Statistics
( 241 Cheats reported by 183 Users against 215 Organisations )

December 2024
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November 2024
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October 2024
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September 2024
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August 2024
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July 2024
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June 2024
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May 2024
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April 2024
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March 2024
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February 2024
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January 2024
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December 2023
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November 2023
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October 2023
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September 2023
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August 2023
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July 2023
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June 2023
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May 2023
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April 2023
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March 2023
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February 2023
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January 2023
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December 2022
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November 2022
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October 2022
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September 2022
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August 2022
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July 2022
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June 2022
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May 2022
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April 2022
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March 2022
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February 2022
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January 2022
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December 2021
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November 2021
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October 2021
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September 2021
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August 2021
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July 2021
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June 2021
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May 2021
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April 2021
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March 2021
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February 2021
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January 2021
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December 2020
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November 2020
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October 2020
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September 2020
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August 2020
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July 2020
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June 2020
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May 2020
Total Posts = 0


April 2020
Total Posts = 0


March 2020
Total Posts = 3
Activity = 3 Posts against 3 Organisations
Concerns = Spam Messaging (3),
Maximum Posts = 3 by Anonymous users in this month
Maximum Posts = 1 against Alto in this month

February 2020
Total Posts = 4
Activity = 4 Posts against 4 Organisations
Concerns = Spam Messaging (4),
Maximum Posts = 4 by Anonymous users in this month
Maximum Posts = 1 against Dana in this month

January 2020
Total Posts = 1
Activity = 1 Posts against 1 Organisations
Concerns = Marketing Lies (1),
Maximum Posts = 1 by Anonymous users in this month
Maximum Posts = 1 against Robert Warden CEO of Yobitex in this month

December 2019
Total Posts = 0


November 2019
Total Posts = 0


October 2019
Total Posts = 0


September 2019
Total Posts = 0


August 2019
Total Posts = 0


July 2019
Total Posts = 0


June 2019
Total Posts = 0


May 2019
Total Posts = 1
Activity = 1 Posts against 1 Organisations
Concerns = Fraudulent Representation (1),
Maximum Posts = 1 by adeelmir users in this month
Maximum Posts = 1 against BEST BUY CO INC RICHARDS DAVID MATTHEW in this month

April 2019
Total Posts = 0


March 2019
Total Posts = 1
Activity = 1 Posts against 1 Organisations
Concerns = Fraudulent Representation (1),
Maximum Posts = 1 by Anonymous users in this month
Maximum Posts = 1 against Dr Khan Raza in this month

February 2019
Total Posts = 0


January 2019
Total Posts = 0


December 2018
Total Posts = 0


November 2018
Total Posts = 0


October 2018
Total Posts = 0


September 2018
Total Posts = 5
Activity = 5 Posts against 5 Organisations
Concerns = Fraudulent Representation (2), Spam Messaging (3),
Maximum Posts = 4 by Anonymous users in this month
Maximum Posts = 1 against Engr Abelardo Fernandez in this month

August 2018
Total Posts = 1
Activity = 1 Posts against 1 Organisations
Concerns = Fraudulent Representation (1),
Maximum Posts = 1 by Anonymous users in this month
Maximum Posts = 1 against Nice Elinushoka in this month

July 2018
Total Posts = 0


June 2018
Total Posts = 10
Activity = 10 Posts against 10 Organisations
Concerns = Blackmailing Tactics (2), Financial Losses (2), Fraudulent Representation (2), Ignorance (1), Lack of Due Diligence (1), Marketing Lies (1), Spam Messaging (1),
Maximum Posts = 10 by Anonymous users in this month
Maximum Posts = 1 against Abbas Makkah in this month

May 2018
Total Posts = 12
Activity = 12 Posts against 12 Organisations
Concerns = Breach of Contract (3), Financial Losses (1), Fraudulent Representation (1), Hurt Emotionally (1), Identity Theft (1), Illegal Acts (2), Indifference (1), Lack of Due Diligence (1), Spam Messaging (1),
Maximum Posts = 11 by Anonymous users in this month
Maximum Posts = 1 against Apple in this month

April 2018
Total Posts = 1
Activity = 1 Posts against 1 Organisations
Concerns = Indifference (1),
Maximum Posts = 1 by Anonymous users in this month
Maximum Posts = 1 against Shaheen Air International in this month

March 2018
Total Posts = 1
Activity = 1 Posts against 1 Organisations
Concerns = Indifference (1),
Maximum Posts = 1 by Anonymous users in this month
Maximum Posts = 1 against Samsung in this month

February 2018
Total Posts = 1
Activity = 1 Posts against 1 Organisations
Concerns = Ignorance (1),
Maximum Posts = 1 by Anonymous users in this month
Maximum Posts = 1 against Arab Open University in this month

January 2018
Total Posts = 0


December 2017
Total Posts = 1
Activity = 1 Posts against 1 Organisations
Concerns = Illegal Acts (1),
Maximum Posts = 1 by Anonymous users in this month
Maximum Posts = 1 against Ian Christopher McMullen in this month

November 2017
Total Posts = 0


October 2017
Total Posts = 20
Activity = 20 Posts against 20 Organisations
Concerns = Blackmailing Tactics (1), Breach of Contract (1), Financial Losses (2), Fraudulent Representation (3), Illegal Acts (3), Marketing Lies (1), Misrepresentation (2), Spam Messaging (7),
Maximum Posts = 8 by Anonymous users in this month
Maximum Posts = 1 against Florin Pavelescu in this month

September 2017
Total Posts = 4
Activity = 4 Posts against 4 Organisations
Concerns = Breach of Contract (1), Financial Losses (1), Marketing Lies (1), Misrepresentation (1),
Maximum Posts = 2 by LittleWhistle users in this month
Maximum Posts = 1 against Aliexpress in this month

August 2017
Total Posts = 10
Activity = 10 Posts against 10 Organisations
Concerns = Breach of Contract (1), Financial Losses (1), Hacked Systems (1), Harassment (2), Hurt Emotionally (1), Lack of Due Diligence (1), Spam Messaging (3),
Maximum Posts = 9 by Anonymous users in this month
Maximum Posts = 1 against Ad Financeira in this month

July 2017
Total Posts = 9
Activity = 9 Posts against 9 Organisations
Concerns = Financial Losses (1), Fraudulent Representation (2), Harassment (1), Illegal Acts (1), Lack of Due Diligence (1), Marketing Lies (2), Spam Messaging (1),
Maximum Posts = 4 by Anonymous users in this month
Maximum Posts = 1 against DHL in this month

June 2017
Total Posts = 15
Activity = 15 Posts against 15 Organisations
Concerns = Blackmailing Tactics (2), Breach of Contract (1), Financial Losses (2), Fraudulent Representation (1), Hacked Systems (2), Hurt Emotionally (1), Ignorance (1), Illegal Acts (1), Lack of Due Diligence (1), Spam Messaging (3),
Maximum Posts = 15 by Anonymous users in this month
Maximum Posts = 1 against Aleksandar Vucic in this month

May 2017
Total Posts = 76
Activity = 76 Posts against 73 Organisations
Concerns = Blackmailing Tactics (2), Breach of Contract (4), Financial Losses (13), Fraudulent Representation (12), Hacked Systems (2), Harassment (4), Hurt Emotionally (4), Hurt Physically (1), Ignorance (3), Illegal Acts (5), Indifference (5), Lack of Due Diligence (7), Marketing Lies (8), Misrepresentation (2), Spam Messaging (4),
Maximum Posts = 38 by Anonymous users in this month
Maximum Posts = 4 against Paypal in this month

April 2017
Total Posts = 0


March 2017
Total Posts = 3
Activity = 3 Posts against 3 Organisations
Concerns = Breach of Contract (1), Fraudulent Representation (2),
Maximum Posts = 3 by Anonymous users in this month
Maximum Posts = 1 against Looks like Apple and PayPal in this month

February 2017
Total Posts = 8
Activity = 8 Posts against 8 Organisations
Concerns = Fraudulent Representation (3), Illegal Acts (1), Spam Messaging (2), Unsolicited goods (2),
Maximum Posts = 7 by Anonymous users in this month
Maximum Posts = 1 against Automattic in this month

January 2017
Total Posts = 6
Activity = 6 Posts against 6 Organisations
Concerns = Fraudulent Representation (2), Spam Messaging (2), Unsolicited goods (2),
Maximum Posts = 5 by Anonymous users in this month
Maximum Posts = 1 against Amazon or Not Who knows in this month

December 2016
Total Posts = 3
Activity = 3 Posts against 3 Organisations
Concerns = Fraudulent Representation (3),
Maximum Posts = 2 by Anonymous users in this month
Maximum Posts = 1 against Neil Trotter in this month

November 2016
Total Posts = 4
Activity = 4 Posts against 4 Organisations
Concerns = Financial Losses (1), Hacked Systems (1), Lack of Due Diligence (1), Spam Messaging (1),
Maximum Posts = 4 by Anonymous users in this month
Maximum Posts = 1 against Bahria Town in this month

October 2016
Total Posts = 3
Activity = 3 Posts against 3 Organisations
Concerns = Hacked Systems (1), Spam Messaging (2),
Maximum Posts = 3 by Anonymous users in this month
Maximum Posts = 1 against Godaddy in this month

September 2016
Total Posts = 5
Activity = 5 Posts against 5 Organisations
Concerns = Indifference (1), Spam Messaging (4),
Maximum Posts = 5 by Anonymous users in this month
Maximum Posts = 1 against Barrister Jackson WestlawI in this month

August 2016
Total Posts = 6
Activity = 6 Posts against 6 Organisations
Concerns = Financial Losses (1), Fraudulent Representation (1), Ignorance (1), Spam Messaging (3),
Maximum Posts = 6 by Anonymous users in this month
Maximum Posts = 1 against ABIKE/DOLPHIN IMMIGRATION LAW CHAMBERS in this month

July 2016
Total Posts = 7
Activity = 7 Posts against 6 Organisations
Concerns = Blackmailing Tactics (1), Breach of Contract (1), Ignorance (1), Marketing Lies (4),
Maximum Posts = 7 by Anonymous users in this month
Maximum Posts = 2 against SAMBA BANK in this month

June 2016
Total Posts = 3
Activity = 3 Posts against 3 Organisations
Concerns = Ignorance (1), Indifference (1), Lack of Due Diligence (1),
Maximum Posts = 3 by Anonymous users in this month
Maximum Posts = 1 against Egyptair in this month

May 2016
Total Posts = 7
Activity = 7 Posts against 7 Organisations
Concerns = Fraudulent Representation (1), Hurt Physically (1), Identity Theft (1), Ignorance (1), Indifference (3),
Maximum Posts = 6 by Anonymous users in this month
Maximum Posts = 1 against Bahria Town in this month

April 2016
Total Posts = 10
Activity = 10 Posts against 8 Organisations
Concerns = Breach of Contract (1), Financial Losses (1), Fraudulent Representation (1), Illegal Acts (1), Indifference (2), Lack of Due Diligence (2), Marketing Lies (2),
Maximum Posts = 2 by ms1sm users in this month
Maximum Posts = 2 against Samba Bank in this month

March 2016
Total Posts = 0


February 2016
Total Posts = 0


January 2016
Total Posts = 0


  2024
Total Posts = 0


  2023
Total Posts = 0


  2022
Total Posts = 0


  2021
Total Posts = 0


  2020
Total Posts = 8
Activity = 8 Posts against 8 Organisations
Concerns = Marketing Lies (1), Spam Messaging (7),
Maximum Posts = 8 by Anonymous in this year
Maximum Posts = 1 against Alto in this year

  2019
Total Posts = 2
Activity = 2 Posts against 2 Organisations
Concerns = Fraudulent Representation (2),
Maximum Posts = 1 by Anonymous in this year
Maximum Posts = 1 against BEST BUY CO INC RICHARDS DAVID MATTHEW in this year

  2018
Total Posts = 31
Activity = 31 Posts against 29 Organisations
Concerns = Blackmailing Tactics (2), Breach of Contract (3), Financial Losses (3), Fraudulent Representation (6), Hurt Emotionally (1), Identity Theft (1), Ignorance (2), Illegal Acts (2), Indifference (3), Lack of Due Diligence (2), Marketing Lies (1), Spam Messaging (5),
Maximum Posts = 29 by Anonymous in this year
Maximum Posts = 2 against GODADDY in this year

  2017
Total Posts = 152
Activity = 152 Posts against 147 Organisations
Concerns = Blackmailing Tactics (5), Breach of Contract (9), Financial Losses (20), Fraudulent Representation (25), Hacked Systems (5), Harassment (7), Hurt Emotionally (6), Hurt Physically (1), Ignorance (4), Illegal Acts (12), Indifference (5), Lack of Due Diligence (10), Marketing Lies (12), Misrepresentation (5), Spam Messaging (22), Unsolicited goods (4),
Maximum Posts = 90 by Anonymous in this year
Maximum Posts = 5 against Paypal in this year

  2016
Total Posts = 48
Activity = 48 Posts against 36 Organisations
Concerns = Blackmailing Tactics (1), Breach of Contract (2), Financial Losses (3), Fraudulent Representation (6), Hacked Systems (2), Hurt Physically (1), Identity Theft (1), Ignorance (4), Illegal Acts (1), Indifference (7), Lack of Due Diligence (4), Marketing Lies (6), Spam Messaging (10),
Maximum Posts = 37 by Anonymous in this year
Maximum Posts = 4 against Samba Bank in this year

  Indifference

In 2016 : 15 Members blamed 11 Organisations for Indifference

In 2017 : 17 Members blamed 17 Organisations for Indifference

In 2018 : 4 Members blamed 4 Organisations for Indifference

  Illegal Acts

In 2016 : 9 Members blamed 9 Organisations for Illegal Acts

In 2017 : 39 Members blamed 39 Organisations for Illegal Acts

In 2018 : 6 Members blamed 6 Organisations for Illegal Acts

In 2019 : 1 Members blamed 1 Organisations for Illegal Acts

In 2020 : 4 Members blamed 4 Organisations for Illegal Acts

  Lack of Due Diligence

In 2016 : 13 Members blamed 10 Organisations for Lack of Due Diligence

In 2017 : 22 Members blamed 22 Organisations for Lack of Due Diligence

In 2018 : 12 Members blamed 11 Organisations for Lack of Due Diligence

  Marketing Lies

In 2016 : 17 Members blamed 15 Organisations for Marketing Lies

In 2017 : 40 Members blamed 38 Organisations for Marketing Lies

In 2018 : 6 Members blamed 6 Organisations for Marketing Lies

In 2020 : 2 Members blamed 2 Organisations for Marketing Lies

  Financial Losses

In 2016 : 10 Members blamed 9 Organisations for Financial Losses

In 2017 : 43 Members blamed 40 Organisations for Financial Losses

In 2018 : 8 Members blamed 8 Organisations for Financial Losses

  Fraudulent Representation

In 2016 : 20 Members blamed 20 Organisations for Fraudulent Representation

In 2017 : 55 Members blamed 54 Organisations for Fraudulent Representation

In 2018 : 9 Members blamed 9 Organisations for Fraudulent Representation

In 2019 : 2 Members blamed 2 Organisations for Fraudulent Representation

In 2020 : 2 Members blamed 2 Organisations for Fraudulent Representation

  Breach of Contract

In 2016 : 4 Members blamed 4 Organisations for Breach of Contract

In 2017 : 15 Members blamed 15 Organisations for Breach of Contract

In 2018 : 7 Members blamed 7 Organisations for Breach of Contract

  Hurt Physically

In 2016 : 1 Members blamed 1 Organisations for Hurt Physically

In 2017 : 2 Members blamed 2 Organisations for Hurt Physically

In 2018 : 1 Members blamed 1 Organisations for Hurt Physically

  Ignorance

In 2016 : 8 Members blamed 6 Organisations for Ignorance

In 2017 : 13 Members blamed 13 Organisations for Ignorance

In 2018 : 8 Members blamed 8 Organisations for Ignorance

  Identity Theft

In 2016 : 1 Members blamed 1 Organisations for Identity Theft

In 2017 : 6 Members blamed 6 Organisations for Identity Theft

In 2018 : 3 Members blamed 3 Organisations for Identity Theft

In 2020 : 1 Members blamed 1 Organisations for Identity Theft

  Blackmailing Tactics

In 2016 : 2 Members blamed 2 Organisations for Blackmailing Tactics

In 2017 : 8 Members blamed 8 Organisations for Blackmailing Tactics

In 2018 : 2 Members blamed 2 Organisations for Blackmailing Tactics

  Spam Messaging

In 2016 : 15 Members blamed 14 Organisations for Spam Messaging

In 2017 : 54 Members blamed 54 Organisations for Spam Messaging

In 2018 : 14 Members blamed 14 Organisations for Spam Messaging

In 2019 : 1 Members blamed 1 Organisations for Spam Messaging

In 2020 : 8 Members blamed 8 Organisations for Spam Messaging

  Hacked Systems

In 2016 : 4 Members blamed 4 Organisations for Hacked Systems

In 2017 : 10 Members blamed 10 Organisations for Hacked Systems

In 2018 : 2 Members blamed 2 Organisations for Hacked Systems

  Unsolicited goods

In 2017 : 5 Members blamed 5 Organisations for Unsolicited goods

  Hurt Emotionally

In 2016 : 1 Members blamed 1 Organisations for Hurt Emotionally

In 2017 : 12 Members blamed 12 Organisations for Hurt Emotionally

In 2018 : 1 Members blamed 1 Organisations for Hurt Emotionally

  Misrepresentation

In 2016 : 10 Members blamed 8 Organisations for Misrepresentation

In 2017 : 30 Members blamed 30 Organisations for Misrepresentation

In 2018 : 5 Members blamed 5 Organisations for Misrepresentation

In 2020 : 7 Members blamed 7 Organisations for Misrepresentation

  Harassment

In 2016 : 1 Members blamed 1 Organisations for Harassment

In 2017 : 17 Members blamed 17 Organisations for Harassment

In 2018 : 2 Members blamed 2 Organisations for Harassment

  Agreed by 3
Anonymous vs PayPal

I was recently informed by a client that money was sent to me via my Paypal account. However, I have not used my account for approximately 18 months, and had lost my password. The email and cellphone number associated with my account are also no longer in use. I had no way of logging into my account.

I browsed the PayPal website extensively to find a way to make contact with someone at Paypal in order to rectify this issue. NO email address is supplied to contact their help desk unless you're logged in. Which I couldn't do. A phone number is supplied which I was instructed to use to 'call as a guest'. The number doesn't work. There is NO WAY for me, an existing client, to log into the Paypal website, and NO WAY to contact anybody at PayPal in order to solve this issue. On the blogs, I could see that I'm not the only person with this type of problem.

The following is what PayPal claims on the landing page of their site: "We've got you covered. We can reimburse you if something’s not right.
Shop with peace of mind..." This, to me, is gross marketing lies of the service they offer - they clearly don't care about their clients. Period.

  Agreed by 2
SOSHIM vs NADRA

I applied for the renewal of POC about six months ago via Australian embassy to the NADRA office in Pakistan and paid urgent fee expecting quick processing and delivery. Still awaiting acknowledgment / renewal of POC.

  Agreed by 2
Anonymous vs Hammond Pole Attorneys and FNB

A year ago I had problems meeting my repayment obligations towards FNB, as I had lost my job.
Spoke with the branch manager and we made an arrangement.
Despite this, my account was still handed over to Hammond Pole Attorneys, who started calling me once a day.
I explained their mistake to them via telephone and got an email address to which I was asked to send a written explanation.
The email address was incorrect and the email bounced. It took almost a year before they stopped contacting me, long after the issue was solved with FNB.
They say on their homepage they're serious about service. Serious about crap service yes.

  Agreed by 2
Anonymous vs Paypal KE

Paypal is an ultimate payment solution for numerous marketers and online freelancers working online across the globe. But it is not supported in all countries worldwide. However, whether you are using Paypal in a country where it is fully supported or not, the chances of having your account limited or closed for whatever reason is very high, hence, if it has not yet happened, it will happen in the future. This causes issues withdrawing these finds from Paypal.

When I contacted Paypal to inquire about the limiting of my account, I was informed that there are a number of reasons as to why the account could have been limited, but the common reason is suspicion of fraud or security matters. I had already verified the account with Paypal and all details were up to date.
However, I could not withdraw money, shop online, edit personal information, send money, cancel or close the account.
On launching complaints to Paypal, I kept on receiving the automated emails and informed that I can only access the money after 180 days.

  Agreed by 2
Anonymous vs Co parenting South Africa

I approached Co-parenting for assistance with an ongoing custody battle, and was asked to pay Co-parenting R5000 up-front, which I did. The case was complicated, but that's why I looked for advice and representation. The manager, Christof Sharp, appeared reassuring and knowledgeable, and he may be so for others, but to me he was just a smooth-talking, greedy crook. He made a few phone calls on my behalf, but that's it - very little of what was promised to me during the initial interview actually transpired. I managed, with the help of other professionals, to gain legal custody of my child. Fortunately my drama is over, but this man and his company cannot be trusted.

  Agreed by 2
Anonymous vs GnB English Academy

GnB English has a number of franchises across South Korea. Each is privately owned and run. With the exception of a few schools in Seoul, they are notorious for their poor treatment of the teachers, both native and foreign. The GnB in Gwang-yong Dong, Cholla-namdo, was no exception.

I worked as an English teacher to full classes of often over-worked and tired school children. This was not the issue - I'm an experienced ESL teacher with many years' teaching under my belt, yet I had to take teaching instruction from a CEO who could barely understand or speak English. He was also a racist with loose business ethics - each month I had to beg for my salary. I fell ill with pneumonia in the second last month of work and spent three days in bed, for which I was severely 'penalised' - the CEO paid only half my salary and refused to pay my plane ticket back home. This is illegal in S.Korea, but it doesn't bother most private hagwon owners.

  Agreed by 1
sohelmugal vs Saudi Airlines

If you miss your outgoing flight, Saudi Airlines assumes that you will miss your return/ incoming flight too, and will cancel it without even informing you that your return flight has been cancelled. The worst part is that the airline will not even provide a refund for either of the legs or try to shy away from the refund - making the process extremely difficult

  Agreed by 1
Foswarak vs Graiet

I bought an AC on February from a well known company in Tunisia and it was not working properly. It took me 2months to have technical assistance.

  Agreed by 1
sohi vs Bank of Montreal

Most Canadian banks do not allow international online money transfers, even if they do, they do not exceed a few hundred dollars. Instead of using illegal money transfer arrangements, I have a signed a verbal/ message agreement with the bank that if I send them a signed fax with the required details, they will transfer the money to any overseas account on my behalf. Its a signed and enforceable contract. The problem is every time I send the fax, I have to wait for months to get the money transferred because the verbal/message agreement was found missing from the banks files. I have to send my copy to the bank every time. I do not understand how can a bank not keep signed documents safe and lose them conveniently. To me it seems that banks or bank employees do it just to keep the money in a buffer and take personal advantage from it.

  Agreed by 1
Anonymous vs Star Alliance

Star Alliance boasts of some 28 airlines working in complete harmony, but if you fly with one airline and try to claim points with another airline frequent flyer program, it does not happen automatically, even if you provided all required details while booking. You have to keep emailing the related airlines again and again and again. If I fly with Egypt air and I provide Turkish Airlines loyalty number, then Egypt Air should ensure that my points are added to Turkish Airlines Number. But it does not happen this way....

  Agreed by 1
Anonymous vs Phone Snatcher

My father an 85 year old man likes to do his errands on foot. He always carries a small man bag with him which has his spectacles, phone, money and IDs etc. A few days ago, a motor-cycle thief tried to snatch his bag when he was crossing the road and hurt him badly. My father fell on ground, had bruises on his head, back, fractured his collar bone and lay unconscious on the road for I don't know how long when someone called for an ambulance.

  Agreed by 1
Anonymous vs United Nations

A friend called me from Iraq and asked me to look for a doctors job being advertised on the United Nations website. I tried and tried for a week, but between the electrical failures and bad internet speeds, i could not even pass the registration procedures. I tried looking for an email address where I could send my CV in text format and could not find.

I believe most HR people are lazy. They create internet based artificially intelligent programs where candidates have to spend hours inserting data about their lives and education and experiences, so that these programs can filter a few out of thousands of CVs based on the keywords devised by the HR people. Most HR people being not aware of the educational terminology, use the wrong keywords to attract or filter CVs.

United Nations is meant to help people with "High speed Internets" and "no internet" alike and such methods are discriminatory.

  Agreed by 1
Anonymous vs Internic.ca

I am hosting a website with internic.ca for the last 10 years. Lats year my credit card expired and the renewal of my domain with internic.ca became a nightmare to the point that I had to register a new domain name with godaddy. Internic.ca uses a one dollar transaction to check if the user is for real. Banks dont like such stupid transactions and block credit cards. And so my credit card was blocked, because internic.ca kept attempting the one dollar verification. Instead of streamlining their processes, internic.ca kept asking me to contact my bank to accept the strange procedure. Not only my credit card got blocked, illegal transactions happened worth 3000 dollars just in those two days I was trying to pay to internic.ca. It seems internic.ca has people in their offices selling credit card numbers to culprits.

  Agreed by 1
Anonymous vs Flynas

On flynas website, it costs 50-100 Saudi Riyals (USD 15 - 30) extra to buy a seat with more leg room.

But if these seats are empty; the air stewards and stewardesses would let anybody occupy them after the flight takes off.

While I have nothing against people who occupy empty seats I think the staff needs to be mindful of people like me feel cheated for having paid more than others for the same level of service.


  Agreed by 1
Anonymous vs Microsoft

When it comes to viruses, there are many questions and conspiracy theories;
1. Who has the time and money and energy to create intricate viruses, development of which requires high end resources in various countries; and which the largest gurus of the tech industry can not overcome or troubleshoot.
2. Why windows hides the file extensions on the email attachments, so that people could not differentiate between an attached zip file or an exe file or a pdf file.
3. Why operating systems do not force the users to backup their data.
4. Does it mean that selling security is the new business and thus the demand has to be created by disturbing the security first in the cyber world, as its happening in the real world.

  Agreed by 1
Anonymous vs Bahria Town

I bought a plot/ piece of land 10 years ago in Bahria Town Phase 3. The plot had a green belt on the north side. I paid a premium price due to the empty space in the north a mountain view in the front. The map published by Bahria, shows the green belt and the possession papers show that the north side is an empty space without any residential construction. In the last few years, Bahria has started selling the planned green spaces to create more residential and commercial properties. Based on the empty space, I got the detailed design made by Bahria, which has now gone to waste, and I will have to create a new design. I approached bahria and no one is willing to take the responsibility for such fraudulent acts. I suppose changing the urban plan/ master plan of the land, after the land has been sold is not only fraud but also an environmental crime. Since Bahria is such a big untouchable, no one can get any justice from these guys.

