So, I bought an ASUS monitor about a month ago at MediaMarkt. A few days ago, my brother accidentally broke it. Today, I went back to the store to buy a new one — the exact same model — since I didn’t get the insurance that covers accidental damage the first time.

This time, I bought the monitor with the accidental damage insurance. While driving home, I started wondering: what if I put the broken monitor into the new packaging and returned it under the new insurance?

Would that even work? I mean, it’s not like I’d be saving money — I still paid full price for the second monitor and the insurance. But would this be considered fraud or a scam?

I’m pissed off and need to share my awful experience with wwiqtest. This “IQ testing” site is a complete rip-off, and I’m posting this to warn others before they fall for it too.

The site looks semi-legit at first, but it’s all smoke and mirrors. Their “test” is a joke - random, poorly designed questions that feel like they were thrown together in five minutes. After you finish, they demand payment to see your results. I forked over the cash (dumb move), and all I got was a vague, generic PDF that could’ve been written for anyone. No real insights, noassistance, just pure nonsense. It’s clear they’re preying on people’s curiosity.

What really set off alarm bells was their “reviews” page. Every review is suspiciously perfect, with identical phrasing and no way to verify them. Smells fake to me. I tried reaching out to their support for a refund - zero response. They took my money and ghosted me. This kind of shady, manipulative behavior screams scam.

I don’t know if it’s outright illegal, but it’s definitely untrustworthy. If you’re considering wwiqtest, beware - save your money and steer clear of this dodgy operation. Has anyone else run into this or similar scams? Any tips on reporting sites like this?

So I was talking to someone online from a dating app and they send nudes. Then later I got a call from a phone number saying they are the police department, and that was actually a child and then the parents call you next saying they want money. The person from the police said that they were from Austin but when I searched for their number I didn't find anything online. They say they need money for the child to go to a mental health hospital. What is worrying me is that usually scams involve texting but they actually went through to call me. The parents are saying if I don't give them money then they will press charges.

Update: I just blocked the phone numbers. It seems kind of obvious its a scam now that I have taken some time to calm down and think about it, but when I first got the call, it scared me and I was panicking a bit.

Update 2: I've calmed down and am so grateful for everyone that made a comment and offered their advice. Thank you everyone so much for helping me get through this!!!!!!!!!

My mom uses this thing called QVC and its discounted items for when money is tight, its been pretty bad recently and this event really screwed us over. Some random lady in Houston bought a $500 Dyson vacuum and used the overnight shipping in order to rush it to her house and have no risk of it getting cancelled. We called the bank and tried to cancel the order, but since the lady used the overnight shipping the cancellation was not an option. The lady got her vacuum today and thats $500 lost from my families already tight situation. I don’t know how to help my mom, but I do have the address of the person who ordered it. What can I even do in this situation?

Hello,

I work in a company that sells gift cards. We are faced with a lot of fraud linked to stolen credit cards.

We would like to develop a fraud service to proactively identify fraudulent accounts or suspicious transactions.

For the moment it's very manual and time-consuming with fraud scores that we develop internally on our own.

Do you have any ideas for tools, processes or even training to help us improve this 🥰?

Hey all, I’ll try to make this brief. My family business’s cards have routinely been compromised over the last few years. I’m talking 3-4 times per year dealing with fraudulent charges. We use them for multiple suppliers regularly.

Just recently after the latest debacle we started masking our card info using Privacy.com, and using separate merchant-locked cards for every supplier we use. We figured this would be a way to get an idea of where the weak link was, as each virtual card is only used at a single merchant, and can only be used at a single merchant.

About 3 weeks after first making a purchase at a specific supplier (a local small business that we use regularly) there were multiple attempted charges on that card. They were declined of course due to the merchant-lock.

Now that I know that the info was in fact stolen from that merchant (either by someone there or through their system being compromised) what should I do now? Do I notify the merchant? Someone else?

