20 of the Wildest Ways People Got Scammed

‘7 years ago a friend of mine sent his laptop to Nigeria’

If a website boasts a $400 kit that allows you to “make your own car,” alarms should go off in your head. If it were legit, car dealerships wouldn’t exist. Yet, one Redditor didn’t think through the finer details of his purchase, and received “a bunch of cardboard pieces” that “wouldn’t support the weight of one person” and “wasn’t street legal.” All of which is hilarious. 

Other Redditors have recalled the times they got scammed to hell and back, and it’s eye-opening to know how many people are still using Western Union. 

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