  Agreed by 1
Anonymous vs Peer Mähnert

There are various emails from blood suckers asking you to login to your paypal account, where they monitor your credentials and hack your account. Are they people working for paypal, fired from paypal or just some people who know too much of software programming, who knows.....

  Agreed by 1
Anonymous vs Dr Khan Raza

Petronas is a company with a Revenue of US$100.744 billion in 2014 and a Net income of US$21.91 billion in 2012, Total assets of around US$161.472 billion in 2014, and Total equity of US$89.29 billion in 2012, and is owned by the Malaysian Government with a total Number of employees = 51,000 in 2016. The Website is www.petronas.com.my. I dont think a company like Petronas will send an unsolicited email asking you to apply for a noname job and not use the petronas domain email.

  Agreed by 1
Anonymous vs Pyramid e-Services

Every time an email comes to you with a subject looking like this. Especially regarding PayPal, be careful.

  Agreed by 1
Anonymous vs Dr Soliman Fakeeh Hospital

My company forces me to go to this hospital only. If I go to some other hospital my insurance will not cover the expenses. The hospital is a chaos. No place to park. The staff is rude at the reception. Hospital is being run as a money making machine. The website of the hospital is so slow that its hard to perform any online functions. It keeps crashing and showing errors. Since the website uses SMS based authentication, getting back on the site is a painstaking process, it crashes again and again.

My wife wanted to see a gynecologist. It took us a dozen attempts to reach the page where we could select a doctor. Turns out none of the doctors shown in the boastful list were available. Booking an appointment either results in "no appointments available" message, or a system crash. How can no appointments be available unless the doctors don't exist. Then the available appointments with some doctors are a month away. In a conservative society like Saudi Arabia, more than half of the gynecologists are male doctors.

We started looking for other options on doctoruna.com/en and booked an appointment via phone at lower scale Jeddah National Hospital at Macarona Street, and found it very organised and welcoming. Of course we paid from our own pocket, but the payments were less than half of what we would have paid at DSFH. (less)

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Mila vs Pizzahut

Pizzahut has always been a favorite for Saturday suppers. We went to Highveld Pizza Hut restaurant and put in a large order for the family for a sit-down meal. The pizzas arrived, some cold, and with less cheese than usual. In addition, I found a hair in my pizza. My husband called the waiter, who called the manager Paul. Paul was uncooperative and rude from the word go. He insisted that the pizzas were the right temperature, and that my children were being difficult. He also insinuated that I had put the hair in the pizza which shocked me and hurt my feelings. This meal was a big disappointment for us as a family, we loved going to the restaurant, but we will not do so again.

The next day I called the franchise headquarters to lodge a complaint. We were given vouchers for free meals at a Pizza Hut of our choice.

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Mila vs spammers

drs oaziza, ariba, alli, peter etc, please stop spamming on blogs! i was researching alzheimer's, found posts on this blog by spammers for these doctors. for HERPES treatment!!! dr.aribasplltemple@outlook.com; droazizaspiritualspelltemple@gmail; dr.peter.herb.solutions@hotmail.com

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Anonymous vs CIty of Cape Town

Numerous emails, waiting for weeks to get my car registered, and then I receive an email at close of business that instructs me to pay a large sum of money on the same day. See the attached file *rollseyes*

It was impossible for me to make the payment that day and was almost fined as a consequence.

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Anonymous vs Canadian Pharmacy

1. Sender did not provide a name and address
2. No opt-out or removal method was provided
3. This is criminal spam, that can send the spammer to jail and pay a penalty to federal Trade Commission

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Anonymous vs Impersonating PayPal

I receive an email almost every day where people are impersonating as PayPal, threatening to close my account or to report a suspicious activity. If I was not aware of the ways spammers work, all my credit card limit would have been consumed by spammers in a single day.

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Anonymous vs Saher

Saher is an automated system for control and management of traffic. It uses high speed digital cameras and networking technology and is linked to the National Information Center at the Ministry of Interior of Saudi Arabia. Saher system targets and captures information about reckless drivers who are dangerous to the safety of others and their own lives.

While Saher system has played a major role in controlling the recklessness of drivers on Saudi Roads, and saving numerous lives, I find it necessary to point out the difference between reformative control and entrapping. In many countries, Police and Governments have been accused of "Big Brother tactics" in over-monitoring of public roads, and of "revenue raising" in applying cameras in deceptive ways to increase government revenue rather than improve road safety. I have the following examples and suggestions;

1. Installing a speed detection camera right after an entry lane is not a good idea. Drivers need to accelerate in the entry lane to meet the speed of traffic on the highway so that they do not disturb the highway traffic and do not force other drivers to perform sudden and dangerous lane changes. In the same way if someone is not merging at the required speed, the highway traffic has to speed up or slow down to accommodate the new entrant. All these maneuvers at the merging point require increasing speeds to avoid accidents for a few seconds sometimes. Installing as camera right at the the merging point seems like entrapping.

2. There are areas where the speed limits are posted to be increasing from a slower to faster speed. Installing a camera in such areas where drivers are about to be allowed to increase their speeds seems like entrapping or unfair. It is understandable to install cameras where drivers are required to reduce speeds but not where they are required to increase speeds.

3. Installing speed cameras at intersections is inappropriate. Pictures from the San Diego red light camera systems were ruled inadmissible as court evidence in September 2001. The judge said that the "total lack of oversight" and "method of compensation" made evidence from the cameras "so untrustworthy and unreliable that it should not be admitted". Drivers need to speed up if they are caught in the middle of the intersection due to traffic blocks or when they are unable to dead stop due green turning to amber in the middle of intersection.

4. Cameras have tolerances in one direction only. Normally 5% above the posted speed is not penalized and caters to probable mistakes in accuracy. Cameras do not penalize drivers going slower by 10% or even 50% than the posted speed. This sometimes causes other drivers to speed up and pass the trouble maker.

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fcadmin vs DR ANTHONY EMMANUEL

DR. ANTHONY EMMANUEL, who does not know that after a period you need to add a space, thinks that by writing Dr with his name, he will be considered as a credible person. But he is asking you to be a part of a shoddy deal, where his patient has died and he wants your to be a party to stealing the money from the deceased.

It seems that some people have received similar emails for an "advance fee fraud" from dr.anthony_emmanuel@yahoo.fr and emmanuelanthony012@terra.com.pe

Originating IP address : 154.66.162.179 is from Burkina Faso

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Anonymous vs Amazon

There was a time when I thought checking the headers of emails that looked like spam would give me enough information and keep me safe from fraudsters. This has changed. I am receiving emails from actual domain names of companies like Amazon and Paypal. People are receiving calls from customer service caller IDs of well known companies. Either fraudsters are becoming too smart or the companies are becoming too fixated on increasing their profits that they have stopped concentrating on probable loopholes in their systems.

The screenshot attached shows that the email is coming from Amazon and the proposed link (from the text of fake order no 192-773-7646) in the body of the email will take you to some other website to complete its heinous fraud.

I tried to find if Dean Clark was a writer. I found a few University professors by this name. There have been a few more prominent Dean Clarks.

1. Dean Clark was the voice of Berlioz in the Cartoon Movie "AristoCats" from 1970.
2. Dean Clark is a former ice hockey defenceman and head coach of the Prince George Cougars. Clark is also the former head coach of the Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League.
3. Dean Clark (born 31 March 1980) is a retired footballer. He was originally a professional who made a handful of appearances for Brentford and then went on to play for a variety of teams local to north and west London, including making over one hundred appearances for Northwood.
4. Dean Clark (born 6 January 1968) is a New Zealand rugby league coach and former footballer who represented his country between 1989 and 1992.

So even though the email is not intended to be sent to me by amazon.com, I believe Amazon.com owes me a duty of care to secure its IT assets so that people do not use their domain names to send fraudster emails.

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Anonymous vs Interac

I used to have a credit card from Scotiabank about 10 years ago. So an email like this was surprising. The email is coming from the cash machines provider/ interac.ca and the content of the email is nothing but spam and phishing attempts.

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Anonymous vs Microsoft

I have often had issues right after Microsoft installs an update to my PC. The March 2018 update locked me out by killing my mouse and keyboard so I could not log in. I spent around $140 at Fry's to have my PC files backed up and everything wiped. We all thought I had been attacked by a virus. After spending days trying to get into my PC myself, and days waiting for Fry's to restore my PC, I had to reinstall all of my programs. I spent almost 2 hours on hold with Viper support only to find out that they were inundated with calls from others having the same issues after to Windows update.

They re-sent my software and explained what happened with this:"We have researched this issue internally and have found this to NOT be a VIPER related issue. We contacted Microsoft directly and Microsoft has confirmed KB4074588 has known issues where some USB devices stop working. We recommend contacting Microsoft directly for any issues related to your USB Keyboard and Mouse no longer working. Their contact information can be found at ** or by calling 1-800-642-7676".

After trying to get answers and compensation over the phone, I had to drive to the Microsoft store and talk to a manager. He said they were aware of the issue that was happening "on older PC's". I showed him proof of my repair bills, and the receipts that showed my PC was only 9 months old. I am a senior living on Social Security with limited income and thought they might at least pay me out of pocket expenses. The manager came back with $100 in Microsoft gift certificates and said he would escalate my issue to corporate but could promise nothing. After getting home, I looked at what was available at the MS store. Nothing there was of interest to me. Follow-up calls just led to more frustration. I was given lip service and promises of return calls that never came. As big as this company is, you would think they could afford to at least cover the damages they caused.

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Anonymous vs Samsung

Unfortunately, I fell in love with its center drawer and purchased a 4-door Samsung Refrigerator Freezer 3 and a half years ago, for $3200.00, without doing proper research. The model is RF24FSEDBSR and was manufactured in Sept of 2014. I still love the center drawer, but it is not enough to make up for the rest of the appliance. This is a prime example of a company that thinks highly of itself but doesn't care that it sells absolute junk. The number of problems and repairs for the ice maker, add up to this being the worst purchase I have ever made and that is saying something. I have put up with months and months of temporary fixes, thawing with hairdryers, mopping up pooling water on the floor of the refrigerator section and just doing without ice.

Recently, I have had 3 service calls for the ice maker. The ice maker freezes solid and won't dispense ice. Then, I need to move all my refrigerated food to a cooler and my frozen food to the outside freezer; turn off the entire unit for 2 days, with both doors propped open; and put an air circulator/warmer inside, just so the repairman can pry the completely frozen icemaker out without cracking the wall of the refrigerator. On the last service call, he replaced the entire ice maker for about $550.00. My total out of pocket for repairs and service is about $850.00. I fully expect that amount to grow. Now, it sort of works, but makes very little ice, (which will not be enough with summer coming).

I cannot get cubed ice, just crushed ice; there is water dripping down the front of the refrigerator and it is a constant source of aggravation. Samsung wasn't sympathetic or helpful when I talked with them, and they suggested that I should have purchased their 5-year Samsung Service Agreement for $1750.00 when I had a chance. Really? They were supposed to call me back (within 24 hours) 10 months ago, and I'm still waiting. Complete waste of time, money, effort, energy and resources. "Do not ever buy a Samsung refrigerator because they are expensive junk", was the advice of my repair person, who has owned an appliance repair business for many years. I could have saved myself lots of frustration, and money, if I had done my research.

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Anonymous vs SAMBA BANK

Whenever you want to send money to someone a business or a person, even inside the same city or within the same banking institution, you have to get the beneficiary approved by making a zillion calls and what not. Yesterday, I had to send money to a travel agent, I created the beneficiary online, and then going thru all the procedures, was asked to call sambaphone.

I called the number I was given and I was taken into the system when I entered my ATM card number. Instead of verifying the card, the auto attendant said, I have to call another number, which was the same number I had called. I have been trying for the last 2 days and No one in the bank has noticed that there system is going in circles...

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Anonymous vs UPWORK

I posted a job on Upwork, where I wanted people to bid for making an iOS app for me. I already have a similar android app called myMentos. Turns out Upwork people or some one in that company is selling my information to people outside of Upwork, and I am receiving emails with bids and solicitations.

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Anonymous vs Zynking

http://www.larryaffiliates.com/terms.html is in the business of marketing, logistical and general support services in connection with remote gaming by a "Company" named Zynking Limited, a company incorporated in Malta, with its registered address Zynking Ltd., St Anne Court, Flat 4, Bisazza Street, Sliema, SLM1642, Malta. Company registration number C76860 and VAT number MT23594224.

I have received an email from the zynking server saying that they will be providing me a tax refund from Canadian Government.

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Anonymous vs GoDaddy

A few days ago, I registered a domain www.pos.team with godaddy, and all of a sudden, see how much spam I started receiving within the week from web developers through out the world. All emails are offering services for website development.

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Anonymous vs Godaddy

The moment you register a domain with godaddy without buying the godaddy's "privacy package", you will start receiving emails from spammers like Dean Young <domainone@registrationdomainsite.com>, info@mysearchingine.com, and many more, trying to sell you web design packages, search engine optimizations and what not.

Who gives the exact name of the person and the name of the website to these spammers within an hour of the domain name creation/ registration. Gotta be godaddy itself or the people who work at godaddy.

Anonymous vs Word Bank Group
Recently many spam emails are being received from International organisations like the IMF, the world bank, some of which are copied below;

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Word Bank Group
1818 H Street, NW Washington,
DC 20433 USA

World Bank working for a World Free of Poverty

Dear email winner,

Your email address has won the total sum of US$950,000.00 from our current 2016 email draw. This program is to help build a World free of poverty.

Your secret draw serial number: EXH239943WB

Contact our Financial consultant with the below email and follow up with their instructions to claim your fund without any delay.

Claims Department email contact: wordbankfinancialdepart@consultant.com

Note: Do not forget to quote your serial number in your email to our Financial consultant to avoid double claims.
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Congratulations once again.

Thanks
World Bank working for a World Free of Poverty © 2016 The World Bank Group, All Rights Reserved.

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( I.M.F ) Head Office
Senior Resident Representative
9 Hon. Justice Mohammed Bello St.
Asokoro Cotonou-Benin Rep
Tel:+229-9848-3350
REF:-XVGNN82010
E-mail: RR-NG@imf.bj

Attention; Fund Beneficiary,

This is to intimate you of a very important information which will be of a great help to redeem you from all the difficulties you have been experiencing in getting your long over due payment, due to excessive demand for money from you by both corrupt Bank officials and Courier Companies after which your fund remain unpaid to you. I am Mr. Ejike Efobi, a highly placed official of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It may interest you to know that reports have reached our office by so many correspondences on the uneasy way which people like you are treated by Various Banks and Courier Companies/ Diplomat across Europe to Africa and Asia /London Uk. We have decided to put a stop to that and that is why I was appointed to handle your transaction here in Benin/Nigeria.

All Governmental and Non-Governmental prostates, NGOs, Finance Companies, Banks, Security Companies and Courier companies which have been in contact with you of late have been instructed to back off from your transaction and you have been advised NOT to respond to them anymore since the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is now directly in charge of your Awarded payment. Your name appeared in our payment schedule list of beneficiaries that will receive their funds in this last quarter payment of the year because we only transfer fund seven times in a year according to our banking regulation. We apologize for the delay of your payment and please stop communicating with any office now and pay attention to our office payment accordingly.

Now your new Payment, United nation Approval No; UN5685P, White House Approved No: WH44CV, Reference No.-35460021, Allocation No: 674632 Password No: 339331, Pin Code No: 55674 and your Certificate of Merit Payment No: 103, Released Code No: 0763; Immediate (IMF) Telex confirmation No: -1114433; Secret Code No: XXTN013.

Your part payment inheritance fund is USD$15.750,000,00. Having received these vital payment numbers, therefore you are qualified now to received and confirm your payment with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) African Region immediately within the next 168hrs. We assure you that your payment will get to you as long as you follow my directives and instructions. We have decided to give you a CODE, THE CODE IS: 601. Please, any time you receive a mail with the name Mr.Ejike Efobi, check if there is CODE (VV*601) if the code is not written, please delete the message from your inbox!

You are hereby advised NOT to remit further payment to any institutions with respect to your transaction as your fund will be transferred to you directly from our source. I hope this is clear. Any action contrary to this instruction is at your own risk. Respond to this e-mail on (infomation.wecare@post.cz) with immediate effect and we shall give you further details on how your fund will be released. Also call me as soon as you send the email so that you will be given an immediate response:Direct Hot-line: Call:+229-9848-3350

Regards,

Mr. Ejike Efobi (I.M.F).
Representative Benin.
Email..(infomation.wecare@post.cz)
Office ..<d-p-interpol@dgoh.org>

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Headquarters: New York, NY, United States of America Founded: 1914, New York City, New York, United States ADDRESS: 33 Liberty St New York , NY 10045-0001 Email:federalresverebak@qq.com


From the desk of Mr William C.Dudley


Attention Dear, Greetings From Federal Reserve Bank New York and United States Integration, am hereby to inform you that an alert come to us today from United Nation Official through the help of Federal Bureau of Investigation {FBI}. And according to the reporter, World bank organization together with United State Embassy Benin Republic, have approved to compensate You as a scam victim with the Sum of $25.5miilon, and your email address was found among the 10 lucky beneficiaries,meanwhile the fund will be release this week as soon as the beneficiary meetup/comply with the instruction/requirements.

We apologies for the delay of your payment and all the inconveniences we might put you through, while we were having some minor problems with our payment system which in all case not meeting up with fund beneficiary payments, we apologies once again.

From the records of outstanding contractors due for payment with federal Government of U.S.A your name was discovered as next on the list out of the 10 outstanding contractors who have not yet received their payments during the 3 years tenure of the previous administration in office please bear with us for making this initial contact through email. Meanwhile, a woman came to this bank a few days ago with a letter claiming to be your true representative and is willing to pay For the wire/transfer charge of $109 to have the fund delivered to her. Here is her information’s below.

Name: Mrs.Annette stillman
Bank name: Citibank , Arizona , USA .
Account Number: 6503809008
Routing number: 322271627
Swift code#:WMSBUS66
Address: 1723 Palmdale Bulv
Palmdale ca..93550

Please do reconfirm to this bank as a matter of urgency if this woman is from you or not so that the federal government will not beheld responsible for paying into wrong account, if this woman is not your representative, you requested to fill and send this information’s for verification purpose so that your fund valued ($25.5millon) will be remitted in to your nominated bank account.

Kindly reconfirm to the bank the following

1. Bank Name:
2. Bank account number:
3. Route number:
4. Swift code:
5. Bank name:
6. Company name:
7. Position:
8. Address:
9. Working Id/ int’l Passport
10. Age:
11. Your telephone number

Secondly,the law stated that every beneficiaries will take care of the expense base on your favorable means of receiving the only money you have to pay for the transfer to take place is just $109 being the approval payment certification from the American Embassy office in Benin Republic,and you are giving a limited time to send the payment.

As soon as the Payment information is received, your funds will be wired to your bank account directly from Federal Reserve Bank New York USA,We shall proceed to issue all payments details to the said Mrs. Annette Stillman if we do not hear from you within the next three working days from today. We are sorry for any inconvenience the delay in transferring of your fund must have caused you.


You alerted reply urgent

Sincerely.

Mr. William C. Dudley

Director Federal Reserve Bank
33 Liberty St New York , NY 10045-0001
Email:federalresverebak@qq.com

Anonymous vs WhatsAppVideoSmart or Someone named WhatsApp
Misrepresentation is a crime. There is no free lunch. The world is being dragged into presumably free stuff at the cost of privacy and very very personal information. This personal information when collected by companies could be used for security, profiling, marketing etc. But amidst all that there are individuals trying to gain personal financial benefits or steal your ID etc.

Anonymous vs Microsoft
When it comes to viruses, there are many questions and conspiracy theories;
1. Who has the time and money and energy to create intricate viruses, development of which requires high end resources in various countries; and which the largest gurus of the tech industry can not overcome or troubleshoot.
2. Why windows hides the file extensions on the email attachments, so that people could not differentiate between an attached zip file or an exe file or a pdf file.
3. Why operating systems do not force the users to backup their data.
4. Does it mean that selling security is the new business and thus the demand has to be created by disturbing the security first in the cyber world, as its happening in the real world.

Anonymous vs Microsoft
Since the start of cloud computing, more and more big guns have found a way of eliminating customer service contacts from their websites. You better have a problem that everyone else has. If your problem is not available on discussion forums, you are out of luck. The chat robot will ask you for your problem in detail and then his artificial intelligence with choose some links from the discussion form and throw back at you. As I said, you should hope that your problem already exists and solutions are posted by someone for the exact same scenario. Microsoft thinks that no new scenario can exist.

Every year for some reason I have to wash my computer. Format the hard drive and install windows again. Get it authenticated. Since I believe in the ethics and morals of effort and reward, I buy all my software, instead of downloading from torrents. And when I have a problem I have to waste days and days finding a solution, cause there is no place where I can just call and get help.

And that's why I have downloaded OPENOFFICE and deleted Microsoft office from my system. Openoffice is free, open source, and it works fine.

At least, if there is no customer service, I have no one to blame, I am already getting it for free.

fcadmin vs seoservicely.org
These guys are getting the mailing address and phone number posted on "whois" database of your website/ domain and contacting you with a scary subject like your domain is expiring....

They are actually selling search engine optimisation, which is a primitive feature for promoting websites.

Anonymous vs Joseph Belkin of Ataraxia7
First of all, this is not working remotely, this is gambling remotely on the internet. The email lets you go to a gambling site using binary options. Binary options "are based on a simple 'yes' or 'no' proposition.

Investopedia described the binary options trading process in the U.S. thusly:
Binary may be trading at $42.50 (bid) and $44.50 (offer) at 1 p.m. If you buy the binary option right then you will pay $44.50, if you decide to sell right then you'll sell at $42.50.
Let's assume you decide to buy at $44.50. If at 1:30 p.m. the price of gold is above $1,250, your option expires and it becomes worth $100. You make a profit of $100 - $44.50 = $55.50 (less fees). This is called being "in the money."
But if the price of gold is below $1,250 at 1:30 p.m., the option expires at $0. Therefore you lose the $44.50 invested. This called "out of the money."
The bid and offer fluctuate until the option expires. You can close your position at any time before expiry to lock in a profit or a reduce a loss (compared to letting it expire out of the money).[9]
Every option settles at $100 or $0, $100 if the bet is correct, 0 if it is not.

fcadmin vs Automattic
Automattic is behind Wordpress and Akismet. Wordpress is a great application and is free. But Akismet is a bad move and you have to pay for it. Who knows and mind can think whatever. Why Wordpress can not the spam that Akismet stops.

Anonymous vs Looks like Yahoo
The email is just a crude phishing scam that is designed to steal your email account password.

Anonymous vs LOOKS LIKE Apple Support or Apple Pay
Symantec is cautioning users to be skeptical of emails claiming to be from Apple. This event presents scammers with more credibility when attempting to phish for Apple IDs, especially now that many users are concerned about the safety and security of their Apple IDs and devices. The emails adopt some of the following subject lines:

Please update your Apple account now
Apple – Your Account Is Not Confirmed
Please Verify Account Information For Your Apple ID
please verify the email address associated with your Apple ID

These subjects are used to trick users into opening emails, improving the odds that they may click on the links within them.

Anonymous vs Barrister George Alex Esq NNPC COMPENSATION AWARD HOUSE
What a re-assuring message. Mrs.Rachel H. Dolezal, <info@lee.com> is trying to lure you into sending info and later some fees, so that she can help you get some money from her lawyer. When you send the money and you will never hear from her again.

Foswarak vs Facebook
My facebook account was suddenly unavailable and when i tried to login they asked me to wait for a confirmation code on my phone number.
I never received this confirmation number and tried many times to contact Facebook support, then they asked me to confirm my identity by uploading my id (passport).
Unfortunately after following all the steps they asked me to do , my facebook account is still available , but am still receiving notifications from facebook about what s going on with my contact on my email adress.

Anonymous vs Apple Developer
I recently decided to make a mobile app for Apple and thus I had to register on the Apple developer website and make payments with my credit card. Since then spammers are sending me spam emails, phishing attempts, SEO services, and sales offers etc etc, all vaguely related to my newly created apple ID.

Emails are coming from Paypal look alikes, Apple look alikes, Google look alikes, MSN look alikes, yahoo look alikes etc etc all relating and referring to my activity on Apple website. I never had this type of spam coming to me before my connection with apple. I wonder how do these spammers came to know, what I did on apple website just a few days ago. Amidst all this Apple forces you to use your real name while registering, asks you to send a piece of ID to verify, I dont know what and bla bla bla. Making you vulnerable to so much spam. On the other hand if I wanted to get a real piece of ID from apple or talk to someone at Apple, it will be so hard to get to a live person.

All this spam filling my inbox. Is it just a coincidence. I dont think so, and One wonders how is Apple the most secure platform in the world...

Anonymous vs Symbol Tech Looks like
The moment I registered a domain even with extra cash for privacy on godaddy.com, I start receiving emails from spammers about the new domain name and how they can help in SEO, software, make money from the website etc. One has to think either "godaddy" is involved in dirty business or the company providing so called privacy.

Anonymous vs Amazon or Not Who knows
The looks of this nicely formatted HTML based email makes it look real and authentic, but all the links and buttons are not pointing to AMAZON, but to some other websites where you will enter your Amazon password and they will know it. Then they will use your username and password to make purchases and have them sent to unknown addresses/ PO boxes or mailboxes. Or even use your credit card to buy instant downloads which are not traceable afterwards.

Anonymous vs Impersonating PayPal
I receive an email almost every day where people are impersonating as PayPal, threatening to close my account or to report a suspicious activity. If I was not aware of the ways spammers work, all my credit card limit would have been consumed by spammers in a single day.

Anonymous vs Amazon
There was a time when I thought checking the headers of emails that looked like spam would give me enough information and keep me safe from fraudsters. This has changed. I am receiving emails from actual domain names of companies like Amazon and Paypal. People are receiving calls from customer service caller IDs of well known companies. Either fraudsters are becoming too smart or the companies are becoming too fixated on increasing their profits that they have stopped concentrating on probable loopholes in their systems.

The screenshot attached shows that the email is coming from Amazon and the proposed link (from the text of fake order no 192-773-7646) in the body of the email will take you to some other website to complete its heinous fraud.

