Most amount of money you have been scammed?

Rob · 06-16-2005, 02:07 PM

Got the idea from Snake for this thread.

So tell us what the most is you have been scammed by.

I have been 'kind of' scammed by my old webhost www.ukhost4u.com (terrible - beware) and stole my domain and took money for hosting they couldnt provide. Suppose the value of the domain and hosting was well over $100.

Scott · 06-16-2005, 02:09 PM

$85 by a scam whore named kath_exs

Stephen · 06-16-2005, 02:17 PM

Most I was in debt online, was once when a host charged my credit card thirty or so times, for a rather large hosting package for a project I was working on. The credit card was almost maxed already, so the other twenty five or so charges cost around $40 each from my credit card... Not fun.

Got it straightened out though...

Also posted this in another thread.. Might of been a mistake more than a Scam, but it's not fun.

Also, I was scammed out of a owned vbulletin license with the no branding option.

Jonathan · 06-16-2005, 02:21 PM

I was going to purchase a site from someone which I ended up not getting. I'd offered to let him keep $50 dollars for his troubles. But it took him several months for him to pay me back $100, and he still owes me $200. This was about 2 years ago.

Yeah, so don't do business with Daniel Hamer.

Sabre · 06-16-2005, 02:34 PM

Never been scammed.... well... i was scammed for $4.... but... thats not really worth listing as a scam....

!

Chris · 06-16-2005, 02:52 PM

I was scammed a couple of years ago on eBay for $300 which was for a digital camera. The idiot scammed 169 other victims for a grand total of $189,000.

Rob · 06-16-2005, 05:31 PM

Jesus, some horrible stories.

True_Snake · 06-16-2005, 06:03 PM

Originally Posted by Rob

Got the idea from Snake for this thread.

So tell us what the most is you have been scammed by.

I have been 'kind of' scammed by my old webhost www.ukhost4u.com (terrible - beware) and stole my domain and took money for hosting they couldnt provide. Suppose the value of the domain and hosting was well over $100.

Just to let you know, it wasn't me. Other Snake you're talking about.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/warnings-and-alerts/99192-most-amount-money-you-have-been.html

Secondly, I haven't been scammed a large amount; actually, don't remember being scammed at all

.

That doesn't mean anyone tries to scam me now

!

True_Snake

vip-ip · 06-16-2005, 06:09 PM

I scammed people for more $$$ than I've been scammed for ...... :-) LMAO jk

I dont scam others =D

I've been ripped off on $300, luckliy I didn't loose any money, just lost 2 days of hard worked dedicated time..... a long story. Not domain related, but it was online scam.

Zeeble · 06-16-2005, 06:34 PM

I suppose, I got ripped off by some guy with a website. He ended up losing me a $1k website.

Jeff · 06-16-2005, 09:33 PM

As far as I know, I have never been successfully scammed ... though many years ago, I trusted someone who turned out to be a VERY bad person, IMHO. I almost got scammed to the tune of some domains and (approx. $150 - $200) Paypal money (in what was to be a "trade") ... I did some last-minute investigating and found out the domains I wanted in return weren't even his (and I was so going to send him the domains and Paypal first, too, cause I thought he was nice dude)!

It was long ago, sure ... and was not on the Namepros site, but I think I learned a LOT that day and week, IMHO.

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=99192
Hoping no more scams online for all eternity!

See you soon.
-Jeff

vip-ip · 06-16-2005, 09:36 PM

You learn on your mistakes, heh? :-)
Who knows... I tend to think positive. Maybe that $300 worth of experience could save me $30,000 or $300,000 in the long run B) hahah

fearless · 06-17-2005, 06:25 AM

Hi all, I worked for 1 day last week for a web design company in the uk in telesales. I quit after that first day because of the scams they are pulling:

sign any business up for a great web package, low cost at 99GBP
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=99192
Design a really horrible template site (All their sites are the same template)
Harass this business constantly afterwards to upgrade to higher priced sites

HERES THE SCAM PART

convince the business that they need site promotion (this included telling businesses how stupid they were if they didn't do this and generally throwing insults disguised as advise)

THE SITE PROMOTION they offer says they GUARENTEE first (not second - only first) place position in google for all of their chosen key words. They also tell people that they are one of only 3 companies in the world that can do this because they have a special arrangement with google. Any one else who offers similar is lying!

