Join the Fun!

Redditors Share 24 Scams They Fell For So Others Won’t Someone once tried to use my credit card to book an online trip... my credit card company called me and we had this conversation:

CC Company: Hello Mr. mylastname, we’ve noticed that the trip to Cancun you just purchased online was slightly over your limit. We’ve gone ahead and bumped up your limit so you wouldn’t have any issues.

Me: uhh, I didn’t book a trip online, could I get more information?

(*note, I had purposefully kept a low limit because I know if I had it at my disposal, I would abuse it. They had called about 5-10 times asking me to raise my limit)

CC Company: There must be some mistake, are you sure you didn’t book this trip?

Me: Yes, I’m sure.

CC Company: In that case, would you like to open a fraud investigation into the purchase

Me: Yes, please

CC Company: parts of the conversation I forget ... well, ok, we apologize, is there anything else we can do for you today?

Me: Yes, I would like to cancel my credit card

Instead of raising a red flag at a purchase over my limit and calling me to inquire about it, my credit card company automatically bumped up my limit without my consent and called me to tell me the good news!

CaptainMcFiend , allphotobangkok Report

Final score:

128points

POST

tomruns12 3 years ago

Which CC company?

27points

Redditors Share 24 Scams They Fell For So Others Won’t I pre-ordered a game from gamestop, and the clerk told me there was a "5 dollar pre-order charge, that would be taken out of the price when you picked it up"

Went to pick the game up, and had to pay full price. Hope you enjoyed scamming a 9 year old that took a week to earn that precious 5 dollars from mowing lawns, asshole.

Infranto , Stephan Mosel Report

Final score:

110points

POST

smol doggo 3 years ago (edited)

Idiot. (I'm talking about the clerk)

55points

Redditors Share 24 Scams They Fell For So Others Won’t Almost but I caught it, me and my ex(then girlfriend) were looking for a new apartment as our lease was coming up. There was a post on craigslist and the place was exactly what we had been looking for and the right amount. The "landlord" was a couple from the area but were on a mission trip out in Malaysia working with sick kids and that they weren't able to get us in for a showing but we could drive passed the house and get a look at it. Within the next few hours of contact with them they got really pushy and were pretty much demanding us to make the decision and to send them $150 deposit to hold the apartment for us. My ex was the one doing all the communicating since I was at work and when she was telling me all of this red flags started going up as soon as they were trying to get money out of us. I told my ex that it was most likely a scam if they weren't going to allow us to walk through the apartment and are trying to get a deposit out of us sight unseen. She ensured me that it wasn't a scam and gave me all of their info so I could send the money. They wanted a western union money order sent to some place in Nigeria, I burst out laughing and told her that it was definitely a scam. We got into a big argument and I had to go down the list of things that I saw wrong with the scenario. 1. Not letting us see the apartment before signing a lease. 2. Making us send a deposit without letting us see the apartment. 3. Sending a wire transfer to Nigeria. 4. They are doing mission work in Malaysia but want their money transferred to another country. My ex went quiet after that.

Hey_I_Work_Here , Unknown Report

Final score:

106points

POST

Dave P 3 years ago

no wonder why you decided to make her your ex

88points

Redditors Share 24 Scams They Fell For So Others Won’t Not that much of a scam, but still. When I was an 18 yo college student, about to hop on the train home after classes, I was approached by a nice woman with her kid in a stroller. She told me her wallet had been stolen and she needed to buy a ticket home for her and her kid, so she was trying to gather enough money. Typical excuse, but I totally bought it at the time and gave her money for 1 of the tickets. I wasn't able to give more at the time because I had no more money on me, so I even felt a little bad.

Until I saw her at the same spot the next day, feeding other travellers the same fucking story.

MournfulGiant , Unknown Report

Final score:

88points

POST

H Edwards 3 years ago

This is the kind of thing you hear every day in London, several times a day.

46points

picksandchooses , Wikimedia Commons Report

Redditors Share 24 Scams They Fell For So Others Won’t I was 15 minutes ahead of an ex-GF getting to the bank to lock up my accounts. She came in and tried to clean them out. The bank stopped her and called the police. She talked her way out of it.

