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re: Talk to your parents, grand parents, friends and loved ones about Online Scams.
Posted on 7/2/25 at 10:10 pm to BlackPawnMartyr
Posted on 7/2/25 at 10:10 pm to BlackPawnMartyr
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He really fell for this Friends’ request.
A gullible British man was scammed by an online catfisher — believing it was a hard-up Jennifer Aniston madly in love with him.
Paul Davis, 43, told The Sun he paid out non-refundable Apple gift cards after being sent messages he believed were from the “Friends” star blowing him kisses and holding up a sign reading, “I love you.”
“I’ve had fake videos from Jennifer Aniston saying she loves me and asking for [about $270],” he told the UK paper of the scam using AI images. “I believed it – and I paid.”
The unemployed Brit from Southampton fell for the scam even though the supposed Hollywood superstar said she needed his help to pay for her Apple subscriptions.
“Are you there my love,” the scammer asked him in one exchange. “My subscription is about to expire.
He believed it, he said, because he was sent a photo supposedly proving it was Aniston’s driver’s license, then some audio clips that sounded just like Brad Pitt’s ex-wife.
Davis said scammers had messaged him incessantly, with others pretending to be tech giants Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg
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Posted on 7/2/25 at 10:16 pm to Jim Rockford
I don’t answer calls from numbers I don’t recognize, period. If it’s important, they’ll leave a voicemail or text and I can then verify who it is. I tell my wife the same thing.
Posted on 7/2/25 at 10:19 pm to BlackPawnMartyr
My mom once got a call stating her grandson was in jail and the person was requesting $ for his bail.
I was clearing off the dining room table and found the notes she took.
They wanted thousands of dollars.
It didn't go anywhere but could have.
I was clearing off the dining room table and found the notes she took.
They wanted thousands of dollars.
It didn't go anywhere but could have.
Posted on 7/2/25 at 10:29 pm to BlackPawnMartyr
All Trump has to do is threaten India with h1b stoppage for India to crack down on the scammers. India and the US know exactly where they are coming from. Some have been busted already. India negotiates in increments. So they say "look, we busted and jailed 200 scammers, let's continue business!" and Trump should say "what about the other 2 million?"
Posted on 7/2/25 at 10:48 pm to BlackPawnMartyr
That's about the only good thing about having poor parents (on both my wife's and my side), no money to be scammed out of.
Posted on 7/2/25 at 10:57 pm to Joehat
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I don’t answer calls from numbers I don’t recognize, period. If it’s important, they’ll leave a voicemail or text and I can then verify who it is. I tell my wife the same thing.
I got an email this morning of a receipt of a gun purchase through PayPal.
I knew better, then I clicked on the email info and laughed at the BS handle but I can see how older folks would fall for it.
They’re slow, uneducated about scams, and have never had any phishing tutorials from their employer.
Posted on 7/2/25 at 11:06 pm to BlackPawnMartyr
Local pastor had his email hacked and the scammers got his contact list. I have gotten two texts from the scammer calling me by name and asking me for a favor if I could just text him back at this completely unrelated phone number, but don’t call because he is tied up in important meetings. The fact that they know my name and number makes me angry.
Posted on 7/3/25 at 6:44 pm to Grasshopper
Do you have an update for us?
Posted on 7/3/25 at 6:53 pm to BlackPawnMartyr
Yep, these scams are relentless. My wife has learned to not click on any suspicious emails
Posted on 7/3/25 at 7:01 pm to LSUintheNW
I get the PayPal one once every few weeks. Jokes on them cause my PayPal account has been suspended for years.
I get the stupid phone calls with loan offers many times per day.
I get the stupid phone calls with loan offers many times per day.
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