New-to-me scam.

[Slowpoke Slim]

Glad you were home to prevent it Oak.

Yes, some of these guys are very polished. They rake in millions a year doing this with very small overhead costs. Most are centered in India, where enforcement is very lax.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

There are tons of YouTube videos of people stringing these scammers along just to play with them.
I get lots of calls which I ignore, and still training my wife to ignore.

 

[drssg]

Long ago, there was a website called BustedUpCowgirl. It since has vanished, but there seems to be some archives of it. It was written by a woman who ran an equestrian business, and she was bed-ridden for a good while to recover from some serious injuries. She became so tired of all the scam responses to the horses she was selling, and she had plenty of free time on her hands, so she would get into lengthy e-mail exchanges with them. Her motivation was to waste their time, amuse herself, and she would periodically get them to mail fake checks, which cost them some money. Here is an example of the exchanges she logged. Some of them get quite involved.

Busted Up Cowgirl

Humor, useful information, and more!

www.eagle-wing.net

 

[mikester]

I love the email address at the end

someguy345@gmail.com


Google is the #1 source of computer viruses, trojans, malware, spyware, scammers on the internet.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/arrive-can-app-covid-canada-google-1.6200821

Google happily collects money from these scammers with their adwords. When are governments going to wake up and smell the coffee and start going after businesses making money from the profits of crime?

 

[Looking4new]

I got a call last month from someone with broken English (most likely a Paki) offering to clean my house. The caller wanted to know how many bedrooms I had on the upper floor. I told him 14. I also told him that the girls cleaned their own bedrooms and that there were only girls living here. I told him that it was a cat house. He hung up.

 

[MinnesotaEric]

Thought people who haven't seen this one yet might enjoy it:View attachment 715399

The language is awesome: looky a real English speaker!

The email address: Bull smack

Talking numbers in a letter of introduction: Bull Smackery!

 

[Tinhack]

I used to get email like that. Now, it's an unidentified number calling my cell phone. A guy gives his "name" and says the call is being recorded for security. That statement threw up a red flag for me. He wanted to verify my address for "higher security". He had my address and wanted me to verify it. I told him I don't answer personal questions over the phone. He was insistent and said all I have to do is say "yes" or "no". I repeated I don't answer personal questions over the phone. The phone went quiet and I hung up.

This sounds like the scam to get you to say "yes". Perhaps to use your voice to scam your accounts.

Just a warning in case you get a similar call.

 

[Frankenkubota]

a friend uses one of those cans of compressed air they use at marinas they use to signal with

he says it hurts their ears?

 

[Bearsixty7]

My dad got those scams a lot. At least he thought of calling his kids (the parent) first. But, he was ready to believe the grandkid needed help.

These types of scammers (preying off grandparent love for grandkids) are the worst scum and deserve a horrible fate.

MoKelly

My Dad got that call a few years ago, He simply asked which grandson was he speaking to (Didn't sound like any of them) at which point they hung up abruptly. Fortunately/unfortunately Dad doesn't have a substantial amount of money to be scammed out of anyway.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

My dad got a call from a “grandson” recently. He asked who it was, they didn’t say.