Author Topic: Anyone else here been the victim of a major scam? (Read 20981 times)

michigancat · « **Reply #125 on:** March 17, 2013, 11:03:23 AM »

Quote from: ben ji on March 17, 2013, 11:01:52 AM

Had about $500 worth of fishing gear stolen last night

Went fishing along the KS river(by 435 bridge) yesterday afternoon with the dog. Was in a rush to get everything loaded before the cats game and ended up leaving 4 poles and my fishing bag along the side of the road.

Did not realize I had left everything there until I got home and by that time there was only an hr before the cats game. My gear was on the side of a gravel road that I had never seen any cars on before so I figured it would be fine until after the game.

Went to get it after the game and it was all gone

MAJOR SCAM!!!!

The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep · « **Reply #126 on:** March 17, 2013, 11:55:29 AM »

Call the police. Maybe someone just turned it in. Long shot... but its a shot.

DeVere Kalmar · « **Reply #127 on:** March 17, 2013, 11:56:00 AM »

Deez Nutz, I hope you get back all of your dollars. I bet your old kindergarten friend is on the dope.

Speaking of Enron, back in the old days when the max. you could contribute to an IRA was $2,000 per year, I sent a check to my broker and asked him to put it into something like ConAgra or ADM (don't really remember). He put it in Enron and less than a week later the company tanked and it was as if I never made a contribution.

I mean, it's not like Steve Dave's losses, but I'm not rich. Also, I still have the same broker. He semi-recently put me in Unisys when it was at 30 and within a short time the price halved. He also put me in Roundys Grocery store at around 12, and now it is 6ish and stopped paying a dividend. I should probably stop letting him scam me.

EllRobersonisInnocent · « **Reply #128 on:** March 17, 2013, 11:57:55 AM »

Quote from: DeVere Kalmar on March 17, 2013, 11:56:00 AM

Deez Nutz, I hope you get back all of your dollars. I bet your old kindergarten friend is on the dope.

Speaking of Enron, back in the old days when the max. you could contribute to an IRA was $2,000 per year, I sent a check to my broker and asked him to put it into something like ConAgra or ADM (don't really remember). He put it in Enron and less than a week later the company tanked and it was as if I never made a contribution. I mean, it's not like Steve Dave's losses, but I'm not rich. Also, I still have the same broker. He semi-recently put me in Unisys when it was at 30 and within a short time the price halved. He also put me in Roundys Grocery store at around 12, and now it is 6ish and stopped paying a dividend. I should probably stop letting him scam me.

Sounds like your FA is a rough ridin' dumbass

kim carnes · « **Reply #129 on:** March 17, 2013, 12:00:12 PM »

Quote from: DeVere Kalmar on March 17, 2013, 11:56:00 AM

Deez Nutz, I hope you get back all of your dollars. I bet your old kindergarten friend is on the dope.

Speaking of Enron, back in the old days when the max. you could contribute to an IRA was $2,000 per year, I sent a check to my broker and asked him to put it into something like ConAgra or ADM (don't really remember). He put it in Enron and less than a week later the company tanked and it was as if I never made a contribution. I mean, it's not like Steve Dave's losses, but I'm not rich. Also, I still have the same broker. He semi-recently put me in Unisys when it was at 30 and within a short time the price halved. He also put me in Roundys Grocery store at around 12, and now it is 6ish and stopped paying a dividend. I should probably stop letting him scam me.

holy crap

ben ji · « **Reply #130 on:** March 17, 2013, 12:14:36 PM »

Quote from: DeVere Kalmar on March 17, 2013, 11:56:00 AM

Deez Nutz, I hope you get back all of your dollars. I bet your old kindergarten friend is on the dope.

Speaking of Enron, back in the old days when the max. you could contribute to an IRA was $2,000 per year, I sent a check to my broker and asked him to put it into something like ConAgra or ADM (don't really remember). He put it in Enron and less than a week later the company tanked and it was as if I never made a contribution. I mean, it's not like Steve Dave's losses, but I'm not rich. Also, I still have the same broker. He semi-recently put me in Unisys when it was at 30 and within a short time the price halved. He also put me in Roundys Grocery store at around 12, and now it is 6ish and stopped paying a dividend. I should probably stop letting him scam me.

