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AlbieQuirky posted:Loot crates. There are some good ones, like the Hackerbox.
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CommieGIR posted:There are some good ones, like the Hackerbox. 
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BigDave posted:GOOD smokes, not that Maverick crap. Newports or Camels. You don't look like the wallet inspector that came by yesterday though 
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republicant posted:There's a class action lawsuit against the people responsible for a ton of "free cruise" robocalls, and if your phone number is listed in the call records you can be eligible to receive $300 per call up to 3 calls. Reminder that this closes next friday, don't be an idiot like me and forget about it and be scramble to find out if there's a way to be eligible for this after moving out of country.
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Guest2553 posted:Reminder that this closes next friday, don't be an idiot like me and forget about it and be scramble to find out if there's a way to be eligible for this after moving out of country. You're not going to see that money. quote:The Court has authorized this update to inform consumers who have filed claims that, to date, over two million claims have been filed seeking to recover from a Settlement Fund expected to total $12.5 million.
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Oct 29, 2017 01:49
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Thanks for that, I feel much better now.
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Oct 29, 2017 02:23
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I am going to post triumphantly to this thread when I get my $1.56.
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Panfilo posted:I gotta wonder what the scams are gonna be like when Millennials are retirement age. Basically Fallout was an attempt to simulate exactly this I fear the day I'm old and daft enough to fall for the stupid scams my grandma would get ripped off by if she were online. She was smart and with it just like younguns now
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I asked this a while back but it's really starting to become an issue - my phone number keeps being used to call other people. I've gotten no less than five calls in the past two months from people pissed off that I'm trying to scam them. Unless I've been trying to scam people in my sleep, I'm pretty sure this isn't me. I was told by this thread to wait it out a few months but it doesn't seem like it's getting any better (it seems like it's getting worse). Is changing my phone number the only option at this point?
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Depressio111117 posted:I asked this a while back but it's really starting to become an issue - my phone number keeps being used to call other people. I've gotten no less than five calls in the past two months from people pissed off that I'm trying to scam them. Unless I've been trying to scam people in my sleep, I'm pretty sure this isn't me. I think that may be all you can really do.
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Nov 4, 2017 23:56
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Yep.
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Nov 4, 2017 23:59
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Goodbye, phone number I've had since I was fourteen. 
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Nov 5, 2017 00:44
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Depressio111117 posted:Goodbye, phone number I've had since I was fourteen. Try not picking up. Many of these numbers will mark you as inactive if you don’t answer. They won’t stop completely but it can cut them down significantly A new # will probably also get lots of misdials
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maskenfreiheit posted:Try not picking up. No it's that the number is being used to spoof caller ID by a telemarketer. They're getting angry voicemail/calls from people being called by the telemarketer. That ain't gonna go away.
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Got a new one the other day. Just a voicemail, from Washington (state, not DC), stating that the cops (their word, they didn't say police) were looking to speak to me over a few separate charges. As soon as I heard cops I giggled and deleted the voicemail. One that I'm not sure if it's a scam or not, but apparently a third party seller on Amazon has/had my phone number listed as their customer support line. I've only had one interaction from a customer so far, but it was repeated phone calls until I picked up and told him he had the wrong number, which took him a little bit to believe. Anything to do about that since I have no other information for the company?
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Chef Bourgeoisie posted:Got a new one the other day. Just a voicemail, from Washington (state, not DC), stating that the cops (their word, they didn't say police) were looking to speak to me over a few separate charges. As soon as I heard cops I giggled and deleted the voicemail. do a google search on site:amazon for your phone number?
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Chef Bourgeoisie posted:Got a new one the other day. Just a voicemail, from Washington (state, not DC), stating that the cops (their word, they didn't say police) were looking to speak to me over a few separate charges. As soon as I heard cops I giggled and deleted the voicemail. At one point a bunch of people became convinced my Google Voice number was a doctor's office. (I think I either got one that used to be, or maybe something somewhere had a misprint because people would be really insistent they had "papers" that had the number) I would give them the correct # since they tended to be old and I felt some pity, but one old guy was really pissy and insistent that I better schedule his appointment RIGHT loving NOW or he'd make sure my supervisor fires me (and cursed a lot). So I apologized, asked him what time he wanted an appointment, and told him to come on down at that time. Never got any more calls after that.
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From another thread:minato posted:I don't know if this counts as a security fuckup, but I was talking to an Uber engineer today who told me a couple of interesting scams they encountered the past couple of years.
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Midjack posted:From another thread:  Man, yaoguai drivers has gotta be my favorite scam idea ever.
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Nice to see Uber get scammed for once after all the time they've spent ripping off their drivers.
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Tunicate posted:do a google search on site:amazon for your phone number? Tried that, got a bunch of links for old Apple products, with no seller info anywhere close to my number.
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Midjack posted:From another thread: Is this somehow more profitable than actually driving people around? I assume the first one was a "no work" scam, but the second...
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Got a call from a hidden number, so I sent it to voicemail. A message was left and I was curious. It was a full minute of ringing tone (the boops you hear when you're calling someone and their phone is ringing). No-one ever picked it up.
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Nov 5, 2017 15:12
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Stick Insect posted:Got a call from a hidden number, so I sent it to voicemail. A message was left and I was curious. This is similar to the only type of unwanted call that I ever get. Maybe once a week I'll get a call from a spoofed number. Answer it and there'll be some tones on the other end; never a human or even a recording of one. When I hang up, I'll get 2-5 more calls from the same number in the next half hour or so, with the same tones on the other end. Same result if I let it go to voicemail. The next time it happens it'll be a different number, but the same result.
