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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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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OhNoAGhost 18
It's possible it was some kind of glitch. I've had something similar happen to me, though I was swiping my card in person. Unfortunately, there are scams disguised as a charity. You can always check the background of most major charities via charitywatch.org or the BBB's Wise Giving Alliance.
Mauskau 36
There is software in place to prevent this happening, unfortunately it didn't help you. Call your bank and they will cancel the payments hopefully.
NotDarkKnight 27
xD Stealing for a good cause
PeterPansGirl 12
what charity?
benkubie 2
That's why I don't deal with charity shit ever.
Yodelmeister 18
Report this to your credit card company and they may let you cancel the charges
diabloein 2
there are straight up scams that do this exact thing.
my_user 11
That's why you never donate over the Internet. If you use your credit card scammers and identity thiefs can waste your money and you'll be screwed over the moon. So I hope you think twice next time. Ik it must suck but YDI.
tlbolden 1
It's most likely authorization holds. Check your bank again in a few days.
lina21 12
You gotta vet those charity sites before donating anything OP. There are a lot of scams out there