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Stacey @xstitcher (39011) • Petaluma, California 10 May

I was listening to the messages on my phone, and one of them was from "someone from Social Security." At first I thought, "What the heck?" then looked on line about "Why Social Security would call." It said something about...

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A Electricity Bill Scam

celticeagle @celticeagle (189819) • Boise, Idaho 4 May

It's called the utility shut off scam. Even some who auto pay are being scammed. They may come to your home, text or call you telling you that you supposedly owe money on your bill and need to pay up or your utilities will be shut...

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The sense of British fair play appears over.

Winterishere @thedevilinme (5216) • Northampton, England 16 Apr

Britain once prided itself on being honest and polite...that famous sense of fair play chaps! Well things have changed. The country is increasingly ethnic and they dont play by the rules sometimes. The current news story is new...

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Is Bitcoin Dead and Gone?

Emmanuel Adelakun @ogbenishyna44 (1739) 8 Feb

The most recent attack on Bitcoin came from the released Eipstein files where numerous secrets behind the crypto's launch was revealed and since then it has begun a free-fall that speculators believe it may never bounce back. One...

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I got scammed! Lesson learned.

rosé @mnglsp (3767) • Philippines 29 Jan

The eagerness to earn is sometimes a trap. I just wanted to try an encoding job, but I didn't realize that when they felt that I would not continue recharging more money to their company, is that they would block me and never...

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Watch Out For This One

celticeagle @celticeagle (189819) • Boise, Idaho 17 Nov

About 7:30p. Sunday evening I got a video call. (I never get these. Never use the video and it freaked me out.) I didn't except it. Got another one about five minutes later. Didn't except it. The email address on it was weird. I...

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Still waiting on Techs

TaxiLady @Ghostlady (2356) • United States 21 Oct

I called the company...left a message...no call back yet. I posted in the Dell Community..no answer yet. Before I went to the Dell Community..I was on Youtube, and saw a link to Dell Support. I clicked on it, and chatted with...

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The Facebook Saga

kay lar @jaylar (3671) • Kingston, Jamaica 28 Aug

Recently there have been and are outcries from people all over the world whose account on Facebook has been banned or locked. People post about the efforts they made and are making to get their account reinstated. In fact, the...

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Facebook Keeps Getting Worse

kay lar @jaylar (3671) • Kingston, Jamaica 13 Jul

I wrote an article in February about FB... but as bad it was then, it is worse today. It is jammed not just with fake news, but frauds. It doesn't just publish AI created garbage, it pushes it as if it is true. There are X...

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Charity Scammers

clrumfelt @clrumfelt (5597) • Tennessee Ridge, Tennessee 28 Jun

A couple approached my husband and I in the parking lot of the Dollar Store and told us their car is out of oil and could we buy them a couple quarts of oil. My husband bought the oil for them and they asked for the cash register...

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Scam phone calls .....aren't they a pain !

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11265) • United Kingdom 17 Jun

I seem to get a fair few scam calls...... some offer money for answering a few questions......never turn out to be a few and rarely , if ever, do you see money some say they are not selling anything , but always seem to find...

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Warranty Scam

Primo @programmerprimo (174) • United States 23 May 25

When I was working for one of the big cell phone providers, I was assisting a customer over the phone. She wanted to process a warranty for her non working phone. She was able to verify the account so I asked all of the warranty...

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What! Good grief!

ElicBxn @ElicBxn (64169) • United States 12 May 25

So, my phone didn't go off before I got up. Now, I'm kind of expecting a call for a medical thing, so I've put the ringer back on. And I've been answering them, well, when I wasn't in the car or in the doctor's office. So, I...

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Guardio

me @dfollin (27267) • United States 27 Apr 25

Has anyone ever heard of Guardio? It is apparently a download for your phone to keep it safe from scams. I received an offer for a 7 day free trial and they would charge me after that. It said due today $0! It looked good so I...

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Scammed & Scarred

Manasa.L @manasamanu (3797) • Bangalore, India 24 Feb 25

It's hard to believe everything online. Two months ago, I lost $345.40 to an online scam for an educational course. I wish I had never attended their free webinar—now I regret losing that money. Worst of all, my family keeps...

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Sad That You Can't Even Believe Reviews Anymore

celticeagle @celticeagle (189819) • Boise, Idaho 16 Feb 25

Several years ago I was friends with a gal who wrote articles online. She and I made a lot of money for a while doing this. She came to me one day with information about a new job she was going to be doing. She was sharing the...

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They never give up!

ElicBxn @ElicBxn (64169) • United States 10 Feb 25

The other day I got a friend request from someone I was already friends with. I accepted the person. I did reach out to the person I was already friends to let her know. I have not heard back. When I checked, it seemed that...

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scammer

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Have You Seen a Change in the Products That You Usually Get?

celticeagle @celticeagle (189819) • Boise, Idaho 8 Jan 25

I am seeing a lot of change in the size, amount, etc., of items I buy. Not just the price. The toilet paper I get has started making their rolls less width-wise. Tampax sizes have shrunk. You really have to check the weight of a...

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Catching Scamming Criminals

celticeagle @celticeagle (189819) • Boise, Idaho 8 Jan 25

I am watching these videos on YouTube of this journalist who is working with the police to get scammers taken down. He has spent 189 days working to bring down a scam call center in India. I love it! I have been scammed. I have...

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Another Scam

celticeagle @celticeagle (189819) • Boise, Idaho 26 Nov 24

I just read where a lady went to Walmart and got a $150 gift card for someone. The recipient tried to use it and there was no money on it. The lady went to Walmart and followed all their directions and basically was told the store...

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