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Professor Shark posted:Is this somehow more profitable than actually driving people around? I assume the first one was a "no work" scam, but the second... Second is also no work, it banks on people being so freaked out by the driver photo that they cancel the ride and the driver rakes in a few yuan from Uber for the cancellation.
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Craptacular posted:This is similar to the only type of unwanted call that I ever get. Maybe once a week I'll get a call from a spoofed number. Answer it and there'll be some tones on the other end; never a human or even a recording of one. When I hang up, I'll get 2-5 more calls from the same number in the next half hour or so, with the same tones on the other end. Same result if I let it go to voicemail. The next time it happens it'll be a different number, but the same result. this is an automated outbound dialing software that normally connects you to a free agent when you answer. the beeps are it attempting to detect if it called a fax machine by mistake. in your case there's no agent to talk to you, so it hangs up and puts you in the "call back quickly since you are answering" queue.
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unknown posted:this is an automated outbound dialing software that normally connects you to a free agent when you answer. the beeps are it attempting to detect if it called a fax machine by mistake. That makes sense, but it calls me back quickly even if I don't answer the first call and let it go to voicemail. I can't remember the last time I got an actual human on the other end of a telemarketing call.
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Not really a scam but I do enjoy having myname @Gmail.com and getting every legal document and official correspondence for every other person with my name who believes somehow that even though they've never used the address it is totally their email address so better put it on official forms. Bonus fun when some Muppet with my name booked a holiday and used my address for the accommodation so I just clicked the "cancel" button in the confirmation email and hosed it off. Wonder what happened when they got to Bali on that trip.
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iajanus posted:Not really a scam but I do enjoy having myname @Gmail.com and getting every legal document and official correspondence for every other person with my name who believes somehow that even though they've never used the address it is totally their email address so better put it on official forms. I get this so much I considered making a thread. It’s also why I don’t bother actually using gmail because most mail I get is for roughly 5-10 other people who think it’s theirs. The two I want to gently caress with the most are the Aussies who have a kid in some school and I now have their grade report, and whichever rear end in a top hat belongs to the NRA.
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Nov 5, 2017 23:44
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iajanus posted:Not really a scam but I do enjoy having myname @Gmail.com and getting every legal document and official correspondence for every other person with my name who believes somehow that even though they've never used the address it is totally their email address so better put it on official forms. I have firstname.lastname at gmail.com Turns out he has firstname.lastname at company.com and also firstname.middleinitial.lastname at gmail.com and occasionally gets the two mixed up. I occasionally get his emails still, but I just delete them.
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iajanus posted:Bonus fun when some Muppet with my name booked a holiday and used my address for the accommodation so I just clicked the "cancel" button in the confirmation email and hosed it off. Wonder what happened when they got to Bali on that trip. That’s technically illegal, as stupid as it is.
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Platystemon posted:That’s technically illegal, as stupid as it is. I don't know, the booking is in my name, has my details on it (name and email) and I have all the confirmation information. Pretty sure it's my booking since no money has changed hands  A couple of times when the documents have looked really important (or dangerous to be sending to random people) I've sent a reply to let them know. They're usually confused but appreciative.
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iajanus posted:Not really a scam but I do enjoy having myname @Gmail.com and getting every legal document and official correspondence for every other person with my name who believes somehow that even though they've never used the address it is totally their email address so better put it on official forms. Goddamn you're a prick. I've got lastname @ gmail (no initials, firstname dot, etc) so I get all sorts of random poo poo. It's not a common last name in the US, but it's around Switzerland a fair bit. There's some swiss boat club that just loving refuses to stop sending me membership emails despite my explaining that I'm some random American in English, French, and German. Cyrano4747 fucked around with this message at 01:25 on Nov 6, 2017 |
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That sounds like wire fraud to me. You knowingly misrepresented yourself to cancel a transaction you did not originate.
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My name is an old lady name (the census says there's about 40 of us and all but me are over age 60) and I have had a lot of emails sent to me including: pole dancing lessons for seniors, a lot of MLM spam mail, some very personal family correspondence, and several senior dating website confirmations. Years ago I tracked down the most frequent one, called her in Canada, and explained that just because her name is my name, I have the gmail.com address and hers has a 123 after our name for a reason. She seemed embarrassed and the emails stopped for awhile, but it's happening again. For the really personal stuff, I email the sender and they're always horrified. I feel kind of sorry for her. My nickname gets a lot of younger women entering in my email and once it had her iTunes login and credit card info. I called her as well (number was in the email) and she was really freaked out. I bet she's pissed because I also registered our full name as .com years ago. Tough cookies, doppelganger; I'm way more of a nerd than you are.
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I once got an email for a highschool teacher with homework, also addressed to his work email and another gmail variation.
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please stop talking to them E: No seriously, every single post in here that involves 'lol i owned that cold call scammer' is basically just that. E2: read to present lol goatsestretchgoals fucked around with this message at 09:07 on Nov 6, 2017 |
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My private gmail is firstname + 3 initials and I still somehow get mail addressed to some Californian professor. I just ignore it. 
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My Gmail is two random-rear end words stuck together because I made it when I was 14 and into monkey cheese humor. It's along the lines of dirigibleabortion@Gmail.com. Whatever script scammers use apparently parses this as first name last name, because I routinely get emails that start with "Hey, Dirigible" or the more formal "Dear Mr. Abortion." Thanks for assuming my gender, rear end in a top hat. 
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You need to read the Indian sex weirdos thread in gbs for similar, as one of the posters keeps getting batshit emails addressed to ‘Contracts’ like it’s someone’s actual name, trying to persuade them to hire Indian workers in Australia.
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