I tried to find if Dean Clark was a writer. I found a few University professors by this name. There have been a few more prominent Dean Clarks.

1. Dean Clark was the voice of Berlioz in the Cartoon Movie "AristoCats" from 1970.
2. Dean Clark is a former ice hockey defenceman and head coach of the Prince George Cougars. Clark is also the former head coach of the Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League.
3. Dean Clark (born 31 March 1980) is a retired footballer. He was originally a professional who made a handful of appearances for Brentford and then went on to play for a variety of teams local to north and west London, including making over one hundred appearances for Northwood.
4. Dean Clark (born 6 January 1968) is a New Zealand rugby league coach and former footballer who represented his country between 1989 and 1992.

So even though the email is not intended to be sent to me by amazon.com, I believe Amazon.com owes me a duty of care to secure its IT assets so that people do not use their domain names to send fraudster emails.

Anonymous1234 vs Cashcrate
Cashcrate offers surveys and tests. If you complete them, you receive a couple of cents. After having registered, I immediately started completing surveys. After 4-5, the site told me that it had no more surveys to offer. This is where the scam begins. They offer you 4-5 surveys per day. You complete them, thinking about that big money that should come anytime soon. But if you completed 4-5 surveys per day, it would take you months, perhaps even an entire year to reach 14-15 dollars, the minimum withdrawal sum. It's even possible to never reach that sum because there are days where they don't offer surveys at all. In my opinion, this is all done on purpose. In these surveys, you reveal a lot of personal information. 4-5 surveys of your personal information is a huge bonus for companies, which pay cashcrate to be as scummy as possible.

Anonymous1234 vs Globaltestmarket
Globalmarket, like cashcrate, offers surveys for you to complete. From what I've read on other surveys, you need to complete between 60-100 surveys in order to make your first withdrawal. Now, one thing has to be taken into consideration: the personal information you put into these surveys are all shared to companies you will never hear from. After a couple of days, you will receive spam mail from these companies. Secondly, globalmarket provides you with no more than one survey per day, sometimes zero surveys for days. By the time you'll reach 14-15 dollars (making a first withdrawal possible), you'll have given so much information of yourself, these companies could literally clone you.

Anonymous vs Liam Andrews
This is embarrassing, and so naive of us! But I have to tell this story. My friends and I were in Times Square and this guy was outside this theater place and had these cards for a comedy club and we desperately needed something fun to do! They were 20$ upfront. He kept telling us that famous people go to these kinds of comedy clubs, and other stuff like that to reel us in. We knew that we weren't going to see a celebrity, but it still seemed like fun since it was a comedy club. We stupidly bought the tickets. I think we were all a bit pressured into buying them, if I'm being completely honest. After we went in, we realized that you also HAVE to buy drinks for minimum 20$ too! I'm not even 21, and we all wasted a lot of money that night for literally nothing. The comedy show was crappy, and I just needed to pee in the most disgusting bathroom ever thanks to the 20$ in drinks that I spent.
Later on, I did some research, and there are a lot of people that were scammed in the same way that we were.

Anonymous vs Fake ecards
My coworker told me that she experienced the same problem as I did, so that's why I decided to share my story with the world. Although I am fairly certain that I am not the first, or the second fool that they did this too.
The first of June is my birthday, and during my birthday it's pretty normal for me to get a lot of messages, cards and a lot of emails. I usually open them all on my birthday, but I answer them the day after my birthday. It's not unusual for me to received e-cards, but this one was a bit different. It was from a random email, but the email said the name of one of my friends. It said that I needed to download/update a program so that the card could play itself. I didn't really think hard about it. If I see that something needs to be downloaded or updated, I just do it. When I clicked on the link, it actually downloaded a virus. My computer crashed right away, and the scariest part is that whoever did that to me had access to all my personal information. Even access to my funds.
I had to buy a new laptop because I hadn't invested in a good antivirus program, so they couldn't save my laptop. I lost a lot of money, sleep and I was insanely stressed just because of one stupid fraudulent e-card.

Anonymous vs The Fiddle Guy Website
I dont know who is hacking the Poor Fiddle Guy or the Rich Standard Chartered Bank, but for an ordinary user, its a phishing scam...

Anonymous vs kingpoker99
Another phishing attempt in the name of Outlook/ Hotmail, sent as H0tmail Server <noreply@accountmicrosoft.com>. The email comes with a link that will take you to some strange link on http://www.kingpoker99.com.

ALICE vs llcrusifyll
My sister was playing this game which lead her to be scammed by this player named llcrusifyll. llcrusifyll asked to borrow an item from her and since llcrusifyll seemed friendly, my sister lend illcrusifyl the item. My sister was enraged because illcrusifyll took the item from her and so I helped my sister and reported it to the server.

LittleWhistle vs SteamRep
We agreed he would broker my unusuals but instead he traded them on scrap.tf and sold the keys via Paypal to Merendas. I've been friends with this user for a long time, he had expensive stuff, backpack trust and I fell for it.

After I gave my items for brokering he deleted me and set his profile to private, then I checked his backpack and he had traded the unusuals on scrap.tf:
http://backpack.tf/item/2958827733
http://backpack.tf/item/5439676999
I then added Merendas who had the dude added in steam and told him to tell the scammer that I would report him and he admitted it.
First 3 screenshots are our chat logs, my trade history, my chat with Merendas and his chat with the scammer.​

Ralph vs GAW Miners
After thorough research, I chose to invest my funds to a seemingly booming industry of cryptocurrency. I placed a small amount of 500usd to test it out. Results were promising and I was hardpressed to keep using this service until one day it shut down and all the funds were frozen. It appears that they did some kind of scam. I cannot believe that I fell for such greedy activity.

Anonymous vs REV Williams Franklin
The email is received from a Reverend who is also presumably poses to be a DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR at the IMF. The Reverend is offering an IMF payment directly to me. IMF is a lending organisation for national governments, it does not make payments to individuals.

Guddu31 vs Dr Brown Churchil
This person is offering business partnership sending fake emails to reach persons for his own benefits.

Anonymous vs Apple
I have been very upset that my iPhone 6 has slowed down a great deal. My battery was tested and it showed it to be healthy. Think Apple has done this so that it will force you to buy an iPhone 8 or an iPhone X. I do not buy their excuse the new software does not run on the older phones. My iPhone was running perfectly until they slowed it down through a software update and this was originally done without the customer's knowledge. I also learned for the first time today that when Apple does a screen share on your computer they record your computer. As a customer, I don't like the fact you are forced to have your computer recorded if you need to screen share with a tech agent. I don't think any customer wants their computer information recorded. There is no telling what Apple will do with that information. We saw the problems with what Facebook did with their members' information.

Anonymous vs Samsung
Unfortunately, I fell in love with its center drawer and purchased a 4-door Samsung Refrigerator Freezer 3 and a half years ago, for $3200.00, without doing proper research. The model is RF24FSEDBSR and was manufactured in Sept of 2014. I still love the center drawer, but it is not enough to make up for the rest of the appliance. This is a prime example of a company that thinks highly of itself but doesn't care that it sells absolute junk. The number of problems and repairs for the ice maker, add up to this being the worst purchase I have ever made and that is saying something. I have put up with months and months of temporary fixes, thawing with hairdryers, mopping up pooling water on the floor of the refrigerator section and just doing without ice.

Recently, I have had 3 service calls for the ice maker. The ice maker freezes solid and won't dispense ice. Then, I need to move all my refrigerated food to a cooler and my frozen food to the outside freezer; turn off the entire unit for 2 days, with both doors propped open; and put an air circulator/warmer inside, just so the repairman can pry the completely frozen icemaker out without cracking the wall of the refrigerator. On the last service call, he replaced the entire ice maker for about $550.00. My total out of pocket for repairs and service is about $850.00. I fully expect that amount to grow. Now, it sort of works, but makes very little ice, (which will not be enough with summer coming).

I cannot get cubed ice, just crushed ice; there is water dripping down the front of the refrigerator and it is a constant source of aggravation. Samsung wasn't sympathetic or helpful when I talked with them, and they suggested that I should have purchased their 5-year Samsung Service Agreement for $1750.00 when I had a chance. Really? They were supposed to call me back (within 24 hours) 10 months ago, and I'm still waiting. Complete waste of time, money, effort, energy and resources. "Do not ever buy a Samsung refrigerator because they are expensive junk", was the advice of my repair person, who has owned an appliance repair business for many years. I could have saved myself lots of frustration, and money, if I had done my research.

Anonymous vs UPWORK
I posted a job on Upwork, where I wanted people to bid for making an iOS app for me. I already have a similar android app called myMentos. Turns out Upwork people or some one in that company is selling my information to people outside of Upwork, and I am receiving emails with bids and solicitations.

Anonymous vs IKEA
Horrible experience with no resolution still! My husband and I ordered a $500 set of dressers and nightstands for our new house. We placed the order on May 7th and received a confirmation email which stated we would be contacted prior to the delivery. After nearly two weeks came and went with no update from the company, we started to get concerned.

After moving in, we had realized that the items we ordered were going to be too large for our room. I hopped on the phone to inquire about the status of the delivery and to see if it was possible to just cancel. I was not very happy after being told that there was a 110-minute wait... Yes... An ONE HUNDRED AND TEN MINUTE LONG WAIT to speak with a customer service representative. I thought it was a joke but quickly realized, they weren't kidding.

After checking the online tracker on May 20th, we realized the items were out for delivery so we took a sigh of relief and purchased new dressers, with the intent of receiving and returning the IKEA furniture. Around 6 pm that evening, I received a call from an unknown cell phone number. It was the IKEA delivery driver calling to let me know that his truck broken down but he actually lived around the corner and would be willing to bring the merchandise by after getting his new work truck within the hour. He also said that another driver could pick it up and deliver it at a later date.

I mentioned that we were planning to return the items and asked about our options. The driver stated that he would have dispatch call me in about 5 minutes. Eager to get our money back, we asked him to still deliver the items as soon as possible. We never received a call from the dispatcher and the driver never showed up with our furniture. When I called the number back, the driver did not answer and two days later, will still not return my calls.

My husband and I are FURIOUS that we are out $500 as new homeowners and still don't even have the furniture we purchased!! We can't get any assistance from customer service over the phone because of absolutely ridiculous wait times and when we visit the local store, nobody seems to know what's going on and can't help us. We just want our money back or our merchandise so that we can take it to the store and return it ourselves!

Please, please, please DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME AND MONEY!! Just shop elsewhere and spare yourself the time and an unnecessary headache. If we don't get some sort of response from IKEA in the next few days as to what exactly is going on with our order, the matter will be escalated. It took IKEA 5 minutes to take that money out, we're not waiting months to see it refunded. We fully intend to hire an attorney, should the issue continue to persist.

Anonymous vs Dell
I purchased a computer from Dell in April of 2017. It had issues from the beginning with external monitors turning off during active use, and the display settings being randomly re-arranged or forgotten. Dell replaced the Thunderbolt Dock which was what the monitors are connected to. That did not solve the problem. I was asked to send the computer in to be fixed, which I delayed doing because that is a tremendous inconvenience to me, I work from and run a business from home with the computer they wanted me to return. I returned it, however, to be fixed because not only was the issue with the monitors still unresolved but after the latest Dell update I was forced to install, the computer would no longer allow me to log in.

I returned the computer, and got it back 10 days or so later. It was not fixed, I still couldn't even log in. I wrote back to support and told them they had not fixed the issue and was told to mail it to them again. I did so. Each time, they have been given specific instructions about what is wrong with it, which they should, of course, have in their files, but the consumer is asked to enter it all again anyway. The second time it was returned to me, nothing was ever done. The service description was blank, the computer still had the same issue. Then I went to the Better Business Bureau, and was contacted by a rep from Dell, and was asked to return the computer a third time for service. Against my better judgment, I sent it in, again. It was returned to me, AGAIN, STILL BROKEN.

The issue was not fixed at all, I knew within 30 seconds of turning it on that they had not fixed it. I told them I will not be returning it to them a 4th time (they have not offered to have it sent back again anyway), and that I want it replaced, as I have a full warranty on the system until the year anniversary of the date of sale, which is next month. They want to send me a used, refurbished computer, asking me to trust in their technicians to have fixed whatever was wrong with THIS one, which I will not accept. I didn't buy a used computer, I bought a new one that has never worked right. I have asked for a new replacement, or a refund, neither of which are being granted. So I spent over $2,000 on a computer with a full warranty that is unusable and Dell is incapable of fixing. I will never buy from them again.

Anonymous vs Walmart
I purchased a BeautySleep Sanford Plush Mattress from Walmart.com and my mattress arrived at my door in horrible condition. The man who delivered it, from the start, asked me to get up into the small delivery truck and take a look at my purchase. Upon inspection, the plastic protection at the front (top) of the mattress had been broken open in several places, and the material/top of the mattress was embedded with oily-black semi-trailer brake dust or some sort of black STAINS! The delivery driver said that I could reject the delivery but that it would probably be best if I just ACCEPT DELIVERY, and he had me take photos of not only his original delivery invoice, which proved that his company had received the mattress in its horrible condition, but he also told me to take photos of the mattress; as he took photos of his own of the mattress once he had brought it up to my house.

The mattress was under $300.00, so it was a cheap purchase, but this should not mean that I should have had to accept a filthy mattress. Thanks to the WALMART.COM's choice of shipping/deliverers (Pilot Freight Services), and thanks to the fact that WALMART chooses to not respond to my complaints/photo proofs that they are totally irresponsible.

Anonymous vs GODADDY
About a year ago, if your website used godaddy, you will be able to allow users to upload DOCX files via a form etc. Now its been denied. Its a blackmail luring you into buying the dedicated hosting package. The problem is that when you get an error while uploading a DOCX file on any website, the whole website hangs for a few minutes.

Anonymous vs GoDaddy
A few days ago, I registered a domain www.pos.team with godaddy, and all of a sudden, see how much spam I started receiving within the week from web developers through out the world. All emails are offering services for website development.

adeelmir vs BEST BUY CO INC RICHARDS DAVID MATTHEW
I was searching for mobile phone on OLX and came accross his ad. He contacted me on whatsapp for further details. I've been in conversation with him for 3 days related to the company and product details I want to buy. He asked me to pay tax amount in advance and rest amount on cash on delivery. On his suspicious behavior like offering me discounts and cheap price, I've contacted the best buy customer care support and asked them if this person is your company's sales executive. I then came to know he doesn't belong to the company and the products from the bestbuy don't ship to Pakistan. Meanwhile I got alert from OLX that this user has been blocked due to suspicious activities.Timely alert of OLX and bestbuy support saved me from this scam.

Anonymous vs Jaber fj
Scaring people about storage limits, while microsoft provides unlimited storage for hotmail.

If you write the website on your browser, a shocking red screen comes up, marked as dangerous and with the following msg.

Deceptive site ahead
Attackers on surya-kencana.com may trick you into doing something dangerous like installing software or revealing your personal information (for example, passwords, phone numbers, or credit cards).




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Anonymous vs Pyramid e-Services

Every time an email comes to you with a subject looking like this. Especially regarding PayPal, be careful.

Tarlok vs Dominos
Never buy pizzas from here. I went to Dominos pizza store in Bandra, Mumbai and showed 25% discount coupon applicable on a minimum bill value of Rs. 350 to the staff before placing the order. I placed an order as such :1 Farmhouse pizza regular size - Rs.130/-,2 stuffed garlic bread - Rs. 178 and 1 coke - Rs.29.17 and adding Service tax to it the bill totalled above 350/-.

Till the time i got the bill i was of the perception that i would get 25% off on the whole bill value but then when i got the bill after making payment i was shocked to my utter belief that deduction of 25% had been made only on the pizza value and not on the other side orders i had placed. When i went to the counter and queried this, one of the staff ignorantly said that even the discount on pizza value was wrongly given to me as my pizza value was not over 350/- to which i showed him the discount voucher and explained that discount was mentioned to be given on the bill value and nowhere was it written that the discount was only on pizza value to which he pointed in the voucher showing the discount was not applicable on simply veg. /non - veg pizzas, combos and beverages which i agreed but queried that unlike coke, garlic bread did not come under the term beverages and was a side order and so discount should have been given to me on that inclusively along with pizza value at least, but he refused to budge and replied that without coke my bill value was falling below Rs. 350/- to which I said that it was a senseless argument and the main criteria of the bill value being more than Rs.350/- was fulfilled. Not adhering to my request to change the bill i ultimately asked him to call the head of the store.

The head came and i explained him what had happened but he was more poorer in responding to my queries and told me that as the bill was already made he couldn't do anything and that further terms and conditions applied. When asked what were the terms and conditions he pointed me at the voucher showing T&C* apply sign at the end which made me angry. What are its terms and conditions and that i was not a fool and shall complain of cheating myself in the consumer court forum to which he shamelessly told me to go ahead with it. Being fussed at his behaviour I took the order placed and left the place. I never expected such an irresponsible behaviour from a reputed company's employees towards its customers.

aarti vs Paytm
Few Days ago, I added 5000 in my Paytm account to buy some electronic appliances at around 10:45 am in the morning. Then, I logged off. I logged back at around 5 pm again to my Paytm account and was not able to login. Tried to reset password and logged on to see that my order was cancelled. I realised my account was hacked by someone and from the refund received the hacker had made 5 transaction of total worth Rs 4616. The hacker had also written some bad words in my profile. When i checked my Paytm wallet summary, I could see 5 fraud transaction with complete details of order id and transaction. These transactions were made through my wallet. I immediately reported this to the customer care of Paytm within 5 hours of these transactions being made. They asked me to write to their cyber cell of Paytm. I wrote several emails and the basic request was to hold or block these fraud transactions since all were done with Paytm partners and were not realised. The idea was take the right action to save the MONEY from going away. While we wanted to give time to the cyber cell of Paytm to investigate we at least wanted them to at least get these transactions being blocked or kept on hold. This was not done and nobody tried to talk to us on phone or interact on emails. We did several emails and phones but the customer care said we do not have cyber cell contact and you can just mail them and we cannot help you. This all was done by Paytm and finally result in losing my money.

Based on the fraud transactions being made, I kept on calling Paytm customer care service but there was no response. Their customer care service is pathetic. They make fool of their customers.

Anonymous vs Airtel
Few Days Back, I got a call on my mobile no. at 08.25am from Airtel , One of the representative from Airtel advised me to update mobile services from 3G to 4G. He advised me to provide SIM No. detail and also answer via sms by pressing 1 to an Airtel message. I went ahead with his advice and subsequently my Airtel connection services stopped till filing of this report.

After few days he again called me in morning and enquired about Airtel connection services. I complained him that services are not started yet. He assured me that in another 3-4 hours your services will start functioning. When services not activated on my mobile then I contacted Airtel customer care number and customer care executive advised me to visit nearest Airtel outlet for resuming connection services. I took a new number and they assured me that services will be activated by evening and I was waiting for activation of my Airtel mobile connection. After few hours it was activated successfully.

Airtel customer care executives advised me to block all debit / credit cards immediately as in 3-4 days time, 05-06 cases have come to their office with same modus operandi. I immediately checked through phone banking my PNB Debit Card and found that amount of Rs.19, 000/- has been debited from my account. I also came to know through phone banking that a sum of Rs.75, 000/- debited to my credit card. These transactions made without my knowledge and consent. I tried calling on that number but number was switched off.

Anonymous vs Ferns and Petal
I am permanent residence of Bangalore. I have ordered a combo package including cake and flowers from Fern and petals for my friend, an online florist and gift store that guarantees same day delivery and the “delivery of fresh products – always.” But they failed to deliver the product on the specified day, and when they finally did deliver it the next day, the cake was “smashed up, made of cheap wine” and of a quality that was entirely unacceptable to my friend.

When I attempted to complain about the non-delivery of the product on the scheduled day, then I found that the customer care numbers displayed on the website were not attended. I managed to find contact details from other location. One of their representatives picked up the call and they told me that they have received my order after that they disconnected the call.

Few days later, Charu My friend complained about the delayed delivery of a substandard product over a chat conversation with the company representative, Neha, who, according to her was rude and paid no heed to her complaints.

Charu then approached owner of the company, which runs a consumer helpline. She told them if we did not get the refund So, you need to pay Rs50,000 as compensation for our losses, harassment and inconvenience, Owner gave us satisfaction that severe action would be initiated against them.


When Mr Singla- Owner of the company finally said that the matter was headed to consumer court and they would have to appear in person to justify their position. With a sudden and radical change of tone, it sent a politely apologetic email to Charu, with the promise of a full refund on the same day.

Anonymous vs Ola
I have a complaint with Ola Cabs. I had booked a ride with Ola on 6th May at 6:45 am in Bangalore which was confirmed and the CRN was 113789550. However, in the morning on calling the driver Mr. Shri Gopal at 6:45 am, he refused to come without informing in advance and I already added money in my wallet. So, I called another driver Mr. Ravi was scheduled to pick me up at 7:15, after a delay of 30 mins from the scheduled time but he too refused to come and said he was far off. The customer care could not be contacted despite trying repeatedly for 30 mins. I was scheduled to give a national level fellowship exam in Bangalore in Electronic city scheduled at 8 am, but this was the biggest trial rather than the exam. After confirming a ride in advance, I was left stranded! The services of Ola have been pathetic. Without informing in advance the driver refused to come, Ola made no suitable alternative available. This is definitely not acceptable. Had I not been able to book an Uber ride immediately I would have failed to reach my examination venue in time. I travelled all the way from Kolkata to Bangalore for this exam and specifically recharged Ola money just to ensure pre booked rides but if this sorry state of affairs at Ola I would definitely warn people before they book Ola rides for any important affair. I was forced to avail of Ola services later also as I had recharged previously with Rs1000 without knowing the poor quality of services. I faced a great difficulty, but both ride now and ride later options could not be availed several times because of full slots. I am really disappointed with the service. I didn’t get my money that I have recharged with Ola.

Anonymous vs empowr
I don't thing this kind of business is real. They don't have a genuine reference of product. They are showcasing the the product without source also. Their location, identity is not trustworthy at all. And the business deal is just insane . They are just trying to trap people through their easy earning advertise .

Anonymous vs Mcafeee
When we was suffering from ransomeware issue. Mcafee was unable to support us.
Before the time we purchase they promissed for every support from them but in actual they was not supported after purchase and installation.

Rupindersingh vs Kisna Jewellery
I have recently travelled to India for an India Tour through Pakriti calling. The travel was well organized but I had few issues regarding Shopping. We were Traveling with a Group. The Tour guide took us to a Jewellery shop in Jaipur named Kisna jeweler. Most of the persons in our Group did not wanted to shop for the jewellery but the guide forced us a stopover at the Shop. When we asked him the cause, than he said that the company Pakriti had asked him to stop there for Shopping. When we entered the shop, the salesman showed us the jewellery collection and I liked one of the Ring with a Sapphire. The rate quoted for the ring was 950 Pound. But after negotiating, I bought it for 460 Pound. I was very happy that I got the ring on a huge discount of nearly 50%. But it seems I was wrong. When I came back to London, My friends advised me to Re-value the ring. I went to the Gems Laboratory and showed the ring to them. I was frightened to hear that the value of the ring was not more than 95 Pound and the sapphire was not original but it was synthetically treated sapphire. I am very much irritated and feeling like I have been conned and cheated. This has happened to me and I am not sure, how many people have been cheated and suffered from this kind of activities by Kisna Jewelers.
May I request to everyone who is on this Travel forum to advise me on what should I do. I would request everybody who is travelling with Pakriti not to shop anything from this shop because they do cheat the people and sell artificial products or the products with a very low quality. They are heavily money minded.

I don’t understand that why Pakriti prefers to make a stopover to this kind of cheat shop. One of my friends told me that they do get money from the shop when someone buys any stuff from this kind of shop. It is a kind of Racket in which Pakriti and Kisna jewelers are involved and both of them cheat the innocent travelers like us.

Rupindersingh vs Godaddy
Last Year we have taken services for 5 years by paying Rs. 5940/-. Since last so many months we are facing the problem on our website that is getting hacked by some or the other way.

We have tried to call Go daddy center, for resolving this issue however they are unable to do so by providing different reasons in one of the conversation we had been asked to purchase SSL certificate for resolving this issue on permanent bases. On good faith we had accepted this resolution & had purchased this necessary certificate by paying Rs. 3500

However this solution didn't work & we had been forced to call center that hacking problem is still exist. At that time we were happy that we had been refunded the paid amount by cancelling the necessary certificate, however we were fed up of not getting the permanent solution of hacking.

On 8th April, 2017 we had been approached by Mr. Singla with one of the resolution stating that we are eagerly to help you for permanent solution, as per him he had suggested us to pay the charges of 1 year that Rs. 1300 approx, for discontinue of our services & we will refund your complete amount of rs. 5940/- in your bank account, which was paid for starting of hosting services. On good faith they we have accepted the resolution.

He has confirmed that he cannot cancel the partial invoice otherwise refund amount will be credited into my wallet. Hence we have rejected the option of partial invoice an as agreed to pay necessary amount of Rs. 1300 approx for necessary usage done since April 17. Another point which he had confirmed the over the call that you need to withdraw the database before cancelling the hosting services. Again on your good faith we have accepted the said option why withdrawing our all database date 9th April, 2017.

As instructed by Mr. Singla on 8th April we have fulfilled all necessary procedure / accepted necessary instruction that is we need to call back to pay Rs. 1300 post withdrawing our database.

To my surprise it was a hell experience when i had call with Mr. Singla today morning to pay Rs. 1300 approx for cancelling services. Now today he is confirming that he cannot fulfill his promised / commitment.


pavs94 vs Shopmycart
I got a call from New Delhi where a person told me he will give me free Iphone and I just had to pay delivery charges of Rs. 4000 for the phone. After having a lot of conversation over the phone and the messages, I deposited the money to the bank account of the company. Now they do not receive the phone or sms, I have lost my money.

Sonam vs Mobikwik
its already been told that after the payment of the amount 10% cashback will be transferred to my account
after the payment,the cashback amount was given to me but not on my account,in mobikwik wallet and i can use only 10% of the money for every transaction.it was not specified in terms and conditions.

Anonymous vs Symbiosis Insititue of Business Management
Back in 2011, I was a part of a rock band which entered the band competition hosted by SIBM. I was the guitarist of that band who won the best guitarist title which was a Rs. 5000 ($77 US dollars). It's a huge amount for a college going Indian 20 year old. I received a certificate and was told that the prize money would be awarded at the end of the week as cash in an envelope. This is not odd in India. I went there to collect it a week later and I was infuriated because the organizing team was not present there. I took some numbers and wrote a letter addressing the problem. I kept calling for months and there was no response. I lost my precious prize money.