Final score:

83points

POST

smol doggo 3 years ago

What a sneaky gf.

33points

lotsalotsacoffee , Wikimedia Commons Report

Redditors Share 24 Scams They Fell For So Others Won’t Not me, but a customer at Best Buy.

A customer came in, demanding to speak with a manager, regarding a TV he had ordered. The manager he asked for was "Tammy", and we had no managers by that name, nor pick up orders for this customer in our system.

I asked for more details. The customer had responded to a craigslist ad for an unbelievable price on a TV. The seller claimed to be a manager at our store, and instructed him to make payment by purchasing gift cards for the asking price, then send pics of the back of the gift cards to the seller. The customer did all this, then was advised the TV would be ready for pickup at our store.

Needless to say, there was no TV for him. He demanded to speak to an actual manager, who kindly informed him that he was out of luck.

Final score:

81points

POST

smol doggo 3 years ago

I hate scammers.

61points

Redditors Share 24 Scams They Fell For So Others Won’t Yeah, I was on vacation and didnt have my phone on. The scammers called my house and my sister was house sitting for my wife and I. They told her I was going to be tried for an undisclosed criminal charge if I didnt pay them something like 900 dollars for the case to be dismissed or I would be arrested or served the next day. She tried calling me and I didnt answer as I was on vacation.

I left her one of my bank cards so she could buy food and stuff since she was doing me a favor. She payed them with it as she thought it was real and I am not a saint, so it was believable at the time and this was a while ago before these scammer tactics were well known. I was so mad as I noticed the charge when I checked my online banking while still away.

Worst thing is now I guess I am on a list of people who have fallen for this and they call me all the time.

[deleted] , 401(K) 2012 Report

Final score:

78points

POST

GirlFriday 3 years ago (edited)

One of brothers fell for a scam when the caller said he was securing the bond for a second brother and needed to get "security" of $5000. The first brother gave his credit card number thinking that something awful must have happened to the second brother. He hangs up and calls a third brother (in the same city and lives close to the second brother) to find out what happened. Brother #3 was like, "Nothing happened with him. I was at his house borrowing his lawn mower 20 minutes ago." Brother #1 called his credit card and was told that $4,000 was just charged to his card. Luckily, the credit card reversed the charges, but since #1 fell for this scam once, he gets calls about three times per week with some sort of scam.

34points

Redditors Share 24 Scams They Fell For So Others Won’t The scam that almost got me is actually brilliant:

I was selling a car on craigslist and got a call from this guy who seemed super interested. He followed up by text asking if it had a clean history. Next text, he sends me a link to what appeared to be an alternative to carfax, asking me to get a history report for $30 before he drives out.

I was literally putting in my credit card info before I paused to think the website might be fake. Turns out it was only registered with ICANN that day. Totally fake.

Thomystic , Dan Ox Report

Final score:

78points

POST

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

Dang! Close call!

25points

#10

Redditors Share 24 Scams They Fell For So Others Won’t Pretty sure someone's trying to scam me on eBay right now with an item I purchased.

They're being crafty about it, but I got a little suspicious and found out their game after a little research. The scam they're trying to pull is that they sent me a "small gift" in appreciation of my purchase, which in this case was a bag of candy. This gift was not mentioned in the listing, but in a message sent after I bought the item. If I go to eBay's resolution center and say I didn't receive the item, they'll put the tracking number in for the candy and eBay will take their side since it will be marked as delivered. I now know that when I file my complaint I've got to put it as "Item not as described." I'll give it until Wednesday before I file a complaint though.

jurassicbond , Wikimedia Commons Report

Final score:

74points

POST

smol doggo 3 years ago

Hope it gets solved.

26points

PM_ME_UR_WORK_NUDES , Wikimedia Commons Report

#11

Redditors Share 24 Scams They Fell For So Others Won’t Younger guy in a shirt and tie next to me at the gas station. He asked me for a few bucks for gas as he was on his way to a job interview. Said he'd been unemployed for a few months and this was sort of a dream job opportunity I ended up filling up his entire tank and wished him luck on the interview.

