Scams like these

[AustraliaPoochie]

Hello by Adele!
So beautiful if we could play it back to a scammer, just for their reaction.
No, not like the one on Youtube, where the guy did it.
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What would the response be if we kept saying "hello".

 

[MARTINE]

Hello by Adele!
So beautiful if we could play it back to a scammer, just for their reaction.
No, not like the one on Youtube, where the guy did it.
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What would the response be if we kept saying "hello".

… or my late father’s method.. a loud whistle kept next to the telephone (landline then) to blast the eardrums so they learn a lesson

 

[p--and--t]

 

[I love to travel]

Anyone getting calls from Telstra? Offering lower plan rate. They already had some of my info which was worrying but I did hang up after I clued into what was happening. Thankfully I did not give them anything

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Never trust a caller.
Unless you are already aware its a scam, and you want to play along and waste their time.
How many times, people have lost money, all because scammers were able to spoof their sms/phone number.

 

[prozac]

Love the lack of grammar & punctuation. They will never win accolades for customer service.

As of this week. Your toll deduction failed. https://link.eastl.solutions View details. Deal with it as soon as possible. Late processing will incur penalties.

 

[JohnK]

… or my late father’s method.. a loud whistle kept next to the telephone (landline then) to blast the eardrums so they learn a lesson

Do they ever learn? If I'm not mistaken they really think they're holding a normal job and people that detect their scams and question them are evil.

Call centre gangs in Thailand and all over Asia are a huge problem targeting mainly elderly and vulnerable. When we've tried to call businesses/friends from Australia they've blocked my wife's number thinking she's from call centre gang.

 

[Forg]

Do they ever learn? If I'm not mistaken they really think they're holding a normal job and people that detect their scams and question them are evil.

I don’t know if “evil”, but probably unjustifiably nannyish.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

The modern world, (finance/communications etc) has made it very easy for scammers.
I can see the JohnK's reply about, that is the fake investment side.
Apart from that, there is also the many Wangiri from Thailand.
Then we have the Indians, more so this one would be the tech side.
Then we have the Africans, more so this one is the lottery side.
40 years ago, paper mail was the all the go, and landline phones.
So, the way to work this out, (don't answer any phone calls, don't open any emails, don't open any envelopes that doesn't have my name, don't open any envelopes that is not linked to my life, don't nod or greet anyone, don't, don't don't...)
On the street, its the fake monks, or those survey people, or someone trying to sell something (big issue mag)...
All so that I don't spend any of my meagre money unneccessarily.

 

[MARTINE]

Do they ever learn? If I'm not mistaken they really think they're holding a normal job and people that detect their scams and question them are evil.

Call centre gangs in Thailand and all over Asia are a huge problem targeting mainly elderly and vulnerable. When we've tried to call businesses/friends from Australia they've blocked my wife's number thinking she's from call centre gang.

Yes John - made no difference to the gang but one caller likely had a very sore ear and my father felt he has some influence over the course of events.
It is a sad situation that this is a career for some people but the true ‘bottom feeders’ are actually further up the chain

 

[JohnK]

Yes John - made no difference to the gang but one caller likely had a very sore ear and my father felt he has some influence over the course of events.
It is a sad situation that this is a career for some people but the true ‘bottom feeders’ are actually further up the chain

I think your dad had a great idea.

There's a lot in life that some will never understand. And I'd also say they don't care either because it does not affect them and because we cannot do anything anyway.

The Mafia in Thailand controls lots of activities.

Lending money to people who do not have the means to pay back and keep coming back each day to collect interest.

Illegal gambling again conning people who do not know better and obviously have no money so they borrow and we have the situation above.

Another one that I thought they would not stoop so low but they send cute little girls around the bars in Pattaya selling bracelets etc to drunk farangs. There's lots to be made each night.

And many of the beggars you see in Pattaya, Bangkok are also planted by the mafia.

They keep finding new ways to scam people.

 

[Forg]

40 years ago, paper mail was the all the go, and landline phones.

When we were clearing up my ~80yo FIL's stuff, RIP, we found a couple of very yellowed & faded-with-age folders ... each one holding the details of the chain-letter originator he'd sent money to along with the 10 people he'd forwarded the chain-letter to ... he was pretty wary in life, in general, I mean you have to be if you do business in SE Asia where scamming's been a way of life for centuries, yet he fell for these!

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Forg, any of them any UK "Barristers"/Notary Public, that sort of thing?
In the early 2000s, was the last one I saw, my mum got one of the UK Barristers, acting on behalf of "a passed away relative"...

 

[Forg]

I can't recall AustralianPoochie, I vaguely remember the ones you're talking about but I think these were more a more straightforward pyramid-scheme deal without any particular "story" behind them.

 

[prozac]

This mornings anxiety message;

Important Reminder: Good morning. Our postman can’t deliver to the right place because your address in the system cannot be found. Simply update your address at

https://au_tracking-post-store

to ensure the correct location. [PostAu]

Link has been disabled

 

[TheRealTMA]

Thousands of fake shopping sites revealed​

More than 4000 fake online stores, featuring some of the nation’s most popular brands, have been exposed. SEE THE FULL LIST.

https://www.couriermail.com.au/lifestyle/thousands-of-fake-shopping-sites-revealed/news-story/70625e235b8bcd4b01418a784df68277

 

[Forg]

^ Paywalled ...

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

So, the guy that sent those millions of scam sms has had his photo now shown to the public.
And, just as I thought, looks at first glance as China Chinese.
If he is not an Aust citizen by now, he would most likely be deported after he serves his time.
The article didn't say how much he made, and as yet, still no pleas.
Wonder what's next.
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Imagine if the Aust govt, both state and fed made a move on all the sms phone number that sends us the "messages" and traces their background of the sm.

 

[VPS]

The Belgians have frozen my Netflix account - oh no

 

[latawiec]

The Belgians have frozen my Netflix account - oh no
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They make money if some naive or not oriented people click on the blue links and supply their data ....


If there will be no response ...the scammers will not be sending them...

So, awerness is very important...