Scammed
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@ZedSmart (19753)
Philippines
May 9, 2021 9:23am CST
This is the problem of my acquaintance and former co-worker. She's into selling various items online including second hand clothing. Hoping she could sell more, she loaned an amount to online lending app. The interest is high but she dove to it so that she could add more to her capital. After she received her money, she transacted to two suppliers from different places. She agreed to send the payment before the items to be shipped but after that, the persons cannot be contacted and trace now and blocked her. In short she was scammed. The problem is her loan due. The lender now constantly asking her payment sending collection notices to all her contacts listed in her phone book and FB friends.
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11 responses
@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
10 May 21
So sorry to hear about your friend.
Hope she gets this settled soon.
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
10 May 21
@ZedSmart she can actually report the matter to the authorities. What the collector is doing is illegal.
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@ZedSmart (19753)
• Philippines
10 May 21
@allen0187 yes, illegal. They're shaming their client.
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@mildredtabitha (16052)
• Nairobi, Kenya
9 May 21
That's really bad. Sometimes we need to pray for money before we use it to avoid falling into scammers
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@mildredtabitha (16052)
• Nairobi, Kenya
9 May 21
@ZedSmart yeah. It is really a bad luck for her, who knew this would happen. I hope she gets help
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@ZedSmart (19753)
• Philippines
9 May 21
@mildredtabitha I hope the lender would consider and extend the due so that she can still gather resources.
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@Prabhatsingh (3537)
• India
9 May 21
That's bad.
That's really bad.
It puts one morales down and creates issues.
I was scammed once in the name of network marketing. 
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@Prabhatsingh (3537)
• India
9 May 21
@ZedSmart
I have those issues now.
When I was scammed I was just a teenager.
Eager to earn money fast.
well, that didn't help and I chose the wrong path.
these days I just look at the facts and then think about it for a day or two, sometimes weeks and then proceed accordingly. 
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@ZedSmart (19753)
• Philippines
9 May 21
@Prabhatsingh yes, sometimes we learn from our own mistakes and that make us wiser and more careful in dealings with people and in giving trust particularly.
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@rsa101 (37952)
• Philippines
10 May 21
I guess she got scammed by both her lender and supplier. I heard that these online loan sharks can be very nasty when they will not be paid on time. I guess she should not get from thoae that will harass her until she gets to pay them again.
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@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
10 May 21
It is not clear what for you have started the discussion? Are you making people aware that they should not go for on line shopping from unknown sources? or you are telling that your co-worker has been scammed and one should be careful about online purchases?
@Scrapper88 (5957)
• United States
9 May 21
I have heard about this kind of scammer before. A person has to be careful when they deal with websites like this.
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@cabuyogty (2311)
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9 May 21
Lesson learned , i was scammed also in online selling last 2 years and my money did'nt earn more online .
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