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Thanks to this thread, I was paranoid to get bootleg DVDs from the bootleg guy at Atlantic City Comic Con. It didn't matter that he didn't have anything I wanted, I didn't even really look due to paranoia. Though he did have the complete series of Are You Afraid of the Dark?
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I get a scam call about once a month, sometimes more. For a but for awhile it was daily. They take two varieties one is "We have a court case, contact us back or we will issue a warrant" or "I am calling from computer security, and you are infected with a nasty virus". After getting one or both calls for awhile, I now try to gently caress with them. I once called back the warrant people with a case number I made up and my name. They said that I could pay some amount of money (I forget how much) to get this all cleared up, and I ask what the charges are. Can't tell me. I ask what jurisdiction. They can't tell me. I ask why they are calling from Iowa when I am from the East Coast and never been further west than Ohio. They can't tell me. I ask why their number is listed on every scam site I can find online. They hang up. With the PC guys I always ask some questions about it, and then ask them to ID my IP address, or ask which of my three computers, is it a desktop or laptop, etc. When they refuse or just say a windows machine I typically spout off some excuse like I don't own a computer, or I run Linux, or as I did Wednesday. "Our records show your windows machine has a very nasty virus that we need to remove." "Is it serious?" "Yes, all your information is comprised." "On my windows machine?" "Yes, sir." "That's pretty amazing since I own a Mac." Dude's response totally took me off guard. "gently caress off. gently caress off you son of a bitch." :click: Yay for me, I guess.
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Jul 9, 2016 06:59
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In PA, most every gas station I have been to allows you to pump without prepayment.
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Not sure if I shared this already or not. I was in an area outside of Baltimore that is full of junkies. I had a woman come up to me outside of a grocery store. She looked clean, and not strung out, and was asking for food, not money. I don't know if it was a scam to get free pizza (she asked for frozen pizzas for her and daughter), but she got free pizza. Her story seemed reasonable and realistic, so I gave her the benefit of the doubt. The woman also seemed genuinely ashamed to ask, which lent to her believability. Looking back, I am sure it was scam of some sort, but I was out seven bucks and may have helped out a mom and her kid.
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ninjahedgehog posted:I just remembered something that happened in Paris when I was there as a teenager. My family and I were waiting at a pretty empty Metro station, with just one other dude sitting on the bench a few yards away. A third dude with a scraggly beard was talking to him for a bit and then dropped an absurd amount of change on the ground right in front of him. A few minutes later, the bearded guy came up to my dad and mumbled something in English that included "Please take my money" and did the same thing, dropping a bunch of coins in front of him. My mom took me and my sister to sit somewhere else while my dad talked with the bearded guy (presumably telling him to gently caress off), so I'm not sure what happened next before the train arrived. My guess is they wait for idiots to pick up the change, and then pick pocket them.
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Sep 4, 2016 07:17
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I keep getting scam phone calls from the same area code as my old home town, where I have a ton of family still. They all have same area code then first three digits, with the last four changing with each blocked number. Yesterday, I got a weird one. Number I don't recognize from old familial area, so I answer in case it is a family emergency type thing. "Uh, is [first name] available?" "This is he." "Uhhhhhh, wrong number." :click: I am sure it was a scam of some sort, but I just can't figure out how the gently caress that is supposed to work. I called the number back and was given a prompt to be removed from their calling list.
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Nov 2, 2016 02:47
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I once won a three day "vacation" to Grand Bahama island with my then wife from a local radio station. Before we went, we did all this research about our hotel, the area, and what to expect. Reviews all said a time share presentation, a lovely hotel room in a crappy hotel, and in a poo poo hole part of town that hates tourists. Instead, we got a private cabana, no one bugged us for anything, locals were awesome, hotel staff was friendly with no sales, and the hotel leased a private beach that it shared with a 5 star resort. The beach was a ten minute drive, and we had a free shuttle. The shuttle driver even took us to get pizza and refused both a tip and lunch. We got him pizza anyway. It was an awesome weekend. No real bearing on the thread, but you guys did make me remember a really nice memory of my wife. :-) So thanks.
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Nov 14, 2016 08:01
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Why is it always Nigeria? Why don't they change countries for better results? I feel like they are really phoning it in.
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I occasionally get the whole, "you have a case pending in a civil trial. Please call this number to resolve." Once, for goofs and grins, I called the return number and sounded very concerned. But no fear! For 120$, they would resolve it for me. When I point out that I have never had any interaction with the fake client, and that if I did have a summons coming, it wouldn't be by loving phone, they normally hang up. The other day that didn't happen. When I told the woman I just passed the Bar exam (not true in the slightest, but I do watch a lot of Law and Order), and that I knew she was full of poo poo, she doubled down. I filed a complaint with the BBB, not that it will do any good.
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May 20, 2017 07:33
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RE: .mil bases- you forgot lovely tattoo parlors!
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Michael Corleone posted:I was at the grocery store yesterday putting my groceries in my car when a guy came up to me. He asked me what size my shoes were, I told him and he asked me if I wanted to sell them for like $20 because he knew somebody that could use them. I said no obviously. They were dress shoes not Jordan's or anything like that. Is this a scam or just a crazy guy? Even if I wanted to sell them, how does he expect me to get home with no shoes? That screams "Fetish Guy" to me. There was a dude who was known in my area when I was in HS who would ask to buy teen girl shoes all the time. I knew of at least four friends who were approached separately by the guy. The police said nothing could be done because there was nothing illegal, just creepy as gently caress.
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Mar 11, 2018 04:27
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I got a very angry voicemail today from a number that I've gotten scam calls from. The real owner was very upset that I kept calling her. I sent her a nice text explaining that we both got screwed.
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Apr 12, 2018 06:46
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So what is up with the "I buy houses!" Scam? How does it work?
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Those disposable razors are garbage. I shave my head a few times a week, less if I'm feeling lazy, more of I want to look nicer. I've been using the same mach5 knockoff from CVS for 2 years. On goon advice, I switched over to mug soap for shaving, and never went back. No matter the brand, gels, creams, and foam all did nothing to help prevent shaving issues. I was using just soap, which was working fine, then I tried the mug soap and never went back. The other thing that helped for shaving was another goon advice piece- 'strop' your razor. Just run it reverse down your arm a few times, and that fucker will last forever.
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