I saw him there twice a week for the next three months, always in a shirt and tie and always talking to other patrons. He eventually tried to scam me again a few months later, and I reminded him that he had already got me on that line and asked I if he had anymore. He said he could tell me about his dying grandmother he was trying to go see on the other side of town or about how he left his wallet at his office because he rushed out when his daughter’s school called and told him he need to pick her up because she was sick and throwing up everywhere. Then he paused and said, "sorry man" and got in his car and drove away. Never saw him again, but I assume he just moved to the next gas station down the street.

Final score:

66points

POST

Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago

Where are Exxon stations still called Esso? I haven’t seen them go by that name in decades. (Trivia: The name “Esso” was a play on the “Standard Oil” part of Standard Oil of New Jersey’s name—-after the original Standard Oil was broken up into 34 companies in 1911. It started to phase out Esso and become Exxon in 1972.)

9points

#12

Redditors Share 24 Scams They Fell For So Others Won’t Someone tried to scam me by creating a craigslist ad giving away things that I left outside my business. He even got some of my staff to help him load it onto a trailer by showing them the ad.

RRuruurrr , Wikimedia Commons Report

Final score:

63points

POST

Brianna Jones 3 years ago

how about nooo

17points

#13

When I was 11 my favorite Disney Channel star tweeted a link to take an IQ test and see how your score compared to hers. A credit card number was needed to see the results, so I put in my parents’. Of course she had been hacked and it was a scam, so I had to go sheepishly tell my parents I accidentally charged their credit card...they were not happy.

ocean_wavez , Wikimedia Commons Report

Final score:

61points

POST

Anthony Goldstein (female) 3 years ago

Comment to cover up a troll.

43points

#14

Redditors Share 24 Scams They Fell For So Others Won’t Got White van scammed when I was 18 out front of best buy.

A guy or two show up out front of a store like best buy with sterio equipment, tv speakers, projectors, etc that in reality arnt worth more then the packaging. They proceed to tell you they already delivered everything to hit their quota and they are x amount left over and if they bring them back to the warehouse they will lose out on just selling them because someone else will. They fallow this up with stock sheets and magazines showing retail price of said projector/speakers at some outrageous price like 2000$ and say you can take them for anywhere between 1000$-200$ depends on how far u get them down. Then you get them home and figure out they either don't work or are the worst quality products ever made.

Stupid me lost 350$. This was back in 2008. This scam still happens today so beware.

StackinStacks , Jason Lawrence Report

Final score:

57points

POST

HappyPig1723 3 years ago

Wow, the world is a scary place!

15points

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

See Also on Bored Panda

Thrill-Seeking Diver Jumps Down Extreme Waterslide, Ignoring The Strict Ban For Women

#15

Redditors Share 24 Scams They Fell For So Others Won’t In the 90's my friend got all of these letterS saying he was a part of a contest, and he just had to keep mailing letters in to enter the "drawing."

The wording they put in the later letters was something like "You've made it to the final round," and "Congratulations, we are now prepared to write you a check for $10,000!"

All he had to do was call a 1-900 number that charged $2 a minute. It took him about 10 minutes to navigate the automated menus once they told him he was a winner and it ended with "And you have won... (drum roll)... ONE DOLLAR!"

dougiebgood , Unknown Report

Final score:

56points

POST

Blue 3 years ago

Dang, well it was only $20 although I'm sure that you would have preferred to lose no money at all.

21points

Grasssss_Tastes_Bad , Wikimedia Commons Report

#16

Redditors Share 24 Scams They Fell For So Others Won’t Best Buy employee convinced me I needed one of their $60 HDMI cables if I wanted Xbox games and action movies to look good on my TV. This was probably 10 years ago and I didn't know much about electronics back then. I'm still pretty salty about it.

