Summary of the SCAMS that I experienced...💸💸💸💸💸

 "If there's something that is too good to be true, then it totally isn't true..."

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As every wise people said, yes, that's basically the one and the only sentence that is related to what I'm explaining on this particular article this time, which is literally explaining about any kind of scams that I literally fell for each of them, mainly for the ones that I simply lost my money over those scammers... I already explained about few of the scams that I exposed from my two separate article that I made just earlier. Now, I think it's time for me to reveal more of the scams that I also experienced from the past (including the ones that I already exposed from my previous articles about them), yet I will reveal the initial names of each of the culprits who scammed myself in each of the occurrence as well, particularly from the ones that were occurred from our country. Without further ado, let's take a look at my overall summary of what kind of scams that I fell on each of them, shall we?

1. Investment scam...💸

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Culprit name: B-L (which technically it was one of the fake B-L accounts that I encountered on Instagram)

This was technically my first scam that I ever experienced, which was I got scammed by a random investment scam by one of those counterfeit Instagram accounts that was technically a fake account nicknamed of that one popular entrepreneur in our country, which was B-L... I discovered this particular account due to the fact my mom literally pointed at this particular account in order to solve certain financial problems that we both were dealing in those times, then we both decided to take some calls with the fake B-L. Then, he decided to do some "rules" in order to do his own f****** thing by transferring approximately around IDR 700.000 to him. After I transferred that particular amount of money that I transferred into him yet I had some conversation between myself and him through the chat, and of course you probably guessed it... He literally blocked us right after few moments later! So, that was it, and obviously there was no way to track that particular scammer anymore.

2. Scammed again over a steal price of a "mega" fancy 💻...💸

Culprit name: M-I-M (which basically it was one of the counterfeit Instagram online marketplace account who "sells" certain devices [i.e. flagship 📱, 💻, 📷, etc.])

As what I explained in one of the said post that literally explained about this particular scam, I literally fell for this particular scam due to my native stupidity that I did in those times, yet this was occurred by myself during the time that particular ancient 13" Dell 💻 that I stupidly bought from a legit online marketplace suddenly had it's own LCD screen died... Well, for some idiotic reason, I literally had an idea by "buying" another "replacement" for it from that one "seller" on Instagram for unbelievably steal price, which was from M-I-M. I literally looked at "her" gallery of what kind of 💻s that "she sells", then I decided to "pick" that particular fancy Apple 15" 💻. Before I "pick" that particular 💻, I previously looked at various other 💻s that "she sells" them online, until I decided to pick that one 💻 that I previously mentioned earlier... So, I decided to take some chat on M-I-M of certain things related to it, until I transferred approximately around IDR 500.000 to "her" through a someone's bank account instead of "her" name (which sounds like "she" hijacked that particular person's bank account)... After few moments later, I felt something suspicious behind it, because the fact right after M-I-M contacted myself through a chat, "she" said something to myself by contacting another person in order to continue my "order" of that particular 💻 that I wanted, but of course after M-I-M said so, "she" blocked me yet I simply lost the said amount of money that I transferred into "her"! Well, that concluded if I got scammed by one of those Instagram counterfeit online marketplaces, so I learned the lesson for totally NOT looking at one of those for ever.

During the time I had some conversation between myself and M-I-M, I checked the address of "her store", and it turned out if the address of "her place" itself just led to the empty lawn that was located somewhere in Riau, Indonesia (which was definitely fake as "her" f***)... As for the said scammer itself, yes, it was one of those online bandits that pretended to be an online marketplace who sells certain items (for this case, it was certain electronic devices that I mentioned earlier (i.e. 📱, 💻, 📷, etc.), but as soon as you "ordered" one of those items, you ended up in further problem if the item itself that you "ordered" had some issues for certain reasons that they usually tell to you, but of course it's completely NOT true at all (i.e., got stuck in some sort of customs, those items are black-marketed, etc.)...... This particular scammer of the said type wasn't only the one that I got scammed by, it's because the fact I saw another victim who got scammed by another one of those online bandits of the same kind, but under a different "store". He lost his money approximately over IDR 126.000.000!!! Definitely the jackpot for the scammer itself that he stole that much amount of money of what the particular victim itself transferred that amount of money to him!! HOLY F****** S***!!!!!! Not even any cops from our country were able to track down those scammer bandits like this, including myself with that scammer that I got scammed by.

