A year ago, we released a publication on the subreddit r/Scams, showcasing lazy, offensive, and just all-around pathetic attempts to rob people of their money.
Not much has changed since then. Scammers are still targeting innocent folks through phone calls, emails, social media, and even dating apps.
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So to remind you to keep your eyes open, we at Bored Panda put together a follow-up article on r/Scams. Below, you will find some of the most popular posts its 329K members have recently made, and all the dirty practices used today. Stay safe!
#1 Destiny’s Child Tour Money
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#2 Sounds Tempting
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#3 I Could Still Imagine People Doing It
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#4 Scam Text Message. Tricking Them With Cat Facts!
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#5 Almost Caught Me Off Guard This One
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#6 The President Needs More Itunes Cards!
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#7 Got A Message From A Scammer, Decided To Play With Em A Little
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#8 Well, This Looks Like An Obvious Scam. Especially As It’s Actually A Picture From Grand Theft Auto 5!
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#9 I Just Caught This In The Wild
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#10 So.. Nigerian Princess??
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#11 No Way
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#12 When You’re So Bad At Scams, You Can’t Remember Your Own “Name”
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#13 What A Nice Lady
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#14 Why Bother Making A Bot To Message This?
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#15 This One Made Me Laugh
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#16 I’m On The Books Guys. I Cannot Wait For My Appointment
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#17 Snyder Needs Help, Seems Legit
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#18 Hooray I Have Won A “Walmart”
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#19 About To Be Scammed
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#20 Whatsapp Scam, I Don’t Know Why They Didn’t Respond?
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#21 I Don’t Think Whoever Wrote This Has Ever Met A Bereaved Person
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#22 When You Just Know So You Reverse The Roles
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#23 Scammers Are Getting More And More Creative
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#24 This Pumpkin Seed Bag Practically Begs You To Save The American Farmer And Then Shows That It Wasn’t Even Grown In The United States
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#25 You’d Think They’d Find A New Fake Picture By Now
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#26 Somebody Didn’t Go To Scamming School
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#27 This Is Why I Don’t Use Etsy Without Doing A Lot Of Research On The Item. Literally The Same Photos That Amazon Used With Quite The Steep Price Jump. Not Even Creative Enough To Come Up With Something On Their Own. Always Reverse Image Search. I Cannot Stress That Enough
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#28 Deflecting With Why Tho
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#29 I’m Reporting Him To Adobe For Apparent Piracy, But He Attempted To Scam Me Using The Wrong Scam Account
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#30 Reminder To Be Careful Of Scams! This Was Well Done
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#31 Facebook Is Full Of Scam Giveaways And Fake Profiles Commenting On Them
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#32 I Used To Live In Los Angeles. I’ve Never Owned A House. I Get These Texts All The Time! I Have No Idea How This Scam Even Works Or What The End Game Is. But I’ve Started Replying In Ways That Make Me Giggle
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#33 Real Dababy
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#34 At Least Theyre Honest
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#35 I’ve Seen Some Authentic Looking Phishing Emails Before. This Isn’t One Of Them
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#36 Just A Heads Up Y’all!
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#37 A Whole New Level Of Scamming
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#38 Seems Legit But Can’t Be To Careful
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#39 These Scams Are Getting Complex
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#40 At Least He Had A Sense Of Humor
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#41 Wasting A Cashapp Scammers Time, Still In Progress
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#42 Meatball
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#43 I Can Tell He’s “Seriously”
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#44 Been Receiving A Lot Of Scam/Spam Text Messages, But This Is The First Time They’ve Tried This Lmao
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#45 What Ever Will I Do?
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#46 I’m Three Thousands Hundred And Dollars Richer!
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#47 Very Legit Looking ‘Netflix’ Phishing Scam
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#48 I Have Suddenly Been Receiving Lots Of Fake Check Scams, Probably Because I Respond To All Of Them. This One Is Gold
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#49 Trying To Find Housing Near My University And Contacted Someone Who Posted An Ad On Facebook
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#51 You Cannot Afford Me
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#52 My Dog Is Missing. This Is A Scammer Right?
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#53 My Office Got This In The Mail Today, Had A Good Laugh!
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#54 It Just Doesn’t Stop! Amazon’s Gotta Control This
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#55 I Pissed Off A Scammer Who Used My Aunts Name
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#56 Seems Legit
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#57 Batscam
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#58 Facebook Enabling Scammers
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#59 I Believe Someone Has Been Spoofing Using My Number
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#60 Scammers Failing Hard!
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#61 Youtube Ads Should Have Moderation
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#62 It Finally Happened! I Got The Text! I Really Never Thought I’d Get This Text. #blessed
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#63 A Bot Love Story. *fixed*
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#64 A Free Coca Cola Mini Fridge Yt Ad Is Just A Phishing Scam, Don’t Put Your Information In Their Website
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#65 Scammer Tried To Scam 20 Random People At Once
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#66 Got This Gem In My Junk Today
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#67 I Think A Victorian Nobleman Is Trying To Scam Me
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#68 Someone Claimed To Have Found My Husband’s Number On Facebook And Proceeded To Try And Setup A “Hookup”. Unfortunately, My Husband’s Pay Rate Is Too High For Them
#69 Accidentally Put My Phone Number On Craigslist Without Thinking About It, Guy Claimed He Needed To Verify My Post Making Sure I Was Real By Me Sending Him The Code He Had Sent To My Phone
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#70 Random Guy Sent Me Money On Venmo. Idk What To Do
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#71 They’re Getting Lazier
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#72 Refreshingly Honest. (Although Still Trying To Me To Send Him/Her My Mobile Number After This)
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#73 The Scammers Who Message Women On Here Are Always So Easy To Catch Out. He Doesn’t Even Know Where He ‘Lives’
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