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Scamming scammers
Posted on 3/18/25 at 2:03 pm
Posted on 3/18/25 at 2:03 pm
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Posted on 3/18/25 at 2:06 pm to Auburn1968
I watched one of these a while back where the guy found out where the scammers were located, and took over their network and security cameras and while on a call with them, told them what they were doing and wearing, and the group of people running around covering up cameras and turning off power was fun to watch.
Not sure if it was fake or not.
Not sure if it was fake or not.
Posted on 3/18/25 at 2:17 pm to Auburn1968
How does she know to start filming this? 95% are fake and just want clicks….i guess I gave them another one.
Posted on 3/18/25 at 2:22 pm to kywildcatfanone
This is the all time classic.
Posted on 3/18/25 at 2:22 pm to Lake08
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How does she know to start filming this? 95% are fake and just want clicks….i guess I gave them another one.
I've had scam phone calls where it was an American (not Indian) stating he was from the local police department and that I had an outstanding warrant for my arrest and that I needed to call back ASAP.
I contacted a buddy on the force, and he said that its a common scam going around right now.
So I'm guessing she got the voicemail, and started recording when she called back
Posted on 3/18/25 at 2:36 pm to boxcarbarney
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I've had scam phone calls where it was an American (not Indian) stating he was from the local police department and that I had an outstanding warrant for my arrest and that I needed to call back ASAP.
I contacted a buddy on the force, and he said that its a common scam going around right now.
So I'm guessing she got the voicemail, and started recording when she called back
I got the exact same thing. Sounded just like a good ole boy sheriff. It was on a weekend and he told me to pay my fine now so I wouldn't be arrested. He texted me a venmo link that had his name in it. I told him to frick off. He turned off the voice changer mod and started laughing. It was some black guy.
Posted on 3/18/25 at 2:39 pm to boxcarbarney
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I've had scam phone calls where it was an American (not Indian) stating he was from the local police department and that I had an outstanding warrant for my arrest and that I needed to call back ASAP.
I contacted a buddy on the force, and he said that its a common scam going around right now.
So I'm guessing she got the voicemail, and started recording when she called back
I got the exact same thing. Sounded just like a good ole boy sheriff. It was on a weekend and he told me to pay my fine now so I wouldn't be arrested. He texted me a venmo link that had his name in it. I told him to frick off. He turned off the voice changer mod and started laughing. It was some black guy.
Posted on 3/18/25 at 2:43 pm to Rex Feral
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I got the exact same thing. Sounded just like a good ole boy sheriff. It was on a weekend and he told me to pay my fine now so I wouldn't be arrested. He texted me a venmo link that had his name in it. I told him to frick off. He turned off the voice changer mod and started laughing. It was some black guy.
Similar one. Except I kept him one the phone a while after I figured it out. Eventually I asked him how many people fall for it, and he just hung up. Called him back from a secondary number, left him a VM saying I had the money order and needed to know where to send it. Got him for another several minutes, but he hung up on me because he could tell I was messing with him.
Eventually I called and it told me to leave a voicemail. But the number I could leave a voicemail for wasn’t the number he was calling from. Called that one, and it gave me a second Bridge’s number. Eventually gave me the actual app he was using. I sent all the info to the company, and they shut him down. Called the local sheriff, but they weren’t really interested in doing much of anything.
I enjoy wasting their time when I have it to spend.
ETA- he almost certainly was up and calling from a new number or app within minutes of the first one being shut down, but it felt good to actually figure out the origin of the calls.
This post was edited on 3/18/25 at 2:44 pm
Posted on 3/18/25 at 4:06 pm to Hopeful Doc
My favorite trick was to say hold on a minute, then put the phone down to see how long they would wait.
Earlier, knowing their burner phones weren't free, I'd sign their number up for faxes for a free vacation, time-share and assorted other persistent sources. Back in the day of faxes, once those telemarketers got you asking for a fax your number would be shared.
Earlier, knowing their burner phones weren't free, I'd sign their number up for faxes for a free vacation, time-share and assorted other persistent sources. Back in the day of faxes, once those telemarketers got you asking for a fax your number would be shared.
Posted on 3/18/25 at 4:10 pm to Auburn1968
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Earlier, knowing their burner phones weren't free, I'd sign their number up for faxes for a free vacation, time-share and assorted other persistent sources. Back in the day of faxes, once those telemarketers got you asking for a fax your number would be shared.
Years ago you could have signed them up for BuckMasters and driven them crazy.
They would call like 25 times a day.
Posted on 3/18/25 at 4:26 pm to kywildcatfanone
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I watched one of these a while back where the guy found out where the scammers were located, and took over their network and security cameras and while on a call with them, told them what they were doing and wearing, and the group of people running around covering up cameras and turning off power was fun to watch.
Would be a better story if their computers blew up in their faces and and they ended up blind.
Posted on 3/18/25 at 4:47 pm to LSUtoBOOT
I had one call me the other night. Handed the phone to my 11 year old, pointed to a Val-pack coupon offer for iphones and whispered for her to "sell this" to him. She figured it out and started telling him about how many hundreds he's save pretty month. Awesome.
He hung up after about 30 seconds, but we all got a laugh.
He hung up after about 30 seconds, but we all got a laugh.
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