Were you ever badly scammed online

Nope, never scammed really, I know better than that.

However, before christmas I was selling some snap together model planes on Adverts.ie. They sold pretty well and I usually didnt send them until I confirmed that the buyers had transfered the money.

The previous night a buyer had confirmed he wanted one, so I said Ill send it in the morning if he can transfer the money by then. He said he definitely would and gave me his details etc.
The next morning I waited for the money to be transfered, but I was short on time and wanted to stick to my promise so popped into the post office and mailed it off.
No less than 10 mins after I mailed the package the buyer text me saying he was pulling out.
I text him explaining the situation, he promised he would pay me next week when his paycheck gets through....never heard from him again.

I didnt follow him up or ask whats the story because 1) It was totally my own fault for sending it off without payment, I should have waited. 2) It was only €12 and I was happy to get the plane off my hands.

I wasnt angry or anything. I forgot about it the next day and didnt really care too much :pac:

Nearly.

We were considering getting an English bulldog for AAAAGES, when lo and behold, I stumbled across an ad on done deal, or gum tree (can't remember now) that was offering free ones to good homes!

Now, as these dogs normally sell for upwards of a grand, I was on to the add like a bat out of hell. I thought something was a miss when the 'seller' didn't have a contact number, just an email address. However, when I received the email from them, telling me that the dogs were in Nigeria, and I could have it free when I sent the veterinarian's and transport fees (Fromm Nigeria to Dublin) I knew it was a con!

Close, but no cigar Nigerian scammers!:cool:

IncognitoMan wrote: »

I have always wondered how many people that Nigerian lotto and the likes actually catches out. Surly at this stage any one with access to the internet has enough cop to not fall for this

With spam bots etc, they literally send million's of these scam emails out across the world every day.

Not the best at maths to tell you the truth, but even if it was a million emails a year, just 1% of then would be 100,000 so, 0.5% = 50,000 , 0.01% = 1000 People, so using these sums, I'd say over a year they get a good few suckers!

I got badly conned by this;

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055626095

:mad: