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A desperate plea for assistance

p1kef1sh @p1kef1sh (45681) 21 Feb 20

Don't you just love it when a solid British sounding chap send you what must surely be an authentic plea for help?

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How to get ripped off online ….. yeah yeah, so you didn’t know how to do that, right? `o0’

rebelann1949 @rebelann (117199) • El Paso, Texas 2 Apr 18

Well, first off let me say this about that ….. I really didn’t know that they had stored my credit card info , I only wanted that one year subscription but not a renewal ...

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Watch out for this "secret shopper" Scam!!

dragon54u @dragon54u (31633) • United States 1 Feb 17

I just got an envelope via priority 2-day mail service with a check for $2,890.00 and an instruction sheet on how to shop for i-Tunes cards and a list of stores to go to. First, I don't remember applying for that job and...

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Bubblews is no more

zzzgeok @zzzgeok (58) • United States 15 Nov 15

I attempted to go to Bubblews to read some posts and possibly post something myself, and I got the message that their advertising venue was no longer viable and they have closed up. I find this appalling that they did this with no...

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Taxi Ripoff

AnjaP @Rollo1 (16676) • Boston, Massachusetts 13 Sep 15

The Girl took a taxi to work this morning as she had no other means of transport. She sometimes gets a cab home from the train station. There are two towns with train stations and depending on which one she decides to head to,...

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BMI.Net is a rippoff scam

PoppaDave @PoppaDave (438) • United States 31 Jul 12

I have used the same dial-up for about 5 years now. One day I complained and since, each week I get worse and worse service. BMI.NET is $40 for 3 months. I had given up service and waited a period and they were anxious to hook me...

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Rip Off Britain-Car Insurance

gilly123 @gilly123 (157) 10 Aug 11

Just had my car insurance quote,and i am just about had enough of this dambed,blatent car insurance rip off!I am seriously thinking of packing up driving all together.i have been with Direct Line car insurance for 8 years,never...

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Curly Light Bulbs vs. Normal--Who Else Hates the Curly Ones?

dragon54u @dragon54u (31633) • United States 17 May 11

What a waste of money!! I bought some on sale and tried them in my kitchen lighting and went through 6 of them in one month, they burned out so quickly. This was before I read all the stuff you have to go through to dispose of...

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Quibids-Don't Waste Your Money!Penny Auction Rip Off

coffeegurl @coffeegurl (1467) • United States 13 Aug 10

I saw some news channel online boast about the great deals you can get on Quibids "auction" site. I got interested and bought for $27 their baby bid pack of 45 bids. Each bid costs you $.60. Considering I won my bids around 2am...

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The old bait and switch

greenfeathers @greenfeathers (1206) • United States 17 Sep 09

I realize that site owners need to make profit. That, afterall, it the point of owning the site. But I am getting quite annoyed at the bait and switch tactic that exchanges are using to up the membership. What they do is offer...

Survey Exchange and OTX are the same thing but operate differently

dragon54u @dragon54u (31633) • United States 15 Jul 09

I'm a member of Survey Exchange and have accumulated about 3,000 points--close to the $5 payout. The surveys were very short and when I didn't qualify they gave me points anyway. However, when I receive a survey from OTX via a...

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Has anyone ever gotten one of those 'Obama' government grants?

Fortunata @Fortunata (1135) • United States 10 Apr 09

Just wanted to know if anyone's ever checked out those Obama goverment grants that's advertised all over the internet. Something tells me they are a scam, and I've only run across one article on msm.com that warns people not to...

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Perfectbux has been reported to anti-scam website. Anyone know that?

Venkataraman @venkataraman_vc (5293) • Chennai, India 5 Apr 09

I just saw that the Perfectbux has been reported to be scam and someone has filed a claim with http://myvek.com, an anti-scam website. Currently the MyVek website shows 4 sites as scam and perfectbux is one of them. Anyone...

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Home Business 99% is SCAM!

succed @succed (879) • United States 26 Mar 09

I have searched over the internet and could not find any legal home business that you dont have to pay to get paid. Mostly asked you to give them ranging $19.99 to $79.00. so dont fall to what they say. Just like they said,...

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Preplanned, Prepaid, Funerals, Anyone?

barehugs @barehugs (8973) • Canada 6 Mar 09

About 10 years ago my wife and I contacted our local Funeral Home, with regard to Prepaid Funerals. About this time we were updating our Wills, and decided to Preplan and Prepay our funerals at same time. Presently most funerals...

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How to grow taller ?

growthflexpro @growthflexpro (3) • Serbia And Montenegro 4 Mar 09

If we tell you that by increasing your height you will gain some much desired self esteem we are not telling you something new. It is now possible to grow taller and increase youe height simply visiting this...

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Family sized or a bigger package does NOT always equal a better value!

melanie652 @melanie652 (2524) • United States 1 Mar 09

I noticed when I was in Walmart grocery shopping a couple days ago the Suave shampoo and conditioner were 96 cents for the 15 ounce size. I wanted the bigger bottles and started to grab the 22.5 ounce bottle until I noticed the...

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Poulson/Bernankie asserting new found snickers

xfahctor @xfahctor (14113) • Lancaster, New Hampshire 13 Dec 08

Were I to title this article, it would have been, "King Henry the Poulson and Sir Bernankie, the sherrif of shyttingham, tell america where the money went is none of our business, despite the fact that it was our money and our...

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www.ripoffreport.com Very useful! for learning about scam websites, helpful info

Andrew @AndrewFreyne (6281) • United Kingdom 5 Nov 08

Hi, I had the idea for this discussion as I think that there might be some people out there who don't know about this site. I love subscribing to different sites and I also like researching money making opportunities. Before I do...

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Can anyone tell me what's happened to Neowide? Unable to access site now!

Andrew @AndrewFreyne (6281) • United Kingdom 30 Oct 08

Hi, I've been writing for Neowide for a short while and I accumulated some income with them. The minimum payout is or was $50. However, this evening when I tried to log into my account I was unable to access the site. When I put...

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