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What scam offers have you gotten recently?
Posted on 8/5/26 at 9:20 am
Posted on 8/5/26 at 9:20 am
Just yesterday, I got a scam promising me $200 an hour if I boost an app. (Whatever the hell that's supposed to mean.) It said I could work as little as an hour a day if I wanted, and could work up to 8 hours a day. The sender describes themselves as Jessica from Ladders. To top it all off, the email address claims to be from an email service called svk.sd.in. Lol, as if they couldn't be any more scammy, they sent it from some supposed Indian email service that doesn't even exist.
This post was edited on 8/5/26 at 9:23 am
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Posted on 8/5/26 at 9:21 am to UFFan
it's campaign season, so... a lot
Posted on 8/5/26 at 9:23 am to TheFlyingTiger
a kindly woman offering to assist me in getting out of my "tax debt".
Posted on 8/5/26 at 9:30 am to UFFan
I received yesterday what I now believe to be a legit call. Went like this:
Caller: I am calling from XYZ Inc (that I use). We need some info from you. May I have your date of birth?
Me: with all due respect and in the world of daily scam calls that I get, no.
Me: XYZ Inc never calls me. Why today?
Caller: I cannot share without that info.
Me: stalemate it is. Have a nice day!
My phone has been reduced to calls only to family. Use app to filter scam calls 10-12 pings a day. Even the ones that get through I don’t trust.
Caller: I am calling from XYZ Inc (that I use). We need some info from you. May I have your date of birth?
Me: with all due respect and in the world of daily scam calls that I get, no.
Me: XYZ Inc never calls me. Why today?
Caller: I cannot share without that info.
Me: stalemate it is. Have a nice day!
My phone has been reduced to calls only to family. Use app to filter scam calls 10-12 pings a day. Even the ones that get through I don’t trust.
Posted on 8/5/26 at 9:46 am to Everyday Is Saturday
I like to talk with them They usually hang up when i ask for some pictures of their wife and mother having sex with a camel.
Posted on 8/5/26 at 9:49 am to UFFan
Always real estate. "Are you interested in selling your land in _______?"
Posted on 8/5/26 at 9:54 am to UFFan
I have the TD.com Gold membership and someone called trying to upsell me on a VIP Platinum membership.
What a joke.
What a joke.
Posted on 8/5/26 at 11:45 am to UFFan
A couple.
One was a potential client who wanted to meet over zoom. Everything looked legit. A normal email address and the reply to address was the same. I responded to their initial request and they sent me a zoom link. The link cam up saying my zoom was needed to be updated. I clicked it a couple times before I realized I'd been scammed. My IT people found a remote access file they could have used to take over my computer.
An older client got an call from the FBI saying there was an issue with her retirement account and needed her to transfer it to their safe account. Poor thing sends them $600,000. All of her life savings. The bank said there was nothing they could do since she willingly transferred it. The real FBI found on of the perpetrators in Florida, but the money had already been sent to accounts in Africa. On top of that, the IRS wants them to pay taxes on it becasue it was a distribution from a 401k.
One was a potential client who wanted to meet over zoom. Everything looked legit. A normal email address and the reply to address was the same. I responded to their initial request and they sent me a zoom link. The link cam up saying my zoom was needed to be updated. I clicked it a couple times before I realized I'd been scammed. My IT people found a remote access file they could have used to take over my computer.
An older client got an call from the FBI saying there was an issue with her retirement account and needed her to transfer it to their safe account. Poor thing sends them $600,000. All of her life savings. The bank said there was nothing they could do since she willingly transferred it. The real FBI found on of the perpetrators in Florida, but the money had already been sent to accounts in Africa. On top of that, the IRS wants them to pay taxes on it becasue it was a distribution from a 401k.
Posted on 8/5/26 at 11:47 am to TideHater
Your mistake, with Platinum you can get admin privileges at certain times of the day.
