You Got Me Again!!

@db20747 (43419)
Washington, District Of Columbia
August 15, 2019 6:22pm CST
A telemarketer called my aunt on the phone!! He said he was selling tickets to a ball to raise money for The Fraternal Order Of Police!! Since my aunt loves dances she said send her two tickets! When the tickets arrived , the ball was in California!!! What's wrong with this picture!!? She lives in Washington, DC!! And she was not about to fly all the way to the other side of the continent to attend a ball!! My aunt's a pretty wise lady!! But They got her that time!!
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Nocturnal Writer
@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
16 Aug 19
Miscommunication takes center stage. That's bad. It's misleading.
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Danna B.
@db20747 (43419)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
16 Aug 19
He should've told her the dance was in California!! Of course he would not have made the sell!!
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Danna B.
@db20747 (43419)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
16 Aug 19
@Nakitakona that is good to know!! I will let her know!!
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Nocturnal Writer
@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
16 Aug 19
@db20747 That's a sort of swindling and it's punishable by law.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (117196)
• El Paso, Texas
16 Aug 19
I'm so sick and tired of all these telemarketers targeting the elderly. I think we can blame some of this bs on equafax when they were hacked last year because it made a lot of personal information public
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (117196)
• El Paso, Texas
16 Aug 19
Some of it @db20747 but they get on the ball as soon as a leak is reported.
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Danna B.
@db20747 (43419)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
16 Aug 19
Information is getting hacked everywhere!
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Hope
@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
16 Aug 19
Do you think they will misuse her credit card information? Will she try to cancel the purchase?
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Hope
@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
16 Aug 19
@db20747 I guess she learned something from that experience. I'm sure it won't happen again.
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Danna B.
@db20747 (43419)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
16 Aug 19
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Danna B.
@db20747 (43419)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
16 Aug 19
Don't think she thought of that!! She didn't do anything after that!! Just complained!! She should've called and asked for her money back!!
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Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (128824)
• Gainesville, Florida
18 Aug 19
Never, ever, ever buy something over the phone that someone is trying to sell you. I mean never! lol
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Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (128824)
• Gainesville, Florida
18 Aug 19
@db20747 That's how scammers sucker us in, by using worthy causes or promoting worthwhile organizations.
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Danna B.
@db20747 (43419)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
18 Aug 19
@moffittjc I'm thinking this was a real call but the guy wanted to sell tickets and didn't mention the tickets were in California!! Do u think he was really fundraising for the FOP?!
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Danna B.
@db20747 (43419)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
18 Aug 19
And they are using a noble cause!! The FOP!! I would call and find out who the heck they were!! My aunt must've had temporary insanity!! She doesn't usually buy things over the phone!!
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Arunima Singh
@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
22 Aug 19
That's how smart they are to sell their stuff. He did not lie but did not say the truth either. They know all the tricks. So What did your aunt do with those tickets?
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Danna B.
@db20747 (43419)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
22 Aug 19
She just put them in the drawer!! I would have complained somewhere!
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Arunima Singh
@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
22 Aug 19
@db20747 Oh! That got wasted. Even I would have complained and called them back with my concern.
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Miss_Leafy
@Miss_Leafy (4296)
• Colombia
16 Aug 19
How could they cheat people easily? Didn't they know how is the feeling of being cheated?
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Danna B.
@db20747 (43419)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
16 Aug 19
He should've mentioned the tickets were for the California dance!
LK2018
@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
16 Aug 19
Life is hard but people never cared and prefers to scam people. And when they are caught they act like a puppy begging for mercy.
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Danna B.
@db20747 (43419)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
16 Aug 19
Think the guy was really from the Fraternal order of police, but just didn't tell her the tickets were in California!! Now I would have called them and demanded my money back!!
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (148701)
• Roseburg, Oregon
16 Aug 19
That is not right.
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Danna B.
@db20747 (43419)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
16 Aug 19
They should've mentioned the tickets were from California!! But the he would not have made a sale!! I would have called and demanded my money back!!
Anna
@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
16 Aug 19
This smells like a scam, she should try to recover the money she paid.
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Danna B.
@db20747 (43419)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
16 Aug 19
Hi Anna!! Was looking for u!! Yes, she should call and ask for her money back or file a complaint!!
MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (91011)
• United States
16 Aug 19
That's a shame that they didn't tell her the ball was in California. Hope she didn't spend a lot on those tickets
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Danna B.
@db20747 (43419)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
16 Aug 19
She spent 100 dollars!!
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MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (91011)
• United States
18 Aug 19
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Hanni Harel
@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
6 Nov 19
@db20747 It sounds like a scam. I am so sorry they got to her.
Christina Ladanger
@Ladanger (14572)
• United States
16 Aug 19
This is why i don't like things over the phone.
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Danna B.
@db20747 (43419)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
16 Aug 19
There's often a month stake!! They take out too much money or something!!
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