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#755 - 09/03/07 05:38 AM Have you ever been scammed?
kisna
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I am into internet marketing and I buy and sell domain names. Once I paid one guy in a forum for a domain. He accepted the domain but didn't sent me the money. Later when I researched a bit, I found that the domain which I were going to buy was not his domain. That was a very bad experience.

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#797 - 09/04/07 07:22 PM Re: Have you ever been scammed? [Re: kisna]
Kris
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Unfortunately yes. I work online and usually get paid without trouble. However, for one guy I did all the work and then never got paid. I later found out he did this to others as well.
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#998 - 09/09/07 07:26 PM Re: Have you ever been scammed? [Re: Kris]
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Those are two awful stories. I have not yet been scammed, and I hope I never do. It must take a lot of trust away from you.
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#1175 - 10/18/07 06:28 PM Re: Have you ever been scammed? [Re: gilipsie]
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I am new to the forum I had a horrible thing happen to me this company approved me for a loan and i was excited because i really needed the money it would have helped me trmendously I got myself into credit problems when my daughter had a car accident and had killed 2 people sinc e then me finances when down hill anyways I spoke to this women who had guaranteed me a loan but with my bad credit would have to put a security blanket down to secure the loan and so moeygrammed this money to them and then never heard from them nor did the loan money ever get wired to my bank account finally after 12 hours of calling continuously she answered and she then proceeded to tell me that the lender were in meeting with her all day and they said that i would have to wire then more money to secure the loan because they had founmd some more dicrepancies with my credit and if i did thia they would instantaneously wire the loan money to my account it would not take more than 10 minutes after i did that and called her back with the ref# of the wire transfer i did all that and guess what the money never got wired to my account and they do not answer the phone nor do they return any phone calls if anyone is interested the name of this so called company is Quality One Lenders
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#1176 - 10/19/07 01:08 AM Re: Have you ever been scammed? [Re: michelle]
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Michelle,

Sadly, scams of this sort are all too common. Though too late to help your particular case, as a rule of thumb, legitimate lenders will never require you to pay a fee to guarantee a loan. They may require vehicles, property, etc. to be used as collateral against a loan, but you should never be asked to make a payment in order to secure a loan.

If you had made the payment with a credit card, you would have been able to file a chargeback with the credit card company for fraud.

Good Luck
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#1674 - 03/28/08 05:45 PM Re: Have you ever been scammed? [Re: Administrator]
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I haven't been scammed yet but I've been close. I use to sell stuff on eBay and when ever I sold electronics I would get tons or email about closing the bidding and selling the item outside, or without the help of eBay. The majority of the buyers made ridiculous offers, like $400 for a 6 mega pixels camera. They also wanted to pay by check and they wanted me to send the items overseas. Once I heard check and Nigeria, I knew it was a scam. Now I only do transactions by credit card (cash- only when the person lives around my town and he/she picks up) and I never ship overseas.
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#1699 - 04/28/08 09:30 AM Re: Have you ever been scammed? [Re: AbbyStar]
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ScamVictimsUnited.com have helped people we have referred to them.
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#1701 - 04/30/08 03:09 PM Re: Have you ever been scammed? [Re: theexposer]
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Yes!!! just last week. I was checking my online banking and I found a charge for $255 from emusic.com. Turns out I was searching some music lyrics in the internet and a pop up came up and somehow I got hacked. I called my bank immediately and they helped me file a dispute and got my money back.. Watch out for emusic.com!!!!
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