Final score:

54points

POST

Troux 3 years ago

This is a huge part of Best Buy's sales strategy, which is based on the idea that $50+ seems trivial when you're dropping $500-5000 on games or a TV. Their "You need diamond platinum unobtanium outer space monster cable to REALLY see HD" myth has been busted over and over and over again on various credible sites. The reality is it doesn't start making any noticeable difference unless your cable is about 30 feet long, you're an expert in video quality, and you know there's a difference to be looking for. Buy inexpensive cables with decent reviews online and never look back.

3points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

See Also on Bored Panda

“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

#17

Redditors Share 24 Scams They Fell For So Others Won’t Yes so I work in a daycare over the summer and I ordered this hair wax online that changed the color of your hair for the day. As I use hair wax every day I was like this would be so cool for color week and payed $53:92 for all 5 colors they offered. The next morning I woke up to my whole bank account being drained luckily I call my bank and they were able to fix it and send me a new card. But that is not where the story ends because I actually got the product and after using it once my hair started to fall out. So yay I just shaved my head that summer.

darkmind1142 , foshie Report

Final score:

54points

POST

Blue 3 years ago

Dang you hair fell out???? Wow, that's crazy.

26points

#18

Redditors Share 24 Scams They Fell For So Others Won’t One time I woke up to 10 $100 charges in micro-transactions for a mobile base building game. Never owned or played the game, and was overdrafted $600+ while the bank tried getting the money back.

[deleted] , Unknown Report

Final score:

50points

POST

elia 84631 3 years ago

Mobile games is one of the most corrupted industries out there.

23points

#19

Redditors Share 24 Scams They Fell For So Others Won’t Was looking for a job and got a call for an interview and went in and it was some mlm for like vitamin juice or something. I was sitting in the front and was polite so I sat through the the video and then started to walk out and that's when they started being super pissy. I said I don't spend a lot of money without talking it over with my wife and the lady said "well I guess we cant do anything if your not the man of the house and your wife wears the pants".

doggrimoire , Wikimedia Commons Report

Final score:

48points

POST

GirlFriday 3 years ago

I went for an "interview" once and got there and it was one of these MLM things where you got your friends and family to invest with this company and the company gave you a "bonus" of whatever money was made. So, if you got your mom to invest $10,000 and she earned $600 in interest, she would get the $600 and you would get $300." I knew a scam when I heard one (and the job description advertised said nothing about this, I am a graphic designer and communication specialist) so I sat politely for initial presentation and got up to leave when they broke into lines to speak with everyone individually. I was stopped at the door and told that I could NOT leave, I said that I could and started to walk out only to find the doors locked. Another man was trying to leave too and when he discovered we were locked in, he called the police. The police had to get the hotel manager to unlock the conference room so we could leave.

72points

50 Of The Most Incredible Shots That Were Submitted To The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

See Also on Bored Panda

French Diver’s “Jewels” In Tight Swimming Trunks Become Talk Of The Town At Olympics

#20

Redditors Share 24 Scams They Fell For So Others Won’t Almost, several times. The scariest one was when I was on my husband's laptop, which was a quite fancy and expensive one that he had gotten from his dad, so I was worried that anything would happen to it if I used it. This stupid pop-up came on that said that I had to call "Microsoft tech support" because my laptop was "compromised". There was a phone number on the screen. I called immediately. They were being vague on the phone, and my anxiety was already heightened by the thought that something might be wrong with the computer, so I was feeling pretty numb. I was about to give them access to the computer to "help fix" the problem when my good senses kicked in and I realized it was a scam. I told the guy that I was gonna hang up and that I'd talk to my husband before having him "fix" the computer and I could almost hear him shrug when he said "okay, bye then". So obvious that it was a scam in hindsight.

Ser_Drunken_the_Tall , Wikimedia Commons Report

Final score:

47points

POST

Acceber 3 years ago

I had this but as a spam phone call - I played along and told her I typed everything she told me to (basically to give her access to my laptop - I of course didn't do anything) but when she asked what I'd typed and I said "I typed I'm not falling for this scam to hack my computer" she called me a variety of rude names!

