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Sirius XM, a service I never use, has moved on from mailing me letters to having scammer sounding people call me. This may be reason enough to never buy a ford.
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I forget if I mentioned it but my wife cancelled her Sirius and now they are offering it to her for free for months at a time Offers so good sounding that they are Super sketchy
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Oct 2, 2022 12:43
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I rented a car that didn't have an xm subscription but the UI was such that after being tuned, channels would stop playing after you acknowledge the "SUBSCRIPTION EXPIRED" pop-up. Didn't take me long to figure out the flaw with that one.
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Oct 2, 2022 22:02
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Edit: took pic out bc I'm a dumb dumb that left her address in it Okay, so maybe not a scam like MLMs or robocalls about the IRS and such, but what's the angle here? Got this in the mail today. I was a paying Cox customer for years before we moved into an apartment with free wifi, and they sure aren't offering free internet for poor people if they aren't getting something out of it, if my experience with them is worth anything. JacquelineDempsey fucked around with this message at 00:19 on Oct 5, 2022 |
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Oct 4, 2022 19:17
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That's just a weasel-y way to get you to sign up for a service at a really good introductory rate ($0) then charge you the normal rate a short time later.
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Oct 4, 2022 19:35
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FYI your address is visible in that picture. As to if it's a scam or not, ISP's have been for decades getting their arms twisted by the government to offer affordable internet options to low income households. From the fine print I can see on the flyer, it sounds like you apply through Cox's "Affordable Connectivity Program" and based on your income get some kind of credit back on your bill, which can be up to the full amount of what your internet package costs but probably isn't unless you're absolutely destitute. Also even if your plan costs $30 and you get the full $30 credit you still probably end up paying them something because of taxes and the dumb fees ISP's love to tack on to their bills. Also yeah, it's probably also a limited time entry rate and after 12 months or whatever they transition you to the "standard" price which is in triple digits.
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Oct 4, 2022 19:40
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ACP is through the same federal program as Lifeline for phones. It's not a scam, but not everyone gets full coverage. I get a $30 credit toward my internet bill through it, with Comcast.
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Oct 4, 2022 20:34
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Sydin posted:FYI your address is visible in that picture. Dammit, and of all the threads. Thanks for the heads up. Though there is no Apt #4 here, lol. Thanks for all the replies! About what I figured. I'll stick with my stodgy but free wifi.
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Oct 5, 2022 00:18
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I got caught by a car rental place today when I assumed the “standard” coverage was what came with the rental, and the “premium” coverage was additional. Oh no. The “standard” coverage was also additional, and I didn’t figure that out until I was looking at an itemized statement while waiting for the car because trying to get through renting a car with a family waiting to start their vacation fun has a lot of cognitive overhead. Common cons/scams: anything having to do with vacation.
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Blue Moonlight posted:I got caught by a car rental place today when I assumed the “standard” coverage was what came with the rental, and the “premium” coverage was additional. Your regular car insurance probably covers everything on a rental that their special upsell insurance does. If you paid for your rental on a credit card, your credit card might have extra insurance as well.
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It's a lot less common for non travel specific cards to carry car rental insurance these days so don't just assume. Made that mistake on my last trip though it luckily didn't end up mattering.
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Oct 5, 2022 13:14
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Job hunting is impossible right now. I have to answer all incoming calls in case they’re a job. It’s never a job. It’s always a scam.
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Oct 5, 2022 16:07
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ghost emoji posted:Job hunting is impossible right now. I have to answer all incoming calls in case they’re a job. It’s never a job. It’s always a scam. Thankfully most of the people I've had to deal with this round communicated with me through LinkedIn, email, and then scheduled video calls, but yeah, I have to wonder if I've missed anything important because my phone filter said "Scam Likely" was calling.
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Oct 5, 2022 16:58
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I've gotten a couple calls recently trying to give me a replacement Medicare plan I think (I'm 37 and not on Medicare). I just pretend to be an addled old man asking why they keep rejecting my claim for having the lump on my testicle examined. Initially they have a recorded voice that connects me to an obvious foreign call center. Not having navigated the Medicare waters for me or a family member, is there any possible legitimacy to this, as in could it be an actual company capable of receiving Medicare payments or is it 100% scam territory?
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Oct 5, 2022 22:49
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Jolly Jumbuck posted:I've gotten a couple calls recently trying to give me a replacement Medicare plan I think (I'm 37 and not on Medicare). I just pretend to be an addled old man asking why they keep rejecting my claim for having the lump on my testicle examined. Initially they have a recorded voice that connects me to an obvious foreign call center. Not having navigated the Medicare waters for me or a family member, is there any possible legitimacy to this, as in could it be an actual company capable of receiving Medicare payments or is it 100% scam territory? 100% scam
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Oct 6, 2022 00:36
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My parents own property in Phoenix, and I keep getting calls from idiot "real estate investors" wanting to buy it, since I have the same name as my dad. Usually, I just let Android screen them out as spam (which it's very good at), but I got a series of them that went through and left basically the same message, so they were obviously reading from the same script. The next time they called, I pretended to be super interested in selling the place (and negotiated them up about $30k from where they started) and then said I too was very interested in learning to invest in real estate, and got the name of the get rich quick scheme that had clearly put my name and number on a list. At that point (I'd wasted maybe a half hour), I told the guy that he had the wrong person, and I couldn't actually sell him poo poo, but did thank him for letting me know who to report for multiple do not call violations, and reporting the parent scam seems to have totally stopped the calls.
