Crime Vanilla Gift Card Hack 5-25

Doomer Doug

TB Fanatic
I loaded $300 on a Vanilla Gift card at Safeway and was hacked within 24 hours
It may have been related to my 3 month membership at the Christian mingle website. I had 4 female scammers out of 6 women I responded to.:eye::angl: Incredible the deception on that dating website.
The customer service for both mingle and vanilla is very bad.

I will eventually get my $300 back, say by August.
I won't be using gift cards again and online dating also was an interesting experience. I did some of my best writing on spiritual issues interacting with these women. :lol:
We live in an age of deception and treason.
 

TammyinWI

Talk is cheap
Dang, that is low, a low blow.

Hope that they don't have it go in one ear and out the other, you did the right thing to appeal to their conscience, and the matter of Salvation. Glad you will get the $$ back, but what a hassle.
 

magnetic1

Veteran Member
That is awful - even the Christian site? So depressing. I tried some sites and realized it wasn’t worth it. Sorry you had the same bad luck!
 

Doomer Doug

TB Fanatic
Yep, they lied straight at me with their typing. It really is true they can type lies with no sense of shame at all.

It really is true we live in an age of deception given the treason and lies that just flow online. 2 weeks of interaction until she just popped out can you help me ship some interior design material from Dubai to Portland? Damn she was smooth and I could tell I was dealing with a real pro the way she built up rapport, and
sequed into it.
She was psycopath and demon and likely feeds on her naive christian prey several times a month. The skill she has is truly amazing. Reminds me of how you need the Holy Ghost to out play demons.
I learned some spiritual warfare training. Seriously, I won't interact with anybody online dating unless they are vetted with a background check.
 

Signwatcher

Has No Life - Lives on TB
I loaded $300 on a Vanilla Gift card at Safeway and was hacked within 24 hours
It may have been related to my 3 month membership at the Christian mingle website. I had 4 female scammers out of 6 women I responded to.:eye::angl: Incredible the deception on that dating website.
The customer service for both mingle and vanilla is very bad.

I will eventually get my $300 back, say by August.
I won't be using gift cards again and online dating also was an interesting experience. I did some of my best writing on spiritual issues interacting with these women. :lol:
We live in an age of deception and treason.
SO true! Deception and treason abound.

After the divorce, I came to the realization that I had been very lonely for a very long time.

Joined Christian Mingle. Got some joker pretending to be Swedish, but he had a hint of an Hispanic accent. Sometimes he would want to talk and sometimes he would give me the brush off.

I wasn't emotionally involved. Some things didn't add up. I made mental notes.

At the end he tried to "borrow" money from me. Since he was the supposed foreman on an oil rig off the coast of NC, when a crew member became incapacitated, he WOULD HAVE ACCESS to whatever resources the company had to replace that injured worker. He wouldn't need to borrow money from me. SMH. SERIOUSLY!!

I merely told him goodbye and signed off. Reported him. Got refunded.

NEVER planned on getting on another such site again, but winter was long and loneliness grew. I ended up on Zoosk.

Had put an unspoken fleece before the Lord asking for God to send me a man who, when asked what his favorite Bible verse was, would answer Proverbs 3:5 and/or 6.

Some guys (professed Christians, mind you) ignored the question. I then ignored them.

Some would say John 3:16 or give me an entire chapter, such as Psalm 37.

In chatting with a new guy on June 10, 2021, I asked the question. He answered it with Proverbs 3:6.

My jaw hit the floor. Got to know him better online. He came to visit me (NOT at my house) a couple of times. I reciprocated, as we were 119 miles apart and I felt safe enough to do so. DS had met the "Ax Murderer," and couldn't find anything wrong with him. They actually have a lot in common.

Now, almost a year later, we are engaged. He still has a lot to overcome from a painful marriage that not only ended in a divorce he didn't want, but she took everything he had except his car which he lived out of for a while. So when he's done processing all of it, we will make it a permanent relationship. He informed me on Mother's Day that we were engaged. LOL!

In the meantime, he treats me better than any man ever has. He's been more of a husband to me than that man I was married to for 38 years. He's totally transparent. I even know the codes to get into his phones. He doesn't care. He has nothing to hide.

So don't give up on dating websites. Put your own unspoken fleece before the Lord. See what He will do for you.

I also met a guy who has become my online friend. I met him a couple of times in person. I text him Bible verses a lot to encourage him. He considers me a sister in Christ.

God brings people together for His reasons. He has a plan for each of His children and He's working it for our good. I will be praying for you.
 