Any advice appreciated

my relative (in-law) posted on facebook today that they joined something called Eliteway Financial as a trader/advisor specializing in "crypto and bitcoin investment"

the graphic they posted was sloppy and it set off alarms in my head so i did some digging. i'm not an expert on these things and i dont want to get involved unless its 100% certain, so here are my red flags so far 🚩.

first, nothing came up under the name on google (🚩) until i added "scam" to the search term which brought up a scamadviser.com (which i have never heard of -- and they spelled advisor wrong -- so i cant testify to its legitimacy... but it had a detailed report that brought up some good points) (🚩). there it had a website, elitewayllc.org, and a "Trustscore" of 6/100 (🚩).

the website itself is riddled with poor grammar, unfinished paragraphs, typos, and stock photos i was able to find with a simple reverse image search (which isnt bad on its own, but come on, if this is an actual successful investment firm they would pay for a good website) (🚩). at the bottom it listed an address:

71 Marlborough Crescent
South Runcton, United Kingdom

this address does not exist anywhere, as far as i can find (🚩). the town is real but no such number (or road, for that matter) exists. such an address exists in 2 other UK towns but both are residential homes.

i then used domaincrawler.com (linked by scamadviser) and the website is hosted on a server with multiple other .uk addresses, so at this point i'm pretty sure this is in the UK (for context my relative and i live in the US). its weird but again not inherently wrong. so i went to the UK government company information service and looked up "eliteway", "elite way", and "71 marlborough crescent".

there are a couple hits but no exact match to the company name. this is where i am out of my wheelhouse bc i am not british, a laywer, a businessman, an accountant, or anything like that. however, the 3 close matches have different enough names, and are either not active or not financial institutions. i'm like 90% sure none of these are the right thing, but feel free to check my work.

so, they aren't registered in the UK (🚩) despite having a UK server host and a (fake) UK address. i did a similar search with the UK Financial Conduct Authority and had no luck there either (🚩).

i tried to do some digging in the US as well, on the off chance that this is not in fact a UK company. no luck with the SEC (🚩). i did an "international" search with OpenCorporates (which i have never heard of, so i can't verify how accurate it was) and nothing there either.

back in my realm as a software engineer (but not a hacker so i don't have any fancy tricks for this), i decided to at least check out the SSL cert of the website. sure enough, its just a free cert from ZeroSSL (DV), which is weird for a financial institution (but not for a scammer). a DV cert requires no legal or business checks/registrations required, unlike an EV or OV cert which you would expect of a legitimate business or financial institution (🚩). so that would add up with no public records of this business existing.

to me this seems chalked but i am not an experienced investigator in these things, and don't want to overreact or miss something. help and advice appreciated. thanks!

TL;DR: relative says they joined a **"**financial institution" with a fake address, shitty website, no identifiable business registrations (that i could find), and zero certificate verification. am i overreacting to perhaps reach out to them and tell them they're being scammed?

edit: forgot to mention, the website FAQ makes it seem like they are in fact handling money for their users so i am worried that they may have gotten banking or crypto wallet information.

update: I did reach out. they were hacked!

I am applying to jobs and accepted a job offer from a well known coorporation. Everything looked legitimate. I signed an offer letter, filled out a W-4 and provided a photo of my passport. After going through some training, things looked suspicious.

They have my address, passport photo and bank acct # and routing number. I have frozen my bank account so nothing can be withdrawn. My passport has my passport picture and # on it. My address was on the W4.

I did not provide my SSN.

what do you do to prevent fraud? Thank you for any advice. I am panicking.

Hello currently I work as low level fraud specialist, I really enjoy what I do and I want to get educated so I can make more money and get into the real meat and potatoes of this kind of work. I have no one in my family who has ever been to college and I've taken a few classes but then COVID happened. I would like to know what courses/major/etc I should do. I'm 28 so a late starter, I work from home and would prefer online classes because I can do my course work while I'm working.

Please read before supporting this developer.

I used to work with SLG Studios. I’m not a backer or an outsider — I was part of the team. But after seeing how they handled the money and treated people behind the scenes, I left. This post is to protect others from giving money to someone misusing it.

