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withnail · Joined: 13 Oct 2008 Location: Seoul, South Korea.

Hello guys...

Just a little warning that I guess I should have been aware of but I will let you know so that none of you would be as spectacular an idiot as I was.

Ok, here is the story.

Was out one night, had a good time...heading home from Itaewon...about to get a taxi and...and...well something made me think ...I'll stop somewhere and have ONE more drink.

So, I walked down the steps near the Hamilton to a bar...

"Ok, this is nice!" I could easily have a few drinks here before going home!!

I wish I hadn't made that decision...

Normally my cellphone alerts me to any transactions I make on my card but this night my cellphone was out of power...

I didn't think too much about it until the next morning when I switched on the phone...

....3 million won was deducted in a 30 minute period in 5 -6 transactions.
My card for values like 600,000, 900,000, and 1.200,000 won each time.

Of course I returned to the bar..... and protested and.... was very lucky that the owner agreed with me that something weird had gone on .... she gave me half my money back...

But even with the refund, I still lost about 1.5 million won....

IPayInCash · Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 4:56 am Post subject:

What a beta. When the only time youve had large breasted women hit on you is when you were being swindled millions of won. ROFL @ thinking they were interested in Bro Teacher from Toss English making 2.1.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

withnail · Joined: 13 Oct 2008 Location: Seoul, South Korea.

You are right.

rabidcake · Joined: 10 Aug 2009

IPayInCash · Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 5:02 am Post subject:

If you were like me and had a smoking hot girlfriend you wouldnt have these problems Julian.

IPayInCash · Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 5:05 am Post subject:

withnail · Joined: 13 Oct 2008 Location: Seoul, South Korea.

cdninkorea · Joined: 27 Jan 2006 Location: Seoul

Pardon the tangent OP, but this is a pet peeve of mine: It's not okay to blame the victim when a woman is the victim of a sex crime, but it's okay to blame men when they're the victim of a crime.

Your case is an example: Some hot women were hitting on you, and you willingly take some of the responsibility. Why? We all agree that women who are date-raped or felt up on the subway while wearing a short skirt don't deserve it, so why the double standard when you're the victim of fraud?

Another example: A friend of mine was mugged in Toronto a few years ago. Everyone sympathised but said it was partly his fault for getting into a conversation with sketchy looking strangers in a dangerous part of town. Yet if he'd been a woman and been raped after striking up a conversation with those same guys, no one would've dared say it was the fault of the victim.

I'm not saying we should blame women when they're victims. The opposite, in fact; we should blame the criminals in all cases.

IPayInCash · Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 5:08 am Post subject:

The OP was mugged and raped after talking to sketchy strangers in a shady part of town?

I must have missed that part.

withnail · Joined: 13 Oct 2008 Location: Seoul, South Korea.

Ginormousaurus · Joined: 27 Jul 2006 Location: 700 Ft. Pulpit

Why do you insist that you deserved what happened to you?

Lust may be a reason for how you were tricked, but it in no way makes you deserve to have your money stolen.

Popocatepetl · Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 6:04 am Post subject: Re: Beware "THE ONE" - Itaewon

rabidcake · Joined: 10 Aug 2009

DaeguNL · Joined: 08 Sep 2009

ontheway · Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 7:16 am Post subject:

Cut up your credit cards.

Use cash when you go out.

Problem solved.