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03-30-2007, 04:59 AM
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#1 | | Senior
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Rep Power: 4  |  Suggestion - Ever Been SCAMMED ???
Howdy (As Lyte would say) members of PC101
Has anybody been "scammed" before ? Like e-mails, retail scams, charity scams and so on ??
I discovered a very good web site for "all" these SCAMS !!! http://www.scam.com/
Very interesting reading. Also very helpful. 
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03-30-2007, 12:32 PM
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Rep Power: 7 | Well, the only thing I can think of was a former landlord who tried to keep $2,400 in security deposit. After about three month small claims suit, I got most of it back. But nothing in the way on email, phishing sort of scam.
I'll peep the link and see what's to be seen! 
Lyte
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03-30-2007, 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Lyte  Well, the only thing I can think of was a former landlord who tried to keep $2,400 in security deposit. After about three month small claims suit, I got most of it back. But nothing in the way on email, phishing sort of scam.
I'll peep the link and see what's to be seen!
Lyte | Hey, that happened to me too. I fought it in arbitration, but lost that too, as I didn't have any photos to back up my story. I never felt so violated in my life. I lost $1050. | |
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03-30-2007, 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by racknrail .... I didn't have any photos to back up my story. I never felt so violated in my life. I lost $1050. | I made the mistake of not doing a final walk through with the bozo. BUT, I did take video!!
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03-30-2007, 09:10 PM
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The only time I ever get scammed is by women  | |
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03-31-2007, 01:47 AM
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Originally Posted by AngelArs The only time I ever get scammed is by women | who hasn't been?  | |
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04-01-2007, 06:23 AM
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Rep Power: 4 | I just wanted to add to this thread.... Welcome to IC3
The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C).
Link: http://www.ic3.gov/
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04-02-2007, 06:05 PM
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Rep Power: 7 | I do regularly get those Ebay scams via email and regularly forward them to ![[email address]](http://www.pc101.com/forum/?emailimage=1b9f695506936290b942dcdf337da4f6)
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04-03-2007, 04:07 PM
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#9 | | Professor
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Originally Posted by Lyte I do regularly get those Ebay scams via email and regularly forward them to
Lyte |
I had one of those once. I did as you and reported it. The perpetrators are clever though. Their strategies seem to evolve all the time. I hope they get what they deserve.
I am suspicious of everything online and in my email that isn't absolutely familiar. | |
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04-03-2007, 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by racknrail I am suspicious of everything online and in my email that isn't absolutely familiar. | A smart policy!
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04-03-2007, 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by racknrail I am suspicious of everything online and in my email that isn't absolutely familiar. | I wish more people did this. It just requires a little bit of common sense, but sadly common sense can't be taught  If something looks real but I can't prove it's real then I error on the side of caution and delete it. No credible company will ever ask for personal information via a e-mail. | |
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04-04-2007, 03:40 PM
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Rep Power: 2 | You are absolutely right, but people can be curious and curiousity killed the cat, as they say... | |
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04-04-2007, 03:52 PM
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These days it's more like the cat food  | |
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02-07-2008, 08:55 AM
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Rep Power: 0 | Yap and i can said i always face that problem. Its just fine with me because i know some scammer really like to do that. Some of them just want to collect our date and sell it. Thats why i hate anyone who do that. | |
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02-11-2008, 10:13 PM
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Rep Power: 0 | Yes, sadly I have been scammed on the internet before. I was on ebay searching to buy a pair of sneakers. I should of known that this deal on a pair of Nike's was too good. So when I received the shoes they were completely fake. They looked nothing like the photo the seller provided. I was never able to get my money back so yeah I was scammed and I'm always more careful when purchasing items on the internet now. | |
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02-11-2008, 10:23 PM
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...that's why when we buy sneakers on ebay we only buy one at a time. If it looks good then we go back and buy the other one | |
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02-11-2008, 11:04 PM
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Rep Power: 2 | I know a dude that was ripped off for $7000 on ebay after paying for a z28 camero.
I would consider a pair of sneakers a cheap lesson learned.
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02-13-2008, 09:35 AM
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Rep Power: 7 | $7K?! Dang... whatever happened to Ebay's buyer protection?!  | |
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02-13-2008, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Lyte Ebay's buyer protection | There's an oxymoron
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02-13-2008, 09:26 PM
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Rep Power: 0 | if you will ask me? yes! i got scammed before, specially when i am joining hyips program, usually they will pay you for about one week and after paying they will run your money after you respend more. my technique in playing hyips is let them pay you for one day and then run it. or else they will run your money. | |
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02-13-2008, 10:31 PM
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Rep Power: 0 | I have experienced this internet scam that was propose my by auntie. it happen that i lost a lot of it but the experience teach me to be more careful bout my money. | |
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02-18-2008, 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by AngelArs There's an oxymoron | Yes ... yes... no need to laugh quite so hard!  | |
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02-19-2008, 01:59 AM
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Originally Posted by yayedr I have experienced this internet scam that was propose my by auntie. | Your own aunt ripped you off? Boy, I bet you've had some wild family reunions  | |
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02-19-2008, 08:00 AM
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Rep Power: 1 | sad stories....it's really embarrassing after being scammed...I've not been scammed a lot but few $$ 3-4 times...evena guy manage to convince paypal investigator to make my chargeback invalid n took d money.So paypal is no where safe ..same is ebay as they belong to same brand.
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