latest scam

At least 2-6 times a day I get the "unusual activity on your Amazon account" e-mail. Always goes directly to my SPAM folder and then I just delete it.
Around here at least 1 or 2x a week we get a snail mail or text offers to buy our houses. Just today I got a snail mail offer for $201,000, best offer yet.
 
I have had the scammer conversation with my mom several times. I get the call about a bill she got a msg about. I ask her have you ever been there. Then delete it its a scam.
 
65-2x2....We're different in one way: see, when I retired I lost all the dummies I used to "mess" with. (It was usually funny because they didn't know I was messing with them.) My last 17 years of my working days was with the Pittsburgh Board Of Education in the Steamfitters Dept.. I was 50% of the Refrigeration Dept.! So, you know the idiots I had to deal with. Custodians, lunch ladies, etc. No one had all their lights working, ya know? So when I retired, I got to mess with phone spammers, texts, etc. It's really fun. Try it!! I had one girl questioning her sanity as somehow she got the idea that I was dead. But talking to her.
Come...join us...it's the will of the retirement overlords!!!

tlawler, be careful about counting those hens! A sheetmetal dude had the countdown ticker on his phone. Dave. Tin knocker know-it-all.
He miscalculated by 3 years! Tin knocker says it all!!
 
I just got a text:

"Hi this is Matt, been driving around you neighborhood and are you interested in selling 1234 xyz Street?

I was thinking about replying, sure $1.5 million as is, for cash only. I need to pay all my toll fines!
I got one like that a few months ago. I don't usually respond to SPAM, but this I replied " No, but I would consider a straight across trade for a similar house in northern Arizona. What do you have?".
 
tlawler, be careful about counting those hens! A sheetmetal dude had the countdown ticker on his phone. Dave. Tin knocker know-it-all.
He miscalculated by 3 years! Tin knocker says it all!!
That’s the date I turn 65, so technically I can retire. I’ll probably continue working for awhile since I’ve effectively put away the tools now. Mainly I’m working remotely, doing tech support and helping build an apprenticeship program to train the next generation of chiller mechanics. The rental chiller business is absolutely exploding now that we are supporting all of these AI data centers. Having to rely on Trane, JCI, and Daikin to service and repair them makes for a full time job just coordinating everything.
 
For the last week or so, been getting several of these per day:

LOAN//[email protected]
PAYMENT//[email protected]

They must think I just fell off the turnip truck.
Yes, they have been telling me for a year now (every month) that my cloud storage payment was declined and that all my photo's will be deleated. guess their delete department must be well understaffed...:rolleyes:
 
At least 2-6 times a day I get the "unusual activity on your Amazon account" e-mail. Always goes directly to my SPAM folder and then I just delete it.
I've been getting that one, too. The scary thing is that the sender's address is always "amazon.com", which gives it an air of authenticity that other spam messages don't have with their obvious incorrect addresses. The first time I got that message, I opened up a new tab on my browser and checked my Amazon account for warning messages. There were none. What I did not do (and neither should any of you), was click on the links in the suspected spam message. Even if a message "looks" legitimate, always check by going directly to the website instead of clicking on the links in the message.

I wonder how the spammers were able to hijack Amazon's web address. I also wonder what Amazon is doing about it.
 
I wasn't born yesterday, maybe the day before. Get the iCloud photos/account cancelled or payment declined scam every day. Delete.......
 
Yes, they have been telling me for a year now (every month) that my cloud storage payment was declined and that all my photo's will be deleated. guess their delete department must be well understaffed...:rolleyes:
I get that one too. I don't even know what "the cloud" is, so if they want to delete my photos and video's, have at it.
 
I just got a text:

"Hi this is Matt, been driving around you neighborhood and are you interested in selling 1234 xyz Street?

I was thinking about replying, sure $1.5 million as is, for cash only. I need to pay all my toll fines!
When I get the sell your house call, I always respond with "Absolutely for $2 million cash nothing less", they usually can't get off the phone fast enough.
 
The Fl. toll scam is the best one, I have seen.
I bet they are taking in millions.
If you visit Destin, ect be aware.
 
I answer a calls on SWMBO phone with "What of you trying to sell me."

Response was that he was not selling but wanted to give me money.

GREAT! Just send the check to the address of record.
Since you have phone number, you can find address.
Thanks for the money, I really need it.

CLICK

Bekeart
 
I just got a text:

"Hi this is Matt, been driving around you neighborhood and are you interested in selling 1234 xyz Street?

I was thinking about replying, sure $1.5 million as is, for cash only. I need to pay all my toll fines!
I got a phone call similar to that. They asked if I was interested in selling my house. I said yes and the amount was $5.5 million in cash or the deal was off. He mumbled something and hung up. Haven't had one of those calls since. Sometimes it's good to screw with scammers.
A month ago we had a really bad hail storm. The roofers were out the next day trying to get business. Inspect your roof for free so they could tell you that you have a problem. Well the other day a guy knocks on the door and says he is there to help with submitting insurance claims for roof damage. When I opened the door I said no I didn't need anything. He insisted and would not take no for an answer. When I asked him if he had a permit to solicit he said his boss did. Then I asked him where the Village Hall was and he didn't know. Eventually he left. Had he left when I first said no than I would have not have done anything. I called the police and they investigated. He didn't have a permit and was asked to leave. The Village has a No Solicit policy. You register with the Village and they give you a permit and one for each of you workers. Besides I'm on a no solicit list which is given to each person issued a permit. Did I say I hate solicitors.
 
Don't Reply to any of them ... It just encourages them to send you more Scam Offers ... They never give up !
Gary
 
I get the cloud scam texts and emails at least 4-5 times a week. Block the number, and report the phishing.
The bad ones are the phone calls trying to collect non-existing medical bills from last summer. I tell them to bill my insurance, say it's Blue Cross (haven't had Blue Cross since 1993), and the policy number is 3825663... Then I hang up. Calls stopped a few weeks ago, finally.
 
I don’t think the buy your house calls are scams. I believe flippers search property records and make cold calls.
I always tell them I it lost in the divorce (true) and they probably don’t want to buy it. The ex wife is probably still cooking meth in it. That prompts a hang up.
 
For the last week or so, been getting several of these per day:

LOAN//[email protected]
PAYMENT//[email protected]

They must think I just fell off the turnip truck.
I get 'em all the time. Sometimes half a dozen a day! I use the "Block" and "Report Spam" options, but it doesn't help...they just come back with a slightly different approach and they're back. All you can do is either change your email & phone number or be diligent and patient. I tried that "Cloaked" app. Didn't do squat. Let me know if you find a real solution. I'm ready to try anything. Ed
 
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