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Who here has been scammed? Could be any amount...big or small. What technique was used by the scammer?
Once on ebay and once on amazon...I dont really count those though. Theyre both breeding grounds for strange things. I did receive my money back luckily. Im talking about real legit scams.
Back when I had dial up there was this pyramid scheme going around online...you paid money then had to click on ads each day...I think within 8 or 10 days you could cash out. I lost $80 doing that one time...site just vanished.
My grandparents western unioned around $1500 to bail their "grandson" out of jail who was in Mexico, lol. They went back to the bank to get another $2,000 to send but the bank made them call a family member to check. Turns out grandson wasnt even in mexico...who knew? If it wasnt for the bank they would have drained their account...scary stuff. Even the person at walmart tried talking them out of sending it but they demanded it be sent.
My grandparents are semi hard of hearing. When they answered the phone the scammer said "hey grandpa...this is your favorite grandson." Of course they responded with "is this "John Doe" in which the scammer replied yes. Hook, line..sinker. At that point it was a done deal. They told grandparents not to tell anyone and how embarrassed they were to be thrown in jail...and needed some bail money..etc etc. Pretty effective to say the least. To this day they claim he sounded exactly like "john doe" (name not disclosed for privacy) and cant believe it wasnt him.
Once on ebay and once on amazon...I dont really count those though. Theyre both breeding grounds for strange things. I did receive my money back luckily. Im talking about real legit scams.
Back when I had dial up there was this pyramid scheme going around online...you paid money then had to click on ads each day...I think within 8 or 10 days you could cash out. I lost $80 doing that one time...site just vanished.
My grandparents western unioned around $1500 to bail their "grandson" out of jail who was in Mexico, lol. They went back to the bank to get another $2,000 to send but the bank made them call a family member to check. Turns out grandson wasnt even in mexico...who knew? If it wasnt for the bank they would have drained their account...scary stuff. Even the person at walmart tried talking them out of sending it but they demanded it be sent.
My grandparents are semi hard of hearing. When they answered the phone the scammer said "hey grandpa...this is your favorite grandson." Of course they responded with "is this "John Doe" in which the scammer replied yes. Hook, line..sinker. At that point it was a done deal. They told grandparents not to tell anyone and how embarrassed they were to be thrown in jail...and needed some bail money..etc etc. Pretty effective to say the least. To this day they claim he sounded exactly like "john doe" (name not disclosed for privacy) and cant believe it wasnt him.
I can understand Grandma's disbelief about the whole situation, and how it's easier to believe that your grandchild married someone evil than it is to believe that you fell for something so stupid. I just don't understand why everyone else feeds her delusion. The story she got was more believable. He was up north for an interview and needed money for some reason. Car broke down? Wallet got stolen? I don't remember. It was somewhere that he had talked about relocating. The scammers got lucky, though is probably not a huge stretch for San Francisco (anyone my age has probably thought about locating up north, where you can actually afford housing). The story wasn't that far fetched, except for the part where he asks "fixed income Grandma" to help him out. I am sure "needing thousands of dollars" was also pretty ridiculous, given the story.
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