Scam stories

>>60635842
Scams? what scams, surely you meant social engineering right my friend ;)?

>>60635948
Ha I suppose it's social engineering. I think it'd be nice to talk about tricks that have gotten us free stuff.

>have always gotten my porn for free
>at the time, for some reason feel bad about it
>want to try seeing what "premium" porn has to offer
>decide to up for Brazzers
>only a few bucks a month? fuck it why not

>few days pass
>visiting my grandma to help clean her sort her garage
>check my bank account
>they stole $80 from me
>I made sure to thoroughly read all text in the agreements and shit
>nothing like this was mentioned anywhere
>email them about it, they say they did nothing wrong and I agreed to it, I call bullshit but they refuse to do anything
>panic mode
>too poor to just lose $80

>next day, briefly mention me getting scammed to my grandma
>somehow forgot she'll go to any lengths to help me
>she gets on the phone with my bank trying to help me get my money back
>guy on the phone mentions the name of the service
>she hasn't heard of it and asked me what it was
>"u-u-uhhmm it's... a movie streaming service... like Netflix..."
>finally get her to stop and let me handle it when I get home

I was sweating like a pig and I was begging god to kill me where I stood. got my money back in the end, at least.

decided to sign up for Brazzers*
help sort her garage*
writing this dead tired.

>>60636471
This is so innocent

Sorry, I'm not a scumbag.

>>60636471
You grandma paid for some videos on your account

>>60636471
bullshit. Banks wont give info out like that to an unauthorized person.

>>60636471
What was the reason for the charge?

Do they charge the $80 to all customers or was it some unlucky rare cause?

>>60638212
This, still a cute story tho

>>60635842
Simple

>buy a mac
>use nothing but FOSS software

Checkmate atheist

>>60638212
She's connected to my account.
Also it may not have been the bank, but they were supposed to help with fraud.

>>60638282
Latter. I read carefully and there was nothing that could've justified their action.

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>>60636471
Was it good at least?

I semi-regularly get called by poojeets offering "investment opportunities". first time I tried to tell him I'm not interested, but they just keep talking. now I just hang up as soon as I realize poojeet's calling.

>>60640925
it was called Switching Teams or some shit. some of it was pretty decent, and that black haired chick is cute.

Walmart reads the fucking serial numbers, exactly because people pull this shit.

>>60635842
I've tried that and failed. Apparently, they're able to notice that the serial number on the box and the one on the console do not match. I stumbled out an excuse and ran away when it happened.

>>60635842
whats the point if you already have one

>>60641215
thats because this BRILLIANT SCAM is literally 10 or 20 years older (or more)

Please continue with this thread, I'm VERY interested! :)

>>60641285
It's as old as stores letting you return stuff. I used to work retail, if someone brought in something we still carried and it was packaged up nicely in the original box, I don't give any fucks I'll replace it for you. The store either sends it back to the manufacturer or we get credit for it and destroy it.

>Used to do volunteer work in a local computer shop that was very popular with the town
>Around 2011 a virus was doing the rounds similar to the ransomware shit but not as severe
>At least 10 people a day were brining their computers in infected with the virus
>Standard charge to do a virus removal was around 30bongs if I recall
>All you had to do to remove the virus was find the folder which was somewhere in mydocuments (really easy to identify once you saw a few), delete it, run a virus scan and then done
>Shop made a killing that month.

>>60641420
That's not a scam, that's knowledge, time, and skill arbitrage, the whole business is built on that. Yeah I could read on the internet how to install a new toilet in my house but I'll probably fuck it up and I want my toilet to work so I'm going to pay a plumber $100 to do it.

>>60641420
Once I found out how easy it was to remove it yourself, it did feel like a scam charging people 30bong, probably more, to remove it for them. But as you say, business is business

>>60641510
Meant for
>>60641469

>>60641420
Same from my company
>charge 5€ for a https site with a Let's Encrypt cert
>its literally 2 boxes to tick on the admin panel
>Let's Encrypt is fucking free

Sold a graphics card on ebay a few years back. The guy messaged me saying he was water cooling it and then a few days later he tells me it's broken and wants his money back. He opened a claim with paypal to which I told them about the messages and because he altered it himself I won.

Scamming cunt.

>thinking about paying for a refund service
>Too much of a pussy to do it myself
I need some parts for my desktop and laptop ;_;

>>60642025
nice blog post

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>>60642025
>>60641856
Did you think this was your personal army, faggot? Lurk more

I remember I stole a 64GB SD card from Big W. Still feel bad about it.

>>60642114
Did the same with earphones when I needed the money.

>>60640585
pls

>>60642025
>>60641856
Get fucked, enjoy the ban.