Posted on 12/06/2022 9:53:12 AM PST by proxy_user
Let me guess, it just says, "I'm from the Government and I'm here to help you."
Democrats just eat it up.
That’s excellent. 😂
Are any jerks taking the bait?
We don’t seem to have a bad porch pirate problem where I am, but if that changes, I do have an 18-pound cat. His litter box gets scooped a couple of times a day, so I’d always have a renewable supply of “product.
These package scams always show up this time of the year
Yep. If the phone call or text is not from a known person, a known company or a family member, it goes right to trash.
I am amazed that they keep up the steady stream of “You’ve WON!!” BS text messages filled with spelling and grammatical errors as well as a gazillion odd Unicode characters. How can anybody still fall for that crap in 2022? Can these scammers possibly be making any money?
10% of the scam profits go to the big guy
I got that same PayPal scam, with someone with a Yahoo email address claiming I ordered Microsoft Office for $299. I notified PayPal, but they were useless. I canceled their request for $$$ and called it a day.
Naw, it's easy. I do it all the time. Just taking them a long time to get back to me, I guess.
After seeing TV Commercials offering lessons on how to vote and that the new Covid19 booster is available, I want Congress to pass a bill preventing government from ever advertising anything at all forever. That is not in the Constitution.
Does this text that I received sound legit?
Good Day
You’ve won $900,000 on COVID19 Relief. Send:-Full Name,Address,Email,Cell# to claim
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This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
LOL!
Me too. And if they are on my contact list I find it's usually best to ignore it, too.
Report Suspicious activity Re Amazon Account:
I got several email from me thanking me for renewing my Geek Squad membership. Must be amateurs. A real scammer would at least have figured that the from and to addresses should be different.
Also, when telling me my Visa card password needs to be verified, at least try faking a bank or at least the last 4 numbers.
They just aren’t putting the effort in that I expect anymore.
As a former Private Investigator who specialized in skip tracing, I used this ruse a # of times. Had one case where 4 other investigators had worked the case, but could never pinpoint exactly where the subject lived or anything else. All we had was her cell phone #. So, I called, left a message (A to Z Delivery!) and left an 800 # that was actually my trapline. It would capture the # the subject called from, along with address and gave the subject chance to leave a message. She did, outlining the fact she was working at xyz company, drove a school bus in the morning and would be at a specific address after work. Works like a charm on most, as most folks don’t actually pay attention to what is going on around them.
I received a text from my wife, telling me to leave the strip club and come home for dinner.
Yeah...like I am falling for that one!
Of course I do the same with messaging.
I must admit that I get away with this because my wife gets the important stuff. I've been retired for eight years and even the head hunters have mostly stopped bothering me. I just opened my email engine a couple of days ago, to look for a receipt emailed from Home Depot, no problem.
Email is only a tool, and should not be a liability or a burden. I also got this way from being a 40 year telecommunications technician, retired from Verizon after 31 years.
Electrons are not God. They pass through wires with little resistance. Don't let them rule you.
I received a text saying “your package is at our fulfillment center but there is a problem with the address you need to correct”. I had nothing on order or pending so I texted back “you don’t say”. and blocked the number.
Been known to tell them to call back when they learn the lingo.
I have been seeing emails from Fed-X, UPS, USPS, DHL, etc. saying they have a package for me and I need to arrange delivery. Watch out for these. Sender’s address not even close to reality.
Also be careful of emails saying you won a prize. SCAMS are everywhere lately.
I live in Memphis. They’re gone in no time. It’s how the hood rats shop for the holidays. Memphis is lawless crazy. It makes Philadelphia look like thug kindergarten.
Not a spit worth of difference between them.
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