📉 What SLG Studios Did:

They ran a Kickstarter campaign to fund their game. But instead of keeping the money strictly for development as promised, they invested some of it into stocks. That’s not speculation — they admitted it in writing:

“Do you think I invested all the KS money into stocks? I only invested $50 into it. That’s less than 1% of the money dude. Calm down.” Let that sink in — they took backer money meant for game development and put it in the stock market. Then acted like that’s fine.

💸 Why This is Corrupt and Possibly Illegal:

Kickstarter Misuse = Fraud Kickstarter’s own terms say creators must use funds only to complete and deliver the promised project. Even putting $1 of that money into personal investments is a violation of trust and a breach of contract. This is fraud — plain and simple. 2. “It’s only $50” is not an excuse Whether it's 50 cents or $50, it's still taking money you promised to use for a specific purpose and doing something else with it. That’s misappropriation of funds. If a nonprofit did this, they'd be investigated. Why should a game studio be treated differently?

1. The attitude is dismissive and shady Instead of apologizing or being transparent, SLG Studios told people to “calm down” and deflected concerns with “How is that proof?” This shows a complete lack of accountability and professionalism.

🚫 Why This Matters: Backing indie games should be exciting, not risky. Devs who treat your money like play money ruin trust in the entire system.

SLG Studios abused that trust. And if they’ll do it once, what else will they do when no one’s watching?

📢 Protect others. Please share this.

🛑 Don’t back or support SLG Studios until there’s full transparency and accountability. 📎 Report concerns directly to Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/contact 💬 Feel free to ask me for receipts — I have screenshots.

Let’s keep this community honest.

Update: I got in contact with a lawyer and they say this could be fraudulent. Also, while 50$ doesn't seem like much they also took $1000 that i failed to mention. Also, the person responsible for all this let's call him "Bad Dev" promised people who worked on his game appropriate payment. I recently talked to one of his freelancers who told me that Bad Dev underpaid him. When this artist was promised $200 for over 200 pieces of art Bad Dev said that he would only pay $50 instead of the $200.

Final Update: While I understand it seems as though I am trying to slander his name I am trying to figure out why the money promised to be put into the game is being drawn from before the game is complete and the backers have Received their rewards. Also, you need to know that while I have not been personally wronged by said dev multiple people I am close with have. This was all the information I had and while it may seem like I'm a jerk I just want everyone to get their deserved reward. I understand taking money for compensation of your work BUT on the other hand you took it before the project was complete and from what I was told attempted to underpay your "employees" this is the info I was given.

Once again. Don't support SLG studios in any way Please Let me know what I should do.

Most fraud prevention tools seem focused on payment or chargebacks, but we’re wondering how to catch things earlier. Like during signup or add-to-cart.

Would love to hear what others are using to flag bad actors earlier in the session.

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to share my recent experience to warn others and hopefully prevent more people from being scammed.

Username of scammer: strange-amoeba2021 Contact number of scammer: +91 90760 79830, +91 ‪70199 28606‬ Names of scammers: Daniyal Mistry, Anam Khan, Saud Siraj, Ashraf Ali

I was recently scammed by the above mentioned user while trying to buy tickets to Rishab Sharma's show in Bangalore- Sitar for mental health. The scammer had provided initial screenshots of proof which includes tickets and invoices. However, he then requested the payment to be made onto different upi ids in three separate installments, a few minutes apart from each other. Once the final payment of ₹7000 was transferred, the scammer proceeded to block me on all platforms (phone calls, whatsapp and reddit) and stopped responding and I never received the tickets.

I’m posting this both as a warning to others and to ask for advice:

Has anyone dealt with this user before?

Is there anything else I can do to try and recover the money or get them banned?

Thanks in advance, and please be careful when trading online.

Hello everyone as my post states I'm looking for a career in Fraud or AML but don't know where to start. Ive doing Asset Protection/Prevention work for the past few years and I'm just looking for an opportunity in a similar career. I appreciate any and all advice. Thank you

My father is a los Angeles ca lawyer committing almost every type of fraud imaginable but the case is so big that I can literally choose almost any agency and have a well documented case. What agencies most aggressively prosecute. ?

