I was about 11-12 and very interested in sign language. A guy came up to me and pulled the old I'm deaf, buy this card con. I tried to sign "no, I'm sorry". He didn't seem to get it. I felt so bad about my signing being so terrible, I gave him my only $10.

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This happens a lot in my town over Christmas season, to the point where a friend of mine memorizes a few signs so she can shake them off. Most of them will bolt in the opposite direction if actually start signing back to them.

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I remember being in computer class in elementary school and an ad came up for me to win $1000: "You are our millionth visitor, call this number to win money.". I was so upset when the teacher told me it was fake because I already planned on what new video games I was going to buy.

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An email something like

"You're paypal has been accessed from an unknown source, click here to update your password."

It looked official and asked for me to login to update my password. When I realized the website didn't allow me to view my profile I panicked. I then spent the day taking the nessassary precautions.

Lesson, always go to the website yourself and don't click links in emails.

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this is trivial to spot. Hover your arrow over the link in the email. Look at the domain name. If it says scammers.ru instead of paypal.com... well duh. don't click. I usually click these things out of interest to see how well they copied the real site.

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When I was in high school (early '70s), my English teacher announced that a publisher was having a poetry contest, and the best entries would appear in a poetry journal. Several of us in class submitted our work and anxiously awaited the results.

Surprise! ALL our entries were accepted -- the good ones and the really bad ones. At first we were ecstatic. Then we found out that each of us had to pay to get a copy of the journal. What a scam. Even our English teacher got snookered.

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Haha, that happened to us in the late 90s too (I didn’t buy one though).

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I went to a tiny fair in a mall parking lot with a few of my friends two years ago, and one of my goals was to win a tiny stuffed animal for my boyfriend. I came up to this booth that “guaranteed a prize every time, even if I lose” and the man gestured to all the small stuffed animals on display. So of course, I thought I was getting one of those. I win a prize as guaranteed, but this dude pulled out this dinky little emoji plush that was maybe 3 inches in diameter and gave it to me with a sly smirk. I wasn’t that happy but I wasn’t going to fight either. What a scam.

Luckily though, I was walking around and saw a tiny stuffed animal that happened to be my boyfriends favorite animal, I asked if I could trade my stupid emoji for it and the guy said yes. He probably couldn’t care less but at least he was nice.

Always ask which prize you’d win.

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I had a similar experience with those things that grab plushies out of a bin. You know, "THE CLAW! IT MOVES!". After failing a few times I just said to the guy can I not just pay for the damn plushie? He agreed.

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That guy who just ran out of money but needs to buy a train ticket to go home and see his family.

At the time I was like, "gosh, even if there's a chance he is lying, I want to help."

About thirty seconds later I was like, "I am an idiot."

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Yeah here it's "my car has run out of petrol, please can you give me fifty bucks"... er... no.

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Not really a scam but a joke.

Buddy gave me one of those very real looking fake scratch tickets and it had said I won $5k. I was about 2% skepticism mixed with 98% elation because I was thinking "S***, $5k I can pay off all my credit debt and even start an RRSP."

I was gutted when he revealed it was a joke card. Went from feeling like my life had changed and I finally got that little bump I've been waiting for, to feeling like an embarassed ass for falling for it. Now when anything good happens to me I automatically assume its a joke someone's playing on me.

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Why peope think doing something like this is funny is beyond me. It is a sure sign you don't need them in your life.

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Was desperate for a job, looked at the newspaper ads (it was like 15 years ago) and saw this "Marketing opening opportunity". I called the number and the guy I spoke to was really enthusiastic, almost instantly gave me an appointment for what he said was an interview a couple of days later. Of course when I asked what did the position involved exactly, they replied "We'll explain everything once we meet you." So I get there to find a room full of chairs and a small stage with a cardboard saying "Please take a seat". I now think this must be some kind of group interview as more people are coming and sitting in the half empty room. Two guys takes the stage, while two others in the back closes the doors, then locks the doors. A woman asks why they are locking the doors and one of the guy says "Well we wanna make sure you get ALL the information before you make a decision". That sounded pretty weird, and by then I knew I was in some s**tty situation. Is this some kind of bats**t religious group? What the hell am I doing here...

