#scammed — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.europesays.com/africa/194383/ Mel and Peet Viljoen ‘back in SA soon’ to face the music #ConArtist #Florida #fraud #ICE #MelViljoen #MikeBolhuis #PeetViljoen #PeetViljoens #racketeering #RealHousewives #RyanBerger #scammed #SouthAfrica #theft #USImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement

https://www.europesays.com/africa/194338/ Mel and Peet Viljoen ‘back in SA soon’ to face the music #ConArtist #Florida #fraud #ICE #MelViljoen #MikeBolhuis #PeetViljoen #PeetViljoens #racketeering #RealHousewives #RyanBerger #scammed #SouthAfrica #theft #USImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/04/tuesday-april-7-2026/

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/04/tuesday-april-7-2026/

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/04/tuesday-april-7-2026/

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/04/tuesday-april-7-2026/

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/04/tuesday-april-7-2026/

https://www.fogolf.com/1118214/might-wanna-check-and-see-if-youve-gotten-scammed-with-these-fake-pro-v1-balls/ Might wanna check and see if you’ve gotten scammed with these fake pro v1 balls #BALLS #check #FAKE #GolfBall #GolfBalls #GolfBallsVideos #GolfBallsVlog #GolfBallsYouTube #GolfEquipment #GolfEquipmentVideos #GolfEquipmentVlog #GolfEquipmentYouTube #GolfTees #GolfTeesVideos #GolfTeesVlog #GolfTeesYouTube #pro #SCAMMED #Wanna #youve

https://www.fogolf.com/1118214/might-wanna-check-and-see-if-youve-gotten-scammed-with-these-fake-pro-v1-balls/ Might wanna check and see if you’ve gotten scammed with these fake pro v1 balls #BALLS #check #FAKE #GolfBall #GolfBalls #GolfBallsVideos #GolfBallsVlog #GolfBallsYouTube #GolfEquipment #GolfEquipmentVideos #GolfEquipmentVlog #GolfEquipmentYouTube #GolfTees #GolfTeesVideos #GolfTeesVlog #GolfTeesYouTube #pro #SCAMMED #Wanna #youve

Why #multitasking increases the likelihood of getting #scammed

https://talker.news/2025/10/13/why-multitasking-increases-the-likelihood-of-getting-scammed/

Well, I got #scammed on #ebay. I bought what was listed as an #os2warp 3 plus bonus pack.

This is what I got in the mail. A CDR with the floppy version of os2 warp 3 (without the bonus pack), small print said that the pictures were just "for illustration".

Luckily the listing also said that the software was GPL licensed so even assuming I knew it was just a CDR of pirated software it STILL doesn't match the listing.

Am I getting my money back? Place your bets.

#retrocomputing

"Why does dealing with an #insurance #company feel like being #scammed. If I hadn't #contacted them through the website listed on my policy I'd swear these guys were just pretending to be my #insurers. I bet they're making this as off-putting as possible to reduce the amount of #claims that people make."

https://www.tumblr.com/nando161mando/793999953703960576

"Why does dealing with an #insurance #company feel like being #scammed. If I hadn't #contacted them through the website listed on my policy I'd swear these guys were just pretending to be my #insurers. I bet they're making this as off-putting as possible to reduce the amount of #claims that people make."

https://www.tumblr.com/nando161mando/793999953703960576

"Why does dealing with an #insurance #company feel like being #scammed. If I hadn't #contacted them through the website listed on my policy I'd swear these guys were just pretending to be my #insurers. I bet they're making this as off-putting as possible to reduce the amount of #claims that people make."

https://www.tumblr.com/nando161mando/793999953703960576

"Why does dealing with an #insurance #company feel like being #scammed. If I hadn't #contacted them through the website listed on my policy I'd swear these guys were just pretending to be my #insurers. I bet they're making this as off-putting as possible to reduce the amount of #claims that people make."

https://www.tumblr.com/nando161mando/793999953703960576

"Why does dealing with an #insurance #company feel like being #scammed. If I hadn't #contacted them through the website listed on my policy I'd swear these guys were just pretending to be my #insurers. I bet they're making this as off-putting as possible to reduce the amount of #claims that people make."

https://www.tumblr.com/nando161mando/793999953703960576

Looking at internet providers.
Realises I somehow pay about €10 per month more than advertised.
Opens profile on the provider's site.

