I got scammed - Warning + Fraud Prevention + Protection · V1B1N Tribe 💕🎹💃🎧🧜‍♀️🧘‍♀️

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I got scammed - Warning + Fraud Prevention + Protection

My dear lovely Tribers! I know as Tribers you all are above average. BUT, hear me out…

Some of these scammers are oh so good!!

I deposited a fake check of $2000 before my trip to Costa Rica that was given to me as a deposit for an upcoming gig for Nov 2nd.

I didn’t lose any money but lost a ton of time last night and today - over 4 hours… talking to my bank back and forth, getting transferred, getting verified, calls dropped…. And I am now locked out of my banking app for until the check bounces…. Then I have to call the bank to lift the restrictions on my account (it’s not automatic) which apparently takes up to 10 biz days!

All that, while I am in a foreign country w no cash… I gave my last $20 to my driver as a tip earlier….

This happened in a different community, not here, BUT IT CAN HAPPEN anywhere - on any platform!

As Skool grows, most likely will get more scammers in…

Please be careful my lovely family!!!!

Sometimes people do not present themselves as their real selves…

To prevent this - never accept going out of the current platform to other platform - like WhatsApp app…. Even if you are asked to take the convo in the DMs - it should be a red flag…

Also! Never accept paper checks electronically as checks have authenticity emblems and watermarks that can be altered by scammers…

I am usually pretty good at this stuffs - sniffing out the scam and feel pretty dumb rn… like a real true dumb blonde 🤦‍♀️

But I am glad it happened to me and not to any of you here 💕 or anywhere else on Skool….

So I can warn you…

Be careful 💕 much love! And sorry to be a downer but I don’t want anything similar to happen to any of you!

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