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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I was conned out of £50,000 by my own father, who everyone thought had been dead for 3 years. FML
Today, my dad asked me to lend him some money to buy his medication, since he's all but broke right now. He returned with nothing but a bottle of tequila. FML
Today, despite warning my mother repeatedly about scammers, I got home to her on the phone giving her bank details to someone for security purposes. I grabbed the phone and hung up, and now she’s mad at me because he sounded like such a "nice honest man" and I was very rude to him. 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, I had to go cap in hand to my father-in-law to ask for a loan so I could pay the mortgage, so now he thinks I’m a useless bum who can’t support my family. The truth is it was his daughter the gambler who wasted all our savings, but I can’t bring myself to upset him by telling him the truth. FML
Today, I learned that my dad invested my entire college fund into some shady internet stock, despite my dire warnings about being careful. He told me not to worry as he'd done some research, and he guaranteed everything would be fine. Two hours later that same stock dropped almost 75%. FML
Today, my dad sent me $200 by mail, only to mail it to the wrong person. So now some random person is getting $200 from my dad. FML
Today, my father stole the money I'd saved up by working and spent it all gambling. I'd saved it up for a year for a new car. FML
Today, and for the past 2 years, my aunt has owed me money. She just admitted that she fell for a scam, and gave the scammer more than double the amount I'd loaned her. I felt bad for her… until I realized something. When I asked how she had it to give to them, but not to pay me back, she got mad and hung up on me. FML
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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Top comments
Mauskau 36
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
You gave him jaun thousand dollars?
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Comments (60)
JennyK1414 13
Juanito the sketchy cousin strikes again.
deathtothepix 26
This is why some older folks shouldn't mix with technology! my mother often tries to email website addresses.
yukumariooo 11
But you can do that bt emailing the URL, no? Unless you meant something different, in which case, do tell.
skellingtonfart 18
This isn't all that bad, I know someone that spent close to 20k to get bring a model from Africa over here, she didn't step off the plane...
truesarrif 33
for that amount of money why not just go to Africa yourself and see if she's real. If so bring her back and if not, well you're out a whole lot less money
fleur_de_fevrier_fml 23
I still can't get over the fact that people can fall for this type of scams...
graceinsheepwear 34
Loco.
pandawudel 9
I guess it takes Juan, to know Juan. I'll leave...
yukumariooo 11
No, come back! That was exceptional.
Oley 27
Wow! Lol
amisenho 11
What a twist! The father's name is Juan, as well!
TallMist 32
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
Soundslikeothers 15
lucky for you I'm a long lost wealthy relative who has fallen ill you are all I have left and would like to leave my 200 million dollar forturne to you all I need is your bank account and routing number to wire the money to you. love cousin Vinny
perdix 31
Gosh, I hope Juanito pulls through! Emergency surgery can be dicey. Tell Dad that his second cousin, thrice removed, Captain Phillips has been taken hostages by Somali pirates and you need $30,000 for the ransom. Then, buy a nice car and go see the movie!
Pinkfun69 4
My name is Sara I live in Colorado. My address is 1212 faraway lane. My home was washed away in a flood. Please send 1400. Xo
cakefete2 31
It seems the need for emergency surgery runs in your family. Your dad clearly needs a new brain as his is broken. Btw hope your cousin pulls through lol.