Then one of the guys on the stage puts a large box on a table, and starts the classic "We are happy to have you here today, in fact we're really excited, because you will be the first in the whole city to make this much cash, you just won't believe it"... he opens the box to show a set of knives and says "We welcome you to Cutco". Now I wanted to get out, but looking at the door the two guys were standing by it like security guards. "Sorry for locking the doors, but this opportunity is so great we can't take any risks, we don't know, one of you may well be a spy." Had to sit through an hour of listening to him talking about his freaking knives and how nice they were.

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this scenario, i think, is illegal in the US as it would fall under false imprisonment as soon as the doors were locked. you would have every right to call the police at that point. this is why escape rooms cannot, legally, lock you inside. they always say you're NOT locked in and you can open the door ANYTIME you want, but the "locked in" feeling is part of the fun of the rooms.

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Finally my rage can hopefully be heard.

I just left a career in mental health - was prowling for work that paid anywhere above $35k when all of a sudden John Doe from my high school a decade ago who created and maintains a multi-million dollar Japanese steak house asks me to "come to his house personally around 9pm because we needed to catch up. Maybe work if you are interested."

F***ing BAM right? Here I am thinking God, all my hard work was finally about to pay off and here comes a what I thought would be MGMT position or something relevant but no.....nonononono it simply wasn't. This dream of job turned out to be a MLM scheme and I knew it when I saw the casual pretzel bowl with like salsa dip and s**t in the basement on the table, with a projector and a room full of people.

I fell for the scam - which is why I hate MLM in the first place. You are supposed to target close people in your life and it makes for bad business.

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MLMs are all scams. Please see mlmwatch.org. Anyone who advertises a great opportunity and wants to hard sell in person, avoid like the plague. Save your friends from this as well, create awareness. MLM is in fact a cult. It works the same way. Unquestionable leader, great promises in a later life, lots of people praising, can only join through another member, have to pay a tithe, very difficult to leave, etc. It's literally a cult.

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My old roomate got thrown in jail one night - he went out drinking with a bunch of friends and was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Anyway, I go with his girlfriend to bail him out. We get to the jail and some guy approaches us and ask if we need a bail bondsman. We have no idea what we're doing so we say yes and then go to some bonds place. He asks us for $300 for the bail then goes inside - and never comes out. So my roomates girlfriend goes inside to see where he is and nobody's ever heard of him. So we lost all his money and he's stuck in jail for 2 days until they release him. He wasn't happy that we lost his money and failed at getting him out. I was 17 at the time so didn't think people would be that cruel - I know better now.

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I got into Scientology for a while. The thing you have to understand about Scientology is that when they pitch it to you, it sounds really f**king awesome. They make it sound like there's something easy to fix with your brain that, after you fix it, will improve every area of your life. Oh, and they have a navy. There was a time in my life when I wanted nothing more than to join the Sea Org and help make the world Clear.

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Years ago I was stopped on the street by two who looked like students. They wanted me to take a 'personality" test. Figured they were pshyc students from the local university and as I had time to kill said sure. Took me to a storefront and gave me this list of questions. Did that and they had me wait in the outer room while they 'marked' it. No indication of anything until I happened to look at the door. Small sign above : "Church of Scientology" Stayed anyway to see what they would do. Of course the test came back amazing and I should take some seminars to reach my true potential. Noped out but got phone calls for a long time afterwards. At least I learned not to put my real contact info on sketchy forms.

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Lost $700 to a housing scammer. Back in May this year I inquired about a CL ad for a house for rent. It was a perfect match for me. Nice house, good neighborhood, owner would let me have whatever pets I wanted without any fees. Should have realized it was too good to be true. Made the mistake of wiring them the deposit money without signing anything or meeting with anyone.