Signwatcher

Has No Life - Lives on TB
@Signwatcher I am soooo happy for you! What an amazing journey....and it ended so well!
We are both still awestruck by what God is doing in our lives.

Was thinking the other night that his cat is black with a few white markings on his underside. My dog is black with a few white markings on her chest and feet. I am HIGHLY allergic to dogs and cats. Not white cats because they don't secrete proteins like cats of color. However, I am in no way shape or form allergic to these two particular animals. Also, I have ALWAYS, since childhood, wanted a black cat. I have always loved dogs.

Fiance lost his dog during the divorce...had to give her away because of living in his car. My dog ABSOLUTELY loves him. I'm her "Mom," but Lucky LOVES him.

He said he didn't realize how much he missed having a dog. She and I have always butter heads as she is by nature a highly stubborn dog. But she will temper it to please him. Hilarious how things work out sometimes.

Miracles still happen.
 

raven

TB Fanatic
Interesting.
My first question was . . . "What's the first rule of fight club?"
Second question was . . . "What's the second rule of fight club?"
 

nomifyle

TB Fanatic
Regarding online dating, I was doing that before I met DH. I even ran into my ex on one site, I thought it was funny. A coupe men tried to scam me, eventually wanted money, of course, I called them out on it. It was right after that that I started talking to DH and eventually gave him my phone number. He called me one Sunday morning and said he was on his way to meet me. It kind a freaked me out, but it must have meant to be because we have been together for 9 plu years.
 

Doomer Doug

TB Fanatic
Well that is a great story. My rule is when money is mentioned I BAIL OUT:D The last woman might hav been legit but she wanted my address, phone number and email which I refused to give her. Still 4 out of six asking for money is an outrageous scam rate. Plus they all had lapdogs and I don't really like lapdogs.:shkr:
I'm not bitter since I really learned a lot interacting with them. I even wrote out the exchanges long hand and learned a lot. They may have been scam artists and demons but they were very intelligent and I enjoyed the interaction. I guess they targetted naive older Christian men and likely hit the bullseye enough to justify spending two weeks with a guy.
What chapped me was all 4 of them lied to my face about how they would never hurt me yada yada and then hit me up for money shortly afterwards. I'm still convinced one of them hacked my vanilla card using my email account.
Anyway glad it went okay for you.
 

mikeabn

Finally not a lurker!
SO true! Deception and treason abound.

After the divorce, I came to the realization that I had been very lonely for a very long time.

Joined Christian Mingle. Got some joker pretending to be Swedish, but he had a hint of an Hispanic accent. Sometimes he would want to talk and sometimes he would give me the brush off.

I wasn't emotionally involved. Some things didn't add up. I made mental notes.

At the end he tried to "borrow" money from me. Since he was the supposed foreman on an oil rig off the coast of NC, when a crew member became incapacitated, he WOULD HAVE ACCESS to whatever resources the company had to replace that injured worker. He wouldn't need to borrow money from me. SMH. SERIOUSLY!!

I merely told him goodbye and signed off. Reported him. Got refunded.

NEVER planned on getting on another such site again, but winter was long and loneliness grew. I ended up on Zoosk.

Had put an unspoken fleece before the Lord asking for God to send me a man who, when asked what his favorite Bible verse was, would answer Proverbs 3:5 and/or 6.

Some guys (professed Christians, mind you) ignored the question. I then ignored them.

Some would say John 3:16 or give me an entire chapter, such as Psalm 37.

In chatting with a new guy on June 10, 2021, I asked the question. He answered it with Proverbs 3:6.

My jaw hit the floor. Got to know him better online. He came to visit me (NOT at my house) a couple of times. I reciprocated, as we were 119 miles apart and I felt safe enough to do so. DS had met the "Ax Murderer," and couldn't find anything wrong with him. They actually have a lot in common.

Now, almost a year later, we are engaged. He still has a lot to overcome from a painful marriage that not only ended in a divorce he didn't want, but she took everything he had except his car which he lived out of for a while. So when he's done processing all of it, we will make it a permanent relationship. He informed me on Mother's Day that we were engaged. LOL!

In the meantime, he treats me better than any man ever has. He's been more of a husband to me than that man I was married to for 38 years. He's totally transparent. I even know the codes to get into his phones. He doesn't care. He has nothing to hide.

So don't give up on dating websites. Put your own unspoken fleece before the Lord. See what He will do for you.

I also met a guy who has become my online friend. I met him a couple of times in person. I text him Bible verses a lot to encourage him. He considers me a sister in Christ.

God brings people together for His reasons. He has a plan for each of His children and He's working it for our good. I will be praying for you.
Very happy for you both!
 
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