

One time I sold a game on ebay, shipped it, and got a good review like normal. A few days later the buyer put in a claim on ebay saying they never got the game and paypal immediately took the money out of my account. Tried to call customer service but they said the review was not enough evidence and theres nothing I could do because I didnt get a shipping tracking number. Lost the money and the game. Always get a tracking number even if it costs extra.

 

[Burzuru]

almost. one day i was feeling really down at work (retail job) and some guy picked up on that and gave me his business card after telling me he'll find me a better place to work and that i should call him. i looked up his business and it was just some construction company. i felt like an idiot after that. also just kinda learned to accept where i was after that.