Posted on 8/5/26 at 11:49 am to csgau
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I like to talk with them They usually hang up when i ask for some pictures of their wife and mother having sex with a camel.
I have a screener. Since the scams are all bots they can't get through.
I'm going to call the next live caller a bhenchod.
Posted on 8/5/26 at 11:50 am to Rex Feral
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An older client got an call from the FBI saying there was an issue with her retirement account and needed her to transfer it to their safe account. Poor thing sends them $600,000. All of her life savings. The bank said there was nothing they could do since she willingly transferred it. The real FBI found on of the perpetrators in Florida, but the money had already been sent to accounts in Africa. On top of that, the IRS wants them to pay taxes on it becasue it was a distribution from a 401k.
I've evaluated various dementia patients who fell for scams, even the infamous Nigerian Prince one. So sad.
Posted on 8/5/26 at 11:51 am to Rex Feral
quote:
An older client got an call from the FBI saying there was an issue with her retirement account and needed her to transfer it to their safe account. Poor thing sends them $600,000. All of her life savings. The bank said there was nothing they could do since she willingly transferred it. The real FBI found on of the perpetrators in Florida, but the money had already been sent to accounts in Africa. On top of that, the IRS wants them to pay taxes on it becasue it was a distribution from a 401k.
Brutal. frick scammers who prey on the elderly especially.
Posted on 8/5/26 at 11:55 am to UFFan
I dont let them get a word in. Ill just start trying to sell them something (things I dont even sell). Like yesterday I was trying to move a railcar of 40" 4k tv's. 3000 units and I would sell them for 18k.
Every time they spoke I interrupted them about what a great deal the tv's were.
He finally cursed me and hung up.
Every time they spoke I interrupted them about what a great deal the tv's were.
He finally cursed me and hung up.
Posted on 8/5/26 at 11:59 am to UFFan
Mine aren’t usually offers, but threats. shite like “you missed jury duty, so you owe a fine to the sherrif’s department immediately.”
Posted on 8/5/26 at 12:00 pm to SoFla Tideroller
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Always real estate. "Are you interested in selling your land in _______?"
The wife and I get offers to buy our house a couple times a week at least. I don't know if it's scammers or house flippers but we never respond
Posted on 8/5/26 at 12:04 pm to UFFan
Not really a scam but Alice texted me yesterday wanting to discuss Israel.
Posted on 8/5/26 at 12:05 pm to cwil177
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Brutal. frick scammers who prey on the elderly especially.
I'm not one who takes joy on anyone going to hell, but I make an exception for these subhumans.
Posted on 8/5/26 at 12:17 pm to Jim Rockford
Last month I got a written offer from a car dealership in Slidell, addressed to me at my Westbank address, to sell my 2014 Mazda to them for $8K in trade on a 2026 Mazda something....they had the VINs listed for both etc.... then 2 follow up calls to my cell that were blocked that went to voicemail.
A couple of problems;
Never been to that dealership
Not buying another vehicle
Never owned a Mazda.
Sounded like a scam, called the sales mgr and he found the vehicle on his lot, but no offers pending....said he'd look into it (yeah right, dead cat bounce)
A couple of problems;
Never been to that dealership
Not buying another vehicle
Never owned a Mazda.
Sounded like a scam, called the sales mgr and he found the vehicle on his lot, but no offers pending....said he'd look into it (yeah right, dead cat bounce)
Posted on 8/5/26 at 12:22 pm to UFFan
I won Publisher's Clearing House, but cannot tell anyone!
Seriously got the call.
Seriously got the call.
Posted on 8/5/26 at 12:26 pm to UFFan
A lot of “your account will be suspended” type stuff unless you kindly click this link and address within 24 hours.
Also at work, “you have a new voice mail, please kindly click to listen” nonsense.
Anything with “kindly” in it is 100% a scam, you figure they would learn.
Also at work, “you have a new voice mail, please kindly click to listen” nonsense.
Anything with “kindly” in it is 100% a scam, you figure they would learn.
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