Got a job offer and got scammed on the same day

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So my interview went well. It was more of an informal chat tbh, they practically offered the job to me on the spot and went through what I would be doing (facilitating interviews for medical trainees in the NHS). I still have one more interview to go for a job I really want next Tuesday so i’ll be preparing for that.

And just now I got scammed. Paid £93 to a website that I thought was selling vintage hand crafted leather canvas rucksacks, the type that I love, deceived into thinking that the shop was closing down and it was their last ever sale.

After I bought the bag I was overjoyed, but then I took a look at the trustpilot reviews for the site and it was littered with 5 star reviews all made on the same week for a business that claimed to be around for 27 years. I found this out because of the small amount of 1 star reviews that showed me the light- this site is ran by scammers and the photo of the so-called bag maker is clearly an AI generated image, you’ll see how if you check out the site:

https://paul-richard.com

I feel so stupid, I’ll call the bank tomorrow and tell them about these ■■■■■ taking my money.

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These sites harvest your CC data as part of organized crime groups. Cancel that card immediately.

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Card Cancelled, thanks for the heads up.

Should have done it earlier

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Don’t feel bad, I learned this one the hard way and had to dispute $4,000 of charges used to purchase cryptocurrency. It was a fair fight with Mastercard as they did not want to refund me the money I was scammed. In my case I tried to buy a photo and slide scanner that was too good of a deal to be true. Dumb of me, and that’s how I got hit.

Happy to save others the headache if I can.

:pray:

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