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Originally Posted by AnonymousWinner
P.S. Anyone who posted that Primo deserved to be scammed is a f*cking douche bag (Especially the guy who posted the Amarillo Slim quote). He is posting on this forum to ask for advice and to share his story with others not to ask people how they would have dealt with the past but rather how he should deal with the present/future to try to get his money back.
AnonymousWinner
QFTMFT!!
I think Prim knows he's been too good natured and friendly, but in the end, everyone can get scammed. It's something that can really happen to everyone, no matter what precautions you take. I got my debit card copied in Spain, and some ******* emptied my WHOLE account 6 weeks ago, including my max overdraft.
I lost pretty much everything I owned, and there's absolutely nothing I could have done to prevent it. Getting the money back from the bank of course, but it hasn't happened yet (thank God for my online Poker account, at least I got some cash), and it feels terrible to check your bank account and realize you're thousands in the red.
Go to Russia for business, and you're almost guaranteed to experience some sort of scam. I was in Sochi earlier this year, and the AIRPORT POLICE made up some stupid reason for me to pay a fine, I didn't care 'cause I was there for business, so I just paid. But while I was filling out forms at the police station, I left my credit card on the table, and the idiot of a police officer started noting down my credit card details, and turned it around to get the security code on the back. I stopped him of course and instantly blocked the card even before stepping on the plane, but a lot of people would just let it happen because it's a police officer. Could just as well have been a "friend" like in Prim's case...