My friend nearly got scammed last night buying a chocolate bar

They saw she was paying with her phone (which can go up to £500 I think) and entered £212.65 on the pad for her to scan. She noticed just before.

Posted By: Kangol Canary on June 8th 2021 at 08:30:17

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Someone tried to scam me last night. I am selling some old bits of furniture on Gumtree (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 8, 07:47:06
- My friend nearly got scammed last night buying a chocolate bar (General Chat) - Kangol Canary, Jun 8, 08:30:17
  - thought it was £45 (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Jun 8, 08:48:28
    - That's contactless cards. (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Jun 8, 09:32:17
- Anyone else click on this post expecting to find a witty punchline? (n/m) (General Chat) - NxNW, Jun 8, 08:12:38
  - I thought that was one of his best jokes TBH (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Jun 8, 08:34:07
    - Ouch! (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 8, 08:40:03
  - A punchline anyway (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 8, 08:29:05
  - I know, that’s the problem with being me (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 8, 08:22:30
- I’ve had scammers everytime I’ve tried to sell on Gumtree (General Chat) - Chopper, Jun 8, 08:01:33
  - should tell you and yours off of on the radio 4 (n/m) (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, Jun 8, 09:58:18
  - Must admit it’s the first time for me, I usually find it pretty good for selling larger (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 8, 08:14:17
- Had similar a couple of years ago when selling a laptop. (General Chat) - lurd, Jun 8, 07:54:28
  - Wise words (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 8, 08:23:28
- It’s time to call chime on the scammers (n/m) (General Chat) - Tier2canary, Jun 8, 07:49:07
  - Good job you clocked them (n/m) (General Chat) - Knitted Jesus, Jun 8, 08:10:54
  - On the face of it, yes (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 8, 07:54:03

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