• naeap@sopuli.xyz
    5·
    3 months ago

    I was 16 and saved all my money for my own laptop.

    Was looking at a MacBook Pro, which was sold on eBay as an outlet unit with minor defects (like scratches) for a third less.

    Bought it and sent my money through Western Union just to never see it - or any laptop - again

    16 year old me was more than heart broken…

    • Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml
      1·
      3 months ago

      Is Western Union used for anything other than scams? What’s it for legitimately? Can’t you just send money via your bank?

      • zod000@lemmy.ml
        2·
        3 months ago

        It can be used to send money to people that don’t have a bank account. These people sadly exist, like some of my family. That said, being pressured to send them money by them lying could definitely be considered a scam :)

  • kylie_kraft@lemmy.world
    2·
    3 months ago

    The scammers didn’t get what they wanted, but they did get into my account. I got a call claiming to be from T-Mobile telling me that someone was trying to order an iPhone online to a second address and it was flagged as potentially fraudulent. They had all my basic account information, so it seemed like they were just asking me for verification, but really they were fishing for the additional details to confirm the order, not cancel it. It was when they tried to change my password and T-Mobile texted me the security code that I realized what was happening. They must have gotten my username and password from a data leak. They hung up when I started asking for proof that they were really T-Mobile. I’m glad that they didn’t get all the way, but I’m still embarrassed that they got as far as they did.

  • Wojwo@lemmy.ml
    2·
    3 months ago

    What about scams you’re born into, but stayed in waaaay to long? If so Mormonism and the Republican party.

  • weeeeum@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    Rush my passport. Fell for it because it was being provided by fedex!!! I filled it out at one of their locations!!!

    In the end it does absolutely nothing, and its stupid fucking expensive. Nearly lost $2000.

  • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    When houses first came out in Runescape, someone said Dragon Longswords look big om tables and I put mine on the table. The dude kicked me out of his house and stole my dragon longsword.

      • Schwim Dandy@lemmy.zip
        1·
        3 months ago

        I’ve only bought two new cars but don’t consider the depreciation a scam, it’s something everyone knows is going to happen going into it so although I feel I made a bad choice doing it, I don’t blame the dealership. The high-pressure bullshit is also to be expected, sadly.

        Used, OTOH, is an absolute scam. On trade-in, they make number adjustments to get the used car basically free and on the sale-end, they dress it up, tell the buyer that it’s been through a 5,000 point quality check and sell you whatever got bought at auction or traded in. They get even scammier if you finance through them. I’ve seen 16% interest rate for a buyer with an 800+ credit score.

        The whole thing is predatory in nature.

      • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml
        0·
        3 months ago

        To me? it is lefternmost political movement allowed to exist in Polish public space, so for years it pretended to not be what it really is, the left wing of fascism, and i believed that.

        For example when after completely disastrous “reforms” by AWS and UW (direct predecessors of current PiS and PO parties) in 1999, succdems won a most landsliding victory in post 1989 history of Poland, they realised policies that had nearly nothing in common with what they promised, but the usual neoliberal austerity. That did pissed off nearly all of their voters and in next few elections their results have been abysmal. Recently they got some more support and get a partial generational exchange, but they only went even further right, openly making coalition with right-liberals of PO.

          • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml
            0·
            3 months ago

            Social democracy as a concept would work if those doing it would have a spine and not be traitors of the working class.

            No, it wouldn’t, because the thing they want is still capitalism, and everything they do (riding on actual workers struggle) will be inevitably dismantled as soon as capitalists gain the upper hand again, as we observe time and time again. Socialdemocracy itself is a class treason and was born from class treason.