Betting is by nature a dangerous game. There have to be more losers than winners, or else the whole system would fall apart. But everyone seems to think that they’re going to be the winner, so many try. And sure, there are ways to bet smartly in sports betting, but ultimately you’re relying on a …
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Retired mom takes out $30,000 personal loan in her son’s name to buy a boat, threatens to call CPS on him if he reports it to the police: ‘They’ve missed 4 payments and [are] going to let it default since the boat can’t be repossessed’
Everybody has a different relationship with their parents, and those differences extend to finances. There is no shortage of 26-year-olds whose parents secretly pay their rent, but that doesn’t cancel out the 18-year-olds who pay the mortgage on their parent’s house. Some kids support their parents, and some parents help their grown kids. Of course, …
Seguir leyendo Retired mom takes out $30,000 personal loan in her son’s name to buy a boat, threatens to call CPS on him if he reports it to the police: ‘They’ve missed 4 payments and [are] going to let it default since the boat can’t be repossessed’
Retired mom takes out $30,000 personal loan in her son’s name to buy a boat, threaten to call CPS on him if he reports them to the police: ‘They’ve missed 4 payments and [are] going to let it default since the boat can’t be repossessed’
Everybody has a different relationship with their parents, and those differences extend to finances. There is no shortage of 26-year-olds whose parents secretly pay their rent, but that doesn’t cancel out the 18-year-olds who pay the mortgage on their parent’s house. Some kids support their parents, and some parents help their grown kids. Of course, …
Seguir leyendo Retired mom takes out $30,000 personal loan in her son’s name to buy a boat, threaten to call CPS on him if he reports them to the police: ‘They’ve missed 4 payments and [are] going to let it default since the boat can’t be repossessed’
‘I laughed’: Mysterious mistress shows up at a widow’s doorstep to claim ‘her half’ of the inheritance, gets denied then served a DNA test for her alleged love child
There are a lot of obvious scams out there. If some ‘Ethiopian prince’ emails you asking for your help investing money abroad, you’ll probably laugh a little, and then block that email address, but not every scam is so transparent. Some scammers are more clever about their conquests and use emotional weaponry to scourge their …
Seguir leyendo ‘I laughed’: Mysterious mistress shows up at a widow’s doorstep to claim ‘her half’ of the inheritance, gets denied then served a DNA test for her alleged love child
‘Your roommate is lying to you’: Crafty college student uses food delivery app to scam roommate out of free food
Food delivery apps are the greatest thing since sliced bread. They’re the lazy person’s saving grace. It’s almost like magic. You imagine a meal, and then with a few clicks on a screen, that meal is there in your arms, ready to be consumed. But like most magic I’m familiar with, it comes at a price. And in the …
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‘I think I’m gonna get raptured’: 92 year old grandma expertly pranks scam callers
There’s a reason that many younger people refuse to answer the phone to an unknown number, and it’s not just because of social anxiety. Scam calls are a nuisance that we all have to deal with from time to time, but unfortunately, they usually have the highest success rates with the old and vulnerable. At …
Seguir leyendo ‘I think I’m gonna get raptured’: 92 year old grandma expertly pranks scam callers
‘I woke up to $500 in charges on my credit card’: PlayStation bans gamer for getting scammed, he makes parent company fly him to California
If we were to ask gamers about how they would describe many gaming companies, ‘good customer service’ would not always be at the top of the list. One of the downsides of having video games as an interest is that the relationship between distributor and consumer is not always the most friendly, and many gamers …
Seguir leyendo ‘I woke up to $500 in charges on my credit card’: PlayStation bans gamer for getting scammed, he makes parent company fly him to California
Scammer steals credit card information to rent car, emails card owner and asks why he canceled the rental: ‘Sorry to use the details hee hee’
Back in the day, you had to be genuinely sneaky to be a scammer. There were no websites with people’s credit card information available for any old schmuck to purchase. In the 20th century, you had to pick a pocket or snag a fat juicy wallet off the ground and make some magic by purchasing …
Seguir leyendo Scammer steals credit card information to rent car, emails card owner and asks why he canceled the rental: ‘Sorry to use the details hee hee’
Weekly Internet Roundup: Ad Spam on X, Kate Middleton Disappearance Rumors, and the Willy Wonka Immersive Experience
It’s been a wild time.
Willy Wonka experience uses AI renderings to sell tickets, delivers bleak nightmare: ‘They charged $45 for this’
Snake oil salesmen have been around as long as we’ve had snakes and oil. Conmen have been preying on our vulnerabilities for decades, if not centuries, and they find new ways to get us every year. Sure, maybe we’ve evolved past thinking a dubious «miracle elixir» that smells suspiciously like urine is going to make …
Seguir leyendo Willy Wonka experience uses AI renderings to sell tickets, delivers bleak nightmare: ‘They charged $45 for this’