• @[email protected]
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    11 hour ago

    I’ve tried multiple times to respond to these scam emails, I honestly don’t know what you have to say to get scammed. I’m totally ready to quickly go buy a temporary credit card from target or whatever

  • @_bcron_
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    304 hours ago

    Truth Social seems to be a target-rich environment for people who are easy to con.

    you don’t say

  • @[email protected]
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    11 hour ago

    Honestly, these stories are sad. Half the reports even end with them holding out some hope that their money is still in some fake account (because they have screenshots!), or that the person that conned them was not the perpetrator.

    • Possibly linux
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      -64 hours ago

      I’m pretty sure the answer is no unless they are browsing the internet in the shower. Also it still wouldn’t be a thought

      • @ccunningOP
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        93 hours ago

        Y’all really don’t think about shit in the shower that happened outside of the shower?

        I can’t be the weird one here.

        • Possibly linux
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          -12 hours ago

          This post feels more like an attempt to spread your political views. Even though most of Lemmy probably agrees with you I personally can’t help but feel this is a misuse of this community.

          This is probably just a misunderstanding so it is probably up to the mods. I’m guessing you don’t have malicious intentions.

          • @ccunningOP
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            32 hours ago

            Obviously it is political; can’t really dispute that. I did check the rules before posting (mostly because I wasn’t sure if links were allowed) but there was no mention of no politics ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

      • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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        12 hours ago

        unless they are browsing the internet in the shower

        Is there any other way to shower?

    • @DaMonsterKnees
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      12 hours ago

      Lol, think folks can’t read time stamps, mate?

  • Sibbo
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    The misspellings are against spam filters

    • @Brkdncr
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      It’s to identify people that are an easy mark, and avoid people that are more observant.

    • Otter
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      134 hours ago

      Could be both, I’ve gotten emails where a word is spelled correctly some time, and then spolled wrong other times

      • snooggums
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        43 hours ago

        I see whot you did there.

    • Ech
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      Truthfully? I’d bet an uncomfortable percentage of all people fall for common email scams all the time. But trumps base doesn’t represent 50% of the country. More accurately, 33% of Americans fall for it, 33% push against it, and 33% don’t think it’s a big enough problem to mail in a form letter once every 4 years.

    • @[email protected]
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      I mean, if the ex president of the United States sent out the scam email, perhaps!

      • @NegativeInf
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        144 hours ago

        He does. Frequently.

        “Buy commemorative coins, crypto, watches and Bibles to own the libs!”

        I’ve seen my grandma’s email.

  • @[email protected]
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    -53 hours ago

    those spam/scam emails[sic] with intentional misspellings

    … like ‘emails’? Do your ‘emails’ have ‘datas’ in them?

      • @[email protected]
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        148 minutes ago

        they’re saying “email” is the plural of “email,” and saying “emails” is like saying “datas” as the plural of “data,” which is weird since “emails” is definitely valid.