• @cowfodder
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    355 months ago

    4x that if you include donating to Trump.

  • @[email protected]OP
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    145 months ago

    “The most commonly reported fraud among older adults last year was tech support scams, in which criminals pose over the phone as technical or customer service representatives. In one such scam authorities say is rising in popularity, criminals impersonate technology, banking and government officials to convince victims that foreign hackers have infiltrated their bank accounts and instruct them that to protect their money they should move it to a new account — one secretly controlled by the scammers.”

  • Vox
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    115 months ago

    I can believe it…whenever I visit my father in laws house, who is 82, he gets a phone call like every 10 minutes, and it’s almost always one of these.

    • @[email protected]
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      5 months ago

      You should get him a call blocker. If TrueCall exist in your part of the world I can highly recommend them. They have a few profiles available from mostly open to absolutely locked down with a whitelist.

      Edit: https://www.truecall.co.uk/ Might be UK-only. Have a look anyway as it’ll give you some idea of what can be done.

  • @Konstant
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    85 months ago

    deleted by creator

    • @korny
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      15 months ago

      Scammer Payback and Jim Browning are other great heroes doing the same.

  • @boatsnhos931
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    15 months ago

    Man, I’ve been working in the wrong industry

  • themeatbridge
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    05 months ago

    I’m just thinking about some of the old, ignorant bigots I know… I should learn more about how these scams work.

        • @[email protected]
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          25 months ago

          “This is Microsoft support. I’m calling to let you know your computer has a virus, and I’ll remove it for you for the small fee of a $400 Google Play gift card.”

          Or something like that.

  • @[email protected]
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    -85 months ago

    A drop in a bucket for what US has stolen. From the native americans to countless wars abroad.

    Karma works in mysterious ways.