Grown nephew gets caught red-handed trying to scam his uncle out of $800 because: ‘He stopped giving me birthday presents after I turned 18, so I figured he owed me,’ doesn't see a dime

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Apr 10, 2024 1:00 PM EDT

Family is family, but sometimes family doesn't act so family…

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  • When you are little, everyone in the family tends to shower you with gifts. It's easier when you're small. You can just stop by the toy store and get a quick $10 stuffy and now you're the world's best uncle. But once you grow up and you're now an adult, the gifts stop coming. It's only fair, I mean, do you really still want a $10 stuffed animal when you're 19 years old? That's just how growing up goes and most people already know and understand this. But entitled family members still think they're entitled to be showered in gifts well into adulthood. 

    Just take this spoiled nephew. He's now a grown adult and hasn't been getting showered in gifts for many years now. That's just how it works when you're an adult. However, he took this personally from his uncle, who stopped getting him a birthday present once he turned 18. So instead of expressing his frustrations and talking to his uncle about how he felt hurt, he tried to scam him out of $800… Well, he got caught red-handed and the uncle ended up getting justice. Read the whole situation below! 

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    I couldn't believe what I heard. This guy thought he was entitled to receive birthday presents to such an extent that he was willing to scam a family member out of $800 to make up for the presents he didn't get.
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    Entitled nephew scams his uncle out of $800 M TL;DR Nephew photoshops an invoice to trick Uncle into paying for an entire invoice instead of part of it. He thinks he's entitled to compensation because Uncle stopped giving him birthday presents after he turned 18. I work at an archery store, and this story revolved around fixing a broken bow.
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    For context, if you shoot a bow without an arrow, it's called a dry-fire and it's very bad. For a compound bow, the damage can be catastrophic. This surprises a lot of people, which is why dry-fires are usually caused by beginners or family members that see the bow and play with it, not knowing any better. Uncle did this to Nephew's bow, but luckily the damage wasn't too bad. The only thing that needed replacing was the string, so that's what we quoted Nephew for.
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    He was going to get Uncle to pay for it, but he figured while he was getting a new string he'd also order some new accessories, so he asked us to add them to the quote. He said he'd pay for them and collect them when the string was ready. When the string arrived we let him know. The day after that, Uncle called to pay for it. To my surprise, he called to pay for the whole order, but there was definitely funny business going on. This was the conversation:
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    U: I'm calling to pay an invoice Me: Sure, what's the invoice number? U: It's X, for $900 Me: Oh, you're the uncle? U: Yep, so I'm here to pay the $900 Me: ...You're paying the whole invoice? That's generous. U: Yeah, well, I feel bad, so here's the money. After I took the payment, he asked me to include all of the broken pieces when we ship the bow back.
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    Me: Okay, sure, but it's only the string that's being replaced. U: What about the limbs? Me: We're only replacing the string, nothing else was broken. U: But it says right here on the invoice: Replace limbs $800, replace string $100 Me: I don't know what you're looking at, the invoice here says "Accessories $800, replace string $100" U: What are you talking about? That's not right.
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    Me: No it's right, I'm looking at the invoice right now. U: Oh no, did I just pay someone else's invoice? Me: No, our invoice numbers match, plus you confirmed you're the uncle. This is the right invoice. U: .... .... Me: Your nephew purchased some accessories as well, that's why I was surprised you wanted to pay for it all. U: There are no accessories on this invoice, just replace limbs and replace string, why is yours different?
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    I was a little confused at this as well, but after some silence, I realised what must have happened. Me: ...um, I think your nephew photoshopped the invoice. It was like we both came to that realisation together after a moment's silence. I was honestly disgusted, but the Uncle more so. He hung up to berate his nephew. About an hour later, the nephew called and asked what I told his uncle. I replied "Your uncle asked me to send the broken limbs back to him, I told him we aren't replacing the limb
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    His justification was horrendous. He said "yeah, well, he stopped giving me birthday presents after I turned 18 so I figured he owed me". I couldn't believe what I heard. This guy thought he was entitled to receive birthday presents to such an extent that he was willing to scam a family member out of $800 to make up for the presents he didn't get.
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    After that, I called the uncle back and told him what his nephew said. He was not impressed. He then requested that I refund the payment, which I agreed to, after which I withheld fulfilling the invoice until it was paid for again. The next day, the nephew called. He asked me to remove the accessories from the invoice, which I did, and he paid for the string himself. I didn't hear from the uncle again, but considering the nephew ended up paying for the repair, I can only imagine he got his justi
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    I figured I'd repost it here under my new account because the nephew shopped with us again under a fake name. We stopped doing business with him since he's dodgy but he called up asking about an order. It was a different name but the voice was familiar so I compared the shipping addresses and it was the same guy.
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    De-railled • 15h ago Good on you for doiung the right thing and actually helping the uncle figurte things out. So many businesses would have pocketed the money and said "not my problem, sort it out with your nephew" On side note: I only did a intro into archery and dry firing was one of the first things they told us. I never knew about it before the class, but I was taught to respect other peoples things. e.g. I wouldn't pick up a
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    guitar or a musical instrument with out the owners permission, take a sword off a mantle piece, pick up someone elses gun etc. "look but don't touch"was very much drilled into me. Some people seem to have this compulsion to touch and play with things,. But at least the uncle was willing to take responsibility and was going to pay for the repairs etc.
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    ° • soberonlife OP 15h ago Edited 14h ago That's a good thing to have drilled into you. However, a lot of people purchase bows without knowing anything, they just think it's neat or something. We can print warnings on the boxes or in the manuals, but dry fires will always occur with some beginners. But even if the owner knows not to though, a family member or friend might not, and they will pick up the bow out of curiosity and just fire it without a thought.
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    soberonlife OP 11h ago • Literally just had a guy call up saying his friend dry-fired his bow. It was a Mathews ZR Solocam, which are beautiful but old bows. Unfortunately the damage was severe; one of the cams needs replacing. Since its an old bow Mathews no longer makes parts, so it's not something we can repair. I'd say a friend dry-fires a bow at least once a week.
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