Snapz@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 6 months agoWhat's the worst scam you've fallen for (or gotten close to falling for)?message-squaremessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the worst scam you've fallen for (or gotten close to falling for)?Snapz@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 6 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareRovingFox@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoIn a trains station gave someone enough money for a ticket cuz he was claiming that he lost his train. Felt real stupid when I saw him the next day asking the same shit.
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoConsider that at the time you were helping a stranger with the relatively trivial cost of a train ticket. Now you know you “helped” a likely homeless dude. Technically a scam but a pretty minor one.
In a trains station gave someone enough money for a ticket cuz he was claiming that he lost his train. Felt real stupid when I saw him the next day asking the same shit.
Consider that at the time you were helping a stranger with the relatively trivial cost of a train ticket.
Now you know you “helped” a likely homeless dude.
Technically a scam but a pretty minor one.