Posted September 13th, 2004 @ 06:08pm by Erik J. Barzeski
Question: What's the worst scam for which you've ever fallen?
My Answer: I once bought a "porn tape" that supposedly caught two famous women going at it. I knew it was rather silly, and I knew it was a scam so I didn't exactly "fall" for it, but it amused me to the tune of $9.95 (for a DVD no less!) anyway.
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Posted 13 Sep 2004 at 7:25pm #
I bought the speakers from the guys in the white van.
Posted 13 Sep 2004 at 10:03pm #
QotD: Scam
Question of the Day: What’s the worst scam for which you’ve ever fallen? My answer: I was about 17 years old, working at a Blockbuster Video when a man comes up to me with some movie, a new shrink wrapped one, not the rental kind. He said h...
Posted 14 Sep 2004 at 7:53am #
I dunno if it qualifies as a scam, per se, but I got gipped out of an eBay auction for a Diablo II dual-leech ring that set me back $23. I paid and it was never delivered.
Posted 16 Sep 2004 at 4:33pm #
I bought a home gym from Ebay for $700. I didn't get the gym. I did get a lot of calls and e-mails from Ebay, the FBI, and even my local sheriff though.
I probably win this one.