Absurd Alhazred posted:

I once bagged some pre-made meal at a grocery store, just to make sure it doesn't leak, but did pass it through the register. The cashier just assumed I came in with it and didn't ring it in. I only realized this when I was halfway out of the store and thought that it was weird I had had to pay so little; then I looked at the receipt, saw the mistake, and came back in to pay for it.

Palisader posted:

It's usually more that they're hoping anyone watching the doors will see their cart full of unbagged things and think "oh that's all right, those things aren't supposed to be bagged! Surely this person has purchased all those items." It's usually something you'll see more often at a big box store like Walmart, because the door greeters are more likely to be easily distracted and have zero way of knowing if you really did just leave a register.

BiggerBoat posted:

Who could forget the biggest scam of all?

Comcast.

They sign you up for a "deal" then gradually escalate your payments until you one day realize that your loving bill is $165. When you call them, you're on hold for an hour, dealing with a guy named "Steve" who somehow has a very thick Indian accent, then routed through several different departments where you're offered another "deal". Wash, rinse, repeat. Half the time your call is dropped entirely between transfers and you have to call back and go through the whole process again.

There's no record of the previous call or anything you changed, ordered or cancelled. Somehow, 2 months later, your bill always winds up exactly where it was when you tried to pare it down and weed out the services you don't want. If you tell them you ONLY want internet and basic cable, somehow that costs MORE than extended cable, land line and internet.

This is the biggest communications company in the world and they willfully and intentionally flat out suck at communicating. It's genuinely incredible to witness. And you have no recourse because they hardly have any competition.

What I'm saying is "gently caress Comcast"

Soulex posted:

This isn't a scam per say but something I've been noticing is Ill get a call from my area code and I'll pick up to hear a "There's good news for you!" Robot. I tried to call back once to yell and complain only to get a normal sounding dude. Apparently, they used his number to call me, and it happened that my wife started getting these return calls a bunch. So much that she had to change her number. My guess is that the scammers do this to not get caught, but also to run up minutes or data and make you pay out in the long run.

CrisisCarolina posted:

My ex fell for a ton of scams. One was a door to door salesman selling water filters. At around $4k a pop. You could buy nearly the same thing online from Lowes for about $400. Guy comes in and tests your water, telling you how bad it is, etc etc and how this filter will be amazing, they'll even ship it for you if you move! I tried to interject about how we weren't interested, and was literally told that the MEN would talk about it. After my ex signed the papers and the dude left, I handed him his phone and told him to call them and cancel it asap. He also fell for the good ole "we're selling magazines at school so we can go to a trip to europe!" I still get stupid goddamn emails about 4 wheeler magazine.

The very latest ones he's fallen for are beach body. After a move he became friends with one of the coaches who convinced him he'd make big bucks doing it. So of course he signs up, spending $200+ a month on work out shakes (and this was when we were extremely chafed for money. Not exactly the time to be spending that kind of money on a MLM scam) and is sure he'll make tons of money on the side doing this, because the dude who got him into it does. The other guy genuinely makes a disgusting amount of money off this poo poo, he got out of the army and him and his wife basically peddle their work out shakes to people, they're almost like a cult. Last but not least, he fell for the sign up and win a free cruise scam (so long as you pay airfare!!!!). Dudes called him at work saying he won and he was more than happy to fork over his bank account information without a second thought to look the people up. The first few google results were straight up about how the company was a rip off and how you'd wind up paying dramatically more than what they say you will. Needless to say he's out $600 and looked like a 10/10 dumbass when he posted on facebook saying how excited he was. The said part was all the people that replied to the post were equally excited, no one else had the sense to realize that poo poo was too good to be true and gently let him know he'd been scammed. There's a reason we're divorced.

Xequecal posted:

Well, it looks like MyEcon sells other things besides questionable tax advice, like these discs the same co worker was gushing about today:


http://www.firstquantumconnection.com/

quote:

Relief: Have to share a personal testimonial with you. I was in a car accident about 2 1/2 weeks ago. I did suffer some injuries, mainly soft tissue. Anyway I’ve been getting treatment and feeling better but I’ve really been having some headaches. Yesterday was an especially bad day to the point where I was ready to take some Aleve. Dr. xxxx worked on me about 5 in the afternoon, I felt better but the headaches persisted. As I was being worked on by Dr. xxx he found some very active trigger points that when pressure was applied referred pain to my head. When I got home I told my wife to put the pain chips on the exact trigger points. I’m not exaggerating this; my headaches went away in 5 minutes. Now I’ve had some personal success with the energy and sleep, but haven’t had really with the pain. Really hasn’t had much pain until recently with the car accident. Long story short, this is something that works.
Great stuff!!!