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Oct 6, 2022 04:50
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azflyboy posted:My parents own property in Phoenix, and I keep getting calls from idiot "real estate investors" wanting to buy it, since I have the same name as my dad. Nice work! Who was it?
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Oct 6, 2022 13:13
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ghost emoji posted:Job hunting is impossible right now. I have to answer all incoming calls in case they’re a job. It’s never a job. It’s always a scam. Any legit call would leave a voicemail.
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Frazzbo posted:Nice work! Who was it?
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Frazzbo posted:Nice work! Who was it? It was something called "Lifestyles Unlimited", which seems to do the typical "free seminar on real estate investing, which is used to push $6000 memberships" thing.
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Oct 6, 2022 15:03
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Just got this text at 12:14 AM on a Thursday night and I think it hits every red flag there is. quote:Hi, My name is Rodney. I received your phone number from care.com, can you work from HOME as a Personal Assistant to help with my errands? I work at General Atlantic with a focus on both local and international businesses, the majority of my clients are out of state and out of the country. I require assistance because I am frequently out of State. I'm currently on a business trip to Toronto, Canada. I'll pay you ahead of time to complete my shopping, pay my bills, and have some products delivered to the orphanage. The hours are flexible and can be done at your convenient time. In addition, I will provide you with sufficient funds and detailed instructions for each work. Payment will be via Bank Certified Check from my US Bank. You will be paid 730 USD each week for 4 hours of service. Please respond with your I don’t even have a care.com account…
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Oct 7, 2022 08:35
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Wow you're willing to just give those poor orphans the finger huh
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The SA Forums > Ask/Tell > Tell me about common cons/scams: complete my shopping, pay my bills, and have some products delivered to the orphanage.
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My older uncle says he was hacked. He said his iPhone had outbound calls disabled. Has anyone heard of that happening?
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bort posted:My older uncle says he was hacked. He said his iPhone had outbound calls disabled. Has anyone heard of that happening? his iphone wasn't hacked, no he should just take it to his carrier, either he did something weird in his settings or his carrier screwed something up
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bort posted:My older uncle says he was hacked. He said his iPhone had outbound calls disabled. Has anyone heard of that happening? Has he been paying his bill?
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Volmarias posted:Has he been paying his bill? This was my first thought too. They'll cut off your ability to rack up a bill if you haven't been paying it.
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Sometimes SIM cards just poo poo the bed. Never happened to me on an iPhone yet but I had to get a new SIM for a Nexus 4 once. E: Also uh, he has restarted it right? E2: How is SMS inbound/outbound? Can he receive calls but not place them? When he tries to place a call, does he get an error to the effect of “network error/no carrier” or does it forward him to customer service (lol pay your bill)? For that matter, what does it say in the upper right where ATT/Cricket/Verizon/etc is supposed to be? If you gather the answers to these questions in advance, you can skip like 10-15 minutes of initial troubleshooting with the carrier! Citation: Me, spending way too loving long answering these calls. goatsestretchgoals fucked around with this message at 08:42 on Nov 2, 2022 |
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Nov 2, 2022 08:31
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Can he call the number for carrier services? 611 or whichever.
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Airplane mode cycle fixed it, thanks for the suggestions. He was confused because he did have some fraud transactions on his credit card and got a slew of spam, so felt like it was all coming at once.
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bort posted:My older uncle says he was hacked. He said his iPhone had outbound calls disabled. Has anyone heard of that happening? How's his general mental health? Memory? Sense of smell? I look back at my mom saying someone siphoned her gas as a warning sign that we should have acted on.
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Not realizing that power cycling the radio might fix a cell problem doesn't seem like a warning sign of anything except unfamiliarity.
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Healy devices, buy 3 save more!!!
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Found a new one, at least new to me So this is a real, legitimate email from Paypal, with my correct name at the top and everything. The link leads to a real paypal.com invoice. Scammers send these invoices and list a fake phone number in the details, with the scam being that you call the number . It's really scummy that Paypal doesn't have a way to stop this, if I weren't savy I might have even fallen for it, especially if I was in a panic about thinking I'd had £600 taken off me.
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Nov 8, 2022 21:42
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Could have indented the message, added giant quotation marks, changed really anything in the typeface from the rest of the email so that it clearly doesn't match.
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Actually got something similar today, though it was a payment request instead of an invoice. Real request, showed up on my account, I just cancelled it. Not entirely sure what they're going for with this unless PayPal processing time is that short that they can withdraw the payment and run and make it hard to file a claim or something.
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Nov 9, 2022 02:09
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I get a pig butchering text about once a week. This latest one, I just send a pic of the conversation with the previous one after the "Hello." text. Their response was "E.O" and then separately "Leaf". That some kind of scam lingo or code?
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Parallelwoody posted:I get a pig butchering text about once a week. This latest one, I just send a pic of the conversation with the previous one after the "Hello." text. Their response was "E.O" and then separately "Leaf". That some kind of scam lingo or code? May be the bot doing weird poo poo because it doesn't know how to handle the response. Like, the writer straight up failed to foresee someone replying with a picture. Or they don't care because that means you're not a good mark
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send the pig balls picture to spread joy
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I was just saying I'm running out of material and might need to fire an "old friend" right off the bat from now on.
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