Scams

jadtiger said:
I get that probably 2-3 times a week.
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I pressed 1 and wanted to talk to someone - so someone picked up and I just said - please don't cancel - let them debit my card anytime they want and please don't let this fail - I would be disappointed if it stops 😆
 
I've never ordered anything from Dan Murphy's to be delivered in my life. Earlier in the month I got a text suposedly from DM's that said they had received my order and I could follow its progress by following a link.

Soon after another text that said my order had been despatched - "click here to follow its progress".

Then finally a text saying that my order has been delivered - thanks for ordering from DM's.

I get crap like this regularly and just delete them.

Bugger me if 10 seconds later a courier walks in with a 6 pack of nice red wine my brother in law had sent me for my birthday!! 🙂
 
its really friggin sad fellas. Especially older generation and non English speakers.

my mum (English isnt her first language) got scammed $12,000 from carsales. Some dude said he was stationed in Tasmania and made some story up about working for ADF was going to sell her a Toyota which never eventuated. I called the bank to get the money back but it was too late.

It was too late when i found out. You know shes in her late 60s and her generation was very frugal with her money. Saved everything. Never ate at restaurants etc.

Last year she fell for a romance scam, dude said he worked for the UN and was stationed in Kabul. Mum is single and i think a little lonely, especially now im in canberra. I know the scam was from Nigeria as well so i told her what would happen. Something would happen in his personal life and he would need money for you to bail him out- some emergency.

He swept her off her feet. I told her it was a scam but she didnt believe me! I told her i do a lot of work with the UN as part of my work with the Federal Govt but she still didnt believe me. Luckily she didnt give the guy money. I read ABC news last week a lady got scammed a million dollars or something?


All jokes aside it is very concerning how much of it is going around,
 
trentrunciman said:
its really friggin sad fellas. Especially older generation and non English speakers.

my mum (English isnt her first language) got scammed $12,000 from carsales. Some dude said he was stationed in Tasmania and made some story up about working for ADF was going to sell her a Toyota which never eventuated. I called the bank to get the money back but it was too late.

It was too late when i found out. You know shes in her late 60s and her generation was very frugal with her money. Saved everything. Never ate at restaurants etc.

Last year she fell for a romance scam, dude said he worked for the UN and was stationed in Kabul. Mum is single and i think a little lonely, especially now im in canberra. I know the scam was from Nigeria as well so i told her what would happen. Something would happen in his personal life and he would need money for you to bail him out- some emergency.

He swept her off her feet. I told her it was a scam but she didnt believe me! I told her i do a lot of work with the UN as part of my work with the Federal Govt but she still didnt believe me. Luckily she didnt give the guy money. I read ABC news last week a lady got scammed a million dollars or something?


All jokes aside it is very concerning how much of it is going around,
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trentrunciman said:
its really friggin sad fellas. Especially older generation and non English speakers.

my mum (English isnt her first language) got scammed $12,000 from carsales. Some dude said he was stationed in Tasmania and made some story up about working for ADF was going to sell her a Toyota which never eventuated. I called the bank to get the money back but it was too late.

It was too late when i found out. You know shes in her late 60s and her generation was very frugal with her money. Saved everything. Never ate at restaurants etc.

Last year she fell for a romance scam, dude said he worked for the UN and was stationed in Kabul. Mum is single and i think a little lonely, especially now im in canberra. I know the scam was from Nigeria as well so i told her what would happen. Something would happen in his personal life and he would need money for you to bail him out- some emergency.

He swept her off her feet. I told her it was a scam but she didnt believe me! I told her i do a lot of work with the UN as part of my work with the Federal Govt but she still didnt believe me. Luckily she didnt give the guy money. I read ABC news last week a lady got scammed a million dollars or something?


All jokes aside it is very concerning how much of it is going around,
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This UN ID look real or fake? it conned my mum.

Does it make sense to be a Dentist and Surgeon?
 
Merlot said:
apparently, you can still leave the house phone off the hook if rung by tele marketers ,and they beg for forgiveness in a day or 3for you to hang up
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Just mess with them ...they get sick of it

My favourite ...and the kids used to think it was hilarious

So you play along ......yep I've logged into my computer ...yep I've done that ...yep done that ...and then I tell them I just got a message on my screen ....and it says " do you think I'm a f?.&in idiot " ...they don't seem to like that
 
Merlot said:
apparently, you can still leave the house phone off the hook if rung by tele marketers ,and they beg for forgiveness in a day or 3for you to hang up
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Lol Does anyone still have a “house phone”?
My parents used to have one with the dial and long cord. Bloody monstrosity of a thing…
 
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