Reddit Users Enumerate The "Legal Scams" People Should Know About

Being scammed out of your hard-earned money is quite possibly one of the most infuriating experiences in the world. Although the con industry is alive and well today—hello, random calls trying to get your cash—some cunning individuals have upped their game.

These sinister people have realized that there is a way to swindle individuals out of their wealth in a legal yet morally corrupt manner. They know these legal loopholes benefit them at the expense of their "customers," but they don't care.

A modern-day highway robbery in broad daylight, facilitated by people in power against everyone else, has become a normal part of most of our day-to-day transactions. They have been getting away with it for a while, thinking that no one is noticing.

Of course, we—the regular people they've been leeching off of—notice. We know they're playing us for fools, but we don't have much choice in the matter because capitalism works us until we drop, leaving us with little time to complain, let alone cry for actual reforms.

The only way we can express our sentiments is by shouting from our proverbial soapbox called the internet. This time, it's Reddit users shining a light on these predatory practices that profit off of us.

The question that sparked this conversation posted on r/AskReddit:

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1. An ad asking entrepreneurs to pay $289 to have their small business website listed on their domain, sent via snail mail for a personal touch.

RecentLingonberry821

2. Everyone who has purchased and booked any form of ticket online and printed it at home knows about this questionable fee.

eastherbunni

3. They always find a way to tell you how you broke your warranty, and, poor them, they want to help you so badly, but their hands are tied.

ggs_golf

4. All those unnecessary commentaries on top of the "news" when it's really just an intellectual (most of the time) pissing contest.

flowachild357

5. What a way to kick a person when they're already down, making them pay you a fee for the privilege.

Grateful_me

6. They also get paid vacations, earn significantly more than most of us, and their job is part-time, yet they're telling the rest of us that these basic rights are not beneficial.

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7. You pay someone for a crash course to tell you what you already know, but they promise you'll learn the secret to success by the end of it—if you pay them again to unlock that secret.

AAlHazred

8. How is this a legitimate business model? It doesn't make sense.

Silverback_Vanilla

9. Food delivery services take a percentage from the food, charge a delivery fee, and then have the audacity to charge more for their service.

carbondupe

10. What in the power-tripping hell is this?

MYule90

11. Multi-level marketing, networking, or simply a pyramid scheme. Don't sign up for this, boss babe!

Thats_My_Moo

12. Timeshares that mess up the local housing market.

EatEmUpJack

13. Getting out of those timeshares is also a scam.

cmc

14. The IRS not telling you what you owe in taxes because tax services lobby politicians to ensure the process ages you 10 years, forcing you to use their service. Presto, they have a business!

DestroyingAwesome

15. TV preachers who ask for money so they can buy a new Gulfstream. It's their fourth private plane, but God said they must have it for their devotion or something.

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16. Parking fees in hospitals and ATM withdrawal fees.

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17. Health insurance that doesn't work.

ForkShirtUp

18. It's called a subscription model, Brenda; get with the times.

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19. Ticketmaster.

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People are tired of their games.

lugnutsandbolts

20. Paying someone to legally kidnap your child and then take them to a camp to "correct" them.

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These companies and agencies not only willingly engage in this behavior, but their entire businesses also rely on these loopholes to thrive. They need the scam to continue padding their bottom lines.

They "donate" to politicians to ensure they stay within the parameters of the law, and it works. Bills and resolutions are passed to protect their interests while the rest of us are left to fend for ourselves and yell loudly on the internet.