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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Black Friday
70% off something you didn't need, a stampede and a cart that crashes at checkout. Thanks, Black Friday.
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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jphill2012 11
This is definitely normal for internet transactions. If there is some kind of error on either side (OP may have entered their billing address slightly incorrectly), the credit card will put a hold on the funds each time the charge goes through, but won't immediately authorize the charge. The "pending" time allows the credit card company to correct the duplicate charges. Although, it is best to go straight to the merchant to have them cancel the charges and speed things up. Don't blame the charity for online banking issues.
HotShot313 15
lol
pugly 3
That's happen to me before...
sprints54 19
Contact you bank and say yes you tried once but none of the other charges are authorized so they are fraudulent charges. I ordered something online from overseas before and had that happen and Wells Fargo canceled that card gave me back my money and sent me a new card
sabine123_fml 5
Call the card company and cancel the charge
phenard 7
It's really a shame that you can do a good deed and decide to donate money and get scammed in the end. That really says a lot about the world we live in.
Omniprism 15
Call your card company and refuse all but one.
daddysgirl8 21
I really hope you actually donated to a charity and not to some scam artist that's still living in his parent's basement.
cannonman1863 17
And this is why you don't keep trying over and over. Unless you know 100% that it actually didn't take, don't keep trying. YDI for not following a basic rule of using a card online.
dither 2
They might not be actual charges. They might just be authorization attempts. Even though they failed to go through they would show up like that. They should disappear from your bank statement in a few days. (Source: I work for a website where we get accused of this sometimes)