Today, I donated to a charity website. My card was repeatedly refused by the website but when I went on my account, I was charged for each time I tried. I was scammed by a charity. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I found out that because I, like many others, don't read the terms and conditions, I accidentally donated £200 to a charity because of a non-refundable payment on a volunteering trip. It's my parents' money. FML
Today, I got stopped by people asking for donations for their charity services. Being who I am, I hate saying no to people, so I told them, "I don't have any money, only my card." Did you know they also accept payment by card? FML
Today, I found out that the $100,000 scholarship I "won" was a scam. I found it on a website. When I won, they asked for a "processing fee" that I begged my brother to let me borrow. The website has vanished into internet wasteland and I have no way of paying back the money. FML
Today, I found out that, after offering to fill out my student aid application for me, my mother sent all of my personal information to a scam site instead. FML
Today, I found out that I'm just one of the millions who got scammed by what seemed to be a legit website. None of the negative reviews or bugs appeared until after I spent a fortune of someone else’s money on a server that will never arrive. FML
Today, I had to contact my bank because their fraud department thought me buying gifts for 7 different people for Christmas was fraud. It wouldn't be a big deal, except they then wouldn't accept the original purchase and I had to go to the website to get the purchase to go through a second time. My bank is paranoid. FML
Today, while paying for dinner, my card declined and my date immediately left. The waitress then ran my card again successfully. FML
Today, I realized while paying bills on my phone I fat-fingered which credit card I was paying and sent 299 to a paid-off card instead of 200 to another one. Now I'm going to have overdraft fees too. FML
Today, I had a vulnerable day, which led me to being scammed 2400 dollars, worried about something that a simple Google search and five seconds of reading would've rectified. FML
Today, my girlfriend received a scam email about her great uncle dying and leaving her money. She not only believed it, but she also used my credit card details for it. FML
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Top comments
DestinyNiya 33
I hope they really use that money for charity.
Crofty92 17
I wouldn't be convinced they are a charity.
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RedDragonx32 8
report the website because you may not be the only victim and there could be many more if u don't let other people know what happened to you
Brody_Generico 7
U might want to check out that "charity" to make sure it's real
HotShot313 15
Not the fault of the website, payment processor is to be blamed not the website.
DarkCaesar 17
There is a certain layer of hell for people that scam people that just try to do good
honeymoonroyale 20
Bash and downvote me for this, idc. A comments a comment... I've always felt kinda if-y about giving to charities. I want to help the needy, etc without a doubt. But... You know those little charity boxes in McDonalds, etc? A lot of the time, they dig into those boxes for their own wants like buying extra food for themselves (according to a lot of friends who've worked in fast food restaurants). Same with other charities, they use a lot of that money for other irrelevant things. This doesn't apply to every charity, but still. Idk, if I were to use my hard earned cash on those who desperately need it, such as the sick, animals, even plants, I'd rather do it myself directly.
creepyclowntown 10
tax deductible
SVDurLIFE 3
Attention people. It's called a pending authorization. Most likely the op was putting their card information in incorrectly. The company can run the card but cannot collect the funds due to incorrect card information. Should be returned shortly depending who you bank with. Not a scam, you're just unintelligent.
mt631 18
Exactly, I work in a call center and I deal with them all the time. Most people don't even know what a pending charge is. OP should definitely double check with their bank though, just to be on the safe side.
glabberfasted 16
What sort of information would they be putting in incorrectly? If you put the wrong card number, how could they possibly still charge your account? The incorrect card number would not be connected with your account, am I wrong? It seems like an error with the website, the way I see it.
miss1nformation 11
Generally the incorrectly input info is the expiration date, billing zip code or the security code (3 digit # on the back, next to the last 4 digits in/around the signature panel). You'd be surprised how many people don't know what those numbers are for.
sarneeley 14
I agree with #40. Every year my work does a food shelf donation contest between departments. It's a great way to give to local community people in your area. Don't know how they can scam people with cans of soup.
ihatedouchbags 17
The fact that you still think it's a charity shows how easily you can be fooled.
devil1337 4
it is maybe just a glitch on their site... And I am sure that your credit card company will refund others transactions.