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    %#$#^% Phone scammers

    I had just logged a support ticket via email with my company, 5 minutes later I get a call on my house phone (this is the phone a service tech from my company would call me on). The screen on my cordless phone is fucked so I can't read the caller ID. I answer the call with a "hello". The caller asks "Is this Timothy". Thinking this is in response to my support ticket I don't think much about it and answer "Yes". The caller immediately hangs up.
    Now someone is probably going to use this to steal my identity and cause me a huge amount of headaches.

    Aim for the chopping block. If you aim for the wood, you will have nothing. Aim past the wood, aim through the wood.
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    I can hunt them down for you. Just PM me your SSN and bank acct # and I can get started.

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    I always say "no, I'm his brother" which tends to throw other party off their game. From there I just mess with them for general amusement.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pisteoff View Post
    I always say "no, I'm his brother" which tends to throw other party off their game. From there I just mess with them for general amusement.
    I totally would have done something like that if I wasn't expecting a call.

    PM Sent to Adrenalated's nigerian email account.
    Aim for the chopping block. If you aim for the wood, you will have nothing. Aim past the wood, aim through the wood.
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    I never answer my cell if I don't recognize the number, but I get a lot of spam calls on the office phone and am obliged to answer. Often it's obviously spam based on the caller ID, so I answer in spanish.

    Me: *Company name*

    Spammer: Hello, may I please speak to the person responsible for your office cleaning?

    Me: Oh, el jefe no esta aqui.

    Spammer: Oh, umm, is there someone there who speaks english?

    Me: Oh no, no hablamos ingles aqui.


    It's good for a good chuckle every time. Sometimes they say they'll call back with a translator, but they never do.

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    Probably should be posted in the "things that annoy me" thread but it really annoys me that there are still potential ways to steal my identity/steal my money with a simply recording of my voice saying "Yes" to a question.
    Aim for the chopping block. If you aim for the wood, you will have nothing. Aim past the wood, aim through the wood.
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    Quote Originally Posted by From_the_NEK View Post
    it really annoys me that there are still potential ways to steal my identity/steal my money with a simply recording of my voice saying "Yes" to a question.
    It probably needs a bit more than that?
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    And there will come a day when our ancestors look back...........

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    I got a text today, telling me to send my email address to register for receiving a bequest. I asked them to send me US1000 to show good faith. Waiting anxiously to hear back from them.

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    I got an email claiming I've been recording feeding the geese while watching online porn.

    Now way that can be true because the 2 cameras on my phone are covered due to fear of that happening.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kenny Satch View Post
    I got an email claiming I've been recording feeding the geese while watching online porn.

    Now way that can be true because the 2 cameras on my phone are covered due to fear of that happening.
    This belongs in the "This week in Canadian Fetishes" thread.
    Aim for the chopping block. If you aim for the wood, you will have nothing. Aim past the wood, aim through the wood.
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    Don't feed the geese dude, they're dirty and dangerous. Porn is fine of course

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    Quote Originally Posted by From_the_NEK View Post
    This belongs in the "This week in Canadian Fetishes" thread.
    LoL
    I'll leave it at that

    Quote Originally Posted by iceman View Post
    Don't feed the geese dude, they're dirty and dangerous. Porn is fine of course
    I should have said "imaginary Canadian geese"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kenny Satch View Post
    I got an email claiming I've been recording feeding the geese while watching online porn.

    Now way that can be true because the 2 cameras on my phone are covered due to fear of that happening.
    Crazy. That is EXACTLY the beginning of the plot to a Black Mirror episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shut_U...(Black_Mirror) / https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5709230/

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    apparently I owe the IRS alot of money and people can help with this issue.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AustinFromSA View Post
    Crazy. That is EXACTLY the beginning of the plot to a Black Mirror episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shut_U...(Black_Mirror) / https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5709230/
    OMG. Thats crazy.

    When withdrawn Kenny stumbles headlong into an online trap, he is quickly forced into an uneasy alliance with shifty Hector, both at the mercy of persons unknown.

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    It's been bad today. Just got my 4th call since noon. I'm about to throw my phone out the window.

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    Two IRS calls from a number in Islip, NY

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    Every time you answer or dismiss a spamers call the value of your number goes up on the black market. Never answer. Never dismiss. Seems to work. OTOH my wife clicked on the first google entry for "Canon Customer Support" and by the time I went to see what was going on some guy from Pakistan was inside her computer and had control of the mouse. Off to the cleaners.
    A few people feel the rain. Most people just get wet.

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    About time to make spoofing a phone number illegal--for the carrier. I'm sure the technology exists to stop spoofing.

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    Wait. Your name's Timmy?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dantheman View Post
    I never answer my cell if I don't recognize the number, but I get a lot of spam calls on the office phone and am obliged to answer. Often it's obviously spam based on the caller ID, so I answer in spanish.

    Me: *Company name*

    Spammer: Hello, may I please speak to the person responsible for your office cleaning?

    Me: Oh, el jefe no esta aqui.

    Spammer: Oh, umm, is there someone there who speaks english?

    Me: Oh no, no hablamos ingles aqui.


    It's good for a good chuckle every time. Sometimes they say they'll call back with a translator, but they never do.
    Heard a story of a guy in Hong Kong that kept getting harassed by peddlers on the street that knew english, so he started responding with cities in Wisconsin as a response.

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    Sheboygan Kenosha Waukegan!!!
    I see hydraulic turtles.

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    I got two phone calls (unanswered) just yesterday, leaving messages with a callback number, informing me that there’s a warrant out for my arrest. Fuckin’ A, I’m dangerous!

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    Quote Originally Posted by riser3 View Post
    Sheboygan Kenosha Waukegan!!!
    2 out of 3 isn’t bad!

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