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Just a blanket statement: If anything anywhere ever sends you a code never provide that code to anyone. You, actively, knowingly, intentionally logging in to or setting up a service you personally already know of or are a member of is the only reason to receive those codes, and they should only ever be entered into the site you're logging in to, not a site that anyone you don't trust (including email) linked you to.
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Yeah, it was incredibly dumb of me. The hacker probably was using multiple accounts to make me think I had a ton of interest, which encouraged me not think so clearly. I'm still trying to figure out how to recover the account of something I've never used before. I've changed several other passwords on accounts just in case. Just got another super suspicious account that immediately asked me for my phone number. I told them if this is just another attempt to steal google voice just stop. They ended the conversation. All these accounts with no personal information, just random pictures. Should've looked more closely. EDIT: Okay, so I used this guide and I think I reclaimed my code. Switched my google and facebook passwords too just in case. Hopefully this beats the scammer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELZqQN-kmf0 Crazy Joe Wilson fucked around with this message at 19:11 on Mar 11, 2023 |
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Mar 11, 2023 18:58
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Don't take it out on yourself too much, these things can happen to the most savvy of us on a day you have a brain fart.
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Mar 11, 2023 19:13
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Yeah that's a devious way to exploit OTP. Totally makes sense in hindsight but absolutely designed to prey upon people in the moment. Glad you got yourself secured!
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Mar 11, 2023 19:34
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Similar thing happened to me when I lost my rings- i didn’t send a code, but was frantic enough that I could see people doing so
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Mar 11, 2023 20:37
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It really seems like Google should require additional steps or info to set up such an account.
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Mar 11, 2023 23:54
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I feel like just including "DO NOT SHARE THIS CODE WITH ANYONE" to any one-time-pin text would solve a lot of this. Some companies do it. Crazy that Google does not. Also, Facebook Marketplace is an absolute cesspool and like 90% scammers, unfortunately.
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Mar 12, 2023 00:46
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So it's Craigslist, just way more aggravating to use while harvesting as much data about you as possible
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Mar 12, 2023 00:51
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SweetMercifulCrap! posted:I feel like just including "DO NOT SHARE THIS CODE WITH ANYONE" to any one-time-pin text would solve a lot of this. Some companies do it. Crazy that Google does not. The text actually did say that, I fooled myself into thinking it might be a mistake, because why would someone ask for this otherwise.  Got a 7th scammer today, immediately said if you're after a google voice hack go away, no more response after that.
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Mar 12, 2023 02:11
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Got a new one today: a text telling me my EBT card has been locked.
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Mar 12, 2023 03:02
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Crazy Joe Wilson posted:The text actually did say that, I fooled myself into thinking it might be a mistake, because why would someone ask for this otherwise. You could try adding "Alaye" to your reply. Supposedly it's a code word Nigerian scammers use to identify each other to avoid wasting each other's time. For those dating goons out there, it might be worth slipping in your dating profile. Perhaps as a middle/"nickname" in your name? Mister Kingdom posted:Got a new one today: a text telling me my EBT card has been locked. That's loving evil as hell, jesus.
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Mar 12, 2023 03:31
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If that was ever true then the code word was changed the moment it became public knowledge. Also there are far more Russian and Chinese scammers these days than Nigerian.
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Mar 12, 2023 03:50
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I love the Craigslist ads where the seller says "NO SCAMMERS." Like a scammer reads that, snaps his fingers and says "Darn. Foiled again."
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Mar 12, 2023 04:08
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Scammers have a code, they have to tell you if you ask them, otherwise it's entrapment.
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Mar 12, 2023 04:09
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Scammers have a code but it's six digits and they're not supposed to give it out to anybody else.
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Mar 12, 2023 04:26
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lol if scammers have to invent their own MFA/Identity Friend or Foe to make sure they dont call their own peeps. there's a non zero chance they call the pal in the desk next to them and they still do the IFF process even though they hear the audio echo next tot them.
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Mar 12, 2023 09:43
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Discendo Vox posted:It really seems like Google should require additional steps or info to set up such an account. So many companies don't bother to put any thought into their fraud prevention and messaging. Technically not a scam, but when I last created a Paypal account, a week later I got a text from "Paypal" saying that my transaction limit had been raised to 4000 bucks. Of course I had done no such thing, so I immediately called my bank and reported fraud, ordered a new credit card and shut down my Paypal account. Turns out this is something Paypal does automatically and they just communicate it in the most suspicious way possible. 
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Still a big fan of windows blanking my screen during the windows 10 update and having the "All your files are exactly where you left them" make me reach for my phone to make sure I hadn't been gotten by one of the crypto scams
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Mar 14, 2023 10:03
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All your files are exactly where you left them 
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Mar 14, 2023 18:56
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Spatial posted:All your files are exactly where I left them
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Fruits of the sea posted:So many companies don't bother to put any thought into their fraud prevention and messaging. Lol
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Mar 14, 2023 19:17
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ilmucche posted:Still a big fan of windows blanking my screen during the windows 10 update and having the "All your files are exactly where you left them" make me reach for my phone to make sure I hadn't been gotten by one of the crypto scams
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Mar 14, 2023 21:30
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Wondering what all the "hey, why haven't you texted me back? How are you?" messages I've been getting lately are all about.
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My daughter got her first phone for Christmas and even though I'm the only person who knows her mobile email address (Japan issues @provider addresses) she is starting to get fishing messages. - You won the money prize! - New phone let's catch up! - Your package is scheduled to be delivered! - Link without context Can I assume that the mobile company itself is selling its customer list to these pests?
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Mar 15, 2023 01:24
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BiggerBoat posted:Wondering what all the "hey, why haven't you texted me back? How are you?" messages I've been getting lately are all about. Phishing for horny dudes. It's just gonna be the usual "Before I see you I need $200 in prepaid cards, please  "
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Mar 15, 2023 02:21
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peanut posted:My daughter got her first phone for Christmas and even though I'm the only person who knows her mobile email address (Japan issues @provider addresses) she is starting to get fishing messages. Is the address the phone number, or something that's reused by her? If the list was sold, it would at least be personalized spam for a higher click rate, so it's probably just the bad luck of having a number that got a lot of spam before.
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peanut posted:My daughter got her first phone for Christmas and even though I'm the only person who knows her mobile email address (Japan issues @provider addresses) she is starting to get fishing messages. The company's not going to be selling lists to spammers, but an employee might be
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Mister Kingdom posted:Got a new one today: a text telling me my EBT card has been locked. I work in social services and this scam is prevalent enough that my office sent out a notice and we're informing people that it's a scam.
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Volmarias posted:Phishing for horny dudes. It's just gonna be the usual "Before I see you I need $200 in prepaid cards, please These days it's more likely to be crypto scams/"pig butchering"; talking about how they make so much money through a friend/uncle who does investments for them on (website that was created 4 days ago), please deposit all your money and see these fake gains and pay these pretend fees and taxes to recover your money, you just need to pay a little more, forever!
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Volmarias posted:Is the address the phone number, or something that's reused by her? If the list was sold, it would at least be personalized spam for a higher click rate, so it's probably just the bad luck of having a number that got a lot of spam before. That or there's a script that's just running through all possible numbers and spamming out messages to them. In the U.S. for example, the area code can be considered to be fixed and that leaves only a 7 digit number space to plow through. A discount desktop could get through that in a weekend.
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Fruits of the sea posted:So many companies don't bother to put any thought into their fraud prevention and messaging. I and innumerable other people have gotten mail from Vanguard with no identifying info, saying they need additional information to process something and to call a number not listed on their website. It is, horrifyingly, legit. BiggerBoat posted:Wondering what all the "hey, why haven't you texted me back? How are you?" messages I've been getting lately are all about. They're from me. We need to talk about what happened that night in Cairo.
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Sorry to say that it's a customized email address, not txts to the (recycled) phone number. Japan still has sales calls but not aggressive spam and scammers like the US. We only ever get sales calls to our landline, not our mobiles. Since the 90s mobile numbers and area codes have been distinct from land lines (mobile 11 digits, wired 10 digits).
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Discendo Vox posted:I and innumerable other people have gotten mail from Vanguard with no identifying info, saying they need additional information to process something and to call a number not listed on their website. It is, horrifyingly, legit. the IT department gets pissed at me using the "report phishing" button on anything that looks sketchy maybe the company should teach people to not send emails that check all the boxes of a phishing attempt? (high pressure, requesting sensitive information, out of the blue with no context, or an email with title + random link sent without elaboration)
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My old job contracted with some provider to do anti phishing training. Their SSL certificate was expired and Firefox (correctly) yelled about it. I made a joke that I passed the training by closing the tab, luckily my boss was cool and thought that was hilarious.
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pumped up for school posted:I love the Craigslist ads where the seller says "NO SCAMMERS." Like a scammer reads that, snaps his fingers and says "Darn. Foiled again." The same logic that the U.S. border control used for the first question on the short form you had to fill out to enter the U.S. as a tourist in the 90s. The form was just 6-7 yes/no questions, the first one was literally "Are you a terrorist?"
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Offler posted:The same logic that the U.S. border control used for the first question on the short form you had to fill out to enter the U.S. as a tourist in the 90s. The form was just 6-7 yes/no questions, the first one was literally "Are you a terrorist?" Wasn't there also one that asked if you were a Nazi?
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Fil5000 posted:Wasn't there also one that asked if you were a Nazi? There was a question that went something like this when I applied for a student visa, also in the 90s: "Were you at any time a member of NSDAP - The National Socialist German Workers' Party - between the years 1933 -1945?"
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It's so they can deport (and bar entry for five years) you for the crime of lying to the govt even if you haven't committed any crimes that would otherwise be actionable by or in the US
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Offler posted:The same logic that the U.S. border control used for the first question on the short form you had to fill out to enter the U.S. as a tourist in the 90s. The form was just 6-7 yes/no questions, the first one was literally "Are you a terrorist?" These questions were still part of ESTA in 2019.
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When I traveled to India in 2015 to visit our colleagues in Kolkata, one of the questions on the sheet given to us ~30 min before landing was "do you have Ebola?"
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