• Fizz@lemmy.nz
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    2 days ago

    I remember arguing with my mum over a banner ad that said “congratulations you’re the 1000th person to visit this page, youve won 1million dollars”

    I was really young and I was like mum just put your card in here and get a million dollars its so easy and you always complain about having no money. Its not a scam we just got lucky.

    I am lucky neither of my parents had a credit card or any trust for computers.

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      1 day ago

      I only fell for one of those maybe once or twice before I caught on. No money was lost though. just spam/adware

      I did manage to get scammed and have my habbo hotel account stolen though, I was also a stupid kid.