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If you have fallen for one of these scams the worst thing you can do is ignore it out of embarrassment. There are people who can help before it goes too far.
by Lio 5y ago
If you have fallen for one of these scams the worst thing you can do is ignore it out of embarrassment. There are people who can help before it goes too far.
In the USA you can contact: https://www.usa.gov/identity-theft https://www.usa.gov/identity-theft
In the UK: https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/ https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/
Most countries will have a government organisation that can help you so don't disrepair.
- fakedang 5y ago*despair
- falcor84 5y agoI for one feel that "don't disrepair" is a great fit for that sentence and will be adding it to my lexicon
- falcor84 5y agoEDIT: I just checked Wiktionary and seems that it's quite a legit usage : Disrepair (noun) - The state of being in poor condition, in need of repair. Disrepair (verb, intransitive, rare) To get into a state of disrepair.
- Wowfunhappy 5y agoThe core part of that definition is “in need of repair”. It’s “in poor condition because it’s broken,” not “in poor condition because it’s depressed.” The OP just made an honest typo, it shouldn’t detract from their post, let’s move along. :) P.S. Personally, I also thought fakedang’s comment was fine. Just a helpful little note in case anyone was confused.)
- DangitBobby 5y agoPlease don't make corrections that are not necessary for readers to understand the comment. This is one of the most annoying things about sites like Reddit.
- treesprite82 5y agoThe correction helped me understand the comment. There may also be non-native speakers or people using translators.
- DangitBobby 5y agoThe meaning in this case would have come out to be roughly the same, as explored in another comment thread. Sometimes I'm sure it's helpful but most of the time it just adds noise.
- Lio 5y agoHaha, sorry yes you’re quite right, should be “despair”. I’ll blame autocorrect but it’s still quite funny.