— Darin, TX

Tea.EarlGrey.Hot. posted:

Why not just give them some fake info? Do they check ID?

Maw posted:

shame on an IGA posted:

GiP is the best place to lurk for sovcit comedy, probably 30% of posts in the cop thread are declarations of undying fealty to P. BARNES.

bongwizzard posted:

I would be very hard pressed to not plug a found USB into something. Way too curious/nosey.

quote:

UN COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS UNIT
Berks County Sheriff 633 Court Street #3
Reading, PA 19601 United States


Hours of Operation
Monday to Sunday's
Telephone: +1 (redacted some random PA number)
Attention: Beneficiary

Without mincing words, I am convinced 100% that you have had bitter experiences with various 'scam artists' claiming to be high government officials and thereby defrauding you of your 'hard-earned money. The activities of these 'scam artists' has changed your perspective about conducting business on the internet, and you now believed that there is no genuine business that can be conducted on the internet. I was informed of your dealing with several agencies who wanted to take actions on you. I have resolved the issues with them. You are saved from their troubles from henceforth. All you need to do now is to kindly follow this single step I am asking you to take, and see this whole issue come to an end within few-days.

An official meeting was held here in Pennsylvania , PA. with the (IMF) International Monetary Fund, the new President of Nigeria and Minister of Finance and also the (EFCC) Economic and Financial Crimes Commission concerning unpaid and unclaimed Compensations Funds to foreign beneficiaries for been a scam victim, just like you I was very much annoyed when I found out that you have been through much and yet you never received your Compensation Funds. Now in conclusion that the UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION UNIT will pay out your COMPENSATION to you without any further delay.

Please kindly reconfirm the listed details to enable verify with the names and information’s we have on our payment system to avoid any mistake and enable us release your compensation Fund to you through your preferred mode of Payment.

1. Your Full Name
2. Cell Phone Number
3. Country/state
4. Your home Address.

You can call or text me with : +1 (redacted some random PA number)

Respectfully yours,
Mr. Reginald Lovette.
Email; mr.reginald1l@yahoo.com
UN COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS UNIT
Berks County Sheriff 633 Court Street #3
Reading, PA 19601 United States.

Blue Footed Booby posted:

At this part the problem seems to be easy access to VoIP. All the calls I get have obviously spoofed info since there's no way I'd get this many calls from real phones with the same area code and first three digits as me.

Thanatosian posted:

The cable companies are already moving into content creation and internet streaming, so pretty much never.

quote:

My Dear Beloved Friend,

Greetings. Please let this not sound strange to you because I am not asking you of money, for my only surviving lawyer who would have done this died early this year. I prayed and got your email address from your countrys guest book which I have been with my late husband and I wish to visit once more if God will in his infinite mercies grant me. In function of your good profile, I want to solicit your assistance in the discharge of my will. I am Mrs. Susan Read from London and am aged 65 years suffering from endometrial cancer. Please, I want you to help me create a charitable project with the money that I inherited from my deceased husband who died in a motor accident. I was brought up from a motherless baby's home and was married to my late husband for twenty nine years without a child.

My friends have plundered so much of my wealth since my illness and I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them anymore, so I sold all my inherited belongings and deposited all the sum of 9m Pounds with my bank. All I need is an honest person who will use at least %60 of the funds as I instructed, then the rest %40 will go to you for helping me accomplish this mission because donating this money to charity is the only legacy I can leave behind after my death. No money is required from you to carry on with this project because it is my heart desire to make a generous gift to you to work for a charity in your country, I don't mind if you are a Christian or Muslim
but I dont know if I can trust you because there are greedy and fraudulent people over the world. I will give you more details as soon as I hear from you.

Looking forward for your urgent response.

Regards.

Pilsner posted:

I'm just contesting that you call it a "scam". It's completely transparent what you get, you pay the price advertised

Tunicate posted:

It's just an urban legend

The Sexual Shiite posted:

My boss hosed up and did this. We started getting black xerox cartridges for a copier model we didn't have with bills for 300 each every two days. The legal department had to get involved.

Fil5000 posted:

It's not hugely complicated - you need a license to watch broadcast TV or to watch the BBC online.

martinlutherbling posted:

Ah yes hurricanes, the biggest scam of all.

E: Unless...did FEMA make the storm?

Doctor_Acula posted:

Maybe you folks can help.

On my way to my office, I stopped into a Shell station