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35 Times People Received Such Pathetic Scam Messages, They Just Had To Laugh And Share Them Online (New Pics)
A year ago, we released a publication on the subreddit r/Scams, showcasing lazy, offensive, and just all-around pathetic attempts to rob people of their money.
Not much has changed since then. Scammers are still targeting innocent folks through phone calls, emails, social media, and even dating apps.
So to remind you to keep your eyes open, we at Bored Panda put together a follow-up article on r/Scams. Below, you will find some of the most popular posts its 329K members have recently made, and all the dirty practices used today. Stay safe!
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#1
Got A Message From A Scammer, Decided To Play With Em A Little
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#2
These Scams Are Getting Complex
#4
Just A Heads Up Y'all!
#6
Scam Text Message. Tricking Them With Cat Facts!
#7
I Used To Live In Los Angeles. I've Never Owned A House. I Get These Texts All The Time! I Have No Idea How This Scam Even Works Or What The End Game Is. But I've Started Replying In Ways That Make Me Giggle
#8
Why Bother Making A Bot To Message This?
#9
I Could Still Imagine People Doing It
#10
At Least He Had A Sense Of Humor
#11
I Just Caught This In The Wild
#12
Whatsapp Scam, I Don’t Know Why They Didn’t Respond?
DUN DUN (she/her) 4 years ago
But they were partners! Why won't they recall the precious time they spent together!?
#13
Destiny’s Child Tour Money
#14
Reminder To Be Careful Of Scams! This Was Well Done
#16
This One Made Me Laugh
#18
I Can Tell He’s “Seriously”
#19
I’m On The Books Guys. I Cannot Wait For My Appointment
Shabbir Yamani 4 years ago
That's not fair, give them a fair chance the calendar will be virtual and probably not owned by Google by then....
#20
A Whole New Level Of Scamming
#22
About To Be Scammed
#23
When You Just Know So You Reverse The Roles
#24
At Least Theyre Honest
#25
Seems Legit But Can't Be To Careful
DuchessDegu 4 years ago (edited)
Put the corgi on the phone and I'll send the card details! Woof woof, this is corgi 😆😆😆😆
#27
A Bot Love Story. *fixed*
#28
Almost Caught Me Off Guard This One
#29
Hooray I Have Won A "Walmart"
#30
I've Seen Some Authentic Looking Phishing Emails Before. This Isn't One Of Them
#31
It Finally Happened! I Got The Text! I Really Never Thought I’d Get This Text. #blessed
Splash Bach 4 years ago
Never seen someone so happy to get a scam message "send the next part" 🤣
#32
When You're So Bad At Scams, You Can't Remember Your Own "Name"
#33
The President Needs More Itunes Cards!
#34
Facebook Enabling Scammers
Sandra DeRosia 4 years ago
I once reported a cat murdering Facebook page with graphic photos and they said it didn't violate the community standards.
#35
Snyder Needs Help, Seems Legit
#36
Facebook Is Full Of Scam Giveaways And Fake Profiles Commenting On Them
#37
You’d Think They’d Find A New Fake Picture By Now
#38
Been Receiving A Lot Of Scam/Spam Text Messages, But This Is The First Time They've Tried This Lmao
Qibli of the SandWings 4 years ago
Dear User, we are about to scam you because others are scamming you and we feel u and click this link and we will d3let all of ur contac- I meen spam meesages
#39
Real Dababy
#40
Somebody Didn’t Go To Scamming School
#41
Wasting A Cashapp Scammers Time, Still In Progress
Qibli of the SandWings 4 years ago
This scammer really thinks that you can download anything on the ps2 anymore lol
#42
Well, This Looks Like An Obvious Scam. Especially As It’s Actually A Picture From Grand Theft Auto 5!
#43
I Have Suddenly Been Receiving Lots Of Fake Check Scams, Probably Because I Respond To All Of Them. This One Is Gold
#44
This Is Why I Don't Use Etsy Without Doing A Lot Of Research On The Item. Literally The Same Photos That Amazon Used With Quite The Steep Price Jump. Not Even Creative Enough To Come Up With Something On Their Own. Always Reverse Image Search. I Cannot Stress That Enough
#46
You Cannot Afford Me
Marcellus II 4 years ago
Is a sugar baby like a sugar maple? You can extract sweet sweet liquids from them? Count me in then.
#47
Scammer Tried To Scam 20 Random People At Once
#49
The Scammers Who Message Women On Here Are Always So Easy To Catch Out. He Doesn't Even Know Where He 'Lives'
#50
It Just Doesn't Stop! Amazon's Gotta Control This
#51
My Office Got This In The Mail Today, Had A Good Laugh!
#52
This Pumpkin Seed Bag Practically Begs You To Save The American Farmer And Then Shows That It Wasn't Even Grown In The United States
#53
Trying To Find Housing Near My University And Contacted Someone Who Posted An Ad On Facebook
Connie Wade 4 years ago
My daughter got scammed like this on Craig's list. She did send $3,000 but reported the fraud to her bank and (surprisingly) the bank was able to (about 6 weeks later) reverse the money from the scammer back into her account.
