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PTSD: Post-Tutor Scam Disorder 

PTSD: Post-Tutor Scam Disorder — A term first coined by online class help expert, Jim O'Hara, that refers to the phenomenon that occurs whenever a student gets scammed online by someone claiming to be a "tutor," and now suddenly believes that ALL online tutors are scammers. Out of fear of being scammed again, students with "PTSD" force genuinely legitimate online tutors to go through completely arbitrary & convoluted nonsense to try to “prove” the tutor's legitimacy. However, because of the student's "PTSD," no matter how much concrete evidence the tutor provides bolstering their legitimacy, the student is still convinced the genuinely legitimate online tutor is just another scammer.
Jeez, this student that texted me got some serious PTSD: Post-Tutor Scam Disorder! Apparently, some foreign scammer from the Middle East claimed to be an expert in chemistry and tricked her into paying him upfront. Then he blocked her number and never heard from him again. Because of that, this student is making me jump through hoops to try to prove I'm not another scammer. It is complete BS that she's making me go through this nonsense when she totally didn't make that other guy do so before. But it's pointless, no matter how much proof I give her, her PTSD will still make her think I'm a scammer, so what's even the point of humoring her?

uc scam diego 

the school we all love! esp the HDH. :)
he went to uc scam diego, and learned the art of scam.
uc scam diego by teddyec5ac23a October 29, 2021

scam-a-lama-ding-dong 

Some radio personality named "Magic Matt" Alan famously used this term. Apparently it refers to a scam of the highest order, a far-reaching con, like global warming.
"You know, it is a big scam-a-lama-ding-dong, it doesn't freakin' exist!" -- "Magic Matt"

scam-a-lama-ding-dong 

A SCAMbag who will do anything for a buck as well as lie, cheat and steal 2 get what he/she wants.
A scam-a-lama-ding-dong will charge you $50 for a $20 pair of sneaks and tell you that you're getting the bargain of the year.
scam-a-lama-ding-dong by Scandalista December 14, 2006

double grat scam 

A restaurant server not informing their guest that a gratuity has already been posted to their check (as is policy in many establishments on tables of 6 or 8 or more guests), thereby the guest tips again not realizing it has been included, resulting in the waiter receiving, basically, a double gratuity.
Yeah, but that made his night. Ahhh, the double grat scam...
double grat scam by chance tripper January 25, 2011

drug dog scam 

a classic scam used by police officers to get probable cause for warrantless search and seizure and/or arrest.

First, they ask permission to search your property (for example, a car or backpack). You say no because you have rights. Then they bring a dog around to sniff your property. Regardless of what the dog does, they claim that the dog has detected drugs, explosives, or a body. At that point, you may be under arrest, and anything you have can be seized, and possibly never returned, under Civil Asset Forfeiture laws.
Dude: "Hey did you hear about how Ethel Hylton's life savings and insurance settlement were confiscated at an airport and never returned?"

Guy: "Bullshit."

Dude: "For real, it was a drug dog scam. Google that shit!"

Guy: "Damn, that's fucked up."