The worst part is that I was being so careful the whole time, researching and verifying any information given to me, and I still made a stupid mistake that cost me money I couldn't afford to lose.

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With an enormous shortage in housing, this scam is now very active in the Netherlands. Especially foreign students and immigrants are targeted because they don't know the procedure is in the Netherlands and they end up paying large sums of money to scammers who promise them priority in renting a flat or a house. Surprise: you can't bribe your way into a place to live over here.

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When I was young and slightly drunk a man accosted me at the cashpoint and convinced me to give him £40. He said he would pay me back and gave me an address and phone number. When I returned to the cashpoint the next day I realised he had Keyser Söze'd the streetname directly behind me. I did not get back the £40, although the amount of money that guy has saved me since by making me realise how innocent I was means it's probably one of the best investments I ever made.

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Hit a bad shot on a golf course. heard a thump sound. man came out not angry, but seemed sad and said i broke his window. his kids were in the other room, so nobody was hurt. still he threatened legal action. (i now realize he LIVES ON A GOLF COURSE so this s**t must happen to him all the time) long story short, i was shook up and gave him all the cash in my wallet about $150 to get him to calm down. he took it said he'd fix the window, we exchanged info so he could see if the window cost more or less than i gave him. I was still scared of getting sued. called/emailed him the next week to see what was up, both were fake.

Yes, i should have asked to see the window. Yes, i should have not been such a shook up wiener. I got scared and thought i was doing the right thing. Sometimes, i am not a street smart man.

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I wouldn't say I fell for it but while walking around Tokyo I was stopped by this monk who explained that he was traveling the country on foot and asked for a monetary donation. When it was clear I'd help him out, he pulls out a money book and shows me what people generally give him and to write my name down next to them along with the money amount. It was full of big numbers clearly going into the hundreds and thousands of dollars. It's implied that I should match those donations otherwise I'm clearly not a good person.

Realized it was an immediate scam, and a very obvious one.

He then waits for me to pay up and I gave him the equivalent of $5. 500 yen. He kinda looked at me like I just insulted him and I walked away. I checked google later that night and apparently he was a well known scammer in the area.

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Ooh I actually enjoy these ones. They can make up some interesting stories about their "travels" and I don't mind throwing $5 toward a good story.

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A guy asked me for $5 because he was out of gas. He told me if I gave him my address he would mail it back to me. I told him, no problem keep it. Then I watch him walk down the street and into a bar.

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Once cash leaves your hand, you no longer have any say in how it's spent. Enjoy the good karma on your end and move along!

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I fell for the "Become a supermodel" scam. I was 15-16 at the time with little self confidence. I've got stopped on the street by this guy saying that he works for a modelling agency and I have a great look etc. I ended up registering with the agency (even though I am like 5 foot 3 on tall days), even paid a registration fee which meant that they did a "book" for me, with 10 professional photos and they taught all the models how to walk. One week before the fashion show (that would skyrocket all our careers) was supposed to take place they disappeared. The registration fee was quite hefty, there were like 150-200 girls registered with them when they packed up.

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jesus you are lucky you dodged a bullet there. Here if that happens it's often a human trafficking scam.

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This was a close call at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. I arrived with my girlfriend, she's a photographer, and we stopped by to grab a burger jn one of those places from the arrivals foodhall. My girlfriend left her camera on the table with me and went to the toilet. At one moment an old lady came from my left and started asking me stuff with an awful accent, I couldn't understand anything she was saying. By the third or forth attempt I understood she was looking for the toilet. I didn't know where the toilet was but my girlfriend was just coming back from it, from behind me, I saw and asked where the toilet was but she was frozen like "what the hell is going on?". I turned my back again to the table and there was a guy with his hands on her camera. By this time the old lady had already vanished. The guy patheically moves his hand to the napkin holder and asks if it was ours. I don't even think he waited for an answer, he just turned and went away. It was all very quick, took us some seconds to realise we almost lost the camera and the whole thing was a scam.