Anonymous vs Local Honey extractor
My family lives in a house with a huge garden, and like every year, we have to remove a massive 2-3 feet tall honeycomb from under our solar panels. We live in a society where a lot of local unregistered workers do garden work. We asked one such guy to come and remove the honey comb and give us the honey. He charged us with 350 Rs. per Kg of honey extracted and billed us for 34 kgs. It sure looked a lot. I wasn't home, my mother collected the honey in 4 different utensils. The weight did not feel suspicious to her. They even used a spring based weighing scale to measure the quantity.
I have a regular weighing scale in my room, so when I returned home, I used it to measure it and to my surprise, it was only 14 Kgs! They had tampered with the scale and we were cheated with an extra bill of 20 Kgs!

Anonymous vs Unnamed tire repair shop
I was riding my Vespa (2 wheeler) and I noticed a flat rear tire. I pushed the bike for 500 meters to reach the nearest tire shop. In Pune, India, puncture removal is a pervasive con. I will generalize and say that over 90 percent of them cheat you in terms of either service costs or punctures. The repairman removed the tire and I was standing diligently making sure I see no fishy business. Firstly, he fills up my tire with air and claims that the valve is damaged. I ask for proof. He removes it and shows it to me. I ask him to replace it. He quotes a price of Rs. 650, which is ridiculous. It is ideally sold at Rs. 150. I get into an argument and demand a lowered cost. Of course, these local goons do not produce bill, so no warranty. Then, I follow up with them to check the puncture. There were 7 of them and in all honesty, I could verify them. However, I saw 8 different spots where there was a repair done. The last one was done when I looked away. I argued and ended up paying just about Rs. 200 extra. But I wasted 50 minutes on this.

Anonymous vs Manoj Joshi
We hired Manoj Joshi through a recommendation. Sadly, it was a disaster for us. He used duplicate bathroom fittings, poor quality ACs, very poor wiring inside the walls, billed for extra soil to repair the foundation (which he did not), and a dozen more things. A new electrician who cleaned up Manoj's job told us that the wiring standards were illegal for a bungalow and we could've taken him to court. Leaving aside the lack of finesse in his work. We are wealthy family, so we did not compromise on the quality of raw materials (tiles, cables, wood, bulbs, etc). We were billed for the high grade material, but every person who came to repair shorted wires, leaks, cracks in the walls, etc. showed us how bad the quality is. Monetary loss is estimated to be upwards of 10 Lakh rupees.

Anonymous vs Yantra Seva
Yantra Seva is a computer repair company that sends people to pick up the broken computers. One such guy picked up my laptop and returned a repaired one. The job was well done. However, when he was inside the house to do the billing, I asked him to sit on the sofa. My mother's mobile phone was kept on the sofa set. This guy finished his billing and we were done paying. After he left. I looked for the phone and I couldn't find it. I called the pickup man to ask if he accidentally took the phone or not. His phone was switched off. Never to be turned on again. That number was discontinued and we could never find that person nor could we trace our stolen phone. It was taken from under our nose and we didn't realize it. We never found it again. There was no other place the phone could go.

Shredder77 vs Laptech Solutions
I had a problem with my charging port. The model of my laptop being discontinued, it was hard to get the original repair parts. This was told to me by Laptech Solutions. It sounded normal. So, I decided to cancel my repair order and pay for the diagnostics only. They Okayed it.

They told me that the laptop is in their warehouse and it will take 2 days for it to reach the store. I agreed to return to the shop and collect it in 2 days. I visited the store 3 times and called every day after 2 days. My laptop had not arrived. When I spoke with the manager, she seemed shocked by the staff's' irresponsibility. I do not think the manager even bothered to check what's happening. I finally threatened to call the police.

Sidrajavaid vs REDIFF
A month ago I ordered an embroidered lehenga choli from an Indian online shopping centre named as Rediff. As I was from Pakistan so they informed through email. All correspondence was done by email because they had no option of landline or cell phone numbers. On my sister’s wedding I have had to wear that. Before two weeks of wedding, my order had to arrive. It arrived after three days; they were making lots of excuses for this delay. Well I didn’t bother about delay. When parcel arrived I paid and became so much happy for it arrived earlier then wedding day at last. As I wore it on the day it was totally unbelievable. A very poor quality fabric was used and its size was also not like it was described. The cost was 599/- Indian rupees and also they charged 200 RS as extra for home delivery after deducting actual home delivery fees too. This entire incident was exclusively unbelievable and full of shock for my all family. All of us tried a lot to contact them through emails, we sent unlimited emails to them but they didn’t respond. Whenever I remember this incident I come in great wrath. I found this site today; I wish I could have had find this site at that time so that I’d be able to share the images of those emails and the dress, both of which are even not available in trash. I finished every memory in rage.

Anonymous vs Bhanu
Olx.com has become one of the most well known, trusted and used e-tailing platform in India. By just creating an account, providing banking details and contacting possible buyers/sellers, an individual is able to work from their home and make huge sales. However, this has also made it easier for thieves to impersonate interested buyers and steal from the unsuspecting sellers. Motor vehicles, bikes, and other types of auto mobiles are the easier targets allowing thieves to laugh all the way to the bank after getting away easily.

After posting an advert, a buyer contact you and asks to meet you so that they can test the bike. You agree and allow them to ride for ten minutes, the next think, their phone goes off, no sight of your bike and no way to trace them.

Anonymous vs Fraud Coca Cola employment emails
I am always getting such kind of emails which ask for bank details and other information However I don't know what the source is but it always comes,

The text in the email is :

"Dear Lucky Winner,
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of £500,000.00(Five Hundred Thousand Pounds) for the Yearly Coca-Cola Lottery promotion United Kingdom which is organized by Coca-Cola in conjunction with Chevron Texaco Oil and Gas Company, “Your Email Address" were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from Nine hundred thousand email from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceanic as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually, we have only selected 20 people as our winners, through electronic ballot System without the winner applying.

BELOW ARE THE REQUESTED INFORMATION'S:
1. Full Names:
2. Full Home Address
3. Gender
4. Nationality:
5. Age:
6. Current City:
7. Occupation:
8.Language:
9. Mobile Number:
10. E-mail Address:
11.Account name:
12.Account number :
13.Name of Bank:
14.Marital status:
15: Have you won Before, YES OR NO?


Guddu31 vs facebook benefit
Asking for confidential bank details with photograph to send prize taking name of respectable company facebook.com.

Anonymous vs QATAR PETROLEUM DEPARTMENT

This Person is sending spam email sending me this content wants to send me funds that is totally fraud.

I am Mr.Ali Shareef Emadi, Minister Of Finance Qatar Petroleum.I have a financial Business transaction of $10.5 Million US Dollars that i would like to execute with you.

Please kindly get back to me if you are interested, I have all it will take to move the fund to any of your account designate as a Contract Fund to avoid every query by the authority in your Country.

Guddu31 vs Avnit
This person named "Avnit" called me that you have inquired about a property on olx.in and told that I will send you pictures of flat you are looking for on your watsapp number and you can see and finalize by sending some amount as an advance for booking. After sending amount of 200 rupees, he never called me back deactivated his watsapp and disappeared by taking my money. He has done fraud to many people in my area. He sent me the phone number of Devinder singh to send booking amount phone number is : 7528050539 and this person Avnit phone no. is : 7087615413

  Saudi Arabia ( 20 )

ms1sm vs Samba Bank

One fine morning, SAMBA bank on its own decided to upgrade my status to Gold. They did it without asking me or consulting with me. And because they chose to upgrade me, they also chose to cancel my credit card and my ATM card, leaving me without money for the whole weekend. I had to take time off from work, go to the branch next week and withdraw cash for daily expenses. It took the bank almost three weeks to issue me a new ATM card for Gold membership. Furthermore, almost 3 months have passed and the bank has not been able to re-issue a credit card, which is always in the mail when I ask.

ms1sm vs Saudi Airlines
I missed my flight because the flight information/ guidance screens at the airport gave wrong information. They showed gate 10 for Beirut and a blank for Dubai. Thinking Dubai is still not open, I kept waiting and missed my flight to Dubai. Saudi airlines did not accept that the wrong video screens could be considered as a valid reason for a refund.

Magnet vs Samba Bank
My credit card is frozen and I have a credit balance on it. I am trying to transfer the credit balance to my account, which is not allowed, but if I transfer money to my card it happily receives it. A system that helps the bank to take money from customers but denies the customers their own money back.

sohelmugal vs Saudi Airlines
If you miss your outgoing flight, Saudi Airlines assumes that you will miss your return/ incoming flight too, and will cancel it without even informing you that your return flight has been cancelled. The worst part is that the airline will not even provide a refund for either of the legs or try to shy away from the refund - making the process extremely difficult

Anonymous vs Saudi Airlines
On a 5 hr flight between Jeddah and Islamabad, it so happened that there were only two passengers travelling in the business class and the check-in clerk had placed both of us next to each other in the front row, where the TV screen is fixed to the wall far away from you. the screen is not adjustable, and you can not see a damn thing if there is light being reflected from somewhere.

30 minutes after the take off, I asked the purser, who was walking around with a rosary in his hand, if I could sit on one of the all empty seats in the back. He very strictly said, no, "you can only sit on the other seat in the front row". I did not understand his logic till about 30 minutes later, when all the serving staff including himself came to sleep on those seats. Imagine the plight of all the passengers on a five hour flight when about 12 servers/ waitresses are sleeping for the whole length of the flight in the business class.

After disgruntled by the situation, I started finding things which I never notice. The unhealthy mold growing in the corners of the floors/ aisles/ bathrooms/ seats, the dinner table tilting to the right so that you wont be able to eat unless you hold the tray with one hand, the sound of the entertainment system with no noise reduction, the ottoman part of the recliner never staying where it should be etc etc.

Anonymous vs Saudi Binladen group
We all know of Saudi binladen group fired by Saudi govt from the project of expansion of Kaaba. We all know the annoying experience one goes through with the construction not ending since the last 8 years. We all know how a simple circular arena with exiting pathways looking like sunrays would have fixed the problem rather than the time taken in eleborating the arches with chandeliers. Today I arrived in the haram premises 3 hours before jumma prayers hoping to complete an umra before the prayers and I was not allowed because of spaces closed and blocked by construction everywhere. When will this stop. And then I saw this unsafe practice. Technician with no helmet standing on the barrier on top of a scissor lift.

Anonymous vs SAMBA BANK
Samba Gold boasts access to a world of superior banking services including a private environment to perform your transactions. A dedicated SambaPhone 24-hour toll-free number (800 124 5000), and a number (+966-11 479-7500) to call from overseas, just for Sambagold customers.50% discount on fees for most banking services (including money transfers, cheque books, and safety deposit box), international cash withdrawals from ATMs abroad, and money transfers through SpeedCash. Preferential exchange rates on foreign currencies. Special offers and discounts at a wide selection of shops and brands, BLA BLA BLA. NONE of these HAPPEN. There are no dedicated officers. Samba Gold counters are not manned. Phone calls have long wait times. There are no preferential rates.

Anonymous vs Samba Bank
Adding a beneficiary to a samba bank account can make you hit your head against a wall, drown yourself and hang yourself by your hair at the same time. The bank account portal/ website asks you to enter a host of information, verify requests via SMS messages, send texts to certain numbers, wait and receive for acknowledgements and then says, "Please call SAMBAPHONE". SAMABAPHONE got to be the most annoying banking auto-attendant one has even called. Today I called, went through the security checks, and found that there is no option to verify a beneficiary. I chose to talk to the customer service. The customer service asked me to call again, go through the security checks, SMS verification and then press 1-1-4-9. I did it and the phone went blank and after a few seconds gave me the busy tone. I called again and went through the same procedure and picked options 1-1-4-9 and managed to receive a live voice. The person said something in Arabic, even though I had chosen to communicate in English, put me on hold and vanished. After a few minutes I heard the busy tone again. This happened almost 6 times. I could not authenticate the beneficiary.

Anonymous vs ZAIN
Many service providers in Saudi Arabia ensure that they do not have adequate English speaking staff so that non-Arabic speaking customers get frustrated easily and end up paying whatever the companies force them to pay. Sometimes you end up paying just to avoid a nuisance, even if you don't have to. No one listens and no one wants to listen. They keep repeating the same replies again and again, whatever you say, cause those are the only sentences they know.

I bought a SIM for a month and asked the teller to cancel it after the end of the month. The teller said, if you don't pay, it will not work, and will be automatically cancelled. Obviously it did not get cancelled and ZAIN kept charging monthly fees, even if the SIM was not used for months and months. Then I received a call that I owe them some money, I tried to argue with the caller and she asked me to wait and called someone else who knew a few more words of English, but not enough to understand what I meant. I ended up paying the amount and I am still not sure if the phone has been cancelled or I will still get a bill next month. The teller who received the money kept saying yes and yes and yes, and I am sure the did not understand a damn thing and did whatever he thought was made sense to him.

Anonymous vs Saudi Council of Engineers
I am a licensed engineer in Saudi Arabia, Australia, South Africa, Pakistan and Canada. To maintain my work/ resident permit in Saudi Arabia, I am bound by the immigration law to renew my membership with Saudi Engineering Council every year.

The Saudi Engineering Council does not provide a receipt for the fees received. Every time you call, a receptionist repeats the same sentence to you again and again. "YOU can not PRINT A RECEIPT of your payment FROM YOUR PROFILE, PLEASE VISIT THE SEC OFFICE." This is happening in an organization which is trying to represent 201,000 non local/ expat engineers. This is happening in a country which has a population of around 35 million with only 18 thousand Saudi licensed engineers. The specialties that lack Saudi engineers are planning, construction, marine, technology, health and safety, electronics and information technology, technical industries, nuclear, technical civil engineering, mechatronics and medical engineering. 4 of these specialties have no Saudi Engineers at all.

In such a scenario, the SEC with the help of the Government has devised a money making scheme. No expat engineer will get a resident/ work permit renewed, and/ or be able to work as an engineer, unless he/ she obtains a valid or renewed membership with SEC. Saudi Engineers can work as engineers without having a membership.

If SEC had a service level that was acceptable then the above requirement of membership wont be such a big issue. The problem is that the SEC has a website that crashes all the time, no one picks up the phone, and even if they do they can not respond or satisfy and will put you on hold and transfer you to an answering service. People complain of the delays, lack of responses. One has to question the existence of a so-called regulatory body that has not been able to deliver but only take money from engineers providing no returns/ benefits, or services, and even basics are not provided like membership cards, receipts for memberships and answering phone calls by a reasonable person experienced in membership processes of engineers.

On the websites of Professional Engineers Ontario, or the Engineers Australia, or Pakistan Engineering Council, I can print my membership card or the receipt of payments made whenever I want. Why not on Saudi Engineering Council.

Anonymous vs Zain
The government wants to ensure that every SIM issued by a telco is associated with a distinct user whose identity no and fingerprints are known to the government and the telco.

The fingerprinting services of Zain offices/ outlets have not been working for almost a month. This means if your SIM is blocked you can not have your SIM activated. And if you are a post paid monthly customer, Zain will keep charging you a minimum monthly fee, even if you can not use the SIM, because the fingerprinting services are not working.

There is no way out but to keep paying the monthly invoices even if you can not use the SIM. If you dont pay, someone will come and blame you for stealing and cut your hand.

Anonymous vs Flynas
On flynas website, it costs 50-100 Saudi Riyals (USD 15 - 30) extra to buy a seat with more leg room.

But if these seats are empty; the air stewards and stewardesses would let anybody occupy them after the flight takes off.

While I have nothing against people who occupy empty seats I think the staff needs to be mindful of people like me feel cheated for having paid more than others for the same level of service.


Anonymous vs Dr Soliman Fakeeh Hospital
My company forces me to go to this hospital only. If I go to some other hospital my insurance will not cover the expenses. The hospital is a chaos. No place to park. The staff is rude at the reception. Hospital is being run as a money making machine. The website of the hospital is so slow that its hard to perform any online functions. It keeps crashing and showing errors. Since the website uses SMS based authentication, getting back on the site is a painstaking process, it crashes again and again.

My wife wanted to see a gynecologist. It took us a dozen attempts to reach the page where we could select a doctor. Turns out none of the doctors shown in the boastful list were available. Booking an appointment either results in "no appointments available" message, or a system crash. How can no appointments be available unless the doctors don't exist. Then the available appointments with some doctors are a month away. In a conservative society like Saudi Arabia, more than half of the gynecologists are male doctors.

We started looking for other options on doctoruna.com/en and booked an appointment via phone at lower scale Jeddah National Hospital at Macarona Street, and found it very organised and welcoming. Of course we paid from our own pocket, but the payments were less than half of what we would have paid at DSFH. (less)

Anonymous vs Saher
Saher is an automated system for control and management of traffic. It uses high speed digital cameras and networking technology and is linked to the National Information Center at the Ministry of Interior of Saudi Arabia. Saher system targets and captures information about reckless drivers who are dangerous to the safety of others and their own lives.

While Saher system has played a major role in controlling the recklessness of drivers on Saudi Roads, and saving numerous lives, I find it necessary to point out the difference between reformative control and entrapping. In many countries, Police and Governments have been accused of "Big Brother tactics" in over-monitoring of public roads, and of "revenue raising" in applying cameras in deceptive ways to increase government revenue rather than improve road safety. I have the following examples and suggestions;

1. Installing a speed detection camera right after an entry lane is not a good idea. Drivers need to accelerate in the entry lane to meet the speed of traffic on the highway so that they do not disturb the highway traffic and do not force other drivers to perform sudden and dangerous lane changes. In the same way if someone is not merging at the required speed, the highway traffic has to speed up or slow down to accommodate the new entrant. All these maneuvers at the merging point require increasing speeds to avoid accidents for a few seconds sometimes. Installing as camera right at the the merging point seems like entrapping.

2. There are areas where the speed limits are posted to be increasing from a slower to faster speed. Installing a camera in such areas where drivers are about to be allowed to increase their speeds seems like entrapping or unfair. It is understandable to install cameras where drivers are required to reduce speeds but not where they are required to increase speeds.

3. Installing speed cameras at intersections is inappropriate. Pictures from the San Diego red light camera systems were ruled inadmissible as court evidence in September 2001. The judge said that the "total lack of oversight" and "method of compensation" made evidence from the cameras "so untrustworthy and unreliable that it should not be admitted". Drivers need to speed up if they are caught in the middle of the intersection due to traffic blocks or when they are unable to dead stop due green turning to amber in the middle of intersection.

4. Cameras have tolerances in one direction only. Normally 5% above the posted speed is not penalized and caters to probable mistakes in accuracy. Cameras do not penalize drivers going slower by 10% or even 50% than the posted speed. This sometimes causes other drivers to speed up and pass the trouble maker.

Anonymous vs Ministry of Interior
Just a week ago, I noticed two speed detection cameras installed by the MOI on the Thuwal-Rabigh road. The problem is that there are no speed limit signs anywhere near these cameras, for miles and miles and no one knows what is the acceptable speed limit. Seems the purpose is to collect money only by hooking the mis-informed drivers. In Saudi Arabia a road with 4 lanes or a dual carriage should be with atleast 100kmph limit but these radars have been known for taking pictures of drivers at less than 100kmph also.

Anonymous vs Saudia or Saudi Arabian Airlines
I was sitting behind 8-10 members of Saudi Arabian Airlines flight crew which were probably returning from their duty or training or whatever. They have the seats with the best leg room. They are extremely loud. And right during the safety presentation before take-off, when the TV screens are asking to turn off all electronic devices, these guys are totally ignoring the safety requirements and keeping up with their ignorant behavior.

Anonymous vs Samba Bank
If my iqama [residency visa] expires and is not renewed for some reason, or if i do not visit the bank to show my face, every year, even if my visa is renewed, my bank account will be frozen. Once my bank account is frozen, no money can be taken from it, even if your kids are dying of hunger or your pregnant wife needs medicine.. Your driver's license will also be frozen, credit cards as well, your phone number may also be disconnected. It is my hard earned money but because of the laws based on the principles of slavery, your money is not yours if the masters decide to do so.

Nowhere in this world will this happen. Actually most countries want you to deposit your money in their banks and try to give you a sense of security, so you keep the money invested with them.

Anonymous vs Arab Open University
An open university that is running in almost 8 different countries has no easy method of verifying transcripts of international students and makes the students waste time on getting attestations from multiple Ministries, Embassies and Notaries. On top of that the University Venue in Dammam shifted recently to an unknown place with no intimation on their website. The old venue merely mentions of the move on a badly handwritten piece of paper stuck to the main door. "We have moved to Airport Road". Its written in one single language whereas the university provides courses in multiple languages to students who speak different languages. Meanwhile airport road is almost 40 km long and finding the university on the airport road will definitely be a nightmare.

Anonymous vs SAMBA BANK
Whenever you want to send money to someone a business or a person, even inside the same city or within the same banking institution, you have to get the beneficiary approved by making a zillion calls and what not. Yesterday, I had to send money to a travel agent, I created the beneficiary online, and then going thru all the procedures, was asked to call sambaphone.

I called the number I was given and I was taken into the system when I entered my ATM card number. Instead of verifying the card, the auto attendant said, I have to call another number, which was the same number I had called. I have been trying for the last 2 days and No one in the bank has noticed that there system is going in circles...

Anonymous vs Abbas Makkah
This Abbas-Makkah is trying to look holy and sending phishing emails by scaring us that our mailboxes with Microsoft will be closed unless we provide some information by following the link.

  Pakistan ( 14 )

SOSHIM vs NADRA

I applied for the renewal of POC about six months ago via Australian embassy to the NADRA office in Pakistan and paid urgent fee expecting quick processing and delivery. Still awaiting acknowledgment / renewal of POC.

Anonymous vs Bahria Town
Bahria Town boasts of security and high standards. Residents pay high prices for plots of land and for the construction standards imposed by the Bahria inspection teams. The number of thefts and robberies are increasing day by day and the standards of infrastructure are declining. Every day you see a road structure failing because the backfilling done by Bahria was not according to quality standards. Many houses are cracking due to the same reason.

Anonymous vs Phone Snatcher
My father an 85 year old man likes to do his errands on foot. He always carries a small man bag with him which has his spectacles, phone, money and IDs etc. A few days ago, a motor-cycle thief tried to snatch his bag when he was crossing the road and hurt him badly. My father fell on ground, had bruises on his head, back, fractured his collar bone and lay unconscious on the road for I don't know how long when someone called for an ambulance.

Anonymous vs NADRA
Some one at NADRA has self graciously launched the online application system for Identity cards and origin cards etc, which is full of bugs, hangs up again and again and is just another source of frustration in a country full of booby traps. Seems like a good idea in principle; but also works as a good idea for corruption. Sometimes the money is requested at the very start of the application process and the application process never completes due to a website full of bugs. So one loses the money and then the email support form either does not work or even if it sends your request, no one replies.

Anonymous vs Bahria Town
I bought a plot/ piece of land 10 years ago in Bahria Town Phase 3. The plot had a green belt on the north side. I paid a premium price due to the empty space in the north a mountain view in the front. The map published by Bahria, shows the green belt and the possession papers show that the north side is an empty space without any residential construction. In the last few years, Bahria has started selling the planned green spaces to create more residential and commercial properties. Based on the empty space, I got the detailed design made by Bahria, which has now gone to waste, and I will have to create a new design. I approached bahria and no one is willing to take the responsibility for such fraudulent acts. I suppose changing the urban plan/ master plan of the land, after the land has been sold is not only fraud but also an environmental crime. Since Bahria is such a big untouchable, no one can get any justice from these guys.

Anonymous vs Ufone
Once I got call from ufone helpline. After introducing, the agent greeted me very warm congratulations for winning brand new Corolla XLI new model from ufone company. He took all details from me like,  when did I own this sim and my CNIC number, my family members' details and other basics. I gave him all details very pleasingly. Then he further introduced himself. He was actually Senior Staff Assistant of that company. He gave me a lot of exciting news that tomorrow he and his team members will come to my home with my car. I was unbelieveable happy at this. Then he asked me to transfer payment of 30000/- RS into his bank account at first in advance by keeping call on hold. I went to bank and transferred the payment. Though it was not that easy for me but due to excitement of car,  I managed. Then he turned off the call saying that tomorrow his whole team will come to my home. That day passed and nobody came,  the other day had passed too. Then I went to ufone franchise told them all matter. They stunned me saying that it's not their company's scheme. The manager listened to me very friendly and sincerely. He asked the call agents to trace the call and after 3 months they caught that person.

Sidrajavaid vs United Bank Limited Lahore
I had to go to China for my uncle's liver operation. For that purpose I consulted Sky Chain travel agents for visa ane ticket processing. According to  ticket my uncle's and my flight day was on 10 Dec 2014. Other family members could not go due to heavy dues for operation. My uncle's kids were so young, so I was only near to them who could handle all money withdrawing or transferring procedures from banks. Unluckily due to some serious circumstances and my uncle's day by day weakness, Dr. PAN who have had to perform his operation, asked us to come on 15 Nov and it was so soon. I was greatly busy a week before going bank uncle asked me to withdraw 5 Lac from his bank accound in UBL, Lahore. I withdrew money and with all preparations done, we moved to China on 14 Nov. Two weeks later, was my uncle's operation. The Dr. Pan charged 3 Lac extra for some specific reasons regarding operation. My uncle gave that brief case to me,when I opened and counted money it was not total 5 lac there were many notes which were fake and it was total 3 Lac 28 thousand. There was loss of 1 Lac 72 thousand rupees. My uncle was not in condition to take any stress or tension and also could not tell this to any family member in this situation. I managed to call that bank about this issue but they refused to accept this mistake. Then I understood it was serious douge given to us. I arranged money with great trouble, taking borrow from a friend. But unfortunately my unlce did not recover from operation he died and with this extreme loss I forgot everything. After coming back Pakistan and six months after my uncle's death. Now whenever I remember this bank's farud I became a lot of furious and wish for them to be destroyed.

Sidrajavaid vs Mobilink Jazz
A month ago I was away from my home town. Me and my friends made a plan to visit northern areas. When we were in Swat I got call from my class's C.R to make urgent research proposal assigment. I had no money to buy an internet USB for that. A friend suggested to take internet package on Jazz sim. He searched mobilink jazz internet packages on a site. All of us were short of money at that time. So I took 1500 MBs weekly internet package on my sim card. It was more than enough to complete my assignment project. I had only 200/- rupees left in my pocket. The package's charges were mentioned RS. 71.70 on the site. I subscribed for that. But after subscribing I came to know that it was only 500 MBs for internet research and 200 MBs for whatsapp and facebook. It was so exhausting for me and I felt greatly cheated at that incident.

