Tech scams and scams in general

They’ve had warnings on the Vancouver TV news and now they said that 3 people were taken for $139,000 by the “I’m your grandchild and I need help because I’m in jail“ scheme. The crooks even sent someone to pickup the money at their house; they arrive within a few minutes. One lady had a video camera at the front door so you can see the crook. I suspect they‘re targeting seniors that they know keep large sums of cash at home. For every person that admits giving money, there’ll be many more that don’t.
 

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Jules said:
@Colleen, you must have read my mind. I was just wondering where you are in another thread.
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Just packing and scheduling new utility services and cancelling services here. It has been stressful. We're almost done with all this nonsense, though :) Hopefully, the drive will be uneventful and the weather stays clear. Thanks for missing me :)
 

My grandson 28 (engineer for his state's DOT) own's a condo, autos, makes a good living, but lonely. He fell for one I've never heard about before. He spent most of his young adult life with schooling & building a good career, so missed out on the dating scene. He's more of an introvert than extrovert & has trouble socializing. He's only had one female experience & she was a real screw.

THE SCAM - Lately he had been texting another female party in the UK. Never talked to her or seen her. She doesn't speak any English so texting was the only way he could communicate. She has a male friend there who interprets the texts into her language, she pays him for that service. It's been costing my g-son $1,500 per month on his credit card, which he send info to her (stupid!!!). His father, my son got him to stop, he smelled a scam. I just heard about it yesterday, of course he's ashamed for falling for it, I guess many strange things happen to the lonely.
 
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My grandson 28 (engineer for his state's DOT) own's a condo, autos, makes a good living, but lonely. He fell for one I've never heard about before. He spent most of his young adult life with schooling & building a good career, so missed out on the dating scene. He's more of an introvert than extrovert & has trouble socializing. He's only had one female experience & she was a real screw.

THE SCAM - Lately he had been texting another female party in the UK. Never talked to her or seen her. She doesn't speak any English so texting was the only way he could communicate. She has a male friend there who interprets the texts into her language, she pays him for that service. It's been costing my g-son $1,500 per month on his credit card, which he send her the info (stupid!!!). His father, my son got him to stop, he smelled a scam. I just heard about it yesterday, of course he's ashamed for falling it, I guess many strange things happen to the lonely.
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A romance scam. They sure know how to pull heartstrings. I was on one (supposedly) monitored dating site. A guy hit me up and I already wasn't interested. Bad grammar, for one, is a huge red flag. Next day, he wanted me to get a $100 gift card to pay for international calls, while he was already online chatting with me. How does that make any sense??? :ROFLMAO:
 
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A romance scam. They sure know how to pull heartstrings. I was on one (supposedly) monitored dating site. A guy hit me up and I already wasn't interested. Bad grammar, for one, is a huge red flag. Next day, he wanted me to get a $100 gift card to pay for international calls, while he was already online chatting with me. How does that make any sense??? :ROFLMAO:
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I told my wife if he waits until he's about 35 the ones he couldn't date in high school who married the football quarterback will be disillusioned with their choice, divorced and looking.

First for love, second for security.
 

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