Did you ever fall victim to an online scam? (1 Viewer)

[Moguri]

No but I’ve been too naive other times bc once I gave an Uber driver my number cuz I thought he wouldn’t let me out of the car otherwise, and as he’s the one at the wheel he is in a position of power as he can control whether I can get out or not, take me somewhere else, etc! and he was also asking how old I was, where my parents are, if I had a boyfriend and when I said no, why, and so he knew my name, my age (barely legal teenager and I look younger than my age so probably why he asked), where I lived (bc he dropped me there), where I go to school, that I’m not from here, and that my parents weren’t anywhere nearby. You can say why didn’t I lie but I like can’t lie (faking smth/acting for jokes is DIFFERENT) so if someone asks I answer

he offered to show me around in the middle of the drive and I was like maybe (like if I ended up with him as an Uber driver again ig) but then he asked for my number for showing me around after he got to the parking lot!

i really do not need him to show me around, I have my aunt and uncle who live a few hours away or could ask a friend!

i wasn’t sure what to do bc he seemed nice other than asking me so many uncomfortable things and for my number so I still gave him a tip but gave him a 1 star rating😭 like he didn’t do anything mean or physical or aggressive I didn’t know

I was panicking for the whole week nonstop after that and hoping he wouldn’t come by and try to find me

i told my parents eventually and then my mom at first told me to report him on the Uber app but then reneged and my dad was like don’t in case he takes revenge or wtv

but I reported him anyway, besides asking for my number being a big no, asking how old and if I have a boyfriend and a bunch of other questions were no-nos and reportable for Uber drivers and I did and got a full refund minus the tip I gave💀

it’s maybe bc it was my first time taking an Uber completely by myself since I’ve only gone with other ppl before and my parents always tell me to sit in the front if there’s not too many people that the back needs to be used so I sat shotgun😭 I did not know you don’t do that in Ubers, I suck at life
Apparently that might’ve given an indicator I was into him? Ofc I wasn’t

I don’t mind talking to ppl and Uber drivers but like…

thats really creepy, I'm glad it seems like you never heared of that person again

 

[Moguri]

not an online scam, but one time, I got a call from "Apple" (somebody claiming to be them) saying my iCloud account had been breached. So I called the number they gave me, and he took me through these truly bizarre steps to "recover my account". Like, he told me to open the Run command prompt on my computer and type in this random URL and hit Enter. I was too naive not to, so I did. Then, he kept asking for my name, credit card info, etc. So I hung up at that point bc that was when I realized it was just a scam, but then he kept calling me back, and calling, and calling... I finally ended up blocking that number.

oh no, that could happen to me when someone called me like that I hope nothing bad happend afterwards?

 

[Moguri]

Yeah when I was like....18 and I was buying in game currency for this online game. The box that popped up for my card info that I thought was to continue my purchase was actually a spam popup. I thought it was odd when I never got the funds rewarded to my account. I got a call from my bank saying they had placed a hold on my card because somebody out in Texas was trying to use it to buy stuff. I'm on the east coast so they knew something was up. Luckily my bank caught it, got a new card, all info was changed and no funds were lost. It taught me to be more careful online though.

uhhh scary, I'm gald all turned out well

 

[Moguri]

Only someone who has fallen victim to online scam would ask this

hey! I did say it has not happend to me

 

[Moguri]

nope

I did get lured once into a zoom call for a pyramid scheme I was like yeah yeah cool, I'll think about it, then ghosted the dude but he kept calling and messaging me for weeks. Had to block his number and his linkedin.

so annoying! its interesting that those people never give up once you respond to them once

 

[Moguri]

no but i got ripped off on a second-hand marketplace website once; it was """only""" 100 euros but i was seriously pissed

sorry that happend to you, its still quite the amount of money lost, so very understandable you were angry

 

[seungfloral]

I hope they did not click

I hope so too, i warned him

 

[uran]

hey! I did say it has not happend to me

I believe you bigmog

 

[uran]

And to answer the question.
Yes

 

[Moguri]

I hope so too, i warned him

so you don't even know how it turned out??

 

[Moguri]

I believe you bigmog

yaaay

And to answer the question.
Yes

and oh no! what happend ?

 

[uran]

yaaay



and oh no! what happend ?

It was when i was just a kid. I gave out my parents credit card info

Been catfished too

 

[Moguri]

It was when i was just a kid. I gave out my parents credit card info

Been catfished too

oh no! I hope nothing too bad happend out of it

 

[uran]

oh no! I hope nothing too bad happend out of it

Nope nothing major happened thankfully. i told my mom almost immediately that im gonna be rich king from now on and she whooped my ass so fast

 

[ChiaraStar169]

oh no, that could happen to me when someone called me like that I hope nothing bad happend afterwards?

no, nothing happened

 

[seungfloral]

so you don't even know how it turned out??

well he didnt click it when i was present. but he is also a kind of person that thought you could see the eifell tower from London just cause he saw a tiktok about it ...

 

[Moguri]

Nope nothing major happened thankfully. i told my mom almost immediately that im gonna be rich king from now on and she whooped my ass so fast

I'm glad!

I imagine it was very cute how you proudly told your mom about your great business decision

 

[Moguri]

well he didnt click it when i was present. but he is also a kind of person that thought you could see the eifell tower from London just cause he saw a tiktok about it ...

makes sense... if its on the internet, it has to be true after all

 

[seungfloral]

makes sense... if its on the internet, it has to be true after all

Right xD

 

[Skorge]

No, but I mess with a lot of them. There was one that I knew was attempting to get my information for identity fraud so I gave them some arbitrary information including my SIN(SSN), all credit card numbers, and the combination to my money bin. They never responded back.