Currently have: Internet Giga "not available on your address".
Can choose: "Wifi Groot". Which is the advertised cost, and €10 cheaper.

How am I paying, for I don't know how long, for a package which, according to the provider, isn't even available on my location?
#Ziggo #scammed #internet

"This is the most important lesson of #scams: that no matter how well-attuned you are to #cons, you can still be #conned. The belief that you are immune to a con actually makes you a mark. It's for that reason that I recount the tales of how I got #scammed – to help other people understand that being sophisticated, alert and even paranoid is no guarantee that you will be #safe."
@pluralistic

https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/05/troy-hunt/

Well this happened :
Christmas is cancelled & I’m the silly goose that got cooked...
A Scam Stole My Trip, Can Love Save the Day? https://thehubpublication.com/a-scam-stole-my-trip-can-love-save-the-day-b24804e5c6c0?source=social.tw
#Christmas2024 #scammed
friend link in the comments

VERIFYING 6 kinds of #socialmedia #scams

"We VERIFY six ways #scammers try to trick you on social media, and how you can avoid getting #scammed."

https://www.10tv.com/article/news/verify/scams-verify/social-media-scams-verify-fact-sheet/536-bb706c16-dcb0-4342-a20c-46dd48b1fe77

4 Ways #eBay #Sellers Get #Scammed

https://www.makeuseof.com/ways-ebay-sellers-get-scammed/

Prevented a work colleague from getting #scammed for a "parking" #fine - she is new to the country and was jarred by official looking "gov.uk" warning in message she had received.

She would not even have been in any restricted zone on the day of the "offence", as if she goes into town she takes the bus rather than drive in busy traffic.

I suspect "hostile environment" is a factor (she would be scared to get in even the slightest trouble with the law due to immigration status..)

Today, I am going to do something about my loss of the main account @nicholas_the_saver .

I am sad that I got hacked even though I was protected by BetterStack and they didn't told me anything. So, now I am using Checkly Dashboard for securing my account

#Mastodon #Scammed #Hacked

#BlackMastodon #BlackOwnedBusiness #Scammed #Trump #maga #BarberShop #Atlanta
https://youtu.be/whhsZ8l2x9o?si=A0pI3hgyfKX7CcqH

Wait! Let me get this straight -

- Students can pay for an AI to write papers for them?
- And schools can pay for software that reads the papers and figures out whether the student wrote it or an AI did?

Folks, we're being scammed!

- Alan Turing wanted to build machines that could impersonate a human in teletypewritten communication.
- John McCarthy wanted to build machines with common sense.
- John von Neumann wanted to build self-replicating machines and to upload his consciousness into a machine.

Claude Shannon wanted to build machines that made him money. But somebody has built a machine that enriches itself on the backs of students and teachers?

We. Are. Being. Scammed.

😡

#scammed

I am currently being #scammed on #WhatsApp by someone who I vague know but suspect is being impersonated. Now, this person in my second degree of connections and is in a position of power.

Either this is some incredible #spearphishing...

...or I am throwing away the biggest #networking connection of my entire career so far!

Ah, well in for a penny, in for a few thousand pounds of #Apple Store #GiftCards, what? 😅

LA Times article about someone who turned a rental into an Airbnb... had to roll my eyes at how the homeowner judged the renter's character...

"...made a great impression on the walk-through, driving up in a white Tesla and sporting a Rolex."

(driving a Tesla is not necessarily a red flag, unless it's a Cybertruck -- but combined with "wearing a Rolex" would be a **huge** red flag. Just owning/showing off a Rolex is a red flag.)

