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SouthernDem4ever

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3. I just don't answer an unknown number. Never reply to emails threatening you or asking for money.

Sun Feb 18, 2024, 04:45 AM

Feb 2024

Never reply to emails saying you won money.
Also, never login to another website from a link in an email. Always type in the web address directly and then login.

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What everyone can learn from the woman who lost $50,000 to a scam [View all] dalton99a Feb 2024 OP

How about just don't answer their phone call in the first place? GoodRaisin Feb 2024 #1

I just don't answer an unknown number. Never reply to emails threatening you or asking for money. SouthernDem4ever Feb 2024 #3

All very good and very wise practices. GoodRaisin Feb 2024 #6

This: Also, never login to another website from a link in an email. CrispyQ Feb 2024 #36

Thank you for that tip. Prof. Toru Tanaka Feb 2024 #52

Same. Duppers Feb 2024 #11

If they REALLY want to talk to you leave a voice mail. I say that in my voice mail message. mitch96 Feb 2024 #27

That doesn't work well when a lot of my medical phone calls come as unknown callers. pazzyanne Feb 2024 #12

Another method you can try if you want SouthernDem4ever Feb 2024 #22

Thank you! pazzyanne Feb 2024 #49

If no one is there but then I hear a beep I hang up. This means that someone- I - answered question everything Feb 2024 #44

When I'm expecting a call from an unknown number (which for me is rare) GoodRaisin Feb 2024 #46

As someone from Amazon ..... Botany Feb 2024 #2

For a while there, I was getting calls from "Amazon" all the time about "my account." shrike3 Feb 2024 #35

My elderly mother and PhD brother were taken in by one of those Amazon scams Botany Feb 2024 #40

I got an early lesson in scammers from India SouthernDem4ever Feb 2024 #43

This is one of those "Cripes! How do people this dumb survive as adults?" anecdotes. RockRaven Feb 2024 #4

Be careful. SouthernDem4ever Feb 2024 #5

How true! BigmanPigman Feb 2024 #8

Robo-calls are now set to sound just like a real person . . . hatrack Feb 2024 #47

This message was self-deleted by its author SouthernDem4ever Feb 2024 #26

Meh.... It's pretty easy to unravel these stories. Happy Hoosier Feb 2024 #41

We are talking to those who don't reach out SouthernDem4ever Feb 2024 #42

Agreed.... Happy Hoosier Feb 2024 #54

They tried to get me 10 days ago. BigmanPigman Feb 2024 #7

I'm so sorry! And while people here are saying, "It'll never happen to me," from your account and the account in the Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #15

They used a script BigmanPigman Apr 2024 #57

Scammers are masters at exploiting fear wishstar Feb 2024 #9

Thanks for that info. SouthernDem4ever Feb 2024 #10

That's a REALLY good idea! Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #16

Excellent idea! Alliepoo Feb 2024 #18

+1... a really Really good idea.nt mitch96 Feb 2024 #28

We got a pre-recorded call, saying that our power was supposed to be cut off. shrike3 Feb 2024 #37

NEVER NEVER NEVER answer a call from a number you don't know. Dem2theMax Feb 2024 #13

I don't answer calls from someone I don't know. If Emile Feb 2024 #14

A modern twist on an old scam Generic Brad Feb 2024 #17

It is a shame that there are people out there who devote so much energy into thievery. Chainfire Feb 2024 #19

U.S.Consumers lost 10 billion to fraud in 2023 SouthernDem4ever Feb 2024 #20

It's easy to tell who DIDN'T grow up in the streets. John Shaft Feb 2024 #21

You mean like Maga Dump supporters who keep sending his sorry criminal ass money? SouthernDem4ever Feb 2024 #23

Yup John Shaft Feb 2024 #24

Here is a tip edhopper Feb 2024 #25

+1. Hang up, take a deep breath, and make a phone call or two dalton99a Feb 2024 #30

Anyone on a dating website having fun? SouthernDem4ever Feb 2024 #29

Youtube links to some videos about scammers. SouthernDem4ever Feb 2024 #31

Kitboga is doing the Lord's work, scamming scammers and wasting hours and hours and hours . . . hatrack Feb 2024 #48

Definitely entertaining. SouthernDem4ever Feb 2024 #50

I didn't even know that Little Old Lady Voice software was a thing . . . hatrack Feb 2024 #51

Hang up and call a known verified support number DBoon Feb 2024 #32

+1. Don't call any number the scammer gave you dalton99a Feb 2024 #33

It happened to someone I know. shrike3 Feb 2024 #34

Why would the IRS want i-tune gift cards ? MichMan Feb 2024 #53

I hear ya. I couldn't believe they fell for it, either. shrike3 Feb 2024 #56

That was a very sophisticated head game they played on this person. Ocelot II Feb 2024 #38

Very good info. SouthernDem4ever Feb 2024 #39

I answer more than I should but we have several usedtobedemgurl Feb 2024 #45

I truly think this could happen to anyone. And if you think Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #55