Money: Today, I convinced my father that "Juanito", our relative who...

By . - 16/10/2013 21:05 - United States

Today, I convinced my father that "Juanito", our relative who needed money for immediate surgery in Mexico was a stranger attempting to scam him. I was $1400 too late. FML

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Today, after weeks of allowing my parents to borrow money, I got a check for $2000. I took it to the bank only to find out it was fake. FML

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By fox_at_heart - 30/09/2016 02:21 - United States - Philadelphia

Today, I found out my father has been saving money to help me buy my first car. In the same conversation, I found out my mother, unbeknownst to my dad, used nearly all of the money to bail my drunken, deadbeat uncle out of jail for the fourth time a month ago. He's now back in prison. FML

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By Username - 04/08/2011 09:15 - United States

Today, my twit of a husband admitted to falling for an internet scam involving a dead foreign politician, the promise of a share in millions of dollars currently stuck in a bank, and him having wired a large amount of our money to "bribe an official". FML

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Thursday 17 October 2013 9:14

Unless you actually have Mexican relatives, why would he believe it in the first place? Common sense seems to go out the window when someone says, "give me money I need surgery"

annoyedchild 17

Thursday 17 October 2013 9:24

You gave him jaun thousand dollars?

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sims_addict16 19

Thursday 17 October 2013 15:04

That sucks, OP. :/ one of my family members fell for something like that, he's still convinced she's coming to live with him and we're lying about it being a scam...

52564 8

Thursday 17 October 2013 15:35

My elderly Aunt and Uncle, who are or were intelligent and educated people just did the same thing. My cousin caught them going for anther $3k.

blueknight1st 26

Thursday 17 October 2013 16:26

People actually fall for that stuff? You must have gotten your brains from your mother.

SamCat 21

Thursday 17 October 2013 16:38

I am assuming you do have family in Mexico. If your family is anything like mine, it's really hard at keep taps on that many people, specially since we have 3 Juan and like 5 Jose. Your dad was just trying to do a good thing, idk.