32points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

See Also on Bored Panda

Mom Leaves $250k Inheritance To Son, Throws A Fit When Daughter Stops Looking After Her

#21

Redditors Share 24 Scams They Fell For So Others Won’t Never been scammed myself but my mum almost got scammed by one of those fake Norton support numbers, luckily I found out before she paid anything.

As for me the closest thing I've had to being scammed was being catfished, man that was rough :(

Lazarus_7 , Oregon Department of Transportation Report

Final score:

42points

POST

F.S 3 years ago

What's the point of catfishing, other than being cruel?

23points

Isaiah Edwards 3 years ago

It can make people feel good about themselves, and some perverts use it to get nudes out of people.

11points

Jon S. 3 years ago

Some people are just lonely and want attention. Don't think they can get it as themselves.

7points

Jane Alexander 3 years ago

It can be to scam someone for money or ...

6points

Great Panda Mamu 3 years ago

Don't you want to send your new girlfriend a nice set of diamond earrings?

4points

infinite upvote 3 years ago

I think in most cases ppl do it either for money or for a sense of control

2points

Dodo 3 years ago

It's nice to feel wanted. Assuming you can keep up with the deception

1point

NaruTheCollective 3 years ago

Some catfish scam you out of money.

1point

Pumpkin Spice 3 years ago

Actually, I catfish creeps asking for nudes on Omegle. I lead them on saying I'm a girl a year younger than them, and when they ask for nudes I send them this. Screenshot...f04662.png

0points

Kiss Army Premium 3 years ago

Yeah, I got a call from "Microsoft" telling me they found a virus on my computer. I told them I would be pretty impressed if Microsoft was able to detect a virus on my iMac... they hung up on me.

1point

Blue 3 years ago

Dam

1point

Luttjetrut 3 years ago

Why is this captured with a picture of a FOH Lightning Designer at a random event?

0points

#22

Redditors Share 24 Scams They Fell For So Others Won’t Scammed on eBay by a 99%-rated seller. I bought a $550 ps4 from him back in 2014 or 2013 when it was first out.

Delivery date was past and nothing received. Dug deeper into his profile, found out that he sold a bunch of

WhyBee92 , Glen Bowman Report

Final score:

30points

POST

Noel Bovae 3 years ago

For those of us that need closure: found out that he sold a bunch of... <$1 wires and built his rating that way before going for the scam. I got my money back thanks to eBay buyer protection. It was my last eBay transaction, too.

97points

YeetusThat-Feetus , Wikimedia Commons Report

#23

Redditors Share 24 Scams They Fell For So Others Won’t i have "accidentally scammed a troll". i was playing rocket league with a couple of friends and i was trying to trade some items with people on the community page. Anyway i got a reply from this dude and i invited him to a party and the game. We entered a trade and i put in my stuff i wanted to trade and he was showing me stuff that he could give me for my items. and he kept accepting the trade and canceling it like an asshole, but after about 5 times of this he waited too long to cancel the trade. I got pretty much everything in his inventory. For those of you wondering how much it was worth, abt 4 heatwaves in in-game currency (wich is a f!@#$% lot) or like $150 worth of items if i chose to sell them.

Final score:

25points

POST

smol doggo 3 years ago (edited)

LOL!! but you're supposed to put stories where you got or almost got scammed here :)

18points

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

See Also on Bored Panda

“This Breaks My Heart”: People Stunned—And Angry—After Woman Buys Lost Luggage From Airport

#24

Redditors Share 24 Scams They Fell For So Others Won’t Just trying to get trimmed armor in RuneScape

loopedbiscuit , Jagex Report

Final score:

18points

POST

Erin Kavik 3 years ago

Free armour trimming! Just north of Varrock!

8points

Some time ago, Robertas used to spend his days watching how deep the imprint in his chair will become as he wrote for Bored Panda. Wrote about pretty much everything under and beyond the sun. Not anymore, though. He's now probably playing Gwent or hosting Dungeons and Dragons adventures for those with an inclination for chaos.

