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One I fell for: last minute, I needed to take a cat on a flight. I was googling what I needed to do for the airline and ended up with a scam number. The issue was I didn't even have to click through to the site, I'd like to think I'd have caught on. But the number was bolded in the suggested results without having to click through toanywhere. I was in a panic getting ready for the flight, so I wasn't on my game.
Immediately after I gave the person my credit card info over the phone, like literally the minute I hung up, I realized that it was so obviously a scam. Called my credit card company and had them block the charge and change the card number. Definitely not the pain in the ass I needed right before a trip, but it made me more cautious for the future and luckily I didn't lose any money.
My sister fell for one I couldn't believe. A kid was washing windows on the side of the road, she said she didn't have any cash and he said, "That's okay I have cash app, I'll type in my name." She handed her phone over and he cash apped himself $2000. No recourse since cash app isn't a real bank transfer. Expensive lesson to learn.