• @TommySalami@lemmy.world
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    263 months ago

    There’s gotta be some crazy scam that will work on me that I’ve never heard of. Every time a new one comes around its always something that throws a ton of red flags out the whole way. They have to be just catching people with particular blind spots

    • @theangryseal@lemmy.world
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      53 months ago

      I don’t want to say I’m immune to scams buuuut, I’m immune man.

      They’re pros too for sure. Like, even when I try to play along they hang up on me or stop talking to me.

    • @Aceticon@lemmy.world
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      23 months ago

      It’s a numbers game (pun not intended but, hey, if it works I’m alright with it) - use an automated method to send a no-cost/ultra-cheap message to millions of people, swindle the small fraction of those who fall for it.

      Now that sending this kind of text message is as cheap as sending e-mails, we see this same principle applied in these as we saw with scam emails.

    • @petrol_sniff_king
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      13 months ago

      catching people with particular blind spots

      They do, yeah. It’s part of their strategy, actually. Henry Gullible doesn’t ask too many questions.