Have you ever fallen victim to a scam?

Have you ever fallen victim to a scam?

  • Yes

    Votes: 112 59.6%

  • No

    Votes: 76 40.4%
  • Total voters
    188
Yes, when I was about 12 or 13 or so, I was part of a church business group. The senior guys found some pyramid scheme where you "bought a website hosting service" but it was really just an opportunity to market and sell the same scheme to other pyramid victims. I had my doubts, but well it was through the church, I was young, I figured the older guys knew best so I "invested" in it, that was all the money I had at the time. I realized very quickly that it was just a scam and refused to try and get any other people involved because I didn't want anyone else to make the mistake I'd made. Then I tried to use the "website hosting" to host my own porn site, but as expected the tools didn't work because it wasn't actually designed to host a website, it was just a pyramid scheme. Hopefully never again.
 
At work. I was duped into thinking that working hard and doing more than what was in my job description, I would benefit from it, getting promoted regularly and getting better increases. After a while al it brought me was a salary freeze, more work and more responsibilities.
 
By 100s of online scam sites (they design their websites so well, that U just fall for them..!)
Democracy is the root cause of the multi-million or billion dollar scammer industry worldwide - So, we are Right to End Democracy..!
 
Are scams becoming more complex? Just got a call from the same number I got called from previously by Metrofibre and the guy asks "Can I help get you back on your WiFi?"

I was confused because I know my new ISP will also be using Metrofibre as the FNO (Fibre Network Operator) but the team that installed the equipment told me they have to lay a new cable due to capacity issues in my neighbourhood so it will be a while before I will have fibre.

I then wonder if this was Metrofibre acting as the ISP themselves with whom I had an order but cancelled because they were useless at communicating this exact issue with me. So, I ask the guy what address he has for me and he gives the wrong address. I tell him in a nice way to FO and then end the call.

I call back and its Metrofibre's welcome message and I see from my call logs its the number they called me from previously.

SO the questions:

1. How the hell do they have the incorrect address?
2. How do they not know I never had their "WiFi" and that I cancelled the order?

Or was this just a scam which Metrofibre themselves approved to trick people who cancelled to sign up again?

Edit: Some people spell and tag it as Metrofiber
 
judecarolyn said:
Investment fraud runs rampant in U.S. with $4.6 billion lost in 2023. In 2023, the Federal Trade Commission found that U.S. consumers lost a staggering $4.6 billion to investment scams, a 21 per cent increase over 2024. we all know how embarrassing it is to be part of the large amount of victim of fraud across the world, feeling drained doesn't mean the end of the world for there is a solution in every situation, if you're looking for a solution easyreclaimer@gmailcom is always there to help you out like they did in my case.
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Marty?, is that you.
 
Yeah I've been scammed all right.
Here's my list:
* Clicking on cleek byt on the forim
* Believing that if I developed a great piece of software and something not many others could do I would be safe in my job
* Signing up for any of Vox Telecom's rental deals (doesn't matter which one they're all the same shyte)
 
Life in this modern world is a scam, in every single country around the globe.

Everything that is done, in any and every way, is just a way to fleece money from someone.
 
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