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Re: [ Amura's house on a tree ]
Posted: Aug 30th, '21, 18:03
by Amura
Wow, really?
I mean that's quite an elaborated scam, creating a (crappy) website so they trick you into "hiring" their services...
I've never suffered one of those, just regular annoying advertising.
But I never hear what they have to say.
I reply "Not interested" right away, no matter what they are talking about.
Re: [ Amura's house on a tree ]
Posted: Aug 30th, '21, 21:03
by Moi
Could have been a prank. It was a creepy prank, not a funny prank, though.
I hate scammers with a passion in general xD
Like they really piss me off.
They're predators is what they are.
My aunt's gotten calls about there being a warrant for her arrest and that the police were the ones calling her and she needed to pay a fine for the warrant or some bullshit.
WELL, the thing is my aunt has a troubled past and she has had warrants out for her.
My grandpa settled all of that before he died, so they don't have shit on her now.
These scammers knew about her past somehow and tried to scam her out of money >__>
Re: [ Amura's house on a tree ]
Posted: Aug 30th, '21, 21:29
by Jolien
I don't think it's a prank if they call twice. They picked my husbands number and that one's registered as main number for our company. I think they hope that they catch someone who barely knows what's going on or that they pick a company that's already using a similar service, for whom it's important to be found. Webshops or restaurants, whatever.
For us, we have one main buyer, our contact is good with them and I couldn't care less what other people think really. I don't want to be found, 'nor is it in our interest to be found. I already turned down official "list" services several times, those also start with "your company is rated so well! You must pay your invoices on time, congrats!". Well, thanks... >.> "Do you want to our service to check if your clients are just as good as you?"
Eh, no thanks. I know them. Like, all 3. >.> <.< >.>
Re: [ Amura's house on a tree ]
Posted: Aug 30th, '21, 22:08
by Amura
All those scammers take advantages of things they know (or suppose) about you or your company. That's how they work.
And if they have sensitive information I'm sure they don't doubt using it. I don't think they have any scrupules <_<
I've gotten messages about supposed Amazon parcels and some aditional expenses, for example.
I hardly ever buy on Amazon so I knew it was an scam, but many people do buy there and they know some of them will fall for the trick.
It's awfully simple to devise an scam.
Re: [ Amura's house on a tree ]
Posted: Aug 31st, '21, 01:48
by Moi
I was talking about the people who called me and made weird noises being a prank xD
I have my aunt asking me to buy stuff for her online.
I worry she'll fall for a scam so I check things out for her.
A lot of scammers target people who...have no idea what's happening.
They're weak and the scammers take advantage of their weakness.
And it makes me angry u8
Re: [ Amura's house on a tree ]
Posted: Aug 31st, '21, 12:43
by Amura
Like the ones who take advantage of elders, and use fancy words to make them believe they need to buy this or that.
Re: [ Amura's house on a tree ]
Posted: Aug 31st, '21, 17:50
by Jolien
Jeah, I use gmail though, so most fake amazon mail is filtered out anyway. Their scam detector is pretty good. :)
But yeah, getting emails from companies about packages which don't even operate in your country... Like, try again. >.> It's even more nasty when they send emails which seem to be from real companies, like gas or electricity. Get those as well. But again, they picked the wrong one, we didn't buy electricity from that company. Google helps though. :)
Re: [ Amura's house on a tree ]
Posted: Aug 31st, '21, 18:40
by Amura
I tend to distrust pretty much any mail or text I receive.
I don't like hiring any service by phone, I'm the kind of person who likes to read things carefully and I usually prefer being able to ask questions to the seller in person.
So if it does not come by those sources I usually ignore it - even if it's not an scam.
Re: [ Amura's house on a tree ]
Posted: Aug 31st, '21, 20:58
by Moi
I tend to think if something is too good to be true, then it usually is.
Like when I was given a lottery ticket and it said I won over $100.
I was like "I must be reading this wrong because there's no way 8u"
I did win over $100 xD
Re: [ Amura's house on a tree ]
Posted: Aug 31st, '21, 21:57
by Amura
Hahahaha, that's literaly free money!
No wonder you believed it to be too good to be be true.