Read less »

What do you think ?

POST

GirlFriday 3 years ago

I think the worst scam I ever saw my great, great aunt (grandmother's aunt) Adlee was sending money to a former "pastor" from several years ago. He had written her a letter that he and his family had fallen on hard times when the church they were preaching at burned and they were living in the church and lost everything. He was just trying to rebuild the church. She sent $20 the first time, but then the letter came more often and finally took on a threatening tone. When I found out about it, I googled the guy and he was dead. His son had found a list of the preacher's past parishioners and started writing to them pretending to be the guy. All in all, she sent about $1,000 over the course of about 6 months. She was on a fixed income and living in income-based housing and couldn't afford this. There wasn't a lot the police could do because she willingly sent the money.

16points

NMN 3 years ago

Had proof of identity theft. Police could have done something if they wanted to

11points

Anthony Goldstein (female) 3 years ago

Once my dad dint get his paycheck on time. Strange as they always did it exactly when they should. He checked his email, and someone hacked into his email, studied the way he writes emails, and emailed his boss saying he switched bank accounts and could he please send it to a different account. tl;dr My dad got his email hacked and was unknowingly a victim to a scam.

10points

Jon S. 3 years ago

Sucks. The worst scammers are the ones who actually have two braincells and carefully target their scam messages.

4points

hydrostatic joints 3 years ago

Once me, my brother and my dad went to help an older friend of ours set up a new webcam on his computer but while we were there we discovered that he had downloaded a tech support scam app on his computer and it was saying that he had to call them and pay so that they could fix his drivers. My brother and I immediately realized it was a scam and he was able to uninstall it before he sent them any money.

10points

Sasha Kuleshov 3 years ago

Here in México scammers call you saying they have kidnapped someone you know and demand 5,000 pesos in cellphone credit cards >:P

6points

alex cosgrove 3 years ago

ROOMMATE SCAM: You advertise for a roommate they come and check out the place but they’re just casing the joint. You don’t watch them closely and they unlock a window. Since they know your schedule they know when to come back and rob you. Guard your information closely and guard their every move closer!

6points

Mimi777 3 years ago

That’s terrifying!!

2points

Jolee Koop 3 years ago

I googled something a got that google thing that says "you're our 1000 search of the month, you have 25 minutes to claim your prize". Rushed home to have my dad look at it since I was kinda suspicious of it already. Didn't even need to ask him about it, noticed that the reviews had one that was a week ago and it was the end of the month already. Searched to see if that was a known scam, it was.

6points

Elena B 3 years ago

Alot of sites with bad security have a chance of showing something like that. I used to get it multiple times when i went to boredpanda

3points

Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)

Not a scam, but has anyone else ever had a kitten walk across your screen when you’re on iTunes (or other online store), and suddenly you own a movie or song you didn’t order? My kitten, Tabby, did that back when she was a little over 2 months old and falling in love with computers (she was dumped in our yard at 5 weeks old, all by herself, not even weighing one pound, and totally terrified—-but with a voice the size of an elephant—-only a monster would’ve left her outside. She’s 7 months old and not afraid of anything now).

4points

Quit yo jibba jabba 3 years ago

My mum's generally tech savvy (she considers everything a scam). She had a text a couple of days ago from PayPal saying her account had exceeded it's limit and clicked it. She phoned me up freaking out saying "it said blocked on it", "mum, did it say Bitdefender?", "Yes", "mum, I installed Bitdefender on your phone, tablet and computers, it's fine".

4points

Acceber 3 years ago

We get so many spam calls but I now mess with them. I had the "legal team from an insurance company" call me about the accident I was in. I confirmed it was the accident that killed me and the stupid woman asked if it was this year or last. Confirmed this year as I'd just had my funeral. She goes on to suggest it was perhaps a family member at the same address. Told her we all died in the crash and she just kep insisting they had a record of an accident. I had to hang up when I couldn't hold in my laughter

4points

Sergio Bicerra Descalzi 3 years ago (edited)

A couple of years ago I recieved a message: I've won a brand new car or $50,000, my choice, and had to call certain number and speak to a tv station representative. Fun part is: A) I've been working at THAT tv station for nearly 14 years by then 2) The name of the "representative" was someone that haven't worked with us for many years. The scam part was that you had to make a transaction, nearly $100, for taxes. It's been years now and people still fall for it, come to my job and ask for said guy, with a bank voucher in their hands.