Anonymous vs Rohan
I am a successful and blessed housewife now I am sharing here the most unforgettable and real life incident of my own life here. When I was in Punjab university student of BBA HONS, I made friendship on Face book with an unknown guy named Rohan. I became impressed with him a lot and day by day our friendship grew stronger and it transformed to true love. My mom was only aware of this. One day he proposed me on face book and of course like all girls I said yes without informing anyone. When I told my mom, she talked to my dad about this but he did not agree for this. I tried a lot to convince him, instead of accepting he forced me to marry with his friend’s son. We were totally mad for each other, made a plan of escaping from home on 10-6-2012. As I reached to his address where Rohan asked me to come, I found no one there. I waited a lot but he didn’t come. In a lot of anxiety and depression, when I started moving away a car came from behind Rohan came out, he grabbed my hand and forced me to sit in car which was full of 4 other men. I was struggling to let out my hand and was shrieking loudly so that somebody could help but no one came. They tied my mouth and hands and moved. Sooner we heard a police car’s siren; the car came in front and stopped our car. All of those seated there, tried to run away but they were caught instantly. My cousin was there with police who had seen this, so instead of coming alone he came with police because Rohan and others also have had guns in hands. He rescued me from them and took me to hospital because I was faint and it took 6 months in hospital for psychological and other remedies for rehabilitation. After police investigation we came to know that he was actually Indian guy who was Hindu and they smuggled girls by doing such emotional harassments and emotional blackmailing through love or friendship and destroying their lives. Now after 5 years still, whenever I remember this incident, I repent a lot on myself and cries with pain.

SOSHIM vs DHL
Recently I sent a parcel to Pakistan weighing around 1.5kg. DHL charged me around 463 QR for the service and informed me that there is a possibility of extra charges at destination. (he was unable to tell me the figure) Secondly the parcel got delivered after five days on Wednesday.
To my surprise my family had to pay more than 5500 rupees (equal to 220 QR) to have the personal parcel /gift released.
The current one way ticket from Doha to ISB is 790 QR including all taxes.
It was probably wiser for me to take the 200 QR gift personally to Islamabad and get the bonus of enjoying few days with family.

Anonymous vs Dr Chris Owen
A guy named Dr Chris Owen (sounds respectable) is using a phone number from Pakistan to send plain text messages to phone numbers in Pakistan. He is not sending WhatsApp messages, even though he claims to be distributing gifts on behalf of WhatsApp. He is adding a UK number (+44) to create further confusion or credibility.

Anonymous vs mailer daemon at google mail
This is a phishing email from allegedly Googlemail.com, trying to scare me on my hotmail account that my account will be expired. It says I have asked to deactivate my own account, which I did not.

Anonymous vs ufone Pak Telecom Mobile Limited
I have a ufone mobile number. I used it rarely because I do not live in Pakistan and have it only for the short visits I make a couple of times a year to Pakistan. Only my close friends and family know my ufone number. I do not even use it for WhatsApp. Still I get almost 5-10 spam text messages on daily basis while I am roaming out of Pakistan. The only possible reason is that ufone or some one from ufone is selling consumer phone numbers to advertising companies and benefiting from it.

Anonymous vs Shaheen Air International
We all know Shaheen Air is a budget airline but it does not mean that the airline is allowed to ignore its duty of care towards its customers. The airline allows website purchases which means passengers can buy tickets from anywhere in the world. It also allows web clients to provide international phone numbers and email addresses for providing information. But if a flight is delayed it does not send text messages to phone numbers which are not Pakistani.

Turns out it was not just one flight delayed, the whole schedule was to be changed for the whole summer season. This means the airline knew of this change well in advance (probably even months before), but the airline did not bother to inform its customers neither on the website, nor through email/ phone. Let the people suffer, why should the big guns bother.

  Philippines ( 13 )

Anonymous vs Edward E. William

This is a phishing email from a hacker trying to get your personal info and invade your bank account or paypal account...



Anonymous vs Street fraudster
I was 12 years old and was a basketball fanatic. When Orlando Magic went into the NBA finals and one of the popular names that reverberated was Shaquille O' Neal, I was just in awe. In Filipino, he was just so "astig" or sturdy - a word commonly attributed to a person with a muscular built, macho image and is quite literally, grounded. As the team's center, he can block so well, can screen, can capture good rebounds and he can definitely assist and shoot, too. Everything that I wanted to be as a basketball player was in him.

The street where I lived was a very public street as it is in between two main roads and there is a Jeep line ( a public form of transport) passing through. It is, however, a street, connecting various alleys and inner streets only accessible by foot or by bicycle. My dad, being the smart man that he is, gave me a new mountain bike (priced around Php 2000 then, would have been priced to about Php 5,000 now) as a graduation gift. I've been using the bike for a week now and one mid-day, I happened to be stopped by a man who, out of nowhere, asked me if I'd like a Shaquille O' Neal signed basketball. I felt like I won the lottery then. What were the odds of meeting someone selling such a priceless item? He said he was selling it for Php 500 and I agreed. He, unfortunately, said that he doesn't have it with him, and have to get it first so I said I was willing to wait. He then asked to borrow my bike so he can come back faster and of course, you knew what happened. I agreed and close to say, I gave permission for him to take my bike but it doesn't help with me feeling like a fool and being cheated that way.

randy455 vs Baste
Growing up in Recto (Manila) means being exposed to a lot of underground jobs. I have a best friend, I knew him since I was 10. Things became different after high school I proceeded to a state university but he was forced to work at an early age. We still see each other and this is how I know that even if your job is a forger, I know that you are still a decent person.

A forger is someone who creates legal documents and forges the signature of the authorizing personnel. The forger normally has templates to use and has already made arrangements in terms of the printout, paper, and seals in order to ensure that the document will appear original. I knew that this is illegal but I turned a blind eye and never let this interfere with my friendship with Baste. Baste moves from one store/shop to another. He wasn't the one getting the jobs, he was only the one getting it done.

So when I graduated, I visited him on one of the shops he was working for and I shared my success. I brought my diploma with me and he looked at me knowingly. He said that it wasn't authentic. That was a low blow for me and was quite insulting but he said that he'll check just to make sure. He brought my diploma in and was out in less than a minute. He then said that he takes it back and confirmed that the diploma was authentic.

I found out through the grapevine a few weeks later that the less than one minute that he was away was all it took for him to use the information for forgery templates. It was necessary that templates are updated because of the new signatories and the seals and him being given an original, allowed him a fresh copy.

They say men are supposed to be strong and willful and should not be emotional but knowing that we were friends and he chose to trick me was a final straw. i was hurt emotionally and I lost faith in him and in our friendship.

Belle vs Abbie
Our final exam for our Print Journalism subject in College was to publish a magazine from scratch. There were about 18 students in our class and we needed to come up with both the content and the sponsors in order to get it published. To be fair, therefore, our Editor-in-Chief, Abbie, through a consensus, decided for all the students to contribute a certain amount to cover all the expenses. If it cannot be secured from a sponsor, cash has to be provided. I was the business manager of the magazine and it was my role to budget and ensure that the funds are intact for the publication. It was also my responsibility to contact and pay the publishing company and in this case, even the freelance layout artist we were referred to. I was the signatory to these contracts.

I have been in close communication with Abbie throughout the duration and instructions were clear but some students, however, got a sponsor for their contribution and named the checks payable to Abbie's name. Some sponsors wrote the check to the order of the school's name. I made the necessary arrangement but despite my efforts, these checks have to be deposited into Abbie's account. The magazine does not have its own legal account as it was not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Time flew, however, and publication schedule was moved. Some contracts have lapsed and some business commitments/sponsorships were no longer applicable/honored. Our professor gave us our final grades - based on the progress and all of us graduated that school year. Having finished the school year, some students started to ask for a refund because we were not able to deliver the publication. I gave half of their money to be fair with the contract of obligations. I was still confident that the budget was intact despite that because the money in Abbie's account is going to be sufficient to cover the publication costs.

Abbie, unfortunately, in all the time that I asked her for the funds, assured me that the money was intact but never really got to withdraw them nor remit them to me. I realized later on, that those who asked for a refund were also her friends. I sincerely felt abused and cheated. She did not do her due dilgence as a editor in chief and as a person. She was indifferent to my situation because she did not return any of my follow-ups anymore. And I had to shell out money for this one.
But I had no choice.

My name was on the line with the publication and I couldn't cancel so I paid the costs out of my own pocket. The actual publication wasn't necessary because we have already graduated but knowing that you've done your part and your end of the bargain and that you did not do the same to others is the only consolation I had.

Anonymous vs Katherine Ann DOjoles
I'm keeping my name confidential for personal reasons but am submitting my story so that others can beware. I am also attaching a screenshot of someone else she did her modus on. I felt cheated, used and angry for what has happened. She hurt me emotionally because we started as friends and now, she owes me money.

I met Ann about a year ago at work and I immediately felt connected to her. She is a big girl with a really loud voice and she seemed to be friends with everyone. She seemed to be "in the crowd" but she also seemed to be a "keeper of secrets." I know she talks a lot, that's part of who she was and that's what makes her so bubbly and friendly but I have shared with her sensitive things about me, some even controversial and none of it ever surfaced. I knew I could trust her. She was my friend.

Now, during this time, I was doing side selling in the office to earn a little. What I do is I have a supplier overseas providing me bags, clothes, perfume, jewelry and other items and I offer it to my colleagues to see if they are interested and simply put, do the retail selling. Ann knows this and understands why I have to do it. As a single mom and the head of my nuclear family (parents and siblings), I need to maximize all possible sources of income and I simply need to invest. So when she said that she'd like to help me out, I didn't think twice. It started with one or two items that she'll just sell at the same rate I was - so she was doing it free of charge. After a week, however, her sales pattern was just astounding so I thought it would be fair for me to either divide the profit or better yet, be her supplier.

I earned about 200% of my usual profit in the first month. Sales dwindled by the second month for Ann and that's understandable, I still got profit for the goods that were sold. As a supplier, however, it was essential that I get paid for the items I passed to her (I have to pay my own supplier too!) but due to the nature of our relationship, I told her to pay me when the items are already sold. Ann told me that she'd like to be more aggressive and just sell any item that she could so despite a pending balance, she asked for additional goods. I saw this as a business opportunity because Ann was about to be moved to the morning shift and since there wasn't anyone selling goods in the morning shift, I being on the night shift, would be able to maximize the office market.

Sales improved the following month but Ann was still behind with all the stocks that were not yet paid. We talked about allowing a payout schedule (ie selling the items in advance and getting the payment on payday). She shared to me the buyers of each item with her and when we can expect the payment. All items were accounted for and I trusted Ann.

The fourth and fifth month wasn't any better but since everything was accounted for - and I was able to get to know the people on the list and confirmed that they owe Ann, I did not see an item of concern. Ann told me that the people are simply not adhering to their committed payment schedule causing the delay and I understood that. I also had a similar disposition in the night shift. I, however, had to ask Ann to cover the earlier supplies because it's creating a domino effect. She was quick to cover the remaining supplies from the second month but asked to hold off on the succeeding, at least until she is able to collect.

I wasn't oblivious to the other businesses that Ann was also doing. On top of the goods she's selling from me, I knew that she was also selling sandwiches and was also offering debt services (loan other people money and get 20% interest).
I was confident that she'd be able to cover the rest of the unpaid supplies as well as the uncollected payment as time passes.


I started to hear some word that Ann was in the hole on the sixth month. Word has it that she owes one or two people some money and was also behind her payment. I confronted Ann and she admitted that it was true. She relayed her difficulty in collecting the money and since it's staggered collection - the full payment for all the items that were owed was simply next to impossible.
It was a tough situation to be in. Ann was also a single mom and she can only accommodate so much. I understood her and gave her some slack. I was, however, starting to be concerned, and started to collect directly from the individuals identified on our list.

Some individuals were surprised that I was collecting from them because they did not know I was Ann's supplier. I stopped because I felt like it was improper for me to do so. But time was flying and I wasn't in any better state too.

We're now on our 10th month and Ann owed me about Php 200,000 - stocks and pending payment for purchased goods. All forms of communication with Ann are currently unavailable and/or inactive. I investigated the situation myself and found out that 1) she has already moved 2) she owed a lot of people money and 3) she also had a similar case in her previous call center.

I was so angry with what she did. For me, this is estafa on the grand scale! So I started to escalate her to her superior and unfortunately, I was advised that my business arrangement is personal in nature and the office cannot intervene. I was so pissed off and I felt cheated not only because of what Ann did but because the company I work for - with all its prestigious image and so-called care for employees - apparently cannot help me!

The 10th month is still ongoing and as I become more and more agitated and stressed of the situation, I realized that 1) I cannot press charges because I do not have a business contract 2) I cannot hold the company I work for liable because there was an office policy against selling without a license/approval 3) I have to charge this to experience and likely absorb the costs. I will not stop, however, in warning off others as regards the modus.

Anonymous vs 911 Personnell
911 Personnel smoking in public place outside 911 headquarters. This is embarrassing violation since the city strictly implementing the anti smoking and yet the local government who implement the anti smoking is the one who's violating in front of the headquarters.

Amy vs Ms Irene
I'm 18 years old and I'm excited with a lot of things happening in my life. I still live with my parents, it's common here in the Philippines and I'm currently studying in college. In a digital age, having access to the internet and being familiar with news and potential modus, I never imagined I will be one of those people who'd be writing their experience on websites like this. I was quite hesitant at first, you'll see why later on, but I think it simply has to be out there. If I had known this beforehand, I am sure I would have been able to prevent it from happening and here I am.

Classes are about to close and I was quite busy finalizing last few items at school. Nobody's home but me and the helper. The landline rang and I answered and a frantic voice said, "Who's this?" "Amy," I replied. "May I know who's this?" The person did not answer, however, and said, "Listen, Amy... who's there with you right now?" she asked. "Our helper, Mary," I said. "Who is this, please? I repeated. "Look, Amy, this is very important. How old is Mary, again?" she said in a rushing tone. I replied, "57 years old." "Okay, Amy, I need you to get a place to talk where she cannot hear you. Is there anywhere you can talk without her overhearing? Do you have a cellphone?" she said. "Yes, I do. What is this about?" I inquired, getting worried. "Amy," she said, "You do not want Mary involved in this, I'm sure you don't want her to be part of this. This is about your parents. Can you call me directly when she's not around?"

I said I will call her, and she gave me a cell phone number. After putting down the receiver (landline), I immediately went to lock myself in the bedroom and called her on my cell. I don't even know her name but my heart was beating so fast. She said it was about my parents. I heard Mary knocking on the door, asking me what's wrong but she was not supposed to be involved so I rudely shouted between the doors, "You don't get a say on what's happening with me! Leave me alone!" All these happened while I was waiting for the woman to pick up on the cell number and when I was sure and I thought that by this time, Mary has already left, the conversation started again. "Amy," the woman said in a reserved serious tone of voice. "My name is Irene and I am talking to you because my husband is against this proposition and will not tolerate what I'm going to ask you but I want to help. Your parents collided with our car and we met minor injuries. I was hurt and my husband was outraged and is pressing charges. All of us are now inside the precinct and the officers are taking our statement. Your parents are now being detained inside a cell and will be held there unless you cover damages that we have incurred. Your parents said that you have money and they have valuable items at home that you can use, is this true?" I was so scared and was fighting off tears but knowing that my parents were in jeopardy, I held my ground. I said, "Yes." "Your mother said, that you have a sibling, is this true?" the woman asked, and I said, "Yes." "I am telling you, she continued, I am not kidding. My husband is pressing charges and you do not want Mary nor your sibling to be involved, in all this. Do you want to talk to your mom?" she asked. I said, "Yes."

A muffled voice came on the line, I couldn't understand much of anything that was being said but I heard a whimper and I heard a little voice that said "Amy..." then some sounds. My mom was crying and my heart started to break, but I had to be strong. "Mom, don't cry. Don't worry, we'll get through this... I'm coming." Then she was gone and the woman was there again. "Amy, this is time-sensitive. I do not know how long I can keep my husband from proceeding with the case. I don't want any other people in your family to be involved. I want to help you. I need you to follow my instructions, can you do that?" I said, "yes." "Amy, first you need to be fast and quick in getting what your parents said as valuable to cover the damages. Get as much as you could, otherwise, your parents will go to jail. Understand?" I gave a verbal nod. "Second, you need to limit your contact with others, you do not want them to be involved. My husband can only be reasoned accordingly. Nobody should know. Do you understand." I gave another verbal nod. "Last, but not least, you will need to buy a different sim and call me from another number. Call me again when you're ready. I will need to give you directions on how we can meet so that my husband does not realize that I'm already accepting the payment for the damages and that I"m okay."

I followed what she said to the suit and immediately left with Mary calling out where I was going. I told her "to meet a friend at a nearby street." I removed my sim card and inserted the new one and called Irene. "Amy, I need you to hail a cab right now. Don't worry, you're doing this for your parents. I will help you." While inside the cab, Irene asked for me to pass the phone to the driver so she can give instructions and I complied. The driver had my phone talking to Irene the entire time, but probably seeing that I was so agitated, helped me be comfortable by telling me what Irene was saying regarding the place where we were going and the streets we were in.

The driver brought me to the 7-Eleven near the Manila Pier. This is where I delivered a small bag with my parents' jewelry and some cash I was able to earn over the school year. I asked Irene how my parents were doing and she said they're okay and were waiting for my action. She said that she was able to talk reason to her husband and he has put a halt on the case. She will just need to go back and bring what I promised and all will be fine. She asked me if I still have money left on me and I said everything was in the bag and she said, that will not do. You need to have a few to take the cab. She fished through the bag and gave me Php200. She said she needed to go back now, she doesn't want her husband to think that something has gone wrong and with that I said, thank you and we parted ways. I was relieved and I hailed a cab to go back home. Now, secured and no longer rushed, I removed the new sim card and inserted my old one and I saw multiple offline messages sent to me, asking me where I was and what happened with me. Mary, apparently, felt that something has terribly gone wrong and has been looking for me in the 5 hours I was gone. My phone being unreachable did not help her feel secure so she has contacted all my relatives to find anything that may be helpful. This was only the time that I started to doubt myself. I called my brother and told him I was on my way home, he was more frantic than Irene over the phone but hearing that I was en route, he said we'll just talk at home. I went back to everything that has happened while on the way. In my simple understanding of things - I really felt that I did the right thing. I did not provide a lot of information, I asked for proof of life, I was compliant. My parents should be fine.

When I arrived home, my dad, my brother, and Mary were waiting for me at the living room, as if a panel, who was going to interrogate me. The looks in their eyes were full of worry, concern, and judgment. Seeing my dad there was a big relief for me but my doubts started to tower. They asked me what happened and I started to tell them the story and little by little, I began to feel how I was cheated into doing what I did. It was only then I realized that my mom and dad couldn't possibly be together during that time of the accident because my mom was in the province and my dad was at work. It was also then that I started to cry.

What happened to me was so clear, Irene's face, what was said but I really couldn't do anything about the situation. For a while now, I did not want to share what happened. I felt really stupid for having fallen for it. But there's no changing the past. My mom has lost about Php180,000 worth of jewelry, my dad about Php 60,000 from his watch and ring and I lost about Php 8,000 cash.

I believed the fictitious story on the accident and paid for inexistent damages and accepted fraudulent representation. I also think I became ignorant of the modus and was not thinking straight.

I'm thankful that I wasn't killed in the process. I trusted a complete stranger, met with her at an unknown place - even if 7eleven was a public place, anything could have happened. I however, still feel cheated.

MitchMorales vs PLDT
One morning a Sales representative calls me randomly. She congratulates me for paying on time since I did pay before the due date to avoid conflict on the billings. After congratulating me, she mentioned that I'll be granted with prices for paying on time. as a customer, you'll be happy to hear that News. when she asked me if I LIKE to have the following add ons. (Pocket Wifi, Telepad and others). I say Yes. but at the end of the call, I clearly clarified that it is all for FREE, I don't have to PAY anything. She said YES. Thus I thought, everything is ok. then suddenly when they delivered the add ons and see the package condition, I saw this contract that I have to pay additional amount monthly and other fees will be added on the next billing, I immediately went back to PLDT to raise my concern. I followed the procedure on cancelling the subscription, i wrote a formal letter noting all my reasons. after 2 months, surprisingly then REJECT MY REQUEST which brings the SHIT OUT OF ME. I even FUCKING clarified it at the end of the call and HOW DOES the MANAGEMENT have to reject my request when I DIDN'T EVEN SIGNED any CONTRACT!!! IN THE FIRST PLACE..I am the CUSTOMER and I KNOW WHAT EXACTLY what I want. how can the MANAGEMENT REJECTS it when I AM THE CUSTOMER and I CANT TO CANCEL it immediately citing the reason of MISREPRESENTATION. So fucking DUMB to put me into this situation!!!

Anonymous vs Sky Cable service provider
I subscribe to Skycable 299 with basic channels to enjoy the shows. When they represented me with different packages, I am quickly sold in availing the 299 package particularly because NBA premium and Basketball TV channels. I am a big fan of NBA and I tuned in everyday for NBA games, updates and analysis. It was on the month of April when the NBA playoffs is about to start. Suddenly Basketball TV and other channels gone Unavailable in the middle of subscription in the middle of the month of April.
I quickly went to the nearest office to inquire what happened and how will they redeem the customers. This is the statement from Skycable:
SKYCABLE has given no timetable on the return of Basketball TV and NBA Premium to its channel lineup, but assured it is “working on a resolution” with NBA rights-holder Solar Entertainment with the league's playoffs drawing near.
I am expecting it will only take few days to fix and the said channels will be back just in time for Playoffs.
What happened is until then, Basketball TV did not aired back. I went to the nearest office to complain. I was expecting then will redeem the incident like some sort of refund or additional channels. but instead, then simply say "SORRY" and nothing more. I ask them, "This is the fault of the Company right", the representative says "YES" and so I added "so what the customer gets is just SORRY, no refunds, no consolations, no adjustment of the billing?" they say "NO, just Sorry".
If you look closely, you are subscribing according to the channels they represented but they failed to deliver. I think it is unfair and Breach of Contract. They don't return the money and they didn't do anything either to make the customer satisfied/happy. instead, it sounds more of stealing.

ALICE vs Michelle
I went to this website and so, while I was going through the content, something popped up. It was a mini roulette and I was intrigued because it said that when you spin the roulette, you will win a prize. I know what i did was stupid because I spun the roulette, after I spun the roulette, I entered my email address because it was said that you have to enter your email address after you have spun the roulette. After that, I realized it was a scam because the source didn't respond and the website was not secure.That made me strengthen the privacy of my email address.

ALICE vs Maniac Driver
Have you been in a situation in which you went to place with only a cab and a private owned vehicle are the only means of transportation? What about booking a taxi so that you wont be having a hard time getting a ride home? I m about to share something, a horrible experience from a maniac and harassing cab driver. I rode this cab from a mall to my house, I thought it was a fine ride. What angered me is that this driver charged me a huge amount and he also harassed me by saying malicious words.

ALICE vs Ryan
There was this random person who texted me " hi (my nickname), i miss you . Please call me." What I did was, I texted this person back and asked him who he/she was, but then there was no response. So I went to http://www.emobiletracker.com/free-trace-philippines.html , some of those websites had stupid contents which were not that helpful. However, I found this one legit website and that was when I was able to know the name of the random texter.I was creeped out because I didn't even know this person but how come he knows me. After that incident, I have kept my number more private.

Anonymous vs Lanilyn Abaya
I had to take lunch an hour early one day to cover for my sick boss that night. One of us had to be there at all times.I opened the front door and there they were on the couch, clothes scattered on the floor, scurrying to cover up. It's burned into my head. At that point it gets blurry though. I froze for a second. I started seeing red and knew that if I didn't get out of there something bad would happen, so I left. I got in my car,locked the door, turned off my cell phone and started driving. I went back to work and pretended nothing happened.She tried to call me, I always said I was on another line and would call back when I could. She showed up about two hours before I got off and I had them tell her I was with a customer. She went back home eventually but I didn't. I slept in my car that night. I drove out on the local scenic parkway, parked at an overlook, and just sat on the hood of my car devastated. I didn't move the entire night. I couldn't sleep. When I went home, it was only because I had to work the next day. She asked if we could have an open relationship; I said no; she kept cheating; we divorced

  Canada ( 11 )

sohi vs Bank of Montreal

Most Canadian banks do not allow international online money transfers, even if they do, they do not exceed a few hundred dollars. Instead of using illegal money transfer arrangements, I have a signed a verbal/ message agreement with the bank that if I send them a signed fax with the required details, they will transfer the money to any overseas account on my behalf. Its a signed and enforceable contract. The problem is every time I send the fax, I have to wait for months to get the money transferred because the verbal/message agreement was found missing from the banks files. I have to send my copy to the bank every time. I do not understand how can a bank not keep signed documents safe and lose them conveniently. To me it seems that banks or bank employees do it just to keep the money in a buffer and take personal advantage from it.

Anonymous vs Internic.ca
I am hosting a website with internic.ca for the last 10 years. Lats year my credit card expired and the renewal of my domain with internic.ca became a nightmare to the point that I had to register a new domain name with godaddy. Internic.ca uses a one dollar transaction to check if the user is for real. Banks dont like such stupid transactions and block credit cards. And so my credit card was blocked, because internic.ca kept attempting the one dollar verification. Instead of streamlining their processes, internic.ca kept asking me to contact my bank to accept the strange procedure. Not only my credit card got blocked, illegal transactions happened worth 3000 dollars just in those two days I was trying to pay to internic.ca. It seems internic.ca has people in their offices selling credit card numbers to culprits.

Anonymous vs AirMiles
Airmiles has started a shady game, where customers' miles will start to expire soon, which was not the case before. Now customers are forced to spend their miles as they might expire suddenly (with effect from a back date/ date of purchase in the past) and the rewards on sale are really over-priced so that customers have no choice but to lose their miles. Also sometimes the low price rewards are hdden from the customers with lesser miles, so that they lose their miles with no choice available.

Just like all other big guns, deep pockets, and untouchables in this world, Airmiles is acting as if Airmiles has done a favor to the customers by giving them airmiles. Airmiles should think otherwise. Customers have done a favor to the Airmiles and certain brands/ manufacturers/ vendors/ companies by choosing them over others while making purchases. Customer could have used other loyalty based offers like cash backs and store rewards etc.

