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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mpkpm 19
You can easily get that money back.
ginger196 14
Well, what charity was it?
hellnosucka 27
Robin Hood?
NiceGuysDoWin 21
Why would you automatically assume it is a fake charity? Sounds like computer error to me. Contact your bank and they'll reverse the duplicate charges. No big deal.
Adam5858 17
Is there any law against that?
LisaDay 14
It is probably just a computer glitch. OP can call his card company and get thr charges reversed.
LosAsquith 3
most likely not a double charge usually does not happen because if they cared about your credit card they would have a protection program for viruses that also in turn fights charging twice without a delay
Birdclawz 17
Alert authorities
AllKnowingTurtle 9
I kinda want a follow up to this, and a possible link lol.
worldclassrager 41
Well that's one way to reach their goal but still that's really mean
avila_boy22 12
aww so much for try'in
DevilsMetsGiants 30
No good deed goes unpunished
Saraishi 25
And that's why I donate material goods to two institutions I know and trust. I give study books, notebooks, writing paper, clothes and furniture that are still in good condition but that i don't need anymore. Never money.