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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By itsnotthatIhatecharity - 26/08/2017 23:15

Today, I found out that because I, like many others, don't read the terms and conditions, I accidentally donated £200 to a charity because of a non-refundable payment on a volunteering trip. It's my parents' money. FML

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By Anonymous - 19/05/2015 01:22 - Australia - Elwood

Today, I got stopped by people asking for donations for their charity services. Being who I am, I hate saying no to people, so I told them "I don't have any money, only my card." Did you know they also accept payment by card? FML

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By Hady - 25/06/2021 00:01

Today, I found out that the $100,000 scholarship I "won" was a scam. I found it on a website. When I won, they asked for a "processing fee" that I begged my brother to let me borrow. The website has vanished into internet wasteland and I have no way of paying back the money. FML

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By ... - 02/01/2012 06:45 - United States

Today, I found out that, after offering to fill out my student aid application for me, my mother sent all of my personal information to a scam site instead. FML

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By Eddie B - 18/10/2019 20:00

Today, I found out that I'm just one of the millions who got scammed by what seemed to be a legit website. None of the negative reviews or bugs appeared until after I spent a fortune of someone else’s money on a server that will never arrive. FML

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Bullet = Dodged

By nikkei - 01/09/2018 22:00

Today, while paying for dinner, my card declined and my date immediately left. The waitress then ran my card again successfully. FML

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By Anonymous - 23/11/2020 04:02 - Japan - Okayama

Today, I realized while paying bills on my phone I fat-fingered which credit card I was paying and sent 299 to a paid-off card instead of 200 to another one. Now I'm going to have overdraft fees too. FML

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Scammers gonna scam

By Stupid Man - 31/08/2021 10:01

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.

Comments

Timber147 9

Wednesday 2 July 2014 1:54

Call your credit card companies dispute department and they will help you get your money back. Charity or no charity, they shouldn't be ripping people off...

GingerRage 6

Wednesday 2 July 2014 5:33

LOL

dragonrider1959 18

Wednesday 2 July 2014 18:41

Probably wasn't even charity

pjsmamasan 10

Thursday 3 July 2014 2:57

that's bogus if it's not legitimately a charity!

YUNG_TRVPLXRD 2

Thursday 3 July 2014 7:26

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mtllsw3am 5

Sunday 6 July 2014 11:02

Gotta raise money somehow...

PokemonMaster0 15

Tuesday 8 July 2014 5:16

Irony is a cruel and heartless bitch.

TechnoStew 21

Wednesday 9 July 2014 5:22

NEVER donate to charity online. Always send cash. A lot of people use "charity" as a way to get money because you'll feel bad for the pandas that will die unless they get your credit card number.