4points

Baking Cactus 3 years ago

My friend's elderly mother was scammed out of her millions of dollars in life savings.

4points

Suebee70 3 years ago

Both my employer and my parents got hit by the "grandparent" or "lost friend" scam. Someone calls and claims to be someone they know - an employee, relative, etc. - and that they've been robbed or in an accident, and need money wired to them to get home, get to the hospital, get medicine - whatever goes with the story. Employer almost fell for it - but decided to call the home of the person that was calling and asking for money - he was home, suffering from cancer, not traveling. $1,000 scam averted. Someone called my father & claimed to be my son, saying he'd been in an accident & needed money for the hospital because he'd broken his nose & couldn't reach me by phone. My dad told them to call back in a few mins - then he called me. My son was sitting beside me at the moment. The scammers never called him back.

3points

Acceber 3 years ago

My mum had a similar one as a text message from a friend at work saying she was in hospital with no phone credit but could she buy this £5 code or something from this website to send her some credit. Girl was off work that day with her horse (who is known to be spooky) so of course they all assumed it was genuine. Luckily someone contacted her through facebook to see if she needed anything (clothes, money, contact anyone for her) and she was confused as hell as she was fine

0points

Heather Williams 3 years ago (edited)

Nearly got scammed by someone coming up to me after using the atm to tell me that I had not finished the transaction properly and needed to go back to the atm with them to sort it out. Got back to the atm and my brain suddenly woke up and I noped out of there. Also when I was desperate for a job I paid to do a "course" for reception training and they promised to help me get a job. I did at least get some training from it but the next week I saw the same ad on the same site offering that course for a different price (less than what I paid). Never got any job offers from it though and the place was really shady.

3points

samantha-hammett 3 years ago

Heather Williams like

0points

Banjo Peppers 3 years ago

Once I got an email that was like “something is wrong with your credit card info, your amazon prime account will be cancelled if you don’t take action!” So first I panicked, but then I thought “I have a yearly subscription and it renewed two months ago, this doesn’t make sense.” And then I thought “wait this email doesn’t even have an amazon account, it’s my other one that’s the amazon account.”

3points

mert-kerem-kadiz 3 years ago

Banjo Peppers love

0points

Donna Cheung 3 years ago

When I was in my early teens, I was on the subway home, and an elderly woman asked me for taxi money so she could go back home, because she was apparently out of money. I said I could give her money for a bus or subway ride (both types of transport are nearby), or she could ask for help from staff inside the subway station. She proceeded to shout at me at the station lobby, claiming I was her disrespectful grandchild. Tried to shame a young girl into giving her money. I gave her nothing and just left.

3points

jcchinn 3 years ago

Donna Cheung Good response!

0points

Meyer Weinstock 3 years ago

I noticed that many of these are new versions of old scams. #15 is like the old 'it just fell of a truck' scam that I remember hearing about decades ago. However, most are still alien to me, as they are often tech-based, long-distance-communication-based, or find dupes to shill shoddy merchandise based on one's desire to find the lowest price, rather than seeking the most trustworthy retailer. You get what you pay for....

2points

catherine-massie 3 years ago

Meyer Weinstock yes

0points

Adrienne Early 3 years ago

I was scammed about 15 years ago on eBay. I was selling a collector's edition game. The buyer asked for the code so he could play right away and I sent out to him. Then a few weeks later he requested his money back from ebay. I am lucky in that I actually had a physical item I shipped, I had record of shipping and ebay gave me my money back. There were 4 other sellers that lost out because they just gave item codes and nothing physical shipped. The user had a good rating over several years so there was no red flag. Also, the address was bogus and the item actually ended up coming back to me a month or so later, but with the code used it was still worthless.

