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Airbnb host tries to charge guest £389 for a stained mattress, guest finds the image they used on years-old internet forum: 'Thought it was a bit fishy so reversed image searched'

JR Atkinson

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New mom raises $2800 to take unpaid leave to care for her sick 3-month-old baby, coworker discovers she was actually planning on using the money to fund a Canadian vacation: 'The baby's totally fine, my mom can watch him'

Emmy Pratt

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Event space owner faces retaliation after charging party host $1200 in fraudulent cleaning fees: 'Last I checked? She's offering 50% off all bookings'

Ally Perry

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'Things went off the rails': 50-year-old woman loses her entire pension and savings to a scam artist, then turns to son for financial support, his wife refuses to help her

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘Nailed it!’: Woman discovers nail salon charges $30-$70 according to how much they can get out of you, alerts other patrons and leaves the place in complete chaos

Elna McHilderson

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Man buys $1000 worth of MLM cookware against partner's wishes, partner refuses the 'gift' and ices him out: 'He has a history of buying me things after I explicitly say no, then getting upset'

JR Atkinson

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Filmmaker recruits scriptwriter and only pays him 30% of his fee, faces payback when he gets a new job: 'I realized I had been taken for a ride'

Ally Perry

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'Your employer is in the wrong and they know it': Company scams employee at charity raffle, takes his money and sends him a different item

JR Atkinson

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Man pays for flights, hotel, and car for girlfriend's Bahamas vacation with her 12-year-old son, ghosts him when he refuses to pay $2500 more: 'You are not going on the trip yourself, so you don't owe her anything'

JR Atkinson

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Scammy dude calls girlfriend's friend in the middle of the night to ask for $2500, wants to use her identity for sports betting: 'He's never going to make that profit'

JR Atkinson

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Retired mom takes out $30,000 personal loan in her son's name to buy a boat, threatens to call CPS on him if he reports it to the police: 'They've missed 4 payments and [are] going to let it default since the boat can't be repossessed'

Emmy Pratt

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'I laughed': Mysterious mistress shows up at a widow's doorstep to claim 'her half' of the inheritance, gets denied then served a DNA test for her alleged love child

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'Your roommate is lying to you': Crafty college student uses food delivery app to scam roommate out of free food

JR Atkinson

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'I think I'm gonna get raptured': 92 year old grandma expertly pranks scam callers

Ally Perry

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'I woke up to $500 in charges on my credit card': PlayStation bans gamer for getting scammed, he makes parent company fly him to California

Ally Perry

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Scammer steals credit card information to rent car, emails card owner and asks why he canceled the rental: 'Sorry to use the details hee hee'

Emmy Pratt

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