how much money have you lost to scams.ect

[coolazn]

wondering how much everyone lost between 2005/2006
scams. stupidness. gambeling ect


lost

$1400 (shipment of ipods got scamed)
$500 lcd light stop working
$100 used ipod i bought stop working after a few months.


well thats how much i lost.


i regret the scam the most since it was alot of money.


^^

[Mystix]

wow you got owned alot of times

I have nothing to bad besides an $150 parking ticket

[Geologic]

You lost $1400 on a "shipment" of ipods?.. How'd you fall for that one?

[Cyber6]

Between 2005/2006 .. I lost maybe 50$ on lottery tickets.

[Allen84]

$7000 lent to mom in '01 (yet to get back)
$4000 lent away to friend on '03 (in the process of getting back, in court)
$3200 lent away to friend on '04 to get him out of CC debt (yet to get back)
$500 lent away to Best friend '04 (for his car ins. renewal) (yet to get back)
$850 (in '06 (for a to fixing brakes on my car, i think i got ripped off (i would of settled for 300-400 price tag but oh well)

____________

$15,550
- ($300-400) ( i would of settled for on brake job)
___________

Total Money lost of this moment ($15,150-$15,250)



Moral of this story.................... Do not lend any friends any money whatsoever.

[CheapScotsman]

Nothing this year but 10 years ago we got taken in Cancun Mexico ... the taxi guy charged us $7 for a ride that I am sure wasn't worth anymore than about $2 or $3.

[Cyber6]

$7000 lent to mom in '01 (yet to get back)
$4000 lent away to friend on '03 (in the process of getting back, in court)
$3200 lent away to friend on '04 to get him out of CC debt (yet to get back)
$500 lent away to Best friend '04 (for his car ins. renewal) (yet to get back)
$850 (in '06 (for a to fixing brakes on my car, i think i got ripped off (i would of settled for 300-400 price tag but oh well)

Hey man.. can you lend me $ 5K??

[Badger]

About $500 on some online investment site. Guy ran away, couldn't get a hold of him.

[nano]

i havent been scammed but...

My bf gets scammed by his customers all the time he got scammed out of $1000 last month. he has lost about $10000 to Non paying customers.

[Allen84]

Hey man.. can you lend me $ 5K??

i believe i've learned my lesson, i vow to myself never to lend anything again. I gotta stop being generous. cause i basically screwed myself, which i need the money myself.

I neeed a new car soon, and ditch my Sh*tbox.

[coolazn]

lost $1400 through a friend. decieded too run off with my money. he ran pretty far. all the way back to hk. well the $1400 was split between 3 other friend since i was running a electronic store.

i learned one thing. always recive the item first or dont buy it

[PrimoTurbo]

$0, but I nearly lost $5 at McDonald's 4 weeks ago. I was getting the now replaced McDeal menu for $3.99, paid with a $10 and only got back 70 cents from the $5. I was like, this isn't the correct change then the lady looked at me for about two minutes and then realized she forgot to give me my $5. That type of crap acctually happens all the time, they forget a few cents here a dollar there, but I always catch them. I heard some local places can do this on purpose and pretend they forgot...

[infamous_seller]

$7000 lent to mom in '01 (yet to get back)
$4000 lent away to friend on '03 (in the process of getting back, in court)
$3200 lent away to friend on '04 to get him out of CC debt (yet to get back)
$500 lent away to Best friend '04 (for his car ins. renewal) (yet to get back)
$850 (in '06 (for a to fixing brakes on my car, i think i got ripped off (i would of settled for 300-400 price tag but oh well)

____________

$15,550
- ($300-400) ( i would of settled for on brake job)
___________

Total Money lost of this moment ($15,150-$15,250)



Moral of this story.................... Do not lend any friends any money whatsoever.

AHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHHAHH......ure a funny guy for trusting anyone with money....money is ure only friend

[Canuck_2005]

$7000 lent to mom in '01 (yet to get back)
$4000 lent away to friend on '03 (in the process of getting back, in court)
$3200 lent away to friend on '04 to get him out of CC debt (yet to get back)
$500 lent away to Best friend '04 (for his car ins. renewal) (yet to get back)
$850 (in '06 (for a to fixing brakes on my car, i think i got ripped off (i would of settled for 300-400 price tag but oh well)

____________

$15,550
- ($300-400) ( i would of settled for on brake job)
___________

Total Money lost of this moment ($15,150-$15,250)



Moral of this story.................... Do not lend any friends any money whatsoever.

Moral is, never lend friends/family more money then you can afford to loose. If a family member/friend wants to borrow money the best way to treat it in your mind is as a gift, and not to expect it back, and if they pay back, consider it a bonus.

[Allen84]

Moral is, never lend friends/family more money then you can afford to loose. If a family member/friend wants to borrow money the best way to treat it in your mind is as a gift, and not to expect it back, and if they pay back, consider it a bonus.

yeah I made some bad decisions, the biggest mistake of my life, and trust me i've learned my lesson, but.... im not gonna think that way. as giving the money as a gift. I will get my money back eventually, hopefully soon enough. since im in a legal process right now, Im going on to the next person of difficulty of getting the money back, in order, until I eventually get it all back.

trying to meet my target goal of getting all this back by the end of '06 (mom $$$ i can let slide )

after that if im still un-successful, im buying a chainsaw and someone is gonna lose some legs.