Anonymous vs Bell Canada
Bell Canada or (www.bell.ca) is a major telephone service provider in Canada.
"webmail.bell.net" is an internet based email service provided by Bell Canada to its subscribers.

The spammer is using an email address from the webmail from bell Canada (i.e bellcatoba20@bell.net) and posing to be an employee of Bell Canada offering a refund.

The spam/ phishing email received is as follows;

When your last payment of your bill, your credit card was charged twice for the settlement of your account (198.15 CAD$), to overcome this problem with our system we ask you to please follow the link below to restitution the amount debited accidentally.
Complete your refund
This message is generated automatically, do not reply to the sender Thank you for your trust.
Sincerely, we are sorry for this error..
© Bell Canada, 2016. All rights reserved.

In the above email a link is provided to process the refund and when you click, God knows what happens. Your hard drive is taken over, or wiped or something like that.

Isnt it Bell Canada's responsibility to monitor who is using their services/ name/ webmail to impersonate as Bell Canada and hurting innocent people.



Anonymous vs Paypal
Recently I made a payment to one of my clients but I happened to type the details wrong concerning the Paypal account for the specific client. Hence, the transaction was marked Cancelled on my PayPal Account. I realized this and repeated the transaction to the correct Paypal account of my client.

To my surprise, both transactions went through, the canceled payment as well as the actual payment the same day!
This resulted in a double payment to my account hence causing an overdraft to my credit card.

I contacted PayPal and they assured me that the canceled amount would be later credited to my account but it would take a couple of days.
Unlike most modern online payment systems, PayPal does not have edits on their system to flag an error for inaccurate transactions. In addition, they refuse to accept any financial responsibility.

Anonymous vs Paypal
I am never using Paypal again. They market their company by saying that "we got you covered", users beware, this is a bold lie! I personally learnt that I was not covered. I bought an item on eBay, checked out the payment with PayPal. However, I received a defective product and when I requested PayPal to kindly issue me with a refund, they refused.

The item return time was still valid, however, in their claims to deny the refund, Paypal insisted on providing all sorts of excuses in order to protect their profits.

Anonymous vs facebook
While surfing on Facebook, a friend of yours messages you and after exchanging pleasantries, about health, family, work, etc, they bring up a topic about new and easy ways of making money. The offers seem real and tempting where you learn that you might get even up to $50,000.00, in the first attempt. You are eager to learn and you keep chatting with them until they are able to persuade you to click a link that will scam you out of your earnings!
Surprising, you might know that the person you have been chatting with is not your friend but a scammer who has copied your friend's Facebook page to look real. They have also been able to copy the list of friends to try and get money out of all of you.

Anonymous vs Interac
I used to have a credit card from Scotiabank about 10 years ago. So an email like this was surprising. The email is coming from the cash machines provider/ interac.ca and the content of the email is nothing but spam and phishing attempts.

Anonymous vs Ian Christopher McMullen
This spammer seems to show a lot of patience and that he/she has a lot of time on their hands. The email exposes two email addresses. shb1@mta.ca which is coming from Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, Canada. The other email address is icmcmullen@mta.ca, which is also from the same University but from a student/ alumnai, who looks like this...

http://www.mta.ca/Alumni/Coming_back/Reunion/CFA_Monologue/Charles_F__Allison_Monologue%281%29/

Anonymous vs Microsoft
I have often had issues right after Microsoft installs an update to my PC. The March 2018 update locked me out by killing my mouse and keyboard so I could not log in. I spent around $140 at Fry's to have my PC files backed up and everything wiped. We all thought I had been attacked by a virus. After spending days trying to get into my PC myself, and days waiting for Fry's to restore my PC, I had to reinstall all of my programs. I spent almost 2 hours on hold with Viper support only to find out that they were inundated with calls from others having the same issues after to Windows update.

They re-sent my software and explained what happened with this:"We have researched this issue internally and have found this to NOT be a VIPER related issue. We contacted Microsoft directly and Microsoft has confirmed KB4074588 has known issues where some USB devices stop working. We recommend contacting Microsoft directly for any issues related to your USB Keyboard and Mouse no longer working. Their contact information can be found at ** or by calling 1-800-642-7676".

After trying to get answers and compensation over the phone, I had to drive to the Microsoft store and talk to a manager. He said they were aware of the issue that was happening "on older PC's". I showed him proof of my repair bills, and the receipts that showed my PC was only 9 months old. I am a senior living on Social Security with limited income and thought they might at least pay me out of pocket expenses. The manager came back with $100 in Microsoft gift certificates and said he would escalate my issue to corporate but could promise nothing. After getting home, I looked at what was available at the MS store. Nothing there was of interest to me. Follow-up calls just led to more frustration. I was given lip service and promises of return calls that never came. As big as this company is, you would think they could afford to at least cover the damages they caused.

Anonymous vs Captain Cooks Casino
Every area on the email links to a website for phishing

  Kenya ( 11 )

Steve vs AAR Medical Care Center

AAR is one of the most famous and well equipped medical centers in Kenya. It is designed to cater for prenatal cases, outpatient cases and pediatrics as well. Since I realized that my wife was expecta a ant, I took her to AAR outpatient care at Nairobi CBD and we have employed their service to date. A month ago my son developed complications and as usual took him to see the usual pediatrician but this time things turned for the worst.
Lab technicians refused to extract some blood for a specified test by the doctor and for two hours, we waited for results tests that were nit being performed. On complaining to the doctor, they claimed that they did not know why what was happening. Later, we were prescribed some drugs and wile running the medical insurance card, realized that I was being charged for tests and drugs not provided.
I complained once more and requested for clarity on what was happening as it seemed I was being mishandled, ignored, and assumed yet my son needed proper medical attention

Steve vs Sales Person from Supposed Smartphone Communications Kenya
I was stopped by a salesperson who claimed that there was a 'Safaricom' promotion along Moi Avenue new Ebrahim Supermarket.If I took part, I was to win a phone and a laptop. I accepted and scratched a card from which I was informed that I won 3 phones, I was then asked to pay KShs. 5000 to claim the price, I was reluctant but then again the salesperson convinced me that the phones were worth over KShs. 15000 from the official Safaricom shops. On paying, I only got one phone, and was to pay KShs. 10000 to exchange the other two phone for laptop. To my surprise, after making the second payment, I could not get the laptop then, but after two days. However, on the second day, none of their contact details worked and they were no longer where they had set up at the time of purchase. I checked to confirm the value of the supposed promotion phones with Safaricom and they confirmed that those were rejects worth less than Kshs 500 each.

Mila vs Mr Adhama
paid a deposit of $200 to secure a ticket to lagos through travlekenya. mr adhama assisted me. soon as payment went through, no word from him again and website disappeared too.

Anonymous vs Paypal KE
Paypal is an ultimate payment solution for numerous marketers and online freelancers working online across the globe. But it is not supported in all countries worldwide. However, whether you are using Paypal in a country where it is fully supported or not, the chances of having your account limited or closed for whatever reason is very high, hence, if it has not yet happened, it will happen in the future. This causes issues withdrawing these finds from Paypal.

When I contacted Paypal to inquire about the limiting of my account, I was informed that there are a number of reasons as to why the account could have been limited, but the common reason is suspicion of fraud or security matters. I had already verified the account with Paypal and all details were up to date.
However, I could not withdraw money, shop online, edit personal information, send money, cancel or close the account.
On launching complaints to Paypal, I kept on receiving the automated emails and informed that I can only access the money after 180 days.

Anonymous vs Getrudes Children Hospital
A few months ago my 3-month daughter fell ill and I took her to Gertrude's Children Hospital in Muthaiga. We arrived there at 1.30 pm but by 5 pm we had not been attended. Finally a very young doctor saw our daughter and within 10 minutes they suggested that the baby might have meningitis and we could only check into the hospital for three to five days for an in-patient procedure input that includes a lumbar puncture/spinal tap. This sounded drastic and so, my husband and I asked about doing a blood test as an alternative, but she insisted we had to do the lumbar puncture - nothing less and she made us sign up a form rejecting her advice. The charges were kes.8,500 general ward a day and a deposit of kes.70,000. Private room with sharing toilet and bathroom kes.12,000 or 15,000 a day with a kes.100,000 deposit. Private room with your own toilet and bathroom kes.21,000 a day with a deposit of kes. 20,000. The doctor's fee per visit would be 5,000 kes.
For a second opinion, we went to Aga Khan Hospital and the doctor did not mention meningitis but said that the baby had low blood sugar and that she would be fine in 24 hours.

Steve vs Dr Evans Kumari
A month ago I took my son who is a year and five months old to see a skin specialist as suggested by his pediatrician. He was suspected of having Molluscum contagiosum and we waited for 30 minutes for the doctor, Evans Kamuri, to see us at his private office at Doctor's plaza in Kenyatta National Hospital.
We finally got our chance to see them and they did not even waste five minutes, examining my son's condition (the warts are located around the diaper area). They quickly said we needed to admit my son at Nairobi West Hospital so that, the doctor could undertake a surgical procedure to remove the warts one-by-one. To undertake this, they said my son had to be under anesthesia. This seemed drastic and a little too much considering at the time the doctor was telling us what to do, they were chatting on the phone with another person waiting for them (I sneaked a look at his messages).
This process did not seat well with me and so, I decided to seek a second opinion and two weeks down the line, I met another dermatologist who prescribed a creamy drug to use for a month before finally deciding on performing any surgical procedure.
What's shocking is that a doctor will care less about the actual condition of a patient before they go ahead and prescribed a very invasive, complicated and expensive procedure for treatment.

Steve vs Kenyan Government
Kenya has been hit by severe drought for months now and this has resulted in scarcity of maize, the stable food. As a result, the price of this necessary commodity has almost doubled in less than 2 months thus raising the cost of living especially in the rural areas. A few weeks ago the government announced the importation of mexican maize that would lower the price of maize flour to kes.90 from kes.150. The move was welcomed but to the shock of many kenyans, the maize flour never reached most people, especially those living in the rural areas. The price has however increased to kes.160 and it is likely to raise.
No more communication has been released by the government on the matter.

Steve vs Alias Major Benson
Last night I received a text message and it seemed like the sender had mistakenly forwarded this information to my phone instead of their 'sister's' number. The message was informing the supposed sister that there are job replacements within the Kenya Defense Force and she needed to send details of her son, Ken and any other two young people who have attained a grade of D+ in their Secondary education studies. I called to inform 'Major Benson' that they had forwarded this to the wrong person and they were grateful but told me, I could get the posts if I had someone interested in becoming a KDF officer. However, in order to make it happen, I had to pay him Kes.100,000 in less than 3 days and send the details of my relative to them.
This seemed like a trick and I contacted by partner to inform him the 'luck' we had. One of my brother's in law desperately needs a job and this would be like hitting the jackpot if they had a 'Godfather' to help them directly secure the job.

To my surprise, my partner's colleague at work had received the same message earlier that day and it was proven to be a case of misrepresentation, spamming and attempted fraud.

Steve vs John Mune and Lucy Nganga
A year ago, my sister saw a poster by John Mune advertising a part-time job opportunity and all they needed was to get in touch and be able to attend the meeting to learn about this golden chance. She took the number and called him, then, she was given directions to a certain location where they meet every Friday at 3pm for weekly meetings. John had insisted that there was no money needed for anything.
At the meeting, my sister learnt that the job was selling GNLD products and it seemed promising. However, they had to pay kes.3500 registration fee and look for additional kes.5000 in order to start selling the products.
On asking John Mune why he had lied that there is no money needed to start, he defended himself saying, he did not say one has to start right away. However, they can earn money by referring people to the group and letting those individuals get recruited as salespersons.
Lucy Nganga was quick to offer her solutions such as contacting all individuals in her phone-book to lend her kes.10/- each so that she raises the much needed kes.8500.

Anonymous vs Public Likes
Have you been online lately? Facebook mostly I mean? There are numerous business ideas being advertised and more so, the people falling victims are the youths looking to venture into simple and easy activities of making quick money. Some of them include Social Biz Connect and the most recent one, is Public Likes. The basic idea is recruiting individuals, getting them to join, upgrade their accounts by depositing $45 or more, and refer their friends in order to increase their earnings. while the starter account is free, it is limited to the extend that your earnings are pretty low. In addition, you cannot make any money off your referrals.

The catch is for an individual to upgrade after joining and for this, they have to pay the company to upgrade. There are some surprising facts arising from this enterprise that have raise an alarm on any one who has been scammed or has seen their friends get scammed. For instance, the site is not secure yet individuals are providing personal bank details, phone contacts and Facebook information. In addition, the administrators are declining to provide responses to the kind of work they pay individuals for while working on their website.

Scam or Real business venture, we only need to wait and see how it goes once the number of individuals upgrading their accounts and working with the company reduces.

Anonymous vs Kambongosi Furnitures
A few weeks ago I came across an advert on Facebook whereby, Kambongosi Furnitures was selling quality Classy covers for 5 Seater sofaset. Their products could be custom-made and I looked forward to purchasing some and after chating with them, I placed an order and paid the deposit. Everything looked in order and there was no cause for alarm. The rest of the payment was to be paid on delivery, after two weeks. We remained in touch but after two weeks, the communication went cold. Three weeks later, nothing and they stopped picking calls.

  United Kingdom ( 9 )

Anonymous vs LORD ADAIR TURNER

An advance-fee scam is a type of fraud and one of the most common types of confidence trick. The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster requires in order to obtain the large sum. If a victim makes the payment, the fraudster either invents a series of further fees for the victim, or simply disappears. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance-fee_scam)

Anonymous vs Neil Trotter
I got this email from WillisJ@binghamtonschools.org saying that;

My name is Neil Trotter the current winner of 108 million Pounds on the Euro million Jackpot Draw for 2014, and i bring to you perfect good news for such a perfect timing as this. I know this is surprising for you to have received this at this stage But because of my last year unexpected blessings am excited so i am willing to donate 2,000,000(Two Million Great Britain Pounds) to you and as part of my effort to alleviate poverty and care for the less privileged around the world have decided to donate to just 5 people around the globe which you are a part of. so do get back me quickly via my personal email at (neiltrotterm@hsbcbgrp.com <mailto:neiltrotterm@hsbcbgrp.com>

Do Provide the following information below when contacting me

Name:

Address:

Country of Residence:

Mobile Number:

Age:



Perfect Regards.

Neil Trotter.

Anonymous1234 vs IQ option
IQ option is a binary options website which allows people to "speculate" if the stock price of a company, a currency will go up or down. If you guess it right, you will receive a payment of up to 91%. Seems fair right? Well, it isn't. In fact, it's absolutely fraudulent. It tries to convince you that it is possible to consistently win, as long as you analyze the stock price carefully, which is impossible. No one can accurately speculate whether the stock price will go up within the next couple of minutes, hours or even days. In order to give you the impression that is is possible, they provide you with "analytical instruments", such as the Bollinger bands or charts. None of those instruments help you in predicting the stock price.

Buba vs Florin Pavelescu
A few years ago I received a mail saying that I was the winner of the green card. I was very excited, but when I continued to read the rest of the mail it sounded fishy, it was written that I had to pay a certain amount of money to start the proceedings ($879). That was suspicious, so I contacted people who really got a green card and it turned out that this is another of the many scams on the Internet.

Anonymous vs PayPal
Paypal took £600+ from our business bank account when i proved to them the customer had indeed recieved their goods, they told me to take the customer to court for the money!

Luckily 6 months later i finally go it, I'll never trust PayPal again and apparently, they can do that without your knowledge because you agreed to their T&C's when you signed up.

That one thin a UK bank or merchant account can't-do without your permission.

I find it hard to listen to people who say PayPal is the best, is there a doctor in the house??

Anonymous vs Mark Harries
This is a Scam Email received from a guy named Mark Harries, he is hiding behind a fake email (fgghhfdd@aol.com) to send the spam; but the email header shows the reply address to be as facebookteam23@gmx.co.uk.

Obviously the guy does not speak English very well and doe snot know that there is no such word as Congratulation. Its always Congratulations...:)

Anonymous vs Sony
4 months ago we bought a 55 inch Sony from [Best Buy] with one year warranty, after few days we started to notice two white spots, after once in while the white spots became longer until we have a half picture, we called Best Buy, people advised us to contact Sony, and we did so. A female voice responded, she asked us to do few things with the original remote control, nothing happened. Then she told us the TV is defective, they will replace it, just wait for an e-mail & follow the instructions. We received the e-mail and what they asked us to do... To take 3 photos, 1st photo the TV showing its four corners, 2nd photo the serial number on the back of the TV which was hold on the wall by a bracket, it was very difficult to take the number, 3rd photo of the receipt, attaching them to an e-mail and to wait 4 working days, we did but we didn't hear from them!

We kept sending emails and make phone calls... Until one day a rude mean person called, accusing us that we broke the screen, I asked him, "Please let me talk another person." He refused, then I asked, "Can I talk to a supervisor," he refused too and he hanged up, letting me confused what I did wrong? Sony used to be my favorite brand, now it is the worst company on earth.

fcadmin vs Roger Stellard Kristinushok Girl Kristina
There are several ways to block junk mails in your account, I will now go ahead and provide you options on how to block those,



A. Placing the sender on your block senders list.



1. Sign in to your Outlook account

2. Click the gear icon on the upper right hand corner of the page.

3. Click on More mail settings

4. Under Preventing junk email click on safe and blocked senders

5. Click on block senders

6. Type the email address on the left part of the page once done click add to list.





B. Placing a message rule on your account to sort new messages.



1. Sign in to your Outlook account.

2. In the upper-right corner of the page, click on the Gear Icon.

3. Click More mail settings.

4. Under Customizing Hotmail, click Rules for sorting new messages

5. Create a rule on where you can sort out those junk mails, For example type the most common word found on the subject line of those junk mails.

6. Click Add.





C. Setting your account into Exclusive

(only messages from your contacts and safe sender’s lists will be allowed to go to your Inbox)





1. Sign in your Outlook account.

2. In the upper-right corner of the page, click the Gear icon, and then click More options.

3. Under Preventing junk email, click Filters and reporting.

4. Under Filters and reporting, select the options Exclusive, and then click Save.

Anonymous vs Alto
Wrong spelling of Congrats...

And soon you will be asked to enter your personal details and credit card info...

  South Africa ( 8 )

Mila vs Patricia Govender

After spending 11 years abroad, we decided to return to South Africa permanently. We hunted houses for rent online through web searches and also posts on social media. A woman called Patricia Govender messaged my husband on Facebook to introduce herself, saying that she was a rental agent who got our details from a mutual friend. She had several beautiful houses for rent in the Southern Peninsula, Cape Town, and they were well priced too. We were impressed with her service; she would send us photos of the houses and their surrounds, and kept in touch daily, taking interest in our family. She said she chose to take special care of us because of our mutual friend. We thought we had gotten really lucky.

We chose a house in Fish Hoek that seemed like a bargain; 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, double garage and a fenced garden for R8000 p/m. The deposit was two months' rent, and an 'administration fee' of R1500, which we felt we'd gladly give. My husband was a bit alarmed that we had to make the payment into what seemed like a private bank account but 'Patricia' found a way to assure him. We paid R17 500 into the account, and never heard from her again. I emailed and we tried to call numerous times, but the email address stopped working, and of course the phone number didn't exist. Our 'mutual' friend later denied knowing any such person.

Mila vs Pizzahut
Pizzahut has always been a favorite for Saturday suppers. We went to Highveld Pizza Hut restaurant and put in a large order for the family for a sit-down meal. The pizzas arrived, some cold, and with less cheese than usual. In addition, I found a hair in my pizza. My husband called the waiter, who called the manager Paul. Paul was uncooperative and rude from the word go. He insisted that the pizzas were the right temperature, and that my children were being difficult. He also insinuated that I had put the hair in the pizza which shocked me and hurt my feelings. This meal was a big disappointment for us as a family, we loved going to the restaurant, but we will not do so again.

The next day I called the franchise headquarters to lodge a complaint. We were given vouchers for free meals at a Pizza Hut of our choice.

Mila vs Mercury Insurance
I insured my car with Mercury Insurance when I bought it in 2012. Early in 2013, I was caught in a hail storm and my car sustained damage. I contacted the insurance, and at first they were helpful and diligent. I was sent a claim form which I duly filled out. The assessor was supposed to contact me to asses the damage. Trouble started here. I contacted the insurance office numerous times over months, and I was given multiple excuses, or my calls were put on hold. I even battled to get a schedule out of them. They also got unfriendly and off-putting. Eventually I just gave up and cancelled my assurance with them.

I reported them to the Ombudsman, but have not received any feedback.

Anonymous vs Hammond Pole Attorneys and FNB
A year ago I had problems meeting my repayment obligations towards FNB, as I had lost my job.
Spoke with the branch manager and we made an arrangement.
Despite this, my account was still handed over to Hammond Pole Attorneys, who started calling me once a day.
I explained their mistake to them via telephone and got an email address to which I was asked to send a written explanation.
The email address was incorrect and the email bounced. It took almost a year before they stopped contacting me, long after the issue was solved with FNB.
They say on their homepage they're serious about service. Serious about crap service yes.

Anonymous vs PayPal
I was recently informed by a client that money was sent to me via my Paypal account. However, I have not used my account for approximately 18 months, and had lost my password. The email and cellphone number associated with my account are also no longer in use. I had no way of logging into my account.

I browsed the PayPal website extensively to find a way to make contact with someone at Paypal in order to rectify this issue. NO email address is supplied to contact their help desk unless you're logged in. Which I couldn't do. A phone number is supplied which I was instructed to use to 'call as a guest'. The number doesn't work. There is NO WAY for me, an existing client, to log into the Paypal website, and NO WAY to contact anybody at PayPal in order to solve this issue. On the blogs, I could see that I'm not the only person with this type of problem.

The following is what PayPal claims on the landing page of their site: "We've got you covered. We can reimburse you if something’s not right.
Shop with peace of mind..." This, to me, is gross marketing lies of the service they offer - they clearly don't care about their clients. Period.

Anonymous vs CIty of Cape Town
Numerous emails, waiting for weeks to get my car registered, and then I receive an email at close of business that instructs me to pay a large sum of money on the same day. See the attached file *rollseyes*

It was impossible for me to make the payment that day and was almost fined as a consequence.

Anonymous vs Co parenting South Africa
I approached Co-parenting for assistance with an ongoing custody battle, and was asked to pay Co-parenting R5000 up-front, which I did. The case was complicated, but that's why I looked for advice and representation. The manager, Christof Sharp, appeared reassuring and knowledgeable, and he may be so for others, but to me he was just a smooth-talking, greedy crook. He made a few phone calls on my behalf, but that's it - very little of what was promised to me during the initial interview actually transpired. I managed, with the help of other professionals, to gain legal custody of my child. Fortunately my drama is over, but this man and his company cannot be trusted.

Anonymous vs Joan Clos and George Laffor
In this scam/ spam email United Nations, US Homeland security, U.N International Financial Investigation Unit and the Association of Better Business Bureau have all jointly decided to pay me for the spam I have been getting. Can you believe this....

  Brazil ( 7 )

Anonymous vs Godaddy

How does this person know my name and the name of my website, unless the domain provider leaks the info... The spam msg goes like this.....

Attention: Important Notice , DOMAIN SERVICE NOTICE Domain Name: anahina.mobi

ATT: Sohail Moughal
anahina.mobi
Response Requested By
3 - Oct. - 2016

PART I: REVIEW NOTICE

Attn: Sohail Moughal
As a courtesy to domain name holders, we are sending you this notification for your business Domain name search engine registration. This letter is to inform you that it's time to send in your registration.
Failure to complete your Domain name search engine registration by the expiration date may result in cancellation of this offer making it difficult for your customers to locate you on the web.
Privatization allows the consumer a choice when registering. Search engine registration includes domain name search engine submission. Do not discard, this notice is not an invoice it is a courtesy reminder to register your domain name search engine listing so your customers can locate you on the web.
This Notice for: anahina.mobi will expire at 11:59PM EST, 3 - Oct. - 2016 Act now!

Select Package:
http://kgveterinaria.com.br/domain/?domain=anahina.mobi

Payment by Credit/Debit Card

Select the term using the link above by 3 - Oct. - 2016 http://anahina.mobi














unsubscribe:
Please reply with UNSUBSCRIBE subject.
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Anonymous vs Polyndia
So, I graduated in college august last year. Here in Brazil we usually do big parties when we graduated and there are a lot of companies that do just that: help students organize their parties. It's kind of expensive, like 4 - 10 thousands reais, it depends. One of the main parts of this contract is the photo coverage. The hired company is the only one allowed to take professional or semi professional photo and videos of the party and prom. So the problem is, I did ket my photo and didnt have big problems, but there is a lot of my friends who still couldn't buy the photo. They call, they go to the company, they sent emails, and the company just take a long time to go to their houses to sell the photos, i have friends even starting to think they lost the photos. It`s such a special moment for us and it`s really sad if we dont get this memories photos that we pay (a lot) to have.
In the print, my friend is telling that she payed the photos im march and they still haven't delivered the pics. (She received only this weekend)

Anonymous vs Cabify
I went out with a friend and when she wanted to leave I asked a cabify car for her house and I stayed in the club. Right away, it seems ok, the driver accept the ride and was on his way. After 10 or 15 minutes my friend manage to get in the club again and find me, to tell me the car niver arrived, I check the cabify again and the guy didnt cancel but he wasn't on the way to where we were, he was definitely going somewhere else, so I cancel and asked another car that arrived and it was fine, but as I canceled after 5 minutes I had to pay. I get that you have to pay after some minutes but its not my fault if the driver was going idk where and my friend had to wait for 15 minutes with no idea if he was actually planning to pick her up.

Anonymous vs Meliuz
Recebi este e-mail no nome da Meliuz que pelo que vi é uma empresa legítima. Mas achei o e-mail um pouco suspeito e sempre tenho um pé atrás com esse e-mails de promoções e dinheiro fácil. Eu cheguei a clicar num dos links e enquanto a janela que abriu carregava, percebi o html mudou quatro vezes, até me levar para um site que seria da magazine luiza pedindo meus dados para abrir um negócio. Achei bem estranho.

Anonymous vs Hotel Bono
I`ve been receiving a lot of emails from this promo@hotelbono.com. They all are about free gifts, sales for me to subscribe or to confirm my data on service companies, like telephone or internet. In the screenshots, you can see the name of the source is always different, even though they are from the same e-mail. Also, they use names of famous companies like VIVO, Dior, Sky. I did searched for any company called Hotel Bono and Didn't find anything.

