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Tag Archives: Scams
Scams!
Tuesday Dear Elsie, Today was the day I had the 2nd scam attempt in the last week, so I thought I’d write about it so others can be warned! The first one was a work one. Someone from Nigeria took … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Cat photos, Claw'd and Raiku, Internet scammers, Scams
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What Medical Aid Paid
For the last 9 days I have been trying to get Medical Aid to pay some of my initial braces payment of R10 500. It was an additional R3600 for the ceramic brackets which make them a whole lot less … Continue reading
Posted in A Thousand Thanks, Braces, Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Orthodontist, Scams
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Facebook Scam
This evening I logged onto Facebook and there was a message from someone I haven’t heard from in years. It came through to my ‘other’ messages that was a clue it could have been an impersonation of my FB friend. … Continue reading
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Tagged Facebook scams, Scams, Truffles
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I’ve received THREE of these since Sunday
They have been doing the rounds for a number of years and when you Google them, sure enough scam sites abound with stories of how these scams work. It seems in South Africa they are pretty low key, aiming not … Continue reading