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-05-23/hijacked-how-renter-turned-l-a-home-into-an-illegal-airbnb-from-5-000-miles-away-lawsuit-says

#scammed

So you've been #scammed by a #deepfake. What can you do?

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-02-youve-scammed-deepfake.html

Now I'll forever think about how many people fail to use #IP grabbers. Just looking at the comment section below, many can't identify a #discord IP from say their target. The guy that shown me this was a friend who basically gotten #scammed & believed that was the scammer's IP.

https://whatismyipaddress.com/ip/35.237.4.214

Protect your vulnerable parents or computer illiterate friends and relatives from scammers on their PC.
Developed by Kitboga the famous anti-scammer YouTuber. #Scams #Scammers #Scammed
https://www.seraphsecure.com/

Pro #tips for #buying used #tech without getting #scammed
https://www.popsci.com/diy/buy-used-tech-tips/

I got #scammed somewhere in the last days... 😱

And if my wife hadn't noticed, I would probably have scammed the next person in the coming days.

Someone handed me a 10 Baht piece instead of a 2€ piece. I guess this proves once more that I'm better off using cards instead of 'physical' money. 🙄

#VillageIdiot #MarjorieTaylorGreene is in a #legal #mess after #MiloYiannopoulos allegedly #scammed her out of $7K, and then took nearly $10,000 from #KanyeWest.

The ex-#gay #troll said that he didn't do it because he would only steal to get "more than ten thousand."

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #Politics #Georgia #FEC #RepublicanParty #Schadenfreude

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/05/marjorie-taylor-greene-is-in-a-legal-mess-after-milo-allegedly-scammed-her-out-of-7k/

@JohnShirley2023

(2/3)

"...and dazzle you. #Scammers using buzzwords, programming–your programming–to draw you in. #Chaptgpt is a hustler, a fast talking scammer, hustling you into accepting a glossy surface, an egregious *dumbing-down* of culture, in exchange for superficial ease, haste, evasion of effort.

[As with all hustlers:] When you realize you’re #scammed, it’s usually too late...

#ChatGPT and #AIArt programs converge to guarantee *mediocrity* in the #arts...."

@JohnShirley2023

(2/3)

"...and dazzle you. #Scammers using buzzwords, programming–your programming–to draw you in. #Chaptgpt is a hustler, a fast talking scammer, hustling you into accepting a glossy surface, an egregious *dumbing-down* of culture, in exchange for superficial ease, haste, evasion of effort.

[As with all hustlers:] When you realize you’re #scammed, it’s usually too late...

#ChatGPT and #AIArt programs converge to guarantee *mediocrity* in the #arts...."

@JohnShirley2023

(2/3)

"...and dazzle you. #Scammers using buzzwords, programming–your programming–to draw you in. #Chaptgpt is a hustler, a fast talking scammer, hustling you into accepting a glossy surface, an egregious *dumbing-down* of culture, in exchange for superficial ease, haste, evasion of effort.

[As with all hustlers:] When you realize you’re #scammed, it’s usually too late...

#ChatGPT and #AIArt programs converge to guarantee *mediocrity* in the #arts...."

@JohnShirley2023

(2/3)

"...and dazzle you. #Scammers using buzzwords, programming–your programming–to draw you in. #Chaptgpt is a hustler, a fast talking scammer, hustling you into accepting a glossy surface, an egregious *dumbing-down* of culture, in exchange for superficial ease, haste, evasion of effort.

[As with all hustlers:] When you realize you’re #scammed, it’s usually too late...

#ChatGPT and #AIArt programs converge to guarantee *mediocrity* in the #arts...."

@JohnShirley2023

(2/3)

"...and dazzle you. #Scammers using buzzwords, programming–your programming–to draw you in. #Chaptgpt is a hustler, a fast talking scammer, hustling you into accepting a glossy surface, an egregious *dumbing-down* of culture, in exchange for superficial ease, haste, evasion of effort.

[As with all hustlers:] When you realize you’re #scammed, it’s usually too late...

#ChatGPT and #AIArt programs converge to guarantee *mediocrity* in the #arts...."