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Weatherman posted:Yeah, "looks like" For the last time, my phylacteries are a fashion statement and have nothing to do with me being undead.
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CaptainSarcastic posted:The number one piece of advice I give people to avoid junk mail (or any unwanted mail) is to never file a change of address form with the USPS. What is generally not widely known is that these go to what is called the National Change of Address Database, which some industries are required to use and others pay for access to, which is why bill collectors can seem to follow you around, amongst other things. my condolences to your loved ones
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CaptainSarcastic posted:The number one piece of advice I give people to avoid junk mail (or any unwanted mail) is to never file a change of address form with the USPS. What is generally not widely known is that these go to what is called the National Change of Address Database, which some industries are required to use and others pay for access to, which is why bill collectors can seem to follow you around, amongst other things. Doesn't this only help people who rent, since real estate ownership records are public?
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Comstar posted:You don’t have a no junk mail sign on your mail box? Huh? What? Wha? Huh?
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CaptainSarcastic posted:The number one piece of advice I give people to avoid junk mail (or any unwanted mail) is to never file a change of address form with the USPS. What is generally not widely known is that these go to what is called the National Change of Address Database, which some industries are required to use and others pay for access to, which is why bill collectors can seem to follow you around, amongst other things. The future is preferring that people think you are dead over being inundated with ads. Just as we all predicted in 1950
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Blue Footed Booby posted:Doesn't this only help people who rent, since real estate ownership records are public? Not necessarily. One reason I'm aware of this was when I worked in the mortgage industry and was trying to help a woman refinance her mortgage following the 2008 crash and all the legal documents were sent to her ex-husband who had moved out after an acrimonious divorce. This happened because the mortgage company used the NCOA database, and since the ex's name was first on the mortgage it automatically sent the documents to his new address. The rear end in a top hat refused to forward them on to the ex-wife who actually had the house, and we had to jump through hoops to get the documents to her. Edit: I get your question now, and I don't think real estate records are available in bulk like the way the NCOA database is. I could be wrong, but I would think spammers based off real estate records would be a little more limited and probably targeted. CaptainSarcastic fucked around with this message at 05:17 on Jan 14, 2025 |
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Salt Fish posted:
I've never needed a job so bad that I would spend $100k in fees.
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Got a nasty one today, I had to call my bank about some stuff and they said they’d send me a docusign later in the day. I check a different email account and see a request for docusign. I knew that I used a different email for the bank (I had to confirm the email address at the time), so I checked the sender address and it was some spam nonsense. It made it through my spam filter though. I don’t remember having received a docusign scam email before so the timing would have been perfect, if it had been sent to the correct email address I could see myself clicking on it, although I’d like to say I would know better to notice it was asking for a lot of personal info. Still, what are the odds!
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CaptainSarcastic posted:Not necessarily. One reason I'm aware of this was when I worked in the mortgage industry and was trying to help a woman refinance her mortgage following the 2008 crash and all the legal documents were sent to her ex-husband who had moved out after an acrimonious divorce. This happened because the mortgage company used the NCOA database, and since the ex's name was first on the mortgage it automatically sent the documents to his new address. The rear end in a top hat refused to forward them on to the ex-wife who actually had the house, and we had to jump through hoops to get the documents to her. My county has a searchable web page. I type in my address, and it tells me the name of who owns it. I just checked. In fact, I checked most of my street. The day after I closed on my townhouse, I started getting junk mail in my name at that address. It took months to remember to update my driver's license or voter registration, and I'd never heard of the form linked earlier. They are 100% scraping this poo poo. If your locality has a site like mine, there's probably nothing you can do besides, uh, own your home through a series of shells and trusts, I guess. Blue Footed Booby fucked around with this message at 21:52 on Jan 14, 2025 |
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ATTENTION: THE BLUE FOOTED BOOBY CHARITABLE TRUST We have been trying to contact you regarding your car's extended warranty!
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Original_Z posted:Got a nasty one today, I had to call my bank about some stuff and they said they’d send me a docusign later in the day. I check a different email account and see a request for docusign. I knew that I used a different email for the bank (I had to confirm the email address at the time), so I checked the sender address and it was some spam nonsense. It made it through my spam filter though. If your talking to humans at the bank who have actual power over what they're doing, then a good way to fix this is to ask them to include a certain word in the email, kind of like what Wise does. Then any similar looking email without that word can be thrown out.
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My workmates son (13) kept getting calls from a very heavily accented person asking him for all sorts of private information. He's been using all the exciting words and phrases he learned from his friends to express his disbelief. Apparently his mom got a call from their church because everytime one of thier staff calls he abuses the hell out of them.
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Tao of the Machine posted:My workmates son (13) kept getting calls from a very heavily accented person asking him for all sorts of private information. Maybe their staff should stop asking if he wants to see their miniature pope
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Tao of the Machine posted:My workmates son (13) kept getting calls from a very heavily accented person asking him for all sorts of private information. The kids are all right.
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Tao of the Machine posted:My workmates son (13) kept getting calls from a very heavily accented person asking him for all sorts of private information. owns
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Original_Z posted:Got a nasty one today, I had to call my bank about some stuff and they said they’d send me a docusign later in the day. I’ve had a few of these recently too, dunno if it’s a new thing per se but not something I’ve had prior. Nonsense email addresses used to send from so just deleted.
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Just fielded a scam where they said my electric bill was delinquent and had my home address. They kept referring me to the utility website which did not corroborate their story so I ended up hanging up on them. I called the utility company to confirm if it was a scam and they said they send certified letters first and that my account was fine.
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I got my first 419 email in like 25 years. It was a nice blast from the past.
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Getting "make your dick bigger" emails for the first time in a while, myself. Also, a lot of RCS group messages where someone dumps a bunch of people in the same thread, sends a spam message about how we owe 19 dollars to the state of Massachusetts for toll fees (lmao I don't even have my license) and then dumps us, I assume to avoid letting us alert all the others that this is a scam.
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Why’d it take them so long to identify you had a small dick, you think?
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You’re right I would have told them he had a small dick immediately
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Probably shouldn't have to warn anyone about this, but just in case: If you have Whatsapp, watch out for people adding you to "investment" groups. This happens to me at least once a week. I always delete them, but it's annoying that you can just be added to a group without your knowledge.
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Original_Z posted:Got a nasty one today, I had to call my bank about some stuff and they said they’d send me a docusign later in the day. I check a different email account and see a request for docusign. I knew that I used a different email for the bank (I had to confirm the email address at the time), so I checked the sender address and it was some spam nonsense. It made it through my spam filter though. The odds are it isn't a coincidence. I remember applying for a credit card once, being denied, and like 2 days later someone's trying to scam me over that credit card application. Someone, somewhere, is leaking info to their scammer buddies I assume.
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Shroud posted:Probably shouldn't have to warn anyone about this, but just in case: Whatsapp is terrible for poo poo like that. I've seen a ton of those, and countless love scams, always from accounts with heavily airbrushed photos of young asian women as their profile pics. ponzicar fucked around with this message at 22:02 on Feb 15, 2025 |
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I assume we are going to continue seeing an uptick in scam calls, texts, and emails as we get firmly into tax season.
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Attention Email ID Owner Attention Email ID Owner. It might interest you to know today that we have completed investigation in the ATM Visa card worth US$10.5 MILLION in your name with Bank of America In New York today and you are hereby approved to receive the Visa card as sign by Dr. Rafiq Bengali at FDX Courier Company as we have verified the entire transaction to be Safe and 100% risk free. You are advised to contact the USA FIRST LADY with your full address information and CONTACT phone number if you need this funds . Mrs. Melania Trump Email: msmelaniat@gmail.com You can Text Her 1. Your Full Name:======= 3. Your Country:========= 4. Your Home Address:==== 2. Your Telephone No:==== 5. Your Nearest airport:== Thank you very much for your anticipated cooperation in advance. Yours Sincerely, Madame Kristalina Georgieva
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peanut posted:Attention Email ID Owner This one is uncommonly terrible, I'm impressed
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ms melania t at gmail dot com
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They've verified the transaction to be 100% safe and risk free, so you should go for it.
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Yngwie Mangosteen posted:ms melania t at gmail dot com I pity the fool.
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Thanks for the encouragement, I'm going to accept the offer!
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I mean when the managing director of the IMF connects you to the US First Lady you know you’re on your way up in life
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I still have this from 2011: INTERNATIONAL POLICE AUTHORITY UNITED STATES SECTION (INTERPOL) JOHN F. KENNEDY RESIDENT AGENCY ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONITORY CRIMES DIVISION JFK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT JAMAICA, NEW YORK 11430 We, office of the international police authority (IPA) hereby write to inform you that we caught a diplomatic lady by the name Mrs. Vernon Wallace at (John F Kennedy International Airport) here in New York with a consignment box filled with United States Dollars. Base on our interview to the diplomat she said that the consignment box belongs to you and that she was sent by one Isaac peters to come deliver the consignment box to your doorstep not knowing that the content of the box is money. Now, the diplomat is under detention in the office of (IPA) security, and we cannot release her until we carry out our proper investigation on how this huge amount of money managed to be yours. So, in this regards you are to reassure and prove to us that the money you are about to receive is legal by sending us the Award Ownership Certificate showing that the money is not illegal. Note, that the Award Ownership Certificate must to be secured from the office of the Nigerian Senate President, because that is the only office that will issue you the original Award Ownership Certificate of this funds, this is because the fund originated from Nigeria. You are advised to forward immediately the Award Ownership Certificate if you have it with you, but if you do not have it, we urge you to contact back the sender of the diplomat to help you secure the Award Ownership Certificate if at all you do not have it. Below is the contact information of the person that sent Mrs. Vernon Wallace as provied by her; Name: : REV ISAAC PETERS Email:revisaacpeters33@rediffmail.com Furthermore, we are giving you only but 3 working business days to forward the requested Award Ownership Certificate. Please note that we shall get back to you after the 3 working business days, that if you didn’t come up with the certificate we shall confiscate the funds into World Bank account then charge you for money laundering, but if you forward the Award Ownership Certificate then we will release diplomat with your consignment box also gives you every back up on the money. Thanks for your understanding and co-operation Yours Truly, Agent. Douglas H. King JOHN F. KENNEDY RESIDENT AGENCY ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONITORY CRIMES DIVISION JFK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT JAMAICA, NEW YORK 11430 CC: Canadian Police Association CC: GENERAL INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT (GID) CC: Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) CC: Egmont Group CC: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI USA) CC: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) CC: Financial Action Task Force (FATF) CC: International Monetary Fund (IMF) CC: International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) CC: International Banking Security Association (IBSA) CC: International Air Transport Association (IATA) CC: Institut de Formation Interbancaire (INSIG) CC: World Customs Organization (WCO) CC: Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) CC: Offshore Group of Banking Supervisors (OGBS) CC: WORLD CENTRAL BANK (SW) CC: NIGERIA POLICE FORCE (NPF) CC: NORTH YORKSHIRE POLICE (UK) CC: ECONOMIC FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC)
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Oh boy that must have been stressful but I'm sure you got all the paperwork sorted! What did you do with the box of money?
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