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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
(Unverified)Mar 5th 2009 3:43PM
Why do people fall for stupid crap like that?? Seriously.. my neighbor was over here the other day and she is NOTORIOUSLY bad with money. She saw the ad on my facebook page I had open.. "ooh... stimulus checks??" she asked.. I told her it was a scam.
Seriously, you'd have to be pretty desperate and dumb to do this.
(Unverified)Mar 6th 2009 6:00PM
It's easier to fall for some of these scams than you realize. I, too, was one of those folks that figured I would NEVER fall for the okey-doke. Though it was over 6 years ago, the lesson sticks with me forever (and I'm 38 now). I was called randomly via LAN line and offered this "MasterCard." After listening to this guy's speil (he really sounded convincing and earnest) and because I was looking at the time to build on my credit history, I fell for the bait. I waited the two weeks he said it took to process my paperwork and receive my card ($199 fee), only to receive some copied papers and no card.
Luckily, I belong to a credit union that at that time served only military members and veterans (I was in the Corps), and after telling the associate the situation and faxing proof of what I received, she immediately stopped payment, credited my account, and instructed me to destroy my CUCARD so I could be issued a new one. I was so happy I cried and vowed NEVER to do anything like that again!
Would you believe about a week later, the idiot called me AGAIN!! And boy was he pissed!!!! I reported his "company" and the number he was calling me from to both my CU and the local authorities. Of course, the number was disconnected but I didn't have to worry about him (or his little slimey friends) calling me ever again.
All this love to say, if contacted by a slick-talking con artist, you CAN get bamboozled. This kind of info on what and how to look for scammers wasn't as readily available then as it now, so luckily, we can be more progressive and informed on how to fight the cons. Thank you for reading, and God Bless you.