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re: My wife was scammed
Posted on 6/27/25 at 8:41 pm to Grasshopper
Posted on 6/27/25 at 8:41 pm to Grasshopper
She gave 17k away or they would arrest her?
Okay
What crimes has she ever commited?
Troll game got 8 pages. Impressed.
Okay
What crimes has she ever commited?
Troll game got 8 pages. Impressed.
This post was edited on 6/27/25 at 8:42 pm
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Posted on 6/27/25 at 8:43 pm to Grasshopper
Who falls for an arrest warrant over the phone in a first world country? When they kick my door down I will deal with it then.
Posted on 6/27/25 at 8:45 pm to Grasshopper
quote:I 100% believe you, and I'm sorry this happened to y'all. What a horrible feeling. Praying y'all get some peace about it and the culprits rot in hell.
Grasshopper
Cheers man.
Posted on 6/27/25 at 8:46 pm to Grasshopper
I believe you, but it makes no sense to fall for that.
This post was edited on 6/27/25 at 8:48 pm
Posted on 6/27/25 at 8:46 pm to holmesbr
I really wish this was a troll. I’m still sick to my stomach.
Posted on 6/27/25 at 8:46 pm to sharkfhin
my elder uncle fell for some PayPal type scam. sent him on all kinds of errands to pay this "debt"
any legitimate transaction will take AMEX
any legitimate transaction will take AMEX
This post was edited on 6/27/25 at 9:15 pm
Posted on 6/27/25 at 8:46 pm to beauchristopher
quote:
That makes no sense
It makes even less sense in his followup.
He filed a claim with his home insurance provider.
Posted on 6/27/25 at 8:47 pm to MikeBRLA
quote:Not at that point. I understand now. :-) I’ll go back under my rock.
Was cash involved?
Posted on 6/27/25 at 8:47 pm to F1y0n7h3W4LL
quote:
Since the warrant was already out, I would be arrested on the spot if I came into the office. BUT.......they, conveniently had a way out, All I would have to do would be head down to the coin machine (I'm guessing some kind of bitcoinish) and deposit my fine amount and all I had to do was read them the receipt numbers to them.
That’s not how arrests work at all.
Posted on 6/27/25 at 8:48 pm to Grasshopper
quote:
We are both in our 50s. I always thought this would be something that happens to old people.
Posted on 6/27/25 at 8:48 pm to Grasshopper
I believe you OP. They tried to get me and even though I knew it couldn't be They sounded so convincing that I hesitated for a second before I told them they were scammers and hung up.
My elderly Mom was on the phone with them for 45 minutes. Finally she told them she doesn't do any big financial moves without talking to her son first.
They are good at what they do.
My elderly Mom was on the phone with them for 45 minutes. Finally she told them she doesn't do any big financial moves without talking to her son first.
They are good at what they do.
Posted on 6/27/25 at 8:50 pm to Grasshopper
quote:
Just be aware it can happen to anyon
Nah, not really. Just dumb, old or naive people
Posted on 6/27/25 at 8:51 pm to FnTigers
quote:
I 100% believe you, and I'm sorry this happened to y'all. What a horrible feeling. Praying y'all get some peace about it and the culprits rot in hell.
I appreciate that. I keep thinking I am going to wake up and this was a dream. It’s just hard to process that anyone could fall for something like this. My wife is very trusting and got caught up in this. They are very convincing. If it was three or four thousand dollars it wouldn’t have been that big of a deal. This was very significant. We do well so it won’t break us but man it hurts to know someone pulled this over on her, and I guess us by default.
Posted on 6/27/25 at 8:53 pm to Grasshopper
There was a doc or episode about this same scam. It's wild really. Ended up with someone innocent actually getting shot and killed.
The scammer paid for an Uber delivery person to pick up the money and the person shot them thinking it was the scammer coming to collect. The Uber driver was just being paid to pick up a package. She was not involved whatsoever.
LINK
I don't remember if it was the same scammer, but there was a scammer that told a family it was their daughter or son who had a warrant and needed money to settle it. I am sorry, but it's ridiculous to fall for this.
It was this. Check out this link.
LINK
The scammer paid for an Uber delivery person to pick up the money and the person shot them thinking it was the scammer coming to collect. The Uber driver was just being paid to pick up a package. She was not involved whatsoever.
LINK
I don't remember if it was the same scammer, but there was a scammer that told a family it was their daughter or son who had a warrant and needed money to settle it. I am sorry, but it's ridiculous to fall for this.
It was this. Check out this link.
quote:
Court records detail a daylong scam in which scammers tried to illicit $12,000 from Brock. On the morning of March 25, Brock received a call “from a series of individuals who indicated that a young person related to a family friend was incarcerated as a result of a vehicular homicide near Shoemaker’s IGA and Park National Bank in the downtown area of South Charleston,” according to court records.
Brock spoke to someone claiming to be a lawyer, someone claiming to be a judge, a person claiming to be a bail bondsman and a “gangster,” according to court filings.
The call started as a “believable narrative when someone claiming to be the grandson of a family friend hysterically said he had been in a crash involving a pregnant woman and he was with his attorney, who tried to convince Brock that he needed to provide funds to bail him out of jail.
A man pretending to be a judge then allegedly confirmed what the family friend and attorney said and Brock believed the situation, according to court records.
LINK
This post was edited on 6/27/25 at 8:58 pm
Posted on 6/27/25 at 8:54 pm to Grasshopper
quote:
When it was done they told her they had additional charges besides the failure to appear. If she paid this money it would be given back to us when the charges were cleared up.
They said if she hung up the phone all fines would be permanent. I can’t explain how anyone could fall for this but she is devastated. I manage all of the money and she has no idea what bitcoin is.
That's pretty much the line they fed me. If I told anyone (including my wife) or hung up the phone, I would surely be arrested.
Posted on 6/27/25 at 8:54 pm to barbapapa
quote:i watch many scams on utube where the scammer gets scammed by some hackers. About 10 yrs ago i got a call saying the same shite. I played their game and talked to them for 35 minutes
elder uncle fell for some PayPal type scam. sent him on all kinds of errands to pay this "debt"
any legitimate transaction with take AMEX
then hung up. I was bored. This thread is a troll.
This post was edited on 6/28/25 at 7:22 am
Posted on 6/27/25 at 8:58 pm to Grasshopper
How did she even go about paying them?
Posted on 6/27/25 at 9:03 pm to Grasshopper
Hahahahahaa...scambhas been around 10 years..did not research on it. Call the number back? Nothing oh well
Posted on 6/27/25 at 9:05 pm to Grasshopper
My wife is bleach blonde and fits the stereotypes and I can say with absolute certainty she would never do this without talking to me first.
OP, your wife is fricking around.
OP, your wife is fricking around.
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