Re:I lost €4k in a Facebook scam
by colejohnson66 on Monday September 14, 2020 @05:10PM
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Oh absolutely. I admit it’s not foolproof, but if a page named “Amazon” only had 100,000 likes, I’d be a bit suspicious. For comparison, the actual Amazon FB page has 19 million likes IIRC.
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Re:I lost €4k in a Facebook scam
by searchableguy on Monday September 14, 2020 @05:34PM
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I have been scammed only once by a company so far. It was oyo (another gem run by softbank). They sold all my information, made me paid twice and left with such a poor service. Few of their actual employees were the scammers along with the hotel manager (likely) so I wasn't suspicious... because ya know, you are supposed to trust official communication portals.
It opened my eyes to how far scam can go. A billion dollar valuation or millions of likes says nothing.
I filed a complaint but have yet to follow up due to covid. It was a visit due to medical reasons so we didn't focus too much on it.