I fell for a possible scam - Page 2

Platapus · 06-15-20, 05:46 AM

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She didn’t pay attention to the URL, she said

Strike One. Always check the URL in a link before you click on it

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assumed that the social media site had vetted the ad.

Strike Two. Trusting Social Media to vet things is naive at best, downright stupid at worst.

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Bass said she typically reads customer reviews

Strike Three. Online reviews have lost all credibility with me. With people being hired to either place poor reviews or worse posting good reviews to make companies look better, online reviews are not worth the binary digits it takes to store them. Yet another example of something that started out good but became perverted by businesses.

Sounds like this lady really needs to learn about the Internets Tubes and how it is an ugly world out there.

Col7777 · 06-27-20, 02:25 AM

Well yesterday I got a phone call, I didn't recognise the number but I answered it, before you say I shouldn't because it was unrecognised I recently got a call from my daughter, she was using her friend's phone because her battery had gone, so I thought it could possibly something like that.

Anyway back to the story:
There was an Asian guy calling saying he was from the company mentioned in my first post on this thread.
He was saying he could take payment and all I had to do was give him my bank details.
I told him I was no longer interested but then he asked why I wasn't interested, I just said, it was a mistake so I'm not interested, then he asked why was it a mistake.
I was now annoyed! I told him he was wasting his time, as I am no longer interested so thank you and goodbye!
2 seconds later he phoned back, I was going through the procedure of blocking him when he phoned from another number.
I told him to stop phoning because I will not be giving my bank details and why doesn't he understand I am not interested?
He again asked why I wasn't interested so this time I said OK, why are you not understanding what I'm saying, answer me that?
He said I was being rude all he was doing was trying to help me, I said, OK thank you but I no longer am interested, again he kept on, so I just left him connected seeing as he phoned me it was his phone bill.
After a while I listened and he was still connected but not talking, so I pretended I was on another phone and let him hear me supposedly talking to the police, I was reporting him and giving them his number, I carried on a conversation as though I was actually talking to someone.
I then heard him disconnect.

I blocked that number too, but it shows these people don't give up, I'm guessing there may have been others who fell for the scam as I did and he was chasing up possible leads in the hope he may get lucky.

06-27-20, 02:25 AM	#2
Col7777 Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 944 Downloads: 260 Uploads: 0	Well yesterday I got a phone call, I didn't recognise the number but I answered it, before you say I shouldn't because it was unrecognised I recently got a call from my daughter, she was using her friend's phone because her battery had gone, so I thought it could possibly something like that. Anyway back to the story: There was an Asian guy calling saying he was from the company mentioned in my first post on this thread. He was saying he could take payment and all I had to do was give him my bank details. I told him I was no longer interested but then he asked why I wasn't interested, I just said, it was a mistake so I'm not interested, then he asked why was it a mistake. I was now annoyed! I told him he was wasting his time, as I am no longer interested so thank you and goodbye! 2 seconds later he phoned back, I was going through the procedure of blocking him when he phoned from another number. I told him to stop phoning because I will not be giving my bank details and why doesn't he understand I am not interested? He again asked why I wasn't interested so this time I said OK, why are you not understanding what I'm saying, answer me that? He said I was being rude all he was doing was trying to help me, I said, OK thank you but I no longer am interested, again he kept on, so I just left him connected seeing as he phoned me it was his phone bill. After a while I listened and he was still connected but not talking, so I pretended I was on another phone and let him hear me supposedly talking to the police, I was reporting him and giving them his number, I carried on a conversation as though I was actually talking to someone. I then heard him disconnect. I blocked that number too, but it shows these people don't give up, I'm guessing there may have been others who fell for the scam as I did and he was chasing up possible leads in the hope he may get lucky. __________________ Silent and Violent