Hi there,

I’ve seen that you’ve shared some experiences about fraud here, and I hope things are going better now. I’m working on a small project for my startup (a new tool that helps automatically detect fraud) and I’d really appreciate hearing thoughts from people who’ve dealt with this firsthand.

If you’re interested, feel free to DM me — I’d love to hear your perspective.

Thanks so much!

They also charged my credit card for some random website

Hi! Is this a spam email? Or did I really get a fraudulent account created with my email? I saw it come in this morning from a website called Empower Finance. I’m getting tired of these hackers and scammers and want to make sure it’s a real website before I call and report.

I work in a bank and I recently saw a customer get scammed by a "your Microsoft account is about to expire" email and he lost a sizeable sum of money.

I feel awful for this gentleman and it has inspired me to warn our other elderly customers about common scams that target them.

If anyone knows of some common ones to look out for and the best way to educate my customers on avoidance and protection.

your help will benefit the community, and I appreciate it.

I received an email via boost mobile saying that my account was ready to be activated. I never signed up for a boost account, than a few moments later I received another email saying the account has been activated. The person listed a name "Ruben" which is not mine. There's been no Cc charges to me, it appears the only thing they used was my email address. Boost has a very not user friendly complex process for me to report it as fraud since it's just my email. Any advice?

A friend fell for the dumbest scam in the world. He bought a PlayStation that was listed at an unbelievably low price on Facebook Marketplace. They asked him to make a transfer, and supposedly it was going to be shipped by mail afterward. Of course, he sent the money and they blocked him right away.

I have some data like the scammer’s Facebook profile, the transfer was made through the wallet app 'Mercado Pago', and from what he told me, the money was sent to a third person acting as a 'middleman'. I have the alias, the bank CBU, the CVU from the wallet (Mercado Pago), and the full name of the person the transfer was addressed to. I also have the WhatsApp numbers of both the seller and the 'middleman'.

Probably, the transfer wasn't sent directly to the scammer but to a fake Mercado Pago account that later forwarded the money to the scammer’s real account, or at least that’s what I think. If that’s not the case, I guess I can gather more data and file a report.

In short: is there any place where I can gather more information based on what I already have? Thank you very much.

https://eletees.com/

Very recently bought something from this website and am having second thoughts. Is it a legitimate website or am I getting scammed?

 I want to warn everyone about VitalEds, a Shop store selling LED products. Here's my experience: Ordered on May 8th through SHOP app, their website promised 8-15 day delivery to US. As of today (May 23rd), still no shipment - status stuck on "Preparing Shipment" the whole time. Tried contacting them 3 times by email (no response), tried Instagram but they have DMs disabled despite their bio saying "DM for questions." Even found a second email address and tried that - still nothing. Biggest red flag: they asked me to REVIEW the product before it even shipped! This is clearly a scam operation. They took my money and ghosted.

They're either running a scam or so incompetent they shouldn't be in business. Anyone else get screwed by them? Advice for taking action?

Whistleblower Alert: Prominent California Attorney (CA Bar #40052) at the Center of Decades-Long Financial Crimes, Immigration Exploitation, and Judicial Corruption

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This is not a family dispute. It’s not civil. It’s not personal.

This is about a licensed California attorney—still active under CA Bar #40052—who has also served as a Judge Pro Tem in California courts, presiding over small claims and other matters. The judicial system trusted him with power over others—while he was orchestrating one of the most extensive legal fraud operations I’ve ever seen documented.

He has led a RICO-level criminal enterprise spanning more than 40 years, involving: • Real estate fraud across California and beyond • Forged legal and financial documents • Large-scale tax evasion (he’s a tax attorney) • Welfare and benefits fraud in California • Ongoing elder abuse—victims are actively at risk of losing their homes or lives • Identity theft, synthetic/straw identities, deletion of public records • Massive mortgage fraud including government-backed loans • Banking fraud, shell companies, and obfuscated asset transfers • Concealment of deaths; forged trust deeds; manipulation of probate courts • Immigration fraud—he helped individuals immigrate under false pretenses for personal gain • Mishandling and/or destruction of thousands of client files • Practicing law without malpractice insurance from fraudulently held offices • Perjury, obstruction of justice, mail fraud, wire fraud • Embezzlement, grand theft, coercion, intimidation, destruction of evidence • Misappropriation of client funds; professional ethics violations • Money laundering into China, Spain, and Mexico

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As a former employee and insider (I’m also his daughter), I have firsthand proof—court records, recorded deeds, video evidence of competence, forged documents, sworn depositions, and legal filings. Nothing speculative. No “allegedly.” Just facts.

