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What's the worst scam you've fallen for (or gotten close to falling for)? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by Snapz@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You can contest that sort of thing with your bank if you are quick about it. Probably too late now, but I had something similar happen and that's how I resolved it. In my case, the rumor was the owner of the website had died

[–] thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nz 2 points 9 months ago

Yeah I wasn't fast enough and I also tried to contact their support and such. Oh well