Tell me about common cons/scams: "Thanks, you suck. Hello, this is Linda."

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Snowy: Oct 6, 2010; A man whose blood
Is very snow-broth;
One who never feels
The wanton stings and
Motions of the sense

peanut posted:

My email is a.lastname@gmail.com. I try my best to contact the sender and implore them to contact the intended recipient a different way, and to add an email verification step to their sign up processing.

One guy I managed to make contact with, his colleagues kept forgetting the numbers in his email address. We chatted a bit and it turns out we're distant relatives - literally descended twin brothers who went separate ways in the 1850s wild west. Life can be cool if you're nice, sometimes.

I have a fairly common name and there�s at least four people with similar names that think they have my gmail address. Some soldier really sucks at filling out important medical paperwork, a sorority member orders lots of lululemon and custom sorority sweatshirts, and some party organizers really wanted to loop me in on their Super Bowl party planning in Denver. Recently I got an email thanking me for interviewing with a company and was I interested in a follow up? After I told them they had the wrong address they said the applicant put it down wrong on her application, whooooops.

I�m trying my best to keep these people out of trouble but they aren�t helping

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Snowy: Oct 6, 2010; A man whose blood
Is very snow-broth;
One who never feels
The wanton stings and
Motions of the sense

Here�s a gift link to a related story from the Times

Seven months inside an online scam labor camp

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive...&smid=url-share

# ¿ Mar 17, 2024 01:43

Snowy: Oct 6, 2010; A man whose blood
Is very snow-broth;
One who never feels
The wanton stings and
Motions of the sense

MightyJoe36 posted:

I always write a check out of spite when I have to pay my income tax.

I used to pay bills with a check and write �BLOOD MONEY� or something like that in the memo. It gave me a little chuckle or two

# ¿ Mar 29, 2024 14:07

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