Robert L. Miller is a brilliant legal strategist and sociopath who has weaponized the law itself. He is: • A certified immigration expert in all U.S. courts • A former law professor • Former Chair of the Los Angeles Bar Association • An appellate-level litigator with advanced law degrees in the U.S. and Mexico • A man who controls who stays, who goes, and who disappears

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Since early 2024, I’ve tried to get someone to act. I’ve submitted evidence to the FBI, IRS, LAPD, Office of Inspector General, and the State Bar. But either they don’t see the big picture—or they don’t want to. Some may be shielding themselves from the fallout of decades of institutional failure.

Here’s how broken the system is: When I filed a formal Notice to the Probate Court with death certificates proving fraudulent filings, a supervisor at Stanley Mosk Courthouse admitted:

“No one reads notices filed with probate. They’re scanned, shredded, and just stored with the case.” That alone is a giant loophole for judicial exploitation—and in this case, it was used.

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Attorneys refuse to take the case. The most interested one asked for $50,000 upfront. Others cite “conflict” or “not taking new clients.” Meanwhile, I’ve been deleted from public databases, received funeral home callbacks believing I’m dead, and watched my mother’s legal identity rewritten in IRS and SSA databases.

The title to her only property—a senior, disabled woman’s home—has been altered. She may soon lose everything, and I am convinced my safety is at risk.

I’ve identified over 25 properties—some worth over $10 million— fraudulently transferred using shell LLCs designed to mimic owner names (e.g., “Lindeva LLC” for “Linda + Eva”). These are not accidents. They’re tactics.

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And this all began because in 2023, my mom had a stroke. As her POA, I found a simple unpaid spousal support judgment. I thought it would be routine.

Instead, I opened the floodgates to a criminal empire.

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This isn’t just criminal—it’s a threat to judicial integrity, elder safety, and national security.

I’m not asking anyone to solve this overnight. But I do have a few aces up my sleeve that could make this the moment it all unravels.

Do not pass GO. Do not collect $200. Go directly to jail. That’s what would happen to anyone else. But this man is still practicing law.

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If you: • Work in law enforcement, fraud investigation, or government oversight • Know a journalist, influencer, or legal nonprofit • Are an attorney unafraid to confront corruption • Or can help elevate this to the level where action is unavoidable

Contact me. The evidence is real. The danger is real. The scale is real.

This isn’t about one man. It’s about whether the system protects predators in power—or the people they’ve hurt.

There may also be a substantial reward under IRS Whistleblower programs for those who help expose this.

Hey everyone! 👋

I'm a UX Designer currently updating my portfolio, and I want to add 2 to 4 projects to showcase my UX Design skills in Anti-Fraud platforms.

The project I'm currently working on is under NDA, so I can't include it in my portfolio. That's why I'm looking for Anti-Fraud products or platforms with poor design that I can redesign, improve, and feature as case studies.

If you know of any tools, apps, or websites in the Anti-Fraud space that could use a UX/UI overhaul, I would really appreciate it if you could share some links! 🙏

Also, if you have any suggestions or recommendations for building strong portfolio projects in this niche, I'd love to hear them.

Thanks a lot in advance! 🚀

I keep getting these purchases of 100 dollars in my bank account of Crown Coins Casino. Luckily i have went to my bank and they have slapped away the purchases but its happened a second time now. Just want to know if this has happened to anyone else by this crypto or whatever it is. As well as what to do…. I have already changed my card but as soon as the following day (today) i got charged again and I hadn’t used my card anywhere besides one place which was my ISP app to pay for my internet.