Anonymous vs Par perfeito
Recebi esse e-mail como se fosse do Par Perfeito, mas é vírus. O e-mail como podem ver não é relacionado com a companhia é o texto do e-mail também é confuso, com certeza traduzido sem cuidado pro português.

Anonymous vs Ad Financeira
I received this e-mail (in portuguese) saying it was a receipt of a buying I did but you can see is an html, what is strange, pretty sure it is a virus, the e-mail that sent me also is strange, and it`s not from any store i may have bought anything.

  Nigeria ( 6 )

Anonymous vs Tijjani Mohammed Abdullahi

I am sure there are people who still start to believe in the fraud and end up losing money. This is the email (retyped between hashtags) that shows up on your inbox or spam folder;

################

BUDGET OFFICE OF THE FEDERATION
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, P.M.B.
251 AMADU BELLO WAY GERKI,
ABUJA FCT, NIGERIA. EMAIL:
budgetoffice@volny.cz

Ref Code: xxxx897484xxxx
Authorization Code: FGN-APPOVED-622234
CBN APPROVAL ORDER NO: CBN78900

Attention: Beneficiary,
This is to bring to your attention that your long overdue payment has been approved
for payment under CBN approval order Number CBN78900. This decision was reached
after several hours of meeting with all stakeholders and government parastatal
involved in the final endorsement order for the release of your approved sum.
It is to your best interest as a beneficiary to immediately get back to this office
with your details as required,
1, Full names, 2, Full Address, 3, Direct Phone Numbers, 4, a copy of ID if possible.
With this information available, the reconciliation committee will verify your
details to be correct because we have noticed a lot of mischief with staffs of
agencies and office trying to change beneficiary details to divert beneficiary
funds.
We regret any inconveniences this may have caused you as we look forward to hearing
from you as fast as possible.
Yours in service,
Mr. Tijjani Mohammed Abdullahi
{FCNA}DG BUDGET OFFICE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

################

Anonymous vs ABIKE/DOLPHIN IMMIGRATION LAW CHAMBERS
Even though the oil prices are on an all time low now a days, a reputable oil company like Saudi Aramco, Gazprom, ExxonMobil, British Petroleum, Royal Dutch Shell, Chevron, Total, Petrobras, ENI, StatOil, ConocoPhillips, or Petronas will never ever ask you to pay for a visa, health examinations, or any other employment related fees directly or through any lawyers or aw firms.

Spammers from various parts of the world use the vulnerability of job seekers by sending them lucrative employment contracts full of lengthy legal jargon, and lure them into paying minimal processing/ visa/ legal fees etc.

I received an email from a Mr Hakim Abdullah with the The Chevron logo, Lagos address, and even a really good scanned stamp from Chevron Escravos gave it the appearance of legitimacy. It was a well written and drafted document. I played along and then Of course I was asked to send USD 200 to a law firm not directly but indirectly. The law firm contacted me by saying that they have been contacted by Chevron and need the money to process the visa papers. They also said that the money will be reimbursed by Chevron upon arrival at workplace.

Steve vs Nigerian Government
During election periods, the government officials, aspirants and members of the parliament, campaign to win elections and secure power. They make promises such as delivery of better services to the locals, development of better infrastructural facilities, creation of jobs among other issues. The current administration in Nigeria has been claiming that they are fighting corruption and prosecuting corrupt officers as well as recovering lost money. However, no statistics have been released to the public. No explanations on who has been prosecuted and it seems, the fight is one-sided to favor powerful but corrupt individuals.
The government reports to the public highlighting their success but nothing is clear nor are they providing answers to the questions raised.

Anonymous vs PAypal Online
For ages I have been using Paypal for online transactions but it is disappointing how they decide on how much I need to run my business. Recently, I went through a long process of uplifting the limit to my money that I have on the account but they declined and instead, they decided to hold it for 21 days! I called the company in order to speak to to the customer care service provider but to my surprise, I was informed that the audit department does not have a customer service unit.

pavs94 vs VISA Card
I got a call from an unknown number who said that he is representing VISA international program and will give me a free international Forex credit card which has a limit of $8000 and can be used in multiple countries. He took information about my address, phone number and social number and my current credit card with all the details. Soon after I got a payment being made on a fake website from Africa and almost $500 being cut from my credit card

Anonymous vs Ramona Chuckaree
Another example of advance fee fraud/ scam from our beloved country Nigeria and on behalf of our beloved organisation UN.

  Serbia/Montenegro (Yugoslavia) ( 6 )

Anonymous vs Someone from Bangladesh

A few days ago I got a call from a strange looking number. Caller ID said that the number was a Bangladesh number. I didn't answer of course. The phone kept ringing, and after I ignored the call, I got a couple of other calls. Different numbers, but they were all Bangladesh numbers. It started to feel like harassment, so I decided to block all the numbers. I was curious, though.. Maybe even a bit weirded out, but I didn't think much of it. Until today. I heard from some of my friends that they either received or heard of someone receiving these weird calls too. Apparently, sometimes, you even get a message that would beg you to answer. Turns out it's all part of some sort of scheme to scam people out of lots of money.

Anonymous vs Aleksandar Vucic
Aleksandar Vučić was the Prime Minister of Serbia from 2014 to 2017. He won the presidential election by manipulation, voter intimidation and near total domination of Serbia's media. He was the only presidential candidate that had commercials promoting him as a candidate on every Serbian TV channel. There are registered cases of foul play where even people who died received a ballot to vote. (And a lot of cases where dead people voted which makes absolutely no sense, only further inclining that the election was rigged) Vučić is part of the populist conservative Serbian Progressive Party, his party, unfortunately, has the most influence. Therefor it has a lot of people with power and in high positions that support the party. People were threatened that they would lose their job if they don't vote for him. That is blackmail! Other people were bribed into voting for him by being payed 1000 RSD (less than 10$) and a sandwich. There were numerous irregularities during his campaign, during the voting and during the counting of the votes. Protests immediately started and were called "protests against the dictatorship". The protesters were citizens, the police union, the army union, the youth, students, liberals,communists and pension unions.

Buba vs Tehnomanija
Six months ago I bought a fridge in company name Tehnomanija here in Serbia, it was not so cheap. After a few months I noticed that part of the magnet had fallen off, and on the outside I noticed that they had covered the rust. As if it was an old fridge that was rustling and that they were masking and selling again like it is a new one.

Buba vs Interproject gemmacom babe doo
We got invitation from the company Interproject gemmacom babe d.o.o. by phone to the presentation at the SAVA Center.
There they "presented" our offer that we can not in any way refuse and that was to have "our" apartment for about 4000 EUR, every year for 7 days while we are alive, and we can leave it to inheritance, etc.

The truth is that in those 7 days we have to pay maintenance and electricity costs (about 7000 dinars), that is the money for which you can rent a room in any spa for 7 days. After payment of the first part of 1200 EUR when we realized that we were deceived, they did not allow the cancellation of the agreement within two days, but only allowed us to use 4 times a year for 7 days apartments in the country club Babe (which is close now) or Kopaonik in the following years (with the costs maintenance and electricity about 7000 dinars). At the moment, they can not be found at the address either over the Internet or over the phone, so there are likely to be many cheated citizens

Buba vs Total 10
Prošle nedelje sam dobila link preko fb prema stranicama sa frizurama, krenula sam sa klikćem, i onako rutinski napravila nekoliko klikova dok nisam dobila poruku da sam se pretplatila na neki Total 10 i odmah su ki skinuli 180 dinara sa računa. Nekoliko dana sam zaboravila na to,međutim opet sam dobila poruku da mi je skinuto sa racunani da ako hoću mogu da se odjavim ako ukucam 4444.

Buba vs Puls consulting
Firm Puls consulting invited my parents by phone to the presentation of their medical device and with that full check of my parents health which was financed by an international humanitarian organization they said.
When my parents got there they seriously explained all the health problems and the connection with the wrong treatment and even fatal outcomes, for which the solution is a bearing with magnetic fields, and even organized a "prize game" that gives a discount when buying Bed for magnetic fields treatment. The price for it is abnormaly high and some people who were trick to by it have problems to return their money.
After little research we found out that "In accordance with the Law on Medicinal Products and Medical Devices, advertising material must be approved by the Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices of Serbia," and The Medicines Agency did not approve the mentioned promotional material. From this institution they state:
,, Puls consulting ', have not a single product has been registered as a medical agent with the Agency. "

  Tunisia ( 4 )

Foswarak vs Graiet

I bought an AC on February from a well known company in Tunisia and it was not working properly. It took me 2months to have technical assistance.

ms1sm vs Tej Marhaba Hotel
You never get the room you booked. I paid for a room with a king size bed and a balcony with a view of the ocean. The websites like hotels.com, booking.com or ebookers.com ask you to pay upfront online so that the room is ensured and a discount is offered. When you arrive at the hotel, the desk clerks offer you rooms with three queen beds or rooms with views of city street etc. You are already there, you have already paid, you are left with no choice to accept the whatever room.

Anonymous vs Sixt
A car rental that costs USD 60-70/ day at Frankfurt Airport will cost USD 90-100/ day at Tunis Airport. The car at Frankfurt airport will be neat and clean and dent free and with lower driven kilometers. The cars at Tunis airport are always dirty, smelly, dented, rusted, with over 60,000 kms and with engine sounds of a dying donkey. If you rent a car for two weeks, you are better off buying the same car for the price of the rental from the local Friday flee market and throw it in the ocean or leave at the parking lot on your way out.

Anonymous vs Apple look alike
Every link given in this very professional looking email points to a website from Tunis... The spammer dioes not know that I do not have an iTunes account. I actually do not like Apple or Samsung and the expensive and useless toys they force people to buy....

  France ( 4 )

Anonymous vs Looks like FedEx

There are many reports of fraudulent emails with the subject lines “Shipping Conformation,” “Verify Info,” “Some important information is missing” and “Please fulfill the documents attached to verify your identity.” The fraudulent email may have an attached file that may contain a virus or other malware.

Anonymous vs Looks like Microsoft
An email coming from a French web domain name (.fr) assigned to National School Of Architecture De Grenoble in Grenoble, France says, if you send your name and number etc, you will get some money from Microsoft. Dont know if the owner of the email Hubert Guillaud knows about it, or is he involved in in this scam.

I am sending an email to the school webmaster to see whats going on....

Anonymous vs Richard McCarl
My aunt told me that she had an online relationship that went south. One day a gorgeous man by the name Richard McCarl added her on facebook. His profile said that he was divorced, and that he was in Iraq. He was a soldier. She said that they talked for days and days, and that it was wonderful. "He was such a romantic man" she said. He would write her poems, and tell her these incredible stories about how much he's falling for her. My aunt has no children and is also divorced. Turns out, that is the kind of woman these men target for their dirty little scam. He told her that he wants to settle down when he returns from Iraq, and that he wants a life with her. My aunt was beyond happy, but then he started asking for money. At first he started asking for small amounts of cash, but over time they got bigger. My aunt thought that he was a real person since his profile had all the pictures, he had tagged photos of him and his friends. Long story short, my aunt ended up sending him about 200$, and when she refused to pay a thousand dollars for (supposedly) a plane ticket, he deleted his profile.
In the end, we found out that all those other profiles (the profiles of his friends) were also fake. It's a whole scam ring that is made to lure women such as my aunt in. They look for desperate women, often from all around the world, who are willing to send money to their internet fling.

Anonymous vs Nikon
I purchased a "Refurbished" tilt-shift lens from Nikon USA that was described as being "Like New" after being gone through by them. I paid over $1500 for the lens and so I'm expecting a quality product. The lens arrived and one of the adjustment knobs wasn't working. I contacted Nikon immediately and told them of the situation. They told me I could send it in for repair. I asked how long that would take and was told it would be around 2 weeks or longer if they had to order parts from Japan. I wasn't happy with that answer. I bought the lens because it was advertised as being already repaired and in proper working order. So I said I would like to return it for either a replacement or a refund. They told me they didn't have an exchange and that they would issue a refund. I sent it back following all their instructions and with a proper return authorization number.

Now I've been waiting for my refund so that I can purchase a lens from another seller since Nikon said they don't have another in stock. They've had my returned lens for 2 weeks now and I still have not been refunded. They say it can take up to 2 billing cycles to receive my money back... WHAT??? They are keeping my money for up to 2 months?? Will I be paid interest on my money?? I ordered this lens for a project, I don't want to wait another 2 months. I have over $30,000 of Nikon gear I use in my business. This really doesn't sit well with me. For the first time ever I have a strong urge to sell all my Nikon gear and switch camera systems. This is not the service I expect from Nikon.

  Benin ( 4 )

Anonymous vs Dimitris Tzouganatos

Please do not believe in this email and the millions being offered by Dimitris Tzouganatos. Probably he will change his name and email address and the body of his email in a week or so and hit the world again, hoping to gouge poor people with rich dreams.

The spam email follows;

Dear Friend,

I Mr. Dimitris Tzouganatos, chairman and chief operating officer with the Bank of Africa, and I want you to know that the amount of $ 17.5 million will be transferred to your name as a foreign partner of our deceased client.

I need your help to get this fund to be transfer out from here to your account, and we share at a ratio of 50% for me, while 50% is for you in any assistance that you may require to give during the transferring process of this fund into your account. You will receive this amount by bank transfer.

Please send your full name and your directly phone numbers, and address, and I will details you about this transaction. You have to contact me through my private e-mail at (dimitris.tzouganatos@hotmail.com)

Your prompt reply will be highly appreciated.

Sincerely,
CONTACTS ME THROUGH MY INFORMATION
Bank of Africa.(Boa).BF
PhoneNo: +226-66074553,
Fax No: +226-5048355289,
Contact: E-Mail :(dimitris.tzouganatos@hotmail.com)
Mr. Dimitris Tzouganatos.

Sorry if you received this letter in your spam, is due to recent
connection error here in the country.



Anonymous vs Barrister Jackson WestlawI
How can anyone in this day and age imagine that someone out of the blue will send someone a money transfer worth thousands or millions. But it seems people from Benin or people from the rest of the world acquiring virtual phone numbers of Benin are adamant that they want to send us money. There is never gonna be any money sent. As a matter of fact you might be fraudulently send some money with a promise of millions going to your account.

The spam email might look like this...

ATTENTION BENEFICIARY,

WE THE WESTERN UNION URGENT REMITTING OFFICE HAVE SENT YOUR FULL COMPENSATION PAYMENT OF $6.5Million (six Million Five Hundred Thousand United Stats Dollars) TO YOU THROUGH WESTERN UNION, YOU WILL BE RECEIVING $5,000.00USD PER DAY STARTING FROM today. NOW WE HAVE SEND THE FIRST PAYMENT TO YOU.SO CONTACT OUR DIRECTOR DR FRED JOHNSON AND ASK HIM TO GIVE YOU THE WESTERN UNION PAYMENT INFORMATION, MTCN Number, SENDER NAME, TEXT QUESTION/ANSWER SO THAT YOU CAN BE ABLE TO PICK UP YOUR FIRST PAYMENT THROUGH WESTERN UNION WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM.

HERE IS THE CONTACT INFORMATION OF WESTERN UNION DIRECTOR GENERAL . Rev.Fred Johnson,EMAIL ADDRESS (westernunonoffice101@gmail.com) TELL +22998651899 IMMEDIATELY CONTACT DR FRED JOHNSON WITH BELOW INFORMATION FOR YOUR FIRST PAYMENT AND ALSO CALL HIM ON PHONE AS SOON AS YOU SEND THE INFORMATION DOWN TO HIM.

RECEIVER NAME--------
COUNTRY--------------
CITY------------------
TELEPHONE Number--------
Age/------
YOUR OCCUPATION ------------

CALL OR EMAIL HIM NOW SO THAT HE CAN PROVIDE THE WESTERN UNION PAYMENT INFORMATION TO YOU AS URGENT AS YOU CAN.For any question you can call the Director Fred Johnson on this Number:+22998651899 and also e-mail him as soon as you receive this message.Your Urgency is highly Needed Immediately after reading this mail.

THANKS AND GOD BLESSING YOU
Barrister Jackson Westlaw
Western union International Bank Transfer.



Steve vs Kennedy Uzoka Suspected fraudster
Fraudsters are now trying to get you to provide personal bank details to them by pretending to be bank representatives concerned of possible fraud activities related to your bank account.
I have been received spammed emails to my address bringing my attention to an urgent matter related to my account with African Development Bank. Apparently, someone is trying to transfer funds from my account on my behalf or has a signed form from me authorizing them to take such an action.

It seems an attempt to cheat clients of ADB of their money as the email lacks proper referencing, the email address looks like one of those automatically generated emails. In any case, actions that need quick actions, bank representatives are always advised to contact clients directly.

Mila vs spammers
drs oaziza, ariba, alli, peter etc, please stop spamming on blogs! i was researching alzheimer's, found posts on this blog by spammers for these doctors. for HERPES treatment!!! dr.aribasplltemple@outlook.com; droazizaspiritualspelltemple@gmail; dr.peter.herb.solutions@hotmail.com

  Burkina Faso ( 4 )

Anonymous vs Mrs. KONE OUMON

This is a fraud email, please be careful

My name is Mrs. KONE OUMON The regional manager of BIB Bank Burkina Faso. I am a America by birth,31 years of age and married with two children. Am from Burkina Faso

Although i am not comfortable to send this proposal to you because of increase in SCAM and FRAUD especially in Africa , but i am too sure that this is not Scam because you have access to confirm, provided you did not let my Bank know the source of your information. I have pack agenda financial transaction that will benefit both of us. As the regional manager of the bank, it is my duty to send financial reports to my head office in the capital city of Burkina .On the course of the last year 2015 end of the year's report, i discovered that my branch in which i am the manager ,made twenty-four million us
dollars.($24,000,000.00 ) of which my head office is not aware and will never be aware of it. I have since then PLACED this fund in an ESCROW CALL ACCOUNT without a beneficiary. As the regional manager of the bank , I cannot be directly connected to this Money thus, i am Impelled to request for your assistance to receive this money into your bank account.


I intend to part 25% of this fund to you while 75% shall be for me and two officers who will assist me move the fund to your account. I do need to assure you that there are no risk involved in this Business. It’s going to be a ATM VISA CARD TRANSFER.

All i need From you is to stand as the original depositor of this fund. If you accept this offer, i will appreciate your timely response and then we shall discuss on how you will keep our share...

NB: Your early reply is highly welcomed and attach your profiles, such as your name and address, and also your contact telephone number for easy means of communication.

Best Regards,

BIB Bank Burkina Faso

Mrs. KONE OUMON

Anonymous vs Dr Simpore Rachidi
Inheritance frauds are run by criminals who obtain email lists with account owners' names. They create mass mailings, describing how a fictitious individual died in a remote part of the world. If a recipient replies to the email, the criminal will engage in what is called an "advance fee" fraud, and attempt to convince that person to send money to pay for legal fees, bribes, or other expenses in order to get the money out of the country.

fcadmin vs DR ANTHONY EMMANUEL
DR. ANTHONY EMMANUEL, who does not know that after a period you need to add a space, thinks that by writing Dr with his name, he will be considered as a credible person. But he is asking you to be a part of a shoddy deal, where his patient has died and he wants your to be a party to stealing the money from the deceased.

It seems that some people have received similar emails for an "advance fee fraud" from dr.anthony_emmanuel@yahoo.fr and emmanuelanthony012@terra.com.pe

Originating IP address : 154.66.162.179 is from Burkina Faso

Anonymous vs Ben Marzouk
Another case of advance fee fraud from Burkina Faso. Another thing to note is that the senders email is different from the email given in the body of the email. This shows that the spam checkers have been forcing the fraudster to change email addresses.

  Egypt ( 3 )

Anonymous vs Star Alliance

Star Alliance boasts of some 28 airlines working in complete harmony, but if you fly with one airline and try to claim points with another airline frequent flyer program, it does not happen automatically, even if you provided all required details while booking. You have to keep emailing the related airlines again and again and again. If I fly with Egypt air and I provide Turkish Airlines loyalty number, then Egypt Air should ensure that my points are added to Turkish Airlines Number. But it does not happen this way....

Anonymous vs Egyptair
It's a week or so before Eid, the second biggest Muslim religious festival. Millions of people will be flying, booking tickets or revising plans to meet their loved ones. Most working people with no internet access would only have the weekend to buy tickets. An airline that closes it's main booking/ ticketing office in a foreign country on the weekend and cuts it's timing by two hours on the last weekday is not only stupid financially but also indifferent towards its customers needs. Flights are flying 24 hours but flight ground offices are closed for 12 - 18 hours to customers.

Anonymous vs Egyptair
The website as shown in the attached picture boasts of online check in and associated effortless experience. It never works. In my case my ticket included JED-SSH-CAI-TUN. When I tried to check in online, the web site gave me boarding pass for SSH-CIA only and refused to provide passes for other legs due to technical difficulties.

  Japan ( 3 )

Anonymous vs Yoshida Reina , SATO VAC INC

I saw the email from HR dept from SATOVAC inc and it says they are looking for people to work from home in USA and Canada. The email is showing the address of the sender as hr@satovac.co.jp. When you reply to the email, the email does not go to hr@satovac.co.jp but to reinayoshida@outlook.jp.

The email protocol (SMTP) has no authentication by default, so the spammer can pretend to originate a message apparently from any email address. To prevent this, some ISPs and domains require the use of SMTP-AUTH, allowing positive identification of the specific account from which an email originates.

aarti vs Trade India
I thought to expand my business and that's why I deal with India mart and Trade India Trade India. I started work with both of them on the same date in Feb 2017. I am fully dedicated towards my work. I am working in the same way on both portals.

I have invested 31,000₹ in Exporters Trade India and 5,000₹ in India mart.

After few days I started getting orders from India mart but not from Trade India. While Robin Gupta Executive from Trade India made lots of promise that you will make lakhs of business per month and this and that your money will recover in just one shot. But till date I am not getting any response from buyers. I send them my collection, prices they didn't ask a single query regarding this.

Every other day I get calls from there different executives to take some plans of 45,000 RS or 93,000 RS. They are so well trained that can hack your mind and get the amount transferred into their account and after getting amount they don't have any responsibility towards the promises they make.

They told me to show my company what's in designing private limited on the top of the Google. Now when I asked regarding Google promotions they are saying that only number of customer visiting website can make my company to look on the top of Google. I mean this is such cheating as in starting they said they are taking money for Google promotion and if website hit will make my company to be visible on top than for what they asked money.

I than talked to the executive regarding the issue that buyers are not responding than he started to give lots of excuses. That they gets many more quotation, may be you are not dealing well with them, your price could be high, your designs could be inappropriate, and many more things. Than I do told him that I am also working with Designer India, I am working in the same way over there and I am getting orders from there on regular basis.

Anonymous vs Iryshok Flower
GMX is a free email service from Germany, while ne.jp is a domain name reserved for Network Service providers in Japan, in this case for ODN, Japan. But the name of the girl "Iryshok" is surprisingly unique and extraordinary. In her email she says her name is Irisha and she is from Ukraine. But for sure she has hacked the email address of Anitta or Nareiko

  Bangladesh ( 3 )

shoron vs Grameenphone

A few month ago my maternal uncle fell into a deception. He used the GP (Grameen phone). And he was a businessman. That way, He connected many people for his business. One day he received a phone call and He offered the big amount of money price from GP (Grameen phone) customer care.

He has heard the offer and he excited and he did the step of their role. They told him that he will withdraw his money if he pays some money. This way my uncle gave them some money. After paying money the customer care off their contract.

Then my uncle contracted the GP customer care and he confirmed that there was a Fraud with him. Original GP (Grameen phone) customer care there is no offer from them.

Anonymous vs Dutch Bangla Bank
My aunt was facing a problem with cheating. It was about one year ago. My aunt was a DBBL (Duch Bangla Bank LTD) User. She usually took off her money from the DBBL (Duch Bangla Bank LTD) account. She has her own account like others. One day she was sleeping at noon. Suddenly, her mobile phone was ringing and she saw that an unknown number was calling her. Normally she received the call.

After giving salam, a person told that "Have you a DBBL (Duch Bangla Bank LTD) account of your own?" She says "yes. I have" The person then told that "your account is not safe. It is blocked. If you have any money oo your account then urgently take off your money from it. Otherwise, If you want I can help you. What you say about it?"

That moment, she was being scared and without thinking any thinking she says "yes". Then he (the unknown person) gave some instruction and she undoubtedly follows them all. After the call ends then she checked her DBBL (Duch Bangla Bank LTD) account and she notices that it was empty. There is no money.

When she contacts the DBBL Customer care they said they can't help anymore. It was hacked and they also said that this is totally my aunt's fault.

Anonymous vs Hotel Civicinn
During three years ago, A storm makes my life end. I was a student. In that meantime, I was fall in love with someone. I loved him so much.

Suddenly, my family wants to give me married. They have already chosen a boy for me. Whenever I told all of this to my lover, he told me to flee away. That time I was completely blind to his love. I didn't decide anything right or wrong. I fled away with him. I bought some money and jewelry from my home. He took me to a hotel to spend the night. There we spend the night with each other without having any hesitation. But the problem happened in the morning.

When I woke up I see he is not in there. I tried to find him but I failed. Then I inform the hotel manager, he said that the payment also payable. My boyfriend also stole my money and jewelry. That time I was totally empty. At last, I call my family but they have already refused me. I was helpless. Then the manager offers me to do a prostitutes work. There was on way. That moment has made me a prostitute. I have forced to choose this profession for a living.

After 5 years I see my boyfriend again in that hotel with another girl. Then I follow him and see that he and the hotel manager are friends. Their main business is making prostitute by using the snare of love.

  Russian Federation ( 3 )

Anonymous vs Olgushka Olgusya

I am sure many people have started receiving these emails, which it seemed had stopped for a while. Love letters with pictures of different Russian ladies, same text same style, only names changed hurriedly, sometimes with spelling mistakes. And if you search the properties of the email, you will find the culprits email IDs. olgaolgaea@gmail.com AND sympsonl@yahoo.com AND chin-pooh.bee-goo@kaz.bbiq.jp

Anonymous vs Finep Finef
Email scams are probably the most prevalent method of Russian scammers. An email scam is simply a case where some volume operation (could be a man or a woman, and may be in Russia, Ukraine, Nigeria, or New Jersey) contacts you by email, engages you in communication, and eventually attempts to bait you into sending money.