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Guy at the gas station said he and his cancer ridden wife broke down a mile up the highway, needed $10 to get them gas for a 30 mile trip to the city. I just got paid was feeling rich so I gave it to him. Went to the same gas station two days later and the guy was there again with the same problem.

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When I was a little kid, my dad drew several circles on a sheet of paper. Then, he would have me roll a quarter down my nose to try to get it to land in certain spots for more points. The goal is that when the quarter lands, you trace the quarter with a pencil, then you roll, trace, roll, trace etc until you get a certain number of points.

The joke is that the person rolling the quarter ends up with a streak of graphite down their nose and looks like an idiot. I wasn’t happy. It was embarrassing and I felt betrayed.

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Gotta remember this one.

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A guy I went to high school with scammed a town full of people in the next state over by pretending to be a Food Network chef. He claimed that he was setting up a barbecue in their town with people such as Bobby Flay and Robert Irving in attendance, then proceeded to charge $35 a ticket to the tune of $10,000. The charade fell apart when he did a presentation and people realized he had no clue how to make most of the stuff he was demonstrating. People did a little digging and realized he wasn't a chef and had never been employed by Food Network. The police agreed not to press charges if he gave everyone their money back.

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I wonder what sort of fuckery this guy has gotten up to since then.

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I worked serving food at a country club. The management decided to prank my young, naive, wholesome self.

Basically my supervisor asked me to go inquire to the head chef about the state of the ‘dingleberries.’ I assumed it was some type of fancy berry and did as asked. Head chef had me pass the message back to her that they were still “too dirty” and not ready yet.

You can’t imagine how I felt once I figured this out years later.

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I worked at Papa John's, where pizzas are actually hand-tossed... Like, by hand. Whenever we had a new guy, we'd toss a 'za in the air, accidentally put a hole in it, and send the newbie to go find the "dough repair kit."

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High School kids were selling magazine subscriptions in the parking lot of the strip mall. I felt sorry for them and placed an order. Never received the magazine - apparently they were just scamming peeps.

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" Hey man. If you type your password, it'll bleep out. Look. My password is *******"

I lost my first runescape account this way. I ended up recovering it about a year later, but I felt bad and didn't keep it because the guy had made that account a member and was nearly level 80 in everything.

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To my shame, I did something similar as the scammer when I was a kid and used to go on Neopets (remember that!?). I made a fake website on Geocities with a form you had to fill out including name and password and used to tell people to visit it to get free money and prizes. When the form was submitted, it came straight to my email address, then I logged in, transferred all their items to my own account and then locked them out of it so they couldn’t report me. I was a little s**t lol.

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When I was 18 I sent +/-$100 in cash to China for a fake ID. The lady at the post office even said "Be careful sending cash to China, it's probably a scam!" and I thought "Pssssht, it's okay, I read reviews online and it's legit." It wasn't legit, the reviews were fake.

I literally sent cash to China for nothing. I am not a smart man.

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One of those "I'll fix your bumper, right here in this parking lot" scams. These guys would prowl the parking lot outside of shopping centers, looking for any car with a dent. When the driver shows up, they make their sales pitch, which is something along the lines of: "Hey, I work at this body shop at [random place that likely doesn't exist]. I fix up dents like yours all the time; my shop usually charges [made up figure], but i'll tell you what, i'm actually just getting off work and I have all of the equipment I need to fix your bumper on the spot, for a fraction of what it would cost you."

I like to think of myself as a rational person, and I have never fallen for anything so transparent before. But for whatever reason, I fell for it.

Not my proudest moment.

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What actually happens when you agree? Do they take the money and run?

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I fell for the penny auction sites. "Buy $50 in credits and bid on these super expensive items for a penny"

Spent all of my credits in like 10 minutes. BULL

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yeah me too. $167. sad. I wrote it off as a lesson in how to not be stupid.

