Money: Today, I donated to a charity website. My card was repeatedly...

By Charitable - 30/06/2014 05:02 - United States - San Francisco

Today, I donated to a charity website. My card was repeatedly refused by the website but when I went on my account, I was charged for each time I tried. I was scammed by a charity. FML

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Today, I had a vulnerable day, which led me to being scammed 2400 dollars, worried about something that a simple Google search and five seconds of reading would've rectified. FML

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By scammerssuck - 11/08/2012 09:13 - Ireland - Dublin

Today, my girlfriend received a scam email about her great uncle dying and leaving her money. She not only believed it, but she also used my credit card details for it. FML

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By Margaret - 26/12/2018 02:00

Today, I saw some random iTunes charge on my bank account so I called who I thought was iTunes customer support to figure out the $5 charge, then got scammed into buying $1,400 worth of gift cards. The man on the phone was not with iTunes and took all my money. FML

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DestinyNiya 33

Monday 30 June 2014 20:05

I hope they really use that money for charity.

Crofty92 17

Monday 30 June 2014 20:05

I wouldn't be convinced they are a charity.

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paperroll880 16

Monday 30 June 2014 20:07

Yikes. I guess you're done donating for a while..

JJ_86 22

Tuesday 1 July 2014 0:26

Not really. OP should contact the customer support of the charity if it's really legit. Otherwise contact the bank to cancel transactions and report the fraud too. Then use the money for some real charity.

Mr_Brightside209 12

Monday 30 June 2014 20:07

make the best of it and brag about how much money you gave to Charity! congrats your a great person!

Crofty92 17

Tuesday 1 July 2014 0:57

You know you're American when you have to brag about giving to charity.

drmisin 5

Tuesday 1 July 2014 1:09

If you give to a hooker named Charity, then you know you're a Brit.

hicaduda 8

Monday 30 June 2014 20:08

Probably a fake charity. Find out first. If they are fake, sue their ass!

soveryunoriginal 23

Monday 30 June 2014 20:08

Hopefully you didn't lose much.

Octwo 16

Monday 30 June 2014 20:08

Call you credit card company and tell them to cancel the charges. No big deal.

niallo 23

Monday 30 June 2014 20:16

Agreed. Multiple donations, one after the other, is obviously a computer error. I doubt they will even question it. I also doubt it was the charity's fault. It happens. And I tend to doubt everything.

colby6666 43

Monday 30 June 2014 21:18

21- I doubt it.

jsrpooh 10

Monday 30 June 2014 20:08

ouch! that's rough.

Sierra7211 17

Monday 30 June 2014 20:08

It's a lucky day for the Nigerian prince, then

strawberrywine22 30

Monday 30 June 2014 20:09

It probably isn't even a charity. Probably someone running using it as a front and planning a fancy vacation with your donation. I'm sorry OP. That really does suck. Talk to your bank? Maybe they can get the money back. And don't donate to charities that aren't well-known and proven legitimate.

LisaDay 14

Tuesday 1 July 2014 4:56

It wasnt necessarily a scam. It could have been a computer error. Has happened to me using paypal. I trued ti buy something and Paypal gave me an error screen. I tried a few more times and ended up with 4 charges. I got it fixed with a callvto Paypal though.