Anonymous vs Nice Elinushoka
If you try to check, http://guc.co.jp, it asks you to downlaod a VLC video file, who know whats in it. So For sure you wont. GUC means German University of Cairo. Domain co.jp means a company in Japan. The reply to address on the email is alieena.shamlastiova@yandex.com. And the senders email address is yuminako1988@guc.co.jp. The email name is Nice Elinushoka. The email is signed by Elinushok. What an identity crisis happening here.

  Italy ( 3 )

Buba vs ALBERTO SERGIO

MR. ALBERTO SERGIO (Italiana by nationality), the Director for Credit stocks & shares offers me throught spam mail to However, that he seek for a foreigner, who has no trace of contact to with him; who would be willing to stand as an Investor to receive funds as Tenure Investment Proceeds in his/her account as fast as possible otherwise if discovered, his establishment will convert the funds into the company's treasury . He said that : *This is a fair deal without any risk attached on your side, the risk involve in this deal is on my part.I will do everything legally required to ensure that the project goes smoothly and it shall pass through all Laws of International Banking.
*MY PROPOSAL; I AM PREPARED TO SHARE THE PROCEEDS 50% (me) / 50% WITH YOU.

Anonymous vs Minestro della Giustrizia
Obviously PayPal has nothing to do with Bolzano, capital city of the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy. But the phishing email seems to be originated from https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.procura.bz.it%2Fdocumenti%2FAuthflow.htm&data=02%7C01%7C%7C101c3188a1b54385fd1908d619f7842b%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636724948190135838&sdata=iyv3XBMDa6A8uLxeednEW2eBjM6ltdGH8rx0dlb9wZU%3D&reserved=0. Someone in the city hall has been hacked and spammer is using the address to send spam emails.

Anonymous vs Dana
This is an email with a nude picture by a so called lady named Dana asking to become friends but also posting a sneaky link to a dysfunctional website https://first-date-love.com/

  Germany ( 3 )

Anonymous vs Peer Mähnert

There are various emails from blood suckers asking you to login to your paypal account, where they monitor your credentials and hack your account. Are they people working for paypal, fired from paypal or just some people who know too much of software programming, who knows.....

Anonymous vs Someone from China
I travel a lot, and my instagram account is very important to me. It's how I meet people, create contacts and make memories. Long story short, my instagram account is very dear to me, and it's not just a social platform, it's a huge part of my life. I started noticing that some of my posts were missing, without me being able to remember that I deleted them. Another time, I saw that I was following zero people! At first, I thought that it was some kind of instagram bug, and I hoped that it would fix itself, and that I would have all the people that I followed back. (It was never fixed, someone must have manually unfollowed everyone that I was following.) Can't really explain why, but I had a feeling that I should change my password to something way more complicated. A couple of days ago, instagram notified me that someone from China tried to log into my account.

Anonymous vs Adidas
I woke up at 3 am to order a pair of limited Ultraboost LTD shoes. I happen to snag a pair, and upon receiving the shoes, I noticed that the cage was cracked where the laces were. So I call Adidas and get the most unprofessional support. First off, Adidas must be just hiring anyone for their customer service because the representatives you talk to do not sound professional. Even the supervisor I requested to talk to didn't give a care in the world about my issue. All he could offer me was to return the shoes and gave me a 15% discount code.

Now mind you, they have a FULL stock release in EU and AU, yet they can't even ship me out a replacement after not making sure QA did their job before my shoes came to me. By far the worst customer service from Adidas. They showed that they didn't even want to perform well and beyond to even help me out a little bit. Super disappointed but can't do much now. Just my experience with their customer service and relations department.

  Poland ( 2 )

fcadmin vs Tatyana Bryansk

Imagine an old man living alone or even a young dude finding it hard to break the ice, receiving this email.

Anonymous vs Anna Lewis Google Support
Spam Messages being sent by Brooklyn Davies and Anna Lewis and Jordan Hughes as if they were from Gmail/ Google

  Afghanistan ( 2 )

Anonymous vs Cruise Travel Agent Company

I am an immigrant who wanted to shift from a duplex flat to 2BHK. We finalized an apartment building through a real estate agent and signed an annual rent agreement as well. When it comes to shifting to that apartment, we were shocked to see the presence of another occupant in the same apartment. I tried to get in touch with the agent but his phone was not reachable. I tried many times but all in vain and I received a message from the bank that the cheque had been cashed. Unfortunately, we don't have contract copy because that agent had taken it back, saying that he will return the same copy after owner's signature. We immediately approached nearest police station. They replied we have to approach Supreme Court (public prosecution) first. We did the same and opened the file.
For three months, we have been trying to register our case, but the CID officer asked us to wait. Every time I go for a follow-up, he tells me to 'come back next week', 'agent is not responding', 'he is out of country', 'wait more' and so on... When I requested for cancellation of my other cheques, he asked me to wait and keep a low balance in account as the cheque will bounce and they will find out the person if any complaint comes.
The agent is from Nepal and he left the country already. I am stuck now because the officials are not giving a clear picture.


Anonymous vs HSBC BANK
I was a privileged client of HSBC Bank from the past few years. I have held different accounts with the bank including savings accounts of myself. A Couple of days back, I, had applied for home loan under personal category, with the Bank. Promptly, a home loan processing fee of Re 12, 000 was also paid by me.

Subsequently, the home loan was approved and we were asked to pay an additional processing fee of Re 17, 000. Upon inquiring the reason for extra fee, we were told that since we own a personal business (Limited Liability Partnership), our loan was approved under business category. As we were not satisfied with the bank’s condition of loan approval under business category, we rejected the loan offered to us. Also, we requested for the refund of home loan fee (Re 12, 000 already paid). We were informed that a refund will be given after deducting Re 3000 (for address verification done) It is very unfortunate that even after 3 months, we have not received our refund of Re 9,000.

After giving up on receiving my hard earned money because of the indolent attitude of HSBC staff. I request bank to refund my fee, along with compensation for interest.

  Ghana ( 2 )

Buba vs mr francis awua kyerematen

Today I have recived a mail from some Mr Francis awuayerematen who is allegedly a bank officer in Accra - Ghana representing the city Group, and he is informing me that a citizen from my country who has the same surname with me, had a fixed deposit with his bank in 2011 , valued at US 5,700,000.00 (Five Million,Seven Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) and the the due date for this deposit contract was last 22nd of January 2017. Sadly that man, who had same surname like me died, and Francis is kindly offer me to divide this money 50%- 50%. This email was so funny for me to read, like who would even think that someone will go along with that story!

Anonymous vs James Ochei
The perpetrators of Advance Fee Fraud (AFF), known internationally as “4-1-9” fraud after the section of the Nigerian penal code which addresses fraud schemes, are often very creative and innovative. A large number of victims are enticed into believing they have been singled out from the masses to share in multi-million dollar windfall profits for doing absolutely nothing.

  China ( 2 )

LittleWhistle vs Aoson

This happened unexpectedly. After happily receiving my tablet, I'ts charger malfunctioned just as I put it on the socket. Thank God all the other electrical appliances were intact. You should be very careful with Chinese products these days.

Buba vs Aliexpress
Three years ago, when I was pregnant with my second child, I ordered maternity jeans from Aliexpress. After one month they arrived, and they looked ok, but after only two times of wearing them they totally fell apart, I could not possibly fix them down. I felt so cheated and disappointed. Unfortunately I do not have a picture of them.

  Costa Rica ( 2 )

Anonymous vs Paypal

I sold iTunes gift cards worth of 500 dollars on eBay and the buyer asked me to send iTunes codes through message as they required those codes. They kindly thanked me but seconds later, they disputed the charge on their Paypal account with the company. At this point, I was unaware of the proceedings and so, I shipped the physical gift cards to them in order to allow me forward the tracking number as proof of transaction.
When I realized I had been tricked, I complained to Paypal but nothing helped me to get back the money from the buyer since the company sided with the client.

I later complained to BBB hoping this would help me get back my money by making PayPal reimburse the money I lost. However,I was informed that since I happened to send the codes to buyer via a message on eBay, I was not eligible for seller protection. Paypal handles these issues so carelessly thus encouraging fraud, this is very much disappointing and discouraging for sellers, especially first time sellers on the site.

Anonymous vs Tj Turner
Barely a day goes by without seeing posts such as 'Like or share if you hate cancer' on my newsfeed on facebook. Some are even so manipulative to even use small children to manipulate people into sharing the posts or clicking like. what most people do not realize is that, these posts are made by Like-Farmers who only do so that they can get higher EdgeRanks for their pages, make more money due to the nature Facebook Algorithmn. Tj Turner has used this to his advantage for long.

  Malaysia ( 2 )

Anonymous vs Dr Khan Raza

Petronas is a company with a Revenue of US$100.744 billion in 2014 and a Net income of US$21.91 billion in 2012, Total assets of around US$161.472 billion in 2014, and Total equity of US$89.29 billion in 2012, and is owned by the Malaysian Government with a total Number of employees = 51,000 in 2016. The Website is www.petronas.com.my. I dont think a company like Petronas will send an unsolicited email asking you to apply for a noname job and not use the petronas domain email.

Anonymous vs Dr Khan Raza
http://www.petronaschemicals.com.my/Pages/Scam-Notice.aspx

PETRONAS has been made aware of unauthorised individuals or organisations falsely using the PETRONAS name in emails in an attempt to recruit on behalf of PETRONAS and solicit up-front fees obtaining immigration documents including for visa or work permit for expatriate posting within a PETRONAS Groupwide from interested job-seekers or members of the public.

PETRONAS wishes to stress that it has not authorised such e-mail based recruitment. However, periodically, PETRONAS engages recruiting and/or placement agencies to help us attract potential candidates for specific positions. PETRONAS appeals to the public not to respond to the e-mail or any such emails.

There are a few quick ways to recognise fraud:

1. PETRONAS official website pages always include http://www.petronas.com.my. Any other format is not genuine.

2. On-line recruitment portal is http://www.discoverpetronas.com and those who wish to seek employment with PETRONAS are advised to visit only this portal.

3. Email communication on recruitment from PETRONAS, if any, would be sent by PETRONAS’ officials using only e-mail domains of @petronas.com.my.

4. No money transfers or payments of any kind will EVER be requested from applicants nor by PETRONAS or any of the agencies that recruit on our behalf, at any point in the recruitment process; or for immigration documents, insurance, or any other purpose.

Should you experience any of the foregoing, please treat the communication as fraudulent and forward it to: ghrmic@petronas.com.my.


Notice 2: PETRONAS Secured Online Promotion Scam E-mail


PETRONAS wishes to alert members of the public that the e-mail communications on "PETRONAS Secured Online Promotion" currently circulating on the Internet is a scam devised by unscrupulous individual or parties.
The scam e-mail also contains details of a claims agent to be contacted for assistance and disbursement of the alleged prize.

PETRONAS wishes to inform that neither PETRONAS nor any subsidiary within its Group of Companies in any of the countries we operate in has conducted or authorised such prize redemption schemes and appeals to the public not to respond to the email.

Only trust emails by official PETRONAS personnel using e-mail domains of @petronas.com.my.

This advice also extends to all e-mail or short message service (SMS) communications using PETRONAS' name in other prize redemption schemes, lucky draws or contests.

PETRONAS has communicated with the authorities on this matter.


Notice 3: Sim Card Lucky Draw/Contest Scam

It has been brought to PETRONAS' attention that certain parties have been sending text messages to mobile phone users informing them that their SIM cards have won a lucky draw prize from PETRONAS.

PETRONAS wishes to inform that none of its companies has organised any such mobile phone SIM card lucky draws or contests and would like to advise members of the public not to respond to such text messages.

PETRONAS has also communicated with the authorities on this matter.

DISCLAIMER: PETRONAS shall not be responsible for the content of any information nor shall it be liable for any conclusion, loss or damage of any nature whatsoever suffered or may be suffered by any part or members of the public arising from or as a result of reliance on or usage of any information relating to prize redemption schemes, lucky draws or contests, and recruitment in PETRONAS from portals, websites or e-mail domains which are not authorised by PETRONAS.

  United Arab Emirates ( 2 )

mayhoo vs Emirates Airlines

The TV, the seat reclining controls, and the light were all acting up on my seat in business class. Not just mine, but the seat next to me also had the same problems of malfunctioning controls. I could recline the seat across from me; and I could turn the lights on and off for people sitting on other seats. How could an airline allow a plane to fly with malfunctioning instrumentation systems in the aircraft. I asked two different hostesses at two different times to fix the TV and the seat controls and she said she was unable to do that. And there was no seat vacant. I asked her to move me to economy class so that I can at least relax or watch a movie, and she said she is not allowed to do that. It is obvious that no maintenance checks were done before letting the aircraft fly and when I emailed emirates customer services using the inflight wifi, the response was a total denial.

Anonymous vs Emirates airlines

Emirates gotta be operating the most noisy flights in the whole world, disturbing people in their sleep. People are watching movies and announcements butt in to talk about how amazing Dubai is. People are chatting with other passengers to kill time and Emirates starts bragging about its charity foundation and starts humiliating people from Bangladesh for how poor they are. Who wants to know the no of servers on board, or no of languages they speak. Passengers are stuck in a confined space and Emirates uses this situation to brag about itself. Needless to say that more efforts are being made in cheap marketing rather than improving deteriorating services. Passengers don't pay premium emirates price as compared to other airlines to be nagged through out the duration of flight

  Turkey ( 2 )

Anonymous vs Kolin Hotel

I was travelling by road from Istanbul to Izmir with my wife and planned to spend a night at this only 5 star hotel in the area. When I booked the room it said WiFi included. When paid online and checked-in at the hotel, the WiFi was not included and I had to pay almost half the amount of the room rent to use the WiFi for two persons.

Anonymous vs Magnus Pettersson
Kimya doesn't know that her email address from a Turkish University has been hacked by a Mr. Pettersson to send SPAM emails. And the subject of the email is "URGENT"

  Argentina ( 2 )

Anonymous vs Payoneer Inc

When you are signing up, Payoneer offers $25 bonus to be credited to your account as bonus once you receive 100 dollars to your account. This is just a marketing strategy that is never implemented.
I applied a card after i saw this advert but my bonus has not yet appeared after a month!
I have written over 15 times to the customer support and each time they escalate the issue promising the bonus will reflect the following day.


Anonymous vs Una Hughes
Phishing is a form of social engineering that attempts to steal sensitive information. An attacker's goal is to compromise systems to obtain usernames, passwords, and other account and/or financial data. They most frequently accomplish phishing attacks via email. The email includes a link that has a text showing a so called “official” website, or a reference number of an alleged communication or a placed/ rejected order. The link takes you to a fake site operated by the attacker.


  Venezuela ( 2 )

Nayfer vs badoo

I have registrered on badoo to know new people but when I'm verified my account they don't give me chance to upload more pics, so then i can write to anybody because my profile doesn't appear on the search page of the looking new people for know.

Nayfer vs cantv
Estuve pagando por dos meses completos la renta básica de mi internet y llamaba todos los dias al 155 de cantv que es el numero donde atienden las solicitudes de los clientes, aparte de que el servicio es malisimo y te dejan esperando en linea sin darte ninguna buena razón, porque es tan malo el servicio. Me siento estafada porque me cobran y no tengo el servicio.

  Korea (south) ( 2 )

Anonymous vs GnB English Academy

GnB English has a number of franchises across South Korea. Each is privately owned and run. With the exception of a few schools in Seoul, they are notorious for their poor treatment of the teachers, both native and foreign. The GnB in Gwang-yong Dong, Cholla-namdo, was no exception.

I worked as an English teacher to full classes of often over-worked and tired school children. This was not the issue - I'm an experienced ESL teacher with many years' teaching under my belt, yet I had to take teaching instruction from a CEO who could barely understand or speak English. He was also a racist with loose business ethics - each month I had to beg for my salary. I fell ill with pneumonia in the second last month of work and spent three days in bed, for which I was severely 'penalised' - the CEO paid only half my salary and refused to pay my plane ticket back home. This is illegal in S.Korea, but it doesn't bother most private hagwon owners.

Anonymous vs Samsung
During the last year, my Samsung Smart TV Series 7 (7500) has stopped playing Netflix or Youtube etc. Even the websites with streaming videos dont work. I found out that the common denominator is the TV. It is not supporting the video based websites or apps anymore. When I approached sumasung, no answer was provided. There are many blogs on Samsung website, blaming internet connection or the owners of Netflix and Youtube. Surprisingly Netflix and youtube work on the newer models. A perfect example of a giant untouchable like Samsung trying to deflect responsibility on others. Obviously there is a problem with the core system Samsung is based on. Most companies try to develop a bug fix rather than blame everybody else for their buggy system.

  Australia ( 2 )

Im1sa vs GEEK

I intended to buy a gift for my nephew for which i done some web surfing and found this Geek.Wish website. Sorted out a beautiful sports watch and ordered. But the actual watch qualiy was quite low from the pictures shown on web.

Anonymous vs Facebook
This happened to my mom right in front of me about a month ago. She randomly got a message from someone she didn't know saying her request to connect on Messenger had been approved. She did not try to connect to this person. Within a minute, it said she had successfully sent them $200! We tried to cancel but it went through too quickly. This happened on the computer, so I took a pic with my phone. Within 3 minutes from when they were connected on Messenger, everything was gone. There was no message to this person anymore!

Since Facebook has linked up with PayPal, we disputed this payment with both and the claim was denied! We then took it up with the bank, who also denied it. They all three claimed it didn't seem like "unusual activity" since money has been sent through Messenger before. The money that was sent before was a donation of $50 while we were surrounded by crazy wildfires. Never has a large sum of money been sent to an individual. I'm planning on leaving this review on PayPal as well as the bank, in hopes I can be connected to someone who has gone through this and successfully disputed it.

  Tanzania ( 1 )

Mila vs Vodacom

As part of a 24-month contract, I got a Galaxy S5, which started to give me problems soon after I received it. I took it back to the dealer, who sent it to the Vodacom head office for repairs. It was returned to me after a month, still faulty, and the dealer said that it had water damage, and that it was not a new phone! I pointed out to them that I got it from them, and provided proof of this. I also pointed out that the phone had never been exposed to water. After 2 months of calls and visits to the dealer, they told me flat-out that they will not be replacing the phone, taking no responsibility whatsoever.

This to me is not only crap service, it is also fraudulent, because they supplied the used, old phone in the first place. I had to buy myself a new one (not a Galaxy). I won't be renewing my contract with Vodacom.

  Kazakhstan ( 1 )

Anonymous vs Asselchika Asselchik

I am receiving emails from girls asking me to be their soulmate, because they are searching for true love and they are tired of loneliness. The desperate tone of this letter would want some to reply.

  Netherlands ( 1 )

Anonymous vs Bestwishes

Lately I've been getting receiving numerous spam emails sent from bestwishes.space on various issues related to infertility, pregnancy but most importantly, these emails have been on promotion of treatment that one can use in order to be able to overcome the infertility issue. It appears as though all queries I've been making using Firefox in Linux are being data mined by bestwishes. This is because for the last three months, I and my wife have been researching on the matter and we would like to get treatment.

  Ukraine ( 1 )

Anonymous vs Canadian Pharmacy

1. Sender did not provide a name and address
2. No opt-out or removal method was provided
3. This is criminal spam, that can send the spammer to jail and pay a penalty to federal Trade Commission

  Taiwan ( 1 )

Anonymous vs Looks like Apple and PayPal

1. Does paypal trade center send emails
2. Why would you hide the IP address at the top and then show it in the middle
3. AliExpress is using AliPay why would they send something through PayPal.
4. Why the email address shows as service@paypal.com <stephen@sosklet.com>.
5. Did you order an iPhone. Do you really believe that someone (a long lost aunt with a phone factory) will send a free phone to you.
6. The address 5 Lane 80 Taiyuen Road Datong District Taipei City 10349 Taiwan shows up as an example for writing a correct address on http://www.quantiumsolutions.com/regional-information/taiwan. This shows that the spammer is somehow aware of http://www.quantiumsolutions.com which is a regional logistics provider for 10 countries within the Asia Pacific region.
7. The IP address mentioned from where someone tried to buy an iphone with your email address belongs to JAPAN: https://whoislookupdb.com/whois-58.12.142.216

  Sudan ( 1 )

Anonymous vs Hassan Al Bashir

Hassn Al-Bashir's father Omar Al-Bashir's was moved from house arrest to Khartoum's Kobar prison on 17 April 2019, al-Bashir. On 13 May 2019, prosecutors charged al-Bashir with "inciting and participating in" the killing of protesters. A trial for corruption (after $130 million was found in his home) and money laundering against al-Bashir started during the following months. On 14 December 2019, he was convicted for money laundering and corruption. He was sentenced to two years of imprisonment.

On 5 November 2019, the Forces of Freedom and Change alliance (FFC), which holds indirect political power during the 39-month Sudanese transition to democracy, stated that it had reached a consensus decision in favour of transferring al-Bashir to the ICC after the completion of his corruption and money laundering trial. In the following days, Sudanese transition period Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and Sovereignty Council member Siddiq Tawer stated that al-Bashir would be transferred to the ICC for individual criminal responsibility for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes committed since 2003 in Darfur.

  Libya ( 1 )

Anonymous vs United Nations

A friend called me from Iraq and asked me to look for a doctors job being advertised on the United Nations website. I tried and tried for a week, but between the electrical failures and bad internet speeds, i could not even pass the registration procedures. I tried looking for an email address where I could send my CV in text format and could not find.

I believe most HR people are lazy. They create internet based artificially intelligent programs where candidates have to spend hours inserting data about their lives and education and experiences, so that these programs can filter a few out of thousands of CVs based on the keywords devised by the HR people. Most HR people being not aware of the educational terminology, use the wrong keywords to attract or filter CVs.

United Nations is meant to help people with "High speed Internets" and "no internet" alike and such methods are discriminatory.

  Finland ( 1 )

Steve vs Telemania

I have always transacted on Amazon but I have never used a new third party seller without reviews. So, I decided to buy a collectible machine but only one new seller without reviews had it at a relatively cheap price. However, the following day I had a change of mind and decided o request for it to be returned before it was received. I revisited orders on Amazon but the item had not been send yet despite the fact that it was to be forwarded a day ago. I contacted them requesting the order to be cancelled but no reply yet however, the card has been debited the amount.
Feeling paranoid of a possible scam whose shop could be closed by seller anytime and lose my money.

  Austria ( 1 )

fcadmin vs Domain SEO Service

I do not understand how the moment any of my domains near expiry on godaddy, I start receiving emails from spammers with expiration notices, in addition to due diligent renewal requests from godaddy.

Spammers have my full name, mailing address, domain name. The email from spammers is not for domain renewal but to pay for spamdexing. It is a form of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) spamming, which is the art of making a website attractive to the major search engines for optimal indexing. Spamdexing is the practice of creating websites that will be illegitimately indexed with a high position in the search engines. This violates Terms of Service of all search engines.

  Malta ( 1 )

Anonymous vs Zynking

http://www.larryaffiliates.com/terms.html is in the business of marketing, logistical and general support services in connection with remote gaming by a "Company" named Zynking Limited, a company incorporated in Malta, with its registered address Zynking Ltd., St Anne Court, Flat 4, Bisazza Street, Sliema, SLM1642, Malta. Company registration number C76860 and VAT number MT23594224.

I have received an email from the zynking server saying that they will be providing me a tax refund from Canadian Government.

  Grenada ( 1 )

Anonymous vs one ring scammer

These are the area codes being used to make single rings by conmen. 268, 284, 473, 664, 649, 767, 809, 829 and 876. You will be curious and call back to see who called. Calls made to such numbers by unsuspecting victims like you and me can cost us more than $20 for just the first minute. I have been receiving calls from +14735079791, +14735079799, +2473033396, +53588773484, +2471777847 etc etc. The communications ministries of these countries should control scams originating from their networks...

  Ireland ( 1 )

Mila vs John Dorys

My son and I were on holiday in Ireland when we had lunch at John Dorys. They had oysters on special and we shared 6 between us. That night my son developed stomach crams that got so severe I had to take him to hospital. He couldn't walk, the pain was so bad. The doctor on duty diagnosed food poisoning due to a bad oyster, and my son was booked into the hospital for 4 days. Later a nurse told me that the doctor had been worried my son wouldn't make it.
I visited the take-away after a few days to report what happened, as I felt it important that they be warned about the spoiled oyster. The manager on duty was unavailable to see me, but the waitress who helped me couldn't have been more indifferent. She hinted that it couldn't be proven it was their oyster that caused the food poisoning and therefore she didn't really care.

As an avid traveler, I'm not used to such treatment. What a pity.

  Panama ( 1 )

Anonymous vs Patrick Evans

Asset Management Advisors Ltd is from http://www.taxaware.com/?page_id=19 which seems to be out of Houston, TX. International Management & Trust Penthouse is from Panama. https://panamadb.org/address/international-management-trust-penthouse-suite-10-elvira-mendez-street-panama_269414. There are so many other companies registered at this address too.

These spam messages start filling the inbox the moment you register a domain on any of the service providers. Who says they don't sell data. Who says the data with them is secure.

  Belgium ( 1 )

Anonymous vs Robert Warden CEO of Yobitex

Spammers are now getting more smart, more personalized, more techy. Anyone can find the name of the owner of a website from many sources available on the web or data brokers. Now they have started to offer a handsome price for buying my website. But to buy I have to register and talk to a chic "Elizabeth Lee" who is from Norway and does not speak english, and pay her some fees.

  Sao Tome/Principe ( 1 )

Anonymous vs Engr Abelardo Fernandez

Can you imagine they guys wants you to be his partner in stealing a minimum of 300,000 barrels per month to a maximum of 500,000 barrels per month. He thinks people will really believe in him and later after trust based on greed is developed, he can later ask for a small amount to carry out some small re-requisite/ task to finalize the deal.

  Jamaica ( 1 )

ALICE vs Shashane

I went to this website which offers online jobs , so while I was going through the job posts I saw this one post which caught my attention and so I made my bid and submitted a proposal. I guess it was the next hour that I received a reply from the employer, I was excited but when I read the reply, I felt cheated because what she said on the job post was different from what she replied to me. The title of the job post was “Need 5 Persons Who Enjoy Reading- Must Have Kindle App”. It was said in the description that the task was simple and that the 5 lucky applicants will be paid $10 each but then what she replied to me after I gave my proposal was different, she actually wanted me to buy her book for $0.99 and she will pay me $10 in return. I did not agree and reported that employer. I feel cheated because I did not submit a proposal to the employer to buy her book but to apply for a job that she has posted which was actually a scam.