Scammers!!I hate them!!Do you?
By iamjesca
@iamjesca (185)
Philippines
September 23, 2010 9:07am CST
I was almost a victim of online scammers. Twice!!I loathe them so much. They always have really nice and appealing words to post. The "company" was offering me to apply and be able to migrate to Europe. I tried my luck and tried to apply. Everything went smoothly. But I had this gut feeling that this was all a scam. So when they asked me to pay a sum of money for the papers. That is when I realized that my gut feeling were true. Good thing I did not pay for the sum of money they were asking me. I just hope that the world will be a better place to live. I hate those scammers they are just the same as real life murders. I hope there will be criminal charges that can be pressed to them. Have you experienced this kind of situation? Being scammed?
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17 responses
@Excelerate (30)
• Spain
23 Sep 10
I hate them so much, it's pathetic of how so much people want to drain our money.
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
27 Sep 10
The really sad part is that scammers must be successful to some degree when people fall for the scam and part with their hard earned cash. If no one fell for it, we would not see scammers at all. Some people are very silly, or very innocent to think they will get what is on offer. A lot of time the scammer is appealing to the person's greed.
@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
24 Sep 10
Before the internet, we got these scammers through the paper and most of it was the envelope stuffing. And since the most jobs we could do then was telemarketing or delivering papers since we did not have enough money to start our own business, it seems we were suckered into it. When my mother was alive, it was the assembly scam. You rented a machine to knit and ship the garments back and of course, they were never good enough.
I feel those scams are designed to discourage homemakers from working from their homes unless they are important people who can thousands to employ others.
But in the first case, one had to put down so much (not a lot, and then send fliers which also asked for money. I stopped it and went to telemarketing, but got depressed and went to delivering fliers, but since I was going through menopause at the time.
The conclusion is that it hurts and especially those who need the money.
@Peppersquirrel (437)
• United States
25 Sep 10
I just hate the fact of being a victim of both telemarketing and online scammers. They are just out there to get everyone's money. Majority of them are a member of some sort of corporate. They love to prey on consumers who do not have anything to do with profit. These scammers are conning consumers just to put more money in their pockets. Telemarketing and online scammers should be banned out of this world completely. They are just hurting people for fun, and it is extremely moronic to the world.
@asxenon (1440)
• Malaysia
24 Sep 10
Nobody likes scammers, except for scammers themselves. I have once scammed for taking up a card membership for cheap hotels, food & travelling when i was in secondary school. Got scolded by my parents and i no longer believes in these.
Anyway, nowadays there are lots of online scammers around and we do need to be careful and not to trust all the promises by any online sites. Just my 1 cents.
@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
23 Sep 10
I think everyone has been scammed in one manner or another. Sometimes it's too late to do anything about it. Be thankful you realized that it was a scam and did not put any money tward paperwork.
@ebuscat (5935)
• Philippines
24 Sep 10
For me yes very I'm also but we can't stop them because it is there livelihood it became many because Satan is active in this time so he want more will be there victim.
@ANIME123 (2466)
• United States
24 Sep 10
I do not like scammers at all because they just love to scam people out of their money so that they wont have to work so hard for themself which I don't like at all the police should start tracking scammers down in order to charge them or to arrest them because what they are doing is just wrong and it really is annoying because I got a phone call saying that I won a free trip to somewhere and they want like all this private info and then I say who do you think I am does it look like I was born yesterday, hmm but I don't know if those were the right words to say because it's over the phone and they can't see me, oh well.![](/Content/images/emotes/happy.gif)
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@SilverKing (1003)
• Canada
23 Sep 10
YES ONLINE Scams are very common place in todays modern society.Internet scams for almost everything from jobs,buying stuff online and even marriage over the interent is a scam in 99.99 percent of cases on the net.You can never be sure how it is who is offering the deal or offer so if they ask for any money for something that is won then it is a scam.I get these kinds of email s daily and i delete them immedianly after recieving them as some of them may have viruses that will steal credit card numbers and bank info.
@blueblink (246)
• Philippines
23 Sep 10
I totally agree, because it is hard to spend most of your time to focus or give attention to a site, an then you will find that it is scam. It is so disgusting,
@mralcaideA (11)
• Philippines
24 Sep 10
Yah, I really hate scammers because they can cause trouble to our lives especiaaly if we have an account. They are like a murderers,the only difference is they will attack through the use of computer. I hope this kin of cyber crime will not spread out.
@mr_pearl (5018)
• India
23 Sep 10
I Hate Them too... They are the leeches who live on others' earnings... If I ever got any authority, I would increase the penalty for the scammers.. They play with emotions and exploit.. I have known a victim, who has become an invalid now... I pity her...
Here are a few penalties that I have thought of: One of their hands should be chopped... LOL... They should be given to the mob to be killed... ;)... They should be drowned in a barrel full of oil... terrible eh!... They should be dipped in HOT and COLD water simultaneously... hahaha... They should be left on a lonely island which is not populated or civilized... ;)... They should be given to the cannibals to be eaten alive... wow... Their bodies should be drained of blood, alive... hahahah...
Well.. I am not inhuman to such extremities and I am sure I'll never be able to execute these punishments... Yet, they are not humans, are they? They play with emotions of fellow humans and exploit their hard earned money... That is so inhuman too... We are so unfortunate!!!
@cyatibarra (123)
• Philippines
23 Sep 10
nobody likes scammers dear, but we cant control them, they're everywhere. some people do stupid things just to get what they want.. its easier for them to fool other people, you know why? because some of us also allow themselves to be fooled, we sometimes trust others easily. so i guess let start within ourselves,let us start to be wiser this time, especially in terms of money. some people are blinded already and numb, theyre not concerned anymore with what other people would feel as long as they get money from you, some because of poverty, or unable to get a job, hopeless and helpless people. so be warned and be wiser. let every experience be a lesson learned. if we will not let them fool or scam us, they will stop scamming and fooling us also.
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