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Please help! Wife sells crochet patterns and characters. This man is pushy to use "Venmo Business" and not Etsy We don't have Venmo and only have done sales through Etsy, from her shop. This guy saw a giant spider my wif...

Eartmoving MSU. https://emsu-equipment.com So I looked them up and they seemed legit. I wired them $35,850. They failed delivery three times so I cancelled the order. They sent me a cashiers check through UPS but it nev...

Job scam? Position at Cornerstone Financial Solutions. [removed]

[UK] Typical Paypal scam with me being sent money by accident. How long to resolve? [removed]

Be careful - fake bank fraud alert voicemail [US/Canada] [removed]

[US] Alright- real or fake email offer Got this email today and I’ve had plenty of phishing emails over the years of which I’m fairly sure this one is too….. but just in case, what do you all think? It’s entirely free al...

Is this a classic “wrong number” love scam? Why open like that? I think this is a scam text opening but my question is why would they choose this line over other better ones?? Is it a cultural difference like blocking me...

[US] I was targeted in a sextortion scam yesterday and I'm barely holding it together… I (35M) just need to get this off my chest because I can’t even function today. I'll give some context first. I was celibate for fiv...

Celebrity Money Muel Scam An actor named Stephan A. Chang (from what I believe is *Bosch: Legacy*) has a "verified" Facebook account that isn't linked to any of his other social media (Instagram, Threads, YouTube, etc.)....

[US] got an email from “payflow” i received an email from “payflow” that had the actual paypal email telling me i had a pending order charge/invoice related to a customs fee telling me to log into manager.paypal.com abou...

alvaro andres valarezo sandoval arrest in 2013 i became a victim of a man named Alvaro Andres Valarezo Sandoval of Ecuador. over a month ago marks a year since he was sentenced to federal prison for child pornography pro...

Australian email scam for subscription that expired last year This is what was emailed to me today. I was part of this subscription service in 2022 and had a 3 year subscription which I paid upfront. I made sure the subs...

Polyfill is a scam popup? In 2026 June 4. [removed]

[PT] Scammed via phishing and bank transfer. [removed]

[US] So I got this random friend request on Discord today, and this is obviously a scam right? I like to post on Casting Call Club from time to time, and I randomly got a friend request on discord (which I hardly ever us...

"Comcast data breach settlement" postcards are real (Hasson v. Comcast), not phishing — how to verify Heads up — postcards are going out for a real class-action settlement over the October 2023 Comcast data breach (the c...

U.S. Did I fall for a fake Citibank scam? I realized I lost my Citibank debit card. I was out on the street and quickly googled “contact Citibank help” and the attached web page (pictured. Looks like a legit Citibank co...

Fake Debt Collection Email from “January”? I know January is a legit company but is this someone spoofing as them? Because I definitely never had a Target credit card or a Walmart one…and I don’t have those accounts on m...

Watch out for this nerd on reddit The screenshots are really are there is to it but someone messaged me telling me someone created an account with a similar username to mine and sent a phishing email. They added me on di...

Fell for a Romance Scam So, feeling like the prize idiot, but here goes. Last two weeks I fell pretty hard for a Romance Scam. The lucky part, is, I did \*not\* lose any money from this, just emotional damage. So it sta...

[AUS] Microsoft Support Hi all! My dad managed to get a virus pop up on his computer (shout out to Bing for making one of their top results a trogan virus) He called the ‘Microsoft support’ number on his screen during th...

Fake lawyer cyber incident audit leads to WhatsApp “victim support group” recovery scam [removed]

Same Crypto Syndicate Scammed the Same Person 3 Times — $58,000 Lost Crypto scam investigator here. Active 2026 case, anonymised. 2020 — Fake UK broker. Fabricated profits. Bitcoin "exit fee" to withdraw. Refused. $47,00...

[US]. Not sure if this is a job scam. Not sure if this was a scam or not. I'm trying to find work and was contacted by a company fora job that sounds like it pays way too well. Who. The company is pasture bioscience. ...