3. Didn't win a giveaway from bunch of those mails...📨💸❓

Culprit name: E-S (a company, but I have no clue whether if this particular company is a legit company or not)

Another sort of scam that I experienced, yet I also explained already in my titular post that explained about this particular occurrence, which was how I didn't win a so-called giveaway that they "promoted" through those mails that I received from that particular company. In order to do it, I had to buy some random cheapo items that were literally costed several times cheaper than what they literally "offered" through every single mails that I received, then I decided to sent them back numerous times to them in order to win it, yet I also transferred a lot of money to them in order to buy every single items that they "offered" through those of the said mails... Until the fact I and my mom wasted a lot of money over this particular crap, so we both decided to stop it, even though they clearly said if we both almost won the grand prize of it.

4. Almost bought the thing that I wanted for much cheaper price, but...

Culprit name: L-J-S

This was occurred from one of the legit online marketplaces that I ever used, because I almost scammed by that one seller who sells one of the things that I wanted (for this case, it was some sort of so-called mini air cooler thing). I looked at the particular thing itself on that particular online marketplace, then I came across one of them that costed WAY cheaper than the average price of the said item that I wanted. So, I had some conversation between myself and that particular seller who sells it nicknamed L-J-S, then I placed an order and paying it using cash-on-delivery system for it... Right after I ordered it, I decided to take a look at the reviews about what kind of the item that he sent to any buyers who bought his items, and I was shocked if this particular seller sent them his f****** random items instead of what he literally listed for how cheap it was! Then, after few days later, I got a call from a random courier if he delivered the item that I ordered for, but I decided to reject it by simply not receive and pay it for obvious reasons. After that, the thing that I was ordered just went lost, yet his store just gone immediately as well upon this occurred... Well, at least I didn't scam by this one anyway, even if the price of the thing itself was way cheaper than the average cost of the said item itself that I wanted either way.

5. Almost "won" a "giveaway" from a SMS, but...📨

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Culprit name: Unknown

🆗, even bunch of the junk SMS in any form of frauds did count for this, because I almost fell for one of those scams if I won a giveaway through a junk SMS that the random scammer sent to me. It literally led to a wacky Blogspot page if I won a "giveaway" from a legit online marketplace, but truly is NOT true at all, it's because NONE of the legit online marketplaces did able to do that either way... Even though I obviously don't care about all of those junk SMS scams in general, I was once almost fell for one of them by simply looking at the wacky Blogspot page itself after I tapped the URL link on the said SMS itself that I received, until I had some conversation between myself and that particular scammer. The scammer itself literally had an obvious rule in order to "win" it, by transferring some money and reloading my phone's credit in order to do so... During the time I reloaded my phone's credit in a small cell phone store nearest from my current home, the owner of the cell phone store itself taught to myself in order to avoid it at all costs. He taught to me right after I almost reloading my phone's credit for approximately around IDR 300.000 for that. So, that saved me from this particular scam, although his workmate of the same cell phone store itself also received the same SMS junk scam if he also won a "giveaway", but he simply ignore it either way, then he deleted it off.

I even received even more of the same junk SMS scams like this (including the investment scams that I mentioned earlier), although I was able to do some conversation between me and any of those anonymous culprits, I annoyed themselves instead in various ways until they just simply blocked me... As of nowadays, I rarely receive any kinds of junk SMS scams like one of those though.

6. Online "affiliating academy" scam...💸

Culprit name: K-W-A (an entrepreneur, but I got scammed by the "affiliating academy" website of it)

In order to solve my major financial problems that I dealt in those days, but I just ended up in another scam, although it was possibly the least amount of my own money that I simply lost on it... This was also my second time my mom led to this particular scam without noticing the obvious perilous thing itself in the first place, because she simply shared a video to myself about how to earn money quicker by affiliating something through that "affiliating academy" website authored by that particular entrepreneur, nicknamed K-W-A. I checked a ton of videos of him showing his pride if he literally got a lot of money (I had no clue if it's true or not), and I was simply fell for it........ Until I ran into a problem if I had to follow some rules to do it in the website itself, I must transfer IDR 99.000 to K-W-A's bank account to unlock all of the so-called premium features in there (which I doubt it if it was his real bank account)... Unfortunately though, of course there was NO reaction from it at all if I actually got registered to do it further, even IF I already signed my main Google account on that too! Even if I also tried to transfer that particular amount of my own money to him like thrice times in order to unlock it, but it DIDN'T EVEN WORK!!! F***

Well then, there you have it for my overall summary of the dreaded scams that I experienced, being 4 of them were the ones that I caught by simply losing some of my own money over 4 of those scammers who did so to me... As every wise people said, if there's something that is too good to be true, then it is truly not true at all. Even though I got scammed 4 times like what I clearly stated here, I already learned the lesson for NOT fall for any kind of scams. As always, pay your FULL attention in order to avoid any kinds of scams that may happen sometime in the future, and thanks for reading this mega crucial article.