You do realize you don't need a broker anymore right? You can go to Fidelity or any reputable place, open an IRA and fund it yourself...You dont need to call your guy and tell him to buy X amount of something and have him not do it...You just login to the website and buy it yourself.

ChiComCat · « **Reply #131 on:** March 17, 2013, 12:32:38 PM »

Quote from: michigancat on March 17, 2013, 11:03:23 AM

Quote from: ben ji on March 17, 2013, 11:01:52 AM
Had about $500 worth of fishing gear stolen last night

Went fishing along the KS river(by 435 bridge) yesterday afternoon with the dog. Was in a rush to get everything loaded before the cats game and ended up leaving 4 poles and my fishing bag along the side of the road.

Did not realize I had left everything there until I got home and by that time there was only an hr before the cats game. My gear was on the side of a gravel road that I had never seen any cars on before so I figured it would be fine until after the game.

Went to get it after the game and it was all gone

MAJOR SCAM!!!!

Gravel road pretended to be all innocent then scammed the crap out of him

DeVere Kalmar · « **Reply #132 on:** March 17, 2013, 01:01:35 PM »

You do realize you don't need a broker anymore right? You can go to Fidelity or any reputable place, open an IRA and fund it yourself...You dont need to call your guy and tell him to buy X amount of something and have him not do it...You just login to the website and buy it yourself.
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Yeah, but my wife and the broker's wife are best friends and my wife wouldn't hear of it. I forgot to also mention that he put me in USG (the sheetrock maker) and a Miami-based REIT shortly before the housing bubble burst. I really should've put this in the shame yourself thread.

kim carnes · « **Reply #133 on:** March 17, 2013, 01:18:53 PM »

Quote from: DeVere Kalmar on March 17, 2013, 01:01:35 PM

You do realize you don't need a broker anymore right? You can go to Fidelity or any reputable place, open an IRA and fund it yourself...You dont need to call your guy and tell him to buy X amount of something and have him not do it...You just login to the website and buy it yourself.
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Yeah, but my wife and the broker's wife are best friends and my wife wouldn't hear of it. I forgot to also mention that he put me in USG (the sheetrock maker) and a Miami-based REIT shortly before the housing bubble burst. I really should've put this in the shame yourself thread.

JFC you deserve to lose money

Fedor · « **Reply #134 on:** March 18, 2013, 08:22:02 AM »

Quote from: kim carnes on March 17, 2013, 01:18:53 PM

Quote from: DeVere Kalmar on March 17, 2013, 01:01:35 PM

You do realize you don't need a broker anymore right? You can go to Fidelity or any reputable place, open an IRA and fund it yourself...You dont need to call your guy and tell him to buy X amount of something and have him not do it...You just login to the website and buy it yourself.
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Yeah, but my wife and the broker's wife are best friends and my wife wouldn't hear of it. I forgot to also mention that he put me in USG (the sheetrock maker) and a Miami-based REIT shortly before the housing bubble burst. I really should've put this in the shame yourself thread.

JFC you deserve to lose money

I think I can pinpoint exactly why you are "not rich".

ben ji · « **Reply #135 on:** March 19, 2013, 09:25:06 AM »

Filed a police report with the KCK police, called a couple business's in the area but no one turned in any fishing gear.

I just know that sometime in the next 5 years I'm going to see Jim Bob and his Cousins fishing the River with my gear

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Quote from: ben ji on March 17, 2013, 11:01:52 AM

Had about $500 worth of fishing gear stolen last night

Went fishing along the KS river(by 435 bridge) yesterday afternoon with the dog. Was in a rush to get everything loaded before the cats game and ended up leaving 4 poles and my fishing bag along the side of the road.

Did not realize I had left everything there until I got home and by that time there was only an hr before the cats game. My gear was on the side of a gravel road that I had never seen any cars on before so I figured it would be fine until after the game.

Went to get it after the game and it was all gone

kostakio · « **Reply #136 on:** March 19, 2013, 10:01:02 PM »

Quote from: DeVere Kalmar on March 17, 2013, 01:01:35 PM

You do realize you don't need a broker anymore right? You can go to Fidelity or any reputable place, open an IRA and fund it yourself...You dont need to call your guy and tell him to buy X amount of something and have him not do it...You just login to the website and buy it yourself.
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Yeah, but my wife and the broker's wife are best friends and my wife wouldn't hear of it. I forgot to also mention that he put me in USG (the sheetrock maker) and a Miami-based REIT shortly before the housing bubble burst. I really should've put this in the shame yourself thread.

