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Were you ever badly scammed online

  • 27-02-2012 7:26pm
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    Closed Accounts Posts: 140 ✭✭


    Happened twice to me bought a nokia n something 6 yrs ago in Oz on eBay from Hk,low and behold it was lighter than the one in the nokia store looked just like it but damn fake,luckily got a little back on it.
    Recently ordered protein from a site in the Uk who stocked Hungarian products,3 mths later nothing and credit card company said it's a front.
    Any other folks get duped


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  • Registered Users Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭FatherLen


    no and HA!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 593 ✭✭✭AnamGlas


    No, my Nigerian royalties should be arriving any day now.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,080 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    Bought magic beans on line once. Roll on spring, I'll be rich, rich I tells ya.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 594 ✭✭✭carfiosaoorl


    No I have never been scammed but just wanted to say be careful buying edible products like protein on the internet you don't know what you are buying.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,771 ✭✭✭SureYWouldntYa


    Not scammed.
    Got virus from a porn site and computer was done for


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,084 ✭✭✭oppenheimer1


    Happened twice to me bought a nokia n something 6 yrs ago in Oz on eBay from Hk,low and behold it was lighter than the one in the nokia store looked just like it but damn fake,luckily got a little back on it.
    Recently ordered protein from a site in the Uk who stocked Hungarian products,3 mths later nothing and credit card company said it's a front.
    Any other folks get duped

    No I'm not an idiot.

    Only buy from reputable sellers.


  • Registered Users Posts: 97 ✭✭Junior Jacon Jeese Jurger


    Buying protein on the Internet LOL


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 433 ✭✭Rocky_Dennis


    I used to get scammed everytime I played poker online until I realised it was a mugs game and I wasn't very good :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,875 ✭✭✭✭MugMugs


    Subscribed to Boards once...... Does that count? :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,065 ✭✭✭Miaireland


    No. I have had a couple of items I bought from ebay not arrive but either got a refund from seller or paypal.


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  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,640 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Scammed out of nearly 400 pounds (pretty much all the money I had) when I was about 17/18 and paid for something on e-bay using western union. :(
    I was young, didn't have a clue about buying online (only had a PC a few months) and too trustworthy for my own good. :rolleyes:
    But, it made me wiser in the long run. I learned a harsh lesson and moved on.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    someone stole all my Habbo Hotel furniture once. I was 12 and was 'dating' a boy (maybe) online, we gave each other our passwords as a sign of our commitment. The next day I logged in and all my stuff was gone and the bastard had changed his password.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,350 ✭✭✭Daroxtar


    phasers wrote: »
    someone stole all my Habbo Hotel furniture once. I was 12 and was 'dating' a boy (maybe) online, we gave each other our passwords as a sign of our commitment. The next day I logged in and all my stuff was gone and the bastard had changed his password.

    Someone stole something of you when you were 12 which didn't actually exist??? ookaaaay


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,929 ✭✭✭JaMarcus Hustle


    phasers wrote: »
    we gave each other our passwords as a sign of our commitment. .

    Rofl


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭cocoshovel


    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:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,800 ✭✭✭Senna


    I constantly get scammed €5 every month for a stupid picture



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  • Registered Users Posts: 113 ✭✭Niall0001


    Bought a phone on eBay from a seller in Roscommon for €200. Piece of cráp only lasted 3 months. Connection port came loose & wouldn't charge, vibrate broke, all sound broke & when I took it apart I found a lump of Blu-Tack stuck inside, surely comprising a shítty repair job.

    Mugged. Never again will I buy from eBay.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭cocoshovel


    Niall0001 wrote: »
    Bought a phone on eBay from a seller in Roscommon for €200. Piece of cráp only lasted 3 months. Connection port came loose & wouldn't charge, vibrate broke, all sound broke & when I took it apart I found a lump of Blu-Tack stuck inside, surely comprising a shítty repair job.

    Well there's your problem!
    I constantly get scammed €5 every month for a stupid picture

    Doesnt that stay even after you unsubscribe?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,097 ✭✭✭Herb Powell




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,026 ✭✭✭Amalgam


    No I have never been scammed but just wanted to say be careful buying edible products like protein on the internet you don't know what you are buying.

    We fully sun dry and pepper mill any used cat litter before selling it on. You'll be fine. It's grand.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭Ghandee


    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:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    Buying protein on the Internet LOL

    Nutrisport 90+?


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,640 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    cocoshovel wrote: »
    Doesnt that stay even after you unsubscribe?
    I don't think so, no. :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,598 ✭✭✭IncognitoMan


    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


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭Ghandee


    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!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,458 ✭✭✭senorwipesalot


    Paid £3 for an unlock code for a tesco network nokia.
    Didnt work.
    cnuts.:mad:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭Where To




  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 18,693 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kimbot


    Best one i seen online was a user by the name of Bubbles I think on Boards selling a CD Burner which was in fact a lighter haha


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 509 ✭✭✭DanWall


    Logged on to a site for council tax and they wanted €100


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,589 ✭✭✭Hail 2 Da Chimp


    Nutrisport 90+?

    Maximuscle all the way! Then when you buy it in Elverys for an extortionate price throw your change in the bin because saving money is for chumps!


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