# I think someone just tried to scam me

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-someone-just-tried-to-scam-me/428492>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 1, 2007, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-someone-just-tried-to-scam-me/428492 "2007-12-01T23:40:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2007, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-someone-just-tried-to-scam-me/428492/21 "2007-12-04T05:10:45Z")

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[QUOTE=adam yax]  
You are probably not cooking them correctly. Or it may be the water you are boiling them in.  
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But that’s why you have to get the water tested! There might be high levels of DHMO in it, after all…

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2007, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-someone-just-tried-to-scam-me/428492/22 "2007-12-04T12:06:10Z")

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One of my co-workers claims that he saw a report on the local news that this scam has been going around. While one person is testing your water, another is rifling through your stuff.

I haven’t been able to find that online anywhere, so I don’t know if this is true. Since I am not a tidy man, they would have a hard time rifling through my stuff and finding anything of interest… 🙂

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2007, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-someone-just-tried-to-scam-me/428492/23 "2007-12-04T15:52:09Z")

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[QUOTE=Cervaise]  
To see if it would benefit from Scientology.  
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Ah, yes, the old “home water auditing” scam.

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2007, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-someone-just-tried-to-scam-me/428492/24 "2007-12-04T15:56:19Z")

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“Good evening. Have you accepted the Culligan Man as your personal savior?”

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**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-someone-just-tried-to-scam-me/428492/25 "2007-12-04T17:36:13Z")

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Guy came to our door, I gave him a sample from our 55gal aquarium - when he called back to discuss it - I told him to mail me the info - he never called again.

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