Then they take the money anything from 500 GBP upto 1500GBP and DO NOTHING other than basic submission.

This company has over 1,000,000 turn over each year and just gets away with lies!

komp · 06-17-2005, 07:19 AM

£90 for a ipod 1 year ago, I thought it was a bit cheap for a mini ipod on ebay but he did have 94 100% pos feedback.

I think all forums should have a wanted thread with all these names, As there probably still outthere now doing it still.

dc1pop · 06-17-2005, 08:02 AM

I bought a phone on QXL in the UK a couple years back for i think it was £110 UK pounds. This person scammed loads of other people at the same time and luckily others quickly advised me and i got the check canclled for £10 better then losing £100 on top of that though! I thank those people

rosem · 06-17-2005, 10:03 AM

$2250 - His name is Jason Tibula (SP?), I was refered to him by Jeremy Johnstone. Jeremey was sketchy at first if he would be doing the work, or if someone else was. Well it turned out someone else was, and when they didn't do it and stop responding to me Jeremy told me he was doing it - but he didn't do it either. So they are both scum in my book.

If you know either of them, punch them in the stomach for me next time you see them.

PS. It was a rather large coding job...

jeter4982 · 06-17-2005, 10:37 AM

I have only been scammed once, by a man who goes by the username Wapture. He owed many 2 domain regristations, but I just never got them. His response was always:

"I'll do it later on tonight."

Finally after about 2 months, I just gave up, as it wasn't worth my time and effort, for something I was never going to get.

Tom

majinbuu1023 · 06-17-2005, 03:10 PM

a runescape.com ( a game) I got scamed 350,000 gold.. took me ages to get.. and when I got scammed it was my birthday

((

VG_KING · 06-17-2005, 04:09 PM

$5000

The Equivocate · 06-17-2005, 08:10 PM

Haven't been spammed *knocks on wood* though its probably because I haven't really done a LOT of business so the odds have been lower...

unknowngiver · 06-17-2005, 09:32 PM

Never

TheBrigade · 06-17-2005, 09:35 PM

$2000

Had a business partner, and he sent me money, and told me I could spend it on the server etc. Unfortunately, he hacked someone elses paypal to get the money. Then I spent the money, and everything was like a domino effect. First the person he scammed did a refund, which caused everything I had a refund.

Was very stressful. I didnt sleep for about 2 weeks. I was so scared... Fortunately paypal got everything straightened out.

GJ · 06-18-2005, 01:12 AM

$0.00 or £0.00!

sibaong · 06-18-2005, 01:18 AM

Originally Posted by majinbuu1023

a runescape.com ( a game) I got scamed 350,000 gold.. took me ages to get.. and when I got scammed it was my birthday

((

~lol~ did you buy some stuff or he hack your account?

I was scammed for $70+ by romanian 2 years ago

DropLister · 06-26-2005, 07:08 PM

no scams here, but i was almost scammed out of 2,000 once, but with a little extra searching I found out his scheme and such. Dont deal with nigerians they have quite the scamming track record

06-16-2005, 02:07 PM	THREAD STARTER #1 (permalink)
Rob Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: England, UK Posts: 2,337	Most amount of money you have been scammed? Got the idea from Snake for this thread. So tell us what the most is you have been scammed by. I have been 'kind of' scammed by my old webhost www.ukhost4u.com (terrible - beware) and stole my domain and took money for hosting they couldnt provide. Suppose the value of the domain and hosting was well over $100.