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There was a company advertising that they would help people wipe out predatory student loans. Long story short I blew $800 on a company that got shut down by the Gov't for fraudulent practices and was denied a refund.

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I went to buy a Rolling Stones ticket from a scalper years ago (i know, i know) and he talked me into a VIP Backstage Pass. He said that's all I need! Free food, booze, all the perks. He insisted the sticker was all I needed to get in, no paper ticket necessary.

So a few hours later I go to the show, obviously can't get in - it was a VIP pass from the night before. There was no date on it, just a different shape.

I try every single gate hoping someone won't notice/not care and finally try the media entrance. The nice lady ushered me right in, I took an elevator up to the main concourse and I was free as a bird. I didn't have a seat obviously but I snuck down to the floor and ended up having a great show.

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i was working at costco, checking reciepts at the door. it’s boring as f**k, then a woman walked by with an incredibly low shirt that looked like it had been pulled down even further to where her breasts were almost out. i didn’t leer at her, but it certainly caught my attention, as well as my female co-worker doing the same thing across from me. didn’t notice the bottle of jack daniels tucked in her purse, i got honey-potted :/

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Working as a gas station cashier, a guy asked for 5 $20 lottery tickets, so I put them on the counter with the rest of his items. I asked if he had a loyalty card and he said he left it in his car and went to get it. He never came back, tickets were gone. Whoops.

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Working alone in a clothing store. Rich lady come in. High end clothes etc. uses her debit. The machine was being slow. ( this was 20 years ago before tap or speed ) the customers acts snobby and impatient and says she is in a hurry and walks out with her stuff. The card finally goes through and was declined. I honestly believed the card was good due to her clothing . The store lost 500 worth that day and I was lucky I was not fired.

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Taking a picture with Elmo in Times Square and paying up $20. He also kept badgering me for MORE money and saying he needed to share with his other costumed buddies. I lied and told him that was all the cash I had left. >:T

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Hot girl from high school hit me up when I was in Iraq. Chatted with me a couple months. Needed $500 for a new phone. Sent it to her. Never heard from her again.

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When I was in high school, I went to a carnival with my girlfriend at the time. We were walking by the games and she saw a stuffed animal she wanted. The carny knew how to win the game, I just couldn't do it. I lost $70 on it. I was about to walk away at $20, but he said he'd give me the money back if I was successful. I still feel like a moron about that.

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I once got locked out of my car one night. I called the first name on the google search. I was given a quote of $60 so I agreed. The "locksmith" only used a slim jim to open my door and I was charged $130. I had no choice but to pay and walk away very sad.

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me too. You can buy these inflatable cushion things though (thanks wish dot com) and they work quite well. The cushion opens the door just enough to get a coathanger through.

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I'm an amateur 3D artist. I got picked up by a group that was doing a demo for a major, major video game company that just about all gamers know of, if they don't own games by that they play religiously. It was a dream job: I was gonna be a character artist.

After a few weeks of awaiting a decision, I was accepted. I told my family, who announced it when my entire family was in town for my cousin's wedding. I didn't want it announced there for lingering fear of this very reason.

The guy turned out to be bats**t insane, and is either leading all of us on, or is insanely ambitious but genuinely has no clue what he's doing. Either way, he's disappeared off the face of the planet, likely with a fair amount of artwork and 3D assets.

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A very naive 11 year old me belived that you could get free steam games with a "Steam-Key generator". It seemed easy. You just had to write your username and password into a program, then you had access to all the games you wanted. I did exactly that, and lost my account with hundreds of games. Still mad at myself. Damn it.

Lag5pike Report

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I played Runescape when I was like 14 with this kid named Sparky every single day. He was my good friend and I trusted him. We'd chat and cut logs all the time. He asked to wear my party hat (before lending was a thing, it was a green party hat worth around 20 million gold at the time) after knowing him for like 2 years.

He logged off and I never saw him again. Green party hat gone. I was sad more that I lost my friend over a dumb in game item.