have you ever been a victim of a scam either on the internet or elsewhere

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I do not think that the people who set up these scams has any idea how it does affect the people that they have conned. I dont mean just the money side of it either but that awful feeling that you trusted something and were let down. I have not written off to any scam thinking yippee I have won money or anything but I did become a victim to the cash hole in the walls where they put up something so that they can copy your card and withdraw your money. With the bank I am with they did have a limited where you can only (I say only with a smile as it is a lot) £200 in one day. So what did they do? The used my card 1 minute to midnight and got that days £200 out and 2 minutes after midnight to get some more. Whats more they did it at the time when they must have known most people get paid so that the months wages were in the bank. I would love to say I wont be caught out like that again but I still cannot recall seeing anything different with the machine that would make me think on the lines of I should have realised when I saw such and such that something was wrong. I did not notice a thing. My only consolation was that many others got caught out those two nights and although I would not wish this on anyone no one had to prove to the bank that it was a scam before they could get their money back by the bank. Did your scam end well where you got your money back eventually? I hope so.