06-16-2005, 02:34 PM	#5 (permalink)
Sabre First Time Poster! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Chelmsford, UK Posts: 11,311	Never been scammed.... well... i was scammed for $4.... but... thats not really worth listing as a scam.... ! __________________ Backpacker Insurance

06-16-2005, 02:52 PM	#6 (permalink)
Chris Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: United States Posts: 2,317	I was scammed a couple of years ago on eBay for $300 which was for a digital camera. The idiot scammed 169 other victims for a grand total of $189,000. __________________ LIMITED TIME OFFER FOR 3 LUCKY NP'RS ONLY! Mobile website (6 pages) for your business! Reduced heavily to $99 (Reg. $397!) for testimonials! PM Me.

06-16-2005, 06:34 PM	#10 (permalink)
Zeeble New.Net Destroyer.... Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,947	I suppose, I got ripped off by some guy with a website. He ended up losing me a $1k website. __________________ â€œIt is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.â€ - Adam Smith

06-16-2005, 09:33 PM	#11 (permalink)
Jeff Emeritus Join Date: May 2003 Location: Winter Break© Posts: 29,526	As far as I know, I have never been successfully scammed ... though many years ago, I trusted someone who turned out to be a VERY bad person, IMHO. I almost got scammed to the tune of some domains and (approx. $150 - $200) Paypal money (in what was to be a "trade") ... I did some last-minute investigating and found out the domains I wanted in return weren't even his (and I was so going to send him the domains and Paypal first, too, cause I thought he was nice dude)! It was long ago, sure ... and was not on the Namepros site, but I think I learned a LOT that day and week, IMHO. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=99192 Hoping no more scams online for all eternity! See you soon. -Jeff __________________ Be cool. Be polite. Be professional.™

06-16-2005, 02:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
Scott Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: UK Posts: 3,547	$85 by a scam whore named kath_exs

06-16-2005, 02:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
Stephen Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 3,245	Most I was in debt online, was once when a host charged my credit card thirty or so times, for a rather large hosting package for a project I was working on. The credit card was almost maxed already, so the other twenty five or so charges cost around $40 each from my credit card... Not fun. Got it straightened out though... Also posted this in another thread.. Might of been a mistake more than a Scam, but it's not fun. Also, I was scammed out of a owned vbulletin license with the no branding option.

06-16-2005, 02:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
Jonathan NamePros Regular Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 305	I was going to purchase a site from someone which I ended up not getting. I'd offered to let him keep $50 dollars for his troubles. But it took him several months for him to pay me back $100, and he still owes me $200. This was about 2 years ago. Yeah, so don't do business with Daniel Hamer.

06-16-2005, 05:31 PM	THREAD STARTER #7 (permalink)
Rob Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: England, UK Posts: 2,337	Jesus, some horrible stories.

06-16-2005, 06:09 PM	#9 (permalink)
vip-ip Account Closed Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: root@localhost Posts: 4,025	I scammed people for more $$$ than I've been scammed for ...... :-) LMAO jk I dont scam others =D I've been ripped off on $300, luckliy I didn't loose any money, just lost 2 days of hard worked dedicated time..... a long story. Not domain related, but it was online scam.

06-16-2005, 09:36 PM	#12 (permalink)
vip-ip Account Closed Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: root@localhost Posts: 4,025	You learn on your mistakes, heh? :-) Who knows... I tend to think positive. Maybe that $300 worth of experience could save me $30,000 or $300,000 in the long run B) hahah

06-17-2005, 06:25 AM	#13 (permalink)
fearless New Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cheshire, England Posts: 2	uk web design company with massive scam at the moment Hi all, I worked for 1 day last week for a web design company in the uk in telesales. I quit after that first day because of the scams they are pulling: sign any business up for a great web package, low cost at 99GBP ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=99192 Design a really horrible template site (All their sites are the same template) Harass this business constantly afterwards to upgrade to higher priced sites HERES THE SCAM PART convince the business that they need site promotion (this included telling businesses how stupid they were if they didn't do this and generally throwing insults disguised as advise) THE SITE PROMOTION they offer says they GUARENTEE first (not second - only first) place position in google for all of their chosen key words. They also tell people that they are one of only 3 companies in the world that can do this because they have a special arrangement with google. Any one else who offers similar is lying! Then they take the money anything from 500 GBP upto 1500GBP and DO NOTHING other than basic submission. This company has over 1,000,000 turn over each year and just gets away with lies!