2points

Jill Pulcifer 3 years ago

My dad who lives in another state fell for one of those call microsoft fake blue screen pages, (after my husband who is an engineer told him a zillion times to never ever call a number and just call him, but thats beside the point I suppose). Long story short he gave the guy access and he crypto locked him, ended up just wiping the drive and reloading windows. The ransom was something insane like 1500 dollars.

2points

Mimi777 3 years ago

“Your car’s extended warranty is about to expire” I like to mess with them when I’m bored and don’t have anything to do.

1point

CatWoman312 3 years ago

Scammers are the worse. Just soulless narcissistic losers

1point

Blue 3 years ago

Peeps be gettin scammed

1point

Karen Klinck 3 years ago

I don't get them from Nigerian princes, but I've gotten them from 'lawyers', 'accountants , and even 'the FBI.' The best was some character who claimed that a man by the same last name had died somewhere in Africa (not Nigeria) and they'd been searching for a relative. Yeah, right. So I kept throwing logs in his way, an he kept coming up with a reason it was okay. (Kept him on the hook for over a week, too.) Finally, he wanted my bank account number "To send the money." (Wouldn't have done him any good; I was always broke.) I told him it was a *Wonderful* idea, and I was sending the whole conversation to my lawyer (which I don't have) to finalize details. Never heard from him again... And it's not just Africa any more; I had one claim they were in the UK. (Sure you are, dear, sure you are.)

0points

maggie-kusz 3 years ago

Karen Klinck lol

0points

Marcia Cash 3 years ago

In 45 years of custom design work, 100% of clients who testified for Jesus cheated me out of some money.

0points

Meyer Weinstock 3 years ago

This comment has been deleted.

0points

Random Person 3 years ago

This comment has been deleted.

0points

POST

GirlFriday 3 years ago

16points

NMN 3 years ago

Had proof of identity theft. Police could have done something if they wanted to

11points

Anthony Goldstein (female) 3 years ago

10points

Jon S. 3 years ago

Sucks. The worst scammers are the ones who actually have two braincells and carefully target their scam messages.

4points

hydrostatic joints 3 years ago

10points

Sasha Kuleshov 3 years ago

Here in México scammers call you saying they have kidnapped someone you know and demand 5,000 pesos in cellphone credit cards >:P

6points

alex cosgrove 3 years ago

6points

Mimi777 3 years ago

That’s terrifying!!

2points

Jolee Koop 3 years ago

6points

Elena B 3 years ago

Alot of sites with bad security have a chance of showing something like that. I used to get it multiple times when i went to boredpanda

3points

Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)

4points

Quit yo jibba jabba 3 years ago

4points

Acceber 3 years ago

4points

Sergio Bicerra Descalzi 3 years ago (edited)

4points

Baking Cactus 3 years ago

My friend's elderly mother was scammed out of her millions of dollars in life savings.

4points

Suebee70 3 years ago

3points

Acceber 3 years ago

0points

Heather Williams 3 years ago (edited)

3points

samantha-hammett 3 years ago

Heather Williams like

0points

Banjo Peppers 3 years ago

3points

mert-kerem-kadiz 3 years ago

Banjo Peppers love

0points

Donna Cheung 3 years ago

3points

jcchinn 3 years ago

Donna Cheung Good response!

0points

Meyer Weinstock 3 years ago

2points

catherine-massie 3 years ago

Meyer Weinstock yes

0points

Adrienne Early 3 years ago

2points

Jill Pulcifer 3 years ago

2points

Mimi777 3 years ago

“Your car’s extended warranty is about to expire” I like to mess with them when I’m bored and don’t have anything to do.

1point

CatWoman312 3 years ago

Scammers are the worse. Just soulless narcissistic losers

1point

Blue 3 years ago

Peeps be gettin scammed

1point

Karen Klinck 3 years ago

0points

maggie-kusz 3 years ago

Karen Klinck lol

0points