Fuckin' benchods
@kenzo#98508 they also stole 3000 from some young female as well.
This is a sad situation. I guess the awareness of these scams are not reaching enough people.
Amazing that people actually fall for this. Maybe we need a tv series on prime time tv.
Bank details / last 4 digits can be grabbed from your mailbox I’m sure.
Mail theft is a common problem these days.
@Angeld40#98535 very very sad, I’ve seen it said plenty of times on the news, but i don’t think they take it seriously or think it won’t happen to them…
Well then it’s time to fight them even harder…
Once heard someone getting scammed for 50k while I was waisting their time. With regards to scam-baiting, it was one of the worst feelings ever, & really reminded me of the importance of what we do. Sometimes it feels like no matter what, it’s never enough.
i got ransomwared at work and the hacker stole my bank info so the business had to pay the ransomware and they drained my bank account and my parents 160k + 250k extortion ransom. Additionally windows technical department kept calling saying I got a computer virus.
These victims fuel the industry with their stupidity. They make us all suffer the barage of calls. I have very little sympathy for them. Get a call from the Social Security Administration? It's the latest government imposter scam
We are left with mainstream media reporting the problem like it is something new. The BBB wacking itself off. The FTC and carriers with their hands up ~\_o_/~
Real sad news. That pushes me to harass these Indian scammers more often and give them hell
It got me thinking the migrants coming here. If they get a call like that. What happens to them.
What I don’t understand is that how did they knew his SSA and bank number etc? This is the first time I hear that they have that information. Usually when I scambait SSA scammers then it’s me providing them with my (fake) SSA. Not the other way around! How would they even get the information?
Maybe he used this as self defense cuz else he would look more like an idiot.
I feel twisted... One side it's super sad but on the other side people should use brain! It's soo damn obvious that you don't pay the government by iTunes cards. And **anything** where someone pressures you should be making you aware of something sketchy going on. It's always a sales tactics. Moreover anything legitimate is handled via physical mail and not phone calls.
I just confirmed with a girl, she was working in SSA but stopped:
@Angeld40#98602
Many years ago I had a computer repair business. One of our customers that came in was a university student from outside of the country. He was asking why the FBI didn’t unlock his laptop when he paid them. He had the used “pre-paid” gift card as they instructed. When I told him it was a scam, he legit did not understand what that word even was. I had to use Google translate to show him in his language. Immediately I could read in his face that he understood, & looked really ashamed. I really felt for the guy, so I invested some time explaining that no manufacturer/corporation would ever contact him about his computer usage for legal reasons.
This was in the days before the crypto ransom-ware that we have no. Actually glad that I got out of the business before those hit.
@Angeld40#98602 Most of the migrants are not aware of how the law works and are afraid of officers in general (from their experince in theri home countries)
There are a bunch of Visa scammers around at the moment who collect all this information. If you’re dumb enough to put your information into one of those phishing emails or give your details to one of their robodiallers, then they’re going to come back for more, no question. Once they’ve got those details they’ll also sell them on to other scammers too.
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@NeeP#98612 What I don’t understand is that how did they knew his SSA and bank number etc?
I read somewhere that it was suspected they got the data from the Experian, Equifax, TransUnion, etc... and/or similar breaches, and are using that data to conduct their scams. I know that several people here have reported incidents where an otherwise valid SSN was given, only to have the scammer reject it and hang up, myself included. That is one reason that I try to pick very common names that would return lots of search results should they be using some type of database to screen their victims.
With all the large corporate data breaches we have had recently, I'm sure there are quite a few individuals who have all their information exposed, and therefore are extra vulnerable to such scams. Problem is, most don't even realize it.