#54
I'm Reporting Him To Adobe For Apparent Piracy, But He Attempted To Scam Me Using The Wrong Scam Account
#55
I Pissed Off A Scammer Who Used My Aunts Name
#56
Refreshingly Honest. (Although Still Trying To Me To Send Him/Her My Mobile Number After This)
#57
I Don’t Think Whoever Wrote This Has Ever Met A Bereaved Person
#58
I Think A Victorian Nobleman Is Trying To Scam Me
Dirk Daring 4 years ago
When you see a message opening with "Hello Dear", you know that you are either about to meet a scammer, or a guy who wants you to open bobs and vagene. Sometimes both.
#60
Very Legit Looking 'Netflix' Phishing Scam
#61
I’m Three Thousands Hundred And Dollars Richer!
#62
Youtube Ads Should Have Moderation
Ethan Lang 4 years ago (edited)
Poor Mr Beast, although I do remember he actually responded to these fake ads a while ago.
#63
Scammers Failing Hard!
#64
I Believe Someone Has Been Spoofing Using My Number
#65
Accidentally Put My Phone Number On Craigslist Without Thinking About It, Guy Claimed He Needed To Verify My Post Making Sure I Was Real By Me Sending Him The Code He Had Sent To My Phone
#66
Seems Legit
#67
What Ever Will I Do?
#68
Got This Gem In My Junk Today
#69
A Free Coca Cola Mini Fridge Yt Ad Is Just A Phishing Scam, Don't Put Your Information In Their Website
Abby Harrison 4 years ago
worst part is now u can't see all the dislikes anymore. Youtube REALLY screwed up, especially with crap like this. I just report them as I see em.
#70
My Dog Is Missing. This Is A Scammer Right?
#71
Random Guy Sent Me Money On Venmo. Idk What To Do
#72
Scammers Are Getting More And More Creative
Misstaken138 4 years ago
Maybe I'm dumb, but this one confuses me. If it was a scam wouldn't the check just not clear?
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Sathe Wesker 4 years ago
Oh God my husband and I each get these calls all time. We love f*****g with them. My latest, since being in Canada, has been to answer in French when they claim to be calling from the government. They demand I speak English, so, I switch to normal and say “But this is Canada and I was speaking French. Any government official is mandatory hired to be bilingual”… then they hang up.
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
In Canada too! I like to answer Royal Canadian Mounted Police - Fraud division Sargent Preston speaking. The disconnect is quite swift!
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Kai David 4 years ago
Back in the 80's, we have all been telling grandma to never give out info or money over the phone. Now 40 years later, people are falling for these scams. The local electricity company does not take gift cards or i tunes for payment. I have zero sympathy for people who fall for these scams. Americans know how companies send their bills and Americans know the police or government never call.
Claudia Espindola 4 years ago
There is a lot of elderly people or people with autism or other challenges that can fall prey to these scams
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BorPand8 4 years ago
Those 'mistakes' are all deliberate though -- they're getting the most stupid people to select themselves.
Dynein 4 years ago
Right. While I'm pretty sure that the *discovery* of this effect was on accident, not by deliberate design, these scammers have no reason to switch to smarter scams. Yes, smarter scams would work on more people... but these extra people will get suspicious more quickly (thus giving away less money), are more likely to report the scam and more likely to try to get their money back. Whereas the people falling for the obvious scam are likely to hang on as you extend the scam and keep giving them reasons for why they have to give away yet more money. And once they do catch on, they will likely be too ashamed to report the incident.
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Sathe Wesker 4 years ago
Oh God my husband and I each get these calls all time. We love f*****g with them. My latest, since being in Canada, has been to answer in French when they claim to be calling from the government. They demand I speak English, so, I switch to normal and say “But this is Canada and I was speaking French. Any government official is mandatory hired to be bilingual”… then they hang up.
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
In Canada too! I like to answer Royal Canadian Mounted Police - Fraud division Sargent Preston speaking. The disconnect is quite swift!
Load More Replies... Kai David 4 years ago
Back in the 80's, we have all been telling grandma to never give out info or money over the phone. Now 40 years later, people are falling for these scams. The local electricity company does not take gift cards or i tunes for payment. I have zero sympathy for people who fall for these scams. Americans know how companies send their bills and Americans know the police or government never call.
Claudia Espindola 4 years ago
There is a lot of elderly people or people with autism or other challenges that can fall prey to these scams
Load More Replies... BorPand8 4 years ago
Those 'mistakes' are all deliberate though -- they're getting the most stupid people to select themselves.
Dynein 4 years ago
Right. While I'm pretty sure that the *discovery* of this effect was on accident, not by deliberate design, these scammers have no reason to switch to smarter scams. Yes, smarter scams would work on more people... but these extra people will get suspicious more quickly (thus giving away less money), are more likely to report the scam and more likely to try to get their money back. Whereas the people falling for the obvious scam are likely to hang on as you extend the scam and keep giving them reasons for why they have to give away yet more money. And once they do catch on, they will likely be too ashamed to report the incident.
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