A year ago, we released a publication on the subreddit r/Scams, showcasing lazy, offensive, and just all-around pathetic attempts to rob people of their money.
Not much has changed since then. Scammers are still targeting innocent folks through phone calls, emails, social media, and even dating apps.
So to remind you to keep your eyes open, we at Bored Panda put together a follow-up article on r/Scams. Below, you will find some of the most popular posts its 329K members have recently made, and all the dirty practices used today. Stay safe!
#1 Meatball
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#2 Scam Text Message. Tricking Them With Cat Facts!
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#3 These Scams Are Getting Complex
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#4 Got A Message From A Scammer, Decided To Play With Em A Little
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#5 Just A Heads Up Y’all!
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#6 Why Bother Making A Bot To Message This?
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#7 I Used To Live In Los Angeles. I’ve Never Owned A House. I Get These Texts All The Time! I Have No Idea How This Scam Even Works Or What The End Game Is. But I’ve Started Replying In Ways That Make Me Giggle
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#8 Destiny’s Child Tour Money
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#9 So.. Nigerian Princess??
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#10 I Could Still Imagine People Doing It
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#11 I Just Caught This In The Wild
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#12 Sounds Tempting
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#13 Whatsapp Scam, I Don’t Know Why They Didn’t Respond?
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#14 No Way
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#15 I Can Tell He’s “Seriously”
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#16 I’m On The Books Guys. I Cannot Wait For My Appointment
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#17 At Least He Had A Sense Of Humor
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#18 When You Just Know So You Reverse The Roles
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#19 This One Made Me Laugh
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#20 Almost Caught Me Off Guard This One
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#21 About To Be Scammed
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#22 Reminder To Be Careful Of Scams! This Was Well Done
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#23 When You’re So Bad At Scams, You Can’t Remember Your Own “Name”
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#24 What A Nice Lady
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#25 A Whole New Level Of Scamming
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#26 Snyder Needs Help, Seems Legit
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#27 The President Needs More Itunes Cards!
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#28 At Least Theyre Honest
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#29 Hooray I Have Won A “Walmart”
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#30 Facebook Enabling Scammers
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#31 Deflecting With Why Tho
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#32 It Finally Happened! I Got The Text! I Really Never Thought I’d Get This Text. #blessed
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#33 Seems Legit But Can’t Be To Careful
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#34 A Bot Love Story. *fixed*
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#35 I’ve Seen Some Authentic Looking Phishing Emails Before. This Isn’t One Of Them
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#36 Real Dababy
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#37 Been Receiving A Lot Of Scam/Spam Text Messages, But This Is The First Time They’ve Tried This Lmao
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#38 Well, This Looks Like An Obvious Scam. Especially As It’s Actually A Picture From Grand Theft Auto 5!
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#39 You’d Think They’d Find A New Fake Picture By Now
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#40 Wasting A Cashapp Scammers Time, Still In Progress
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#41 Facebook Is Full Of Scam Giveaways And Fake Profiles Commenting On Them
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#42 Somebody Didn’t Go To Scamming School
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#43
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#44 This Is Why I Don’t Use Etsy Without Doing A Lot Of Research On The Item. Literally The Same Photos That Amazon Used With Quite The Steep Price Jump. Not Even Creative Enough To Come Up With Something On Their Own. Always Reverse Image Search. I Cannot Stress That Enough
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#45 I Don’t Think Whoever Wrote This Has Ever Met A Bereaved Person
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#46 This Pumpkin Seed Bag Practically Begs You To Save The American Farmer And Then Shows That It Wasn’t Even Grown In The United States
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#47 I’m Reporting Him To Adobe For Apparent Piracy, But He Attempted To Scam Me Using The Wrong Scam Account
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#48 Batscam
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#49 Trying To Find Housing Near My University And Contacted Someone Who Posted An Ad On Facebook
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#50 You Cannot Afford Me
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#51 Scammer Tried To Scam 20 Random People At Once
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#52 I Pissed Off A Scammer Who Used My Aunts Name
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#53 Very Legit Looking ‘Netflix’ Phishing Scam
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#54 I Have Suddenly Been Receiving Lots Of Fake Check Scams, Probably Because I Respond To All Of Them. This One Is Gold
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#55 My Office Got This In The Mail Today, Had A Good Laugh!
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#56 Accidentally Put My Phone Number On Craigslist Without Thinking About It, Guy Claimed He Needed To Verify My Post Making Sure I Was Real By Me Sending Him The Code He Had Sent To My Phone
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#57 Youtube Ads Should Have Moderation
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#58 It Just Doesn’t Stop! Amazon’s Gotta Control This
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#59 Seems Legit
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#60 Scammers Failing Hard!
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#61 I’m Three Thousands Hundred And Dollars Richer!
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#62 The Scammers Who Message Women On Here Are Always So Easy To Catch Out. He Doesn’t Even Know Where He ‘Lives’
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#63 They’re Getting Lazier
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#64 Refreshingly Honest. (Although Still Trying To Me To Send Him/Her My Mobile Number After This)
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#65 My Dog Is Missing. This Is A Scammer Right?
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#66 Got This Gem In My Junk Today
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#67 Random Guy Sent Me Money On Venmo. Idk What To Do
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#68 I Believe Someone Has Been Spoofing Using My Number
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#69 What Ever Will I Do?
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#70 Scammers Are Getting More And More Creative
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#71 I Think A Victorian Nobleman Is Trying To Scam Me
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#72 A Free Coca Cola Mini Fridge Yt Ad Is Just A Phishing Scam, Don’t Put Your Information In Their Website
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