06-17-2005, 07:19 AM	#14 (permalink)
komp NamePros Regular Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London Posts: 723	£90 for a ipod 1 year ago, I thought it was a bit cheap for a mini ipod on ebay but he did have 94 100% pos feedback. I think all forums should have a wanted thread with all these names, As there probably still outthere now doing it still. Last edited by komp; 06-17-2005 at 07:27 AM.

06-17-2005, 08:02 AM	#15 (permalink)
dc1pop Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: UK Posts: 1,893	I bought a phone on QXL in the UK a couple years back for i think it was £110 UK pounds. This person scammed loads of other people at the same time and luckily others quickly advised me and i got the check canclled for £10 better then losing £100 on top of that though! I thank those people

06-17-2005, 10:03 AM	#16 (permalink)
rosem rosem.com Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Michigan Posts: 305	$2250 - His name is Jason Tibula (SP?), I was refered to him by Jeremy Johnstone. Jeremey was sketchy at first if he would be doing the work, or if someone else was. Well it turned out someone else was, and when they didn't do it and stop responding to me Jeremy told me he was doing it - but he didn't do it either. So they are both scum in my book. If you know either of them, punch them in the stomach for me next time you see them. PS. It was a rather large coding job...

06-17-2005, 09:32 PM	#21 (permalink)
unknowngiver Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 3,088	Never __________________ Simplifying Engineering \|\| $$ Currency Converter $$ Julsh - Community/Dating Website \|\| Free Image hosting Fresh Proxies \|\| Random Proxy \|\| Troll Board

06-17-2005, 10:37 AM	#17 (permalink)
jeter4982 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: CT, USA Posts: 3,309	I have only been scammed once, by a man who goes by the username Wapture. He owed many 2 domain regristations, but I just never got them. His response was always: "I'll do it later on tonight." Finally after about 2 months, I just gave up, as it wasn't worth my time and effort, for something I was never going to get. Tom

06-17-2005, 03:10 PM	#18 (permalink)
majinbuu1023 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 3,747	a runescape.com ( a game) I got scamed 350,000 gold.. took me ages to get.. and when I got scammed it was my birthday (( __________________ WowHumor.net - Funny World of Warcraft Pictures

06-17-2005, 04:09 PM	#19 (permalink)
VG_KING Account Suspended Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 355	$5000

06-17-2005, 08:10 PM	#20 (permalink)
The Equivocate Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,578	Haven't been spammed knocks on wood though its probably because I haven't really done a LOT of business so the odds have been lower... __________________ Fueled By Ramen

06-17-2005, 09:35 PM	#22 (permalink)
TheBrigade Account Suspended Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Washington Posts: 778	$2000 Had a business partner, and he sent me money, and told me I could spend it on the server etc. Unfortunately, he hacked someone elses paypal to get the money. Then I spent the money, and everything was like a domino effect. First the person he scammed did a refund, which caused everything I had a refund. Was very stressful. I didnt sleep for about 2 weeks. I was so scared... Fortunately paypal got everything straightened out.

06-18-2005, 01:12 AM	#23 (permalink)
GJ Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,227	$0.00 or £0.00!

06-26-2005, 07:08 PM	#25 (permalink)
DropLister Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: .ma.us Posts: 1,880	no scams here, but i was almost scammed out of 2,000 once, but with a little extra searching I found out his scheme and such. Dont deal with nigerians they have quite the scamming track record __________________ Military Domains Wanted

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