Have you ever been scammed online?

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Have you ever been scammed?

  1. No, and I'm glad about that!

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  2. Yes, once. I hope it will never happen again.

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  3. Yes, multiple times. I was careless, but not anymore!

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  1. gocubs19

    gocubs19 Well-Known Member

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    #41
    I've gotten scammed out of a total of $849 to date.

    Never will happen again.
     
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    #42
    I have, long time ago, was a member of prizes4points, a gpt site. Got some of what was owed to me but not all. They scammed a ton of people to. The admin of the site sent Visa gift cards that were no good. The site started off good, sending out payments and prizes, but it was just to hook people and then they started scamming
     
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    #43
    I have honestly lost count! :(

    Now I think it is 'Scam'ternet! :mad:

    No seriously it is really Buyer Beware. :rolleyes:
     
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  4. Boardwalk

    Boardwalk Well-Known Member

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    LOL guys... guess what? The guy who scammed me just sent me the PSDs. I don't know if he felt guilty or what... but I still feel scammed because he made me wait for such a long time (almost 3 months!).
     
    Boardwalk, Mar 1, 2008 IP
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    wyattt Active Member

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    #45
    I'm glad you got them, but a 3 month wait for something like that is unacceptable.
     
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    #46
    lol, that's funny

    3 months is way too long, but glad ya got them
     
    happydays, Mar 1, 2008 IP
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    soniqhost.com Notable Member

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    #47
    I got scammed on ebay one, got most of my money back though
     
    soniqhost.com, Mar 1, 2008 IP
  8. Nora

    Nora Well-Known Member

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    #48
    Once for $2.. I've also had a few bad experiences with custom designs.
     
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    Fisker Well-Known Member

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    #49
    escrow or western union are the best if the transaction amount is huge.
     
    Fisker, Mar 2, 2008 IP
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    #50
    I got scammed about 10 $. Very cheap price to learn something.
     
    bangalore, Mar 2, 2008 IP
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    #51
    Yes. But only once. And that was for 1600$.
    After that, I've been extremely careful while selling/buying.

    Lesson Learnt : Never use PayPal for huge transactions.
     
    Shadab, Mar 2, 2008 IP
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    sray Active Member

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    #52
    Never happened till now. :)
     
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  13. Codythebest

    Codythebest Notable Member

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    #53
    I've been scammed $1,150 on ALIBABA.COM
    BEFORE I learnt that they are all thieves on ALibaba...
    My fault though...Isn't it " ALIBABA and the 40 THIEVES" ????
     
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    Boardwalk Well-Known Member

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    Cody: Man, that's a huge amount! And oh.. but Ali Baba wasn't one of the thieves, right?
     
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    gocubs19 Well-Known Member

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    #55
    That's exactly what happened to me, simply for trying to start my own business.
     
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    #56
    it's like a total scam
    go to ripoffreport.com with that :DDD
     
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    #57
    For 2 Years I've never been scammed yet , i think I was lucky and i hope that my luck will not leave me ;)
     
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    #58

    Not Ali but one of the thousands of scammers that live on alibaba.com
    Beware of that site
     
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    Mostly by email in my fist years...
     
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  20. Boardwalk

    Boardwalk Well-Known Member

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    By e-mail? Do you mean the "you won $1,000,000" stuff or something like those?
     
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