I have once. I was trying to buy a bed frame secondhand and was told to cashapp a reservation fee for $15. It was a scam and I never got the bed frame and the scammer used their real name and picture and cashapp so….super weird. But at least it was only $15. reply
Rather than calling this a scam…it’s more like voluntary robbery So was in the first year of in-person college, which was when I moved into this off-campus student housing. The rent was dirt cheap, but the drawback was that the neighbourhood was super sketchy.
I was on my way to do groceries when this man came up to me. This guy had tattoos a...... 1 reply
Surprisingly, no. I have gotten VERY sketchy emails asking for my info for purchases I never made, but i only saw them after weeks of receiving them sooooo reply
Yes. It was a pyramid scheme/MLM scam.
When I was a broke freshman college student, I was looking for easy money making opportunities. Then I saw a bunch of those "join this company and post ads, then get paid for it!". They'd show their weekly earnings averaging $500 per week and I was like, oh, I can do that for that much money. I wasn't knowle...... 2 reply
Yes, and not in a good way, got scammed into thinking my 'act of treason' case got reopened due to some idiots that were jealous of me bc I got away with it, they tried to get me arrested even tho my case was closed and I paid the fine THEY LITERALLY CALLED ME 3 IN THE MORNING SAYING UR CASE HAS BEEN REOPENED, like I started shitting myself then c...... 1 reply
I've fallen for one of those "give me ur account password and I'll buy u a membership" scams... I miss my old movie star planet account every day stupid ass 8 year old me I'm gonna go back in time and beat them for being a fucking idiot 2 reply
Not me but an ex-coworker of mine fell for one of those obvious gift card scams and took $400 ish from our work safe. dude walked nearly 3 miles, gave the scammer his ssn, ID, and personal number. Everyone at work looked at him stupid and he practically got away w/ a slap on the wrist by our boss. The good part was he had to pay it back bc he sti...... reply