Tell me about common cons/scams: "Thanks, you suck. Hello, this is Linda."

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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Ask/Tell > Tell me about common cons/scams: "Thanks, you suck. Hello, this is Linda."

Smiling Knight: May 31, 2011

Weird cold call text scam:

quote:

Hey, it's Brandon looking to buy land in Summerfield. Do you own any land that you are interested in selling?

Where does this go? Does it assume that I�m a greedy dope who is going to pretend to be selling land I obviously don�t have, and eventually I get tricked into sending money?

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Smiling Knight: May 31, 2011

Papa Was A Video Toaster posted:

I got a weird Indian accented voice trying to get me to repeat a phrase back to him. It was like "Imhran Khan is back". I hung up pretty quick like. Local number but they're easy enough to spoof.

Imran Khan is the recently-deposed prime minister of Pakistan, currently struggling with the Army and legal system. Riots, chaos, etc. I guess the the caller was trying to rally support? Or targeting Khan supporters as part of the scam?

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