r/scammers

I payed for a Uber Driver to drive me for my work it’s was $30 as soon as I got to the car he cancelled the order and ask me to cancel the other driver and I’ll pay him on cashapp I felt confused about it but I said fuck it and did it anyway cause I have to be a work, that was most of my money he drive me to work and I keep telling him I don’t have the rest of the money so he still wouldn’t leave even though my co worker who I told about the story to tried to tell him to leave and he still wouldn’t so I gave him $6 just for him to leave and he said I owe him the rest I check and found out what he did Is not right did I got scammed?

Hi, this is one of the strangest situations I’ve encountered, and to me it screams scam, but my roommate seems content with it.

(We’re college roommates)

She told me last night about how a guy randomly added her on Snapchat from QuickAdd. She said hey to him and they started talking a little, shortly after introductions he started explaining stuff that he does and his background. He said he owns a big company, his wife died, he has one kid, and he has a lot of money that he doesn’t really know what to do with. He said he started helping random college kids with paying bills and setting up a $300 weekly allowance for them. He sent her screenshots of transactions for all these kids he was apparently sending money to. He asked if she wanted to be apart of it. She agreed and he asked for her email, she gave it to him and he sent her a check for $700. She put it into her bank and the money actually went through. She told me she looked him up and he seemed legit, and that the company the check came from was legit.

Today she texted me saying he was acting a bit weird. She said he texted her while she was at work, this is what she said in our groupchat:

- “He text me this morning, and then was like show me that you have the money. I’m like I’m working give me 10 mins. Once I’m done doing what I’m doing I will. Then got like mad saying it shouldn’t take that long and blah blah.”

- “And I also don’t even have the money in my account yet so”

- “I said I got email saying like my account is on hold with the check and what not”

- “Then he’s like well take a picture of the email from your laptop or iPad. Like bruh once I’m at work 😭”

She said the only piece of information she’s given him is an email address. That he doesn’t ask for anything in return, nothing sexual or weird. Regardless, the situation is getting sorta scary. I’m not sure what she should do, I don’t think she should’ve accepted the check in the first place.

I got a call recently from a supposed collection agency called "gotonotice" that claimed I had nearly $1300 in overdue medical bills dating from 2023 all the way to 2025. Asking my primary hospital I go to, they said there was nothing on my account overdue, and checking the emergency room I visited last year, they said the only fee they could find on my account lined up with 2025. The supposed collection agency did have a bunch of information that seemed to line up with a legit place like my full legal name, the last 3 of my ssn, and my current city, but looking around online I can't find anything with the domain name, but there was two direct links to websites along the names of "creditors bureau usa" with sketchy looking websites. Has anyone actually heard of these? Is there some actual legit website/number I can use to ask?

My childhood friend got caught up in a “romantic” relationship with Giles Jones, hes on tik tok and instagram. He posts lots of “romantic” and “relationship” topics. She won’t tell me if she has or has not met him in person, completely dodging that question.

She swears he’s real. She swears they are getting married. Says he got her a ring and that’s proof he’s real. She claims she has a lawyer because she was guarded at first since she met him online. They have been talking for quite some time, and she says she will be moving to California with him, and that she will send me the wedding invitation.

When we first rekindled last month after roughly around 15-18 years of our paths going different directions, she mentioned him to me, all excited, and when I tried researching him, I noticed one comment from a woman on one of his pages saying “stay away from Giles, he and his group trafficks women, they disappear”, but I no longer can find that comment, the other thought tho is how common is trafficking a 40 something year old? Probably not. But scamming, sure probably.

Anyways, she won’t hear me out. She truly believes he’s real and that they are in love.

Did not know if anyone else had any dirt on this man? Or group? Or whatever it is? I can’t find anything on him, if I had some sort of proof I feel like I could convince her.

Very concerned for her. She claims he is tired of doing this influencer stuff and wants to quit.