For god sakes man get an online account and buy some etfs or something. This guy is probably charging $200 commissions to lose your money. Has he ever put you in anything good?

puniraptor · « **Reply #137 on:** January 11, 2017, 08:39:39 PM »

OK. You know those stainless steel rocks that you rub on your fingers to stop them from stinking like garlic? Are they a MAJOR SCAM because they are non functional hocus pocus OR did I buy a counterfeit one at the daiso and get MAJORLY SCAMMED??

Spracne · « **Reply #138 on:** January 11, 2017, 09:00:14 PM »

You have to use them over the course of two weeks while avoiding future contact with garlic in order to achieve optimal results.

stunted · « **Reply #139 on:** January 12, 2017, 01:31:26 AM »

a guy i roomed with in thailand almost scammed me out of $6k through a shared poker account. after moving away one day i couldn't log on, he changed the password, unfriended me on fb. i could still find him on fb though and saved his friends list just in case. once he deleted his fb account and i was sure of what he was trying, i messaged every single one 'hey your rough ridin' friend is scamming me'. it worked and eventually he got back to me and we settled on him paying me $500 a month for a year. i spent it all on degeneracy. lesson is, when pulling a scam, cover your tracks.

_33 · « **Reply #140 on:** January 12, 2017, 08:00:20 AM »

I was majorly scammed by the dentist one time. I was about 17 and went to this new guy and he said I had 7 cavities, and I had never had a single cavity before. My parents also went to him and he said they had 6 each, and they barely ever had cavities. Well long story short I went and got mine filled but my parents went to this other guy for a second opinion and he said they didn't have ANY. He also filled mine with the white filling stuff without asking, which is more expensive. Needless to say my mom turned this scam artist into the BBB.

hatingfrancisco · « **Reply #141 on:** January 12, 2017, 08:26:59 AM »

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laundry_ball

DQ12 · « **Reply #142 on:** January 12, 2017, 09:06:14 AM »

I wish my dentist gave me white fillings. My mouth looks like a damn iron mine.

star seed 7 · « **Reply #143 on:** January 12, 2017, 09:49:26 AM »

Zero cavity guy here

420seriouscat69 · « **Reply #144 on:** January 12, 2017, 10:36:44 AM »

Thanks for your $ guys.

Mrs. Gooch · « **Reply #145 on:** January 12, 2017, 10:58:29 AM »

I have never had a cavity in my life and if I went to a new dentist who told me I had 6 I would definitely not believe them.

Poster formerly known as jthutch · « **Reply #146 on:** January 12, 2017, 11:03:55 AM »

lately I have been getting phone calls from an automated message saying my vehicles warranty was about to run out and I needed to contact them to renew it. My Warranty ran out 3 years ago and I have no intentions of renewing. But I have gotten this call at least 5 times in the last 2 weeks. It doesn't say which vehicle and all my vehicles are kind of old.

gatoveintisiete · « **Reply #147 on:** January 12, 2017, 11:07:05 AM »

Polk list

Tobias · « **Reply #148 on:** January 12, 2017, 11:11:04 AM »

Quote from: Poster formerly known as jthutch on January 12, 2017, 11:03:55 AM

lately I have been getting phone calls from an automated message saying my vehicles warranty was about to run out and I needed to contact them to renew it. My Warranty ran out 3 years ago and I have no intentions of renewing. But I have gotten this call at least 5 times in the last 2 weeks. It doesn't say which vehicle and all my vehicles are kind of old.

Mrs. Gooch · « **Reply #149 on:** January 12, 2017, 11:48:42 AM »

Quote from: Poster formerly known as jthutch on January 12, 2017, 11:03:55 AM

lately I have been getting phone calls from an automated message saying my vehicles warranty was about to run out and I needed to contact them to renew it. My Warranty ran out 3 years ago and I have no intentions of renewing. But I have gotten this call at least 5 times in the last 2 weeks. It doesn't say which vehicle and all my vehicles are kind of old.

Same.