Have you been victim of a scam?

[begin_within]

No shame in admitting - scam artists are extremely skilled at building up your trust. I haven't mainly because I have very little and I don't trust anyone anyway. But have you and what was it?

[Ptah]

1. I don't know.

If they were good, I would never know.

[begin_within]

2. But at some point you realize you've been taken, right?

You open the envelope and it's just white paper, or you hear from the bank that the check bounced, or something...

[Ptah]

8. That's, my point, I wouldn't know, if the scam was successful.

:shrug:

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Well, my kids keep staying home because they are sick, and then it turns out they aren't. Does that

count?

[begin_within]

4. Yes, if it happens more than once.

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. Yep. Way more than once. I am a total sucker for the sick act, I guess.

[begin_within]

6. Now they know how to push your buttons.

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. Yes, but they have to stay in bed until noon (at their age this bites) and then

when I let them up they have to do lessons with me. So it's not really a day off after all. :evilgrin:

[mcctatas]

9. my first marriage?

:shrug:

[elleng]

12. Was gonna say the same thing,

but my second! Struggling out of it now!

[seaker]

10. Only of my own devising

:blush:

[Lil Missy]

11. Yes, I fell for a phishing scheme once. Luckily,

I checked my account online the same day, and saw purchases I didn't make. I called the bank immediately and my card was canceled.

They returned that money to my account. They said the charges came from another country, I think Nigeria. Anyways, I got a new card, and had to sign an affidavit for the fraudulent charges. I've never heard back about it.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

13. Yes. It's called Multi Level Marketing.

The Peoples Network. 1995.