Scam
Submitted by little johnny on Sat, 2023-04-15 07:55
New one doing its circle. hey mum I dropped my phone down the toilet and sim isn’t working message my new number on watsapp when you see this it’s urgent 0480;089664.x . Funny thing is my mother replied ( silly bugger ) now I’ve received it . What’s app spelt wrong . As far as I know I am still male . Some people may get done ( tricked my mum ) anyway just heads up
sunshine
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Date Joined: 03/03/09
Barstards
My wife got one on the phone the other day, she asked the clearly foreign gentleman how he would feel if someone scammed his grandmother.....he stuttered and promptly hung up
sea-kem
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Date Joined: 30/11/09
Had one this week when I
Had one this week when I advertised some stands on Market place. Dude messaged me saying he would buy them but would send his sister to collect. Asked if he could pay via pay ID, no probs as long as the money was in the bank before collection. Then he asked for my email that's when I sniffed his game, asked him why he needed that. To make sure I'm sending to the right person was the response, told the flog yeah nah and blocked him.
Another was two weeks ago some dude advertising an electric reel combo on one of the boating pages. Messaged hime and said very interested, sent me his banking details very quickly. I asked where he was located apparently Whyalla SA. Anyway said to the scumbag I was messaging nothing would be sent unless I had his phone number. So he sent one which I promptly rang and some random dude answewred knowing nothing about it, so I let him know his phone number was being shared.
Anyway messaged the dude back calling him a fucken scum bag scammer to which I was blocked etc all good.
NEK minute I'm banned from FB messenger for breaching their code of conduct. So did some research on this, messenger is a non encrypted messeging service and they monitor your content.
Check out this link, very interesting read. https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2021/09/04/apple-iphone-google-android-and-windows-10-users-should-quit-facebook-messenger-for-whatsapp/?sh=33fe0d213f16
No conspiracy here just out and out phuckery.
Love the West!
davewillo
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Date Joined: 08/09/16
Yeah the pay ID scam is a
Yeah the pay ID scam is a very common one Andy. My wife was trying to flog some stuff recently and people wanted to use pay ID and get someone else to pick it up. I said whay would you do taht when they're coming to pick it up anyway so just pay cash. My 20 yo sone set us straight pretty quickly!
I hate people with a vengeance that scam people, especially the most vulnerable. Absolute scum.
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SpotHound
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Date Joined: 06/02/14
Giveaway
The dead giveaway is that they dont ask a single question or try to bargain, its straight to payid and needing your email to hack the account and take over.
This time it was his brother coming to get it.
davewillo
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Must have been the same guy
Must have been the same guy as he was sending his brother too!
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little johnny
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Date Joined: 04/12/11
My poor mum
Fell for it . She lost a heap few months back . Just be careful
Michael Yoni
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Date Joined: 02/01/11
the fruit does not fall far
the fruit does not fall far fromt he tree.
little johnny
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Date Joined: 04/12/11
If you have
Parents ( they would be proud) hiding behind fake name ( must be proud). Pretty sad comment . When people well in there 80 s fall victim to thieves . Please feel free to make comment . Just another peice of sh-t . By your comment .
Da pirate
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Date Joined: 03/05/15
Haven’t ..
Haven't seen You round for a while
yoni ? What's the direction of that
Comment ? You calling Johnny and his
mum stupid ?
little johnny
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Date Joined: 04/12/11
Just a bit
Of crap . All good .another non fisherman . No posts . Just sits under a rock like a spider .
Rick
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Date Joined: 22/12/06
Unfortunate
These scams are coming way too often, and unfortunately they are becoming very sophisticated. Not as easy for the average person to distinguish the difference now.
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piscetor
Posts: 186
Date Joined: 13/05/16
unfortunate
I had to crack a sad with my super company when they sent a text with the amout i had in my fund. I told them to stop doing it and only send it by mail. To many sleezy bastards around with Tech savy mates. And they all live in Mumbi
Filletmaster
little johnny
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Date Joined: 04/12/11
Never got me
But preys on elderly.mr yoni ( fu&k head) . Obviously approves of elderly getting ripped off . Done reasearch. Another looser ( wanna be fisherman)
sea-kem
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Date Joined: 30/11/09
Expect nothing less from
Expect nothing less from Yoni.
Love the West!
Jackfrost80
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Date Joined: 07/05/12
The closest I've come is
The closest I've come is being within a bee's dick of transferring cash for 2x Soundwave tickets on behalf of mate a few years ago via Gumtree. It all sounded legit and the story was they were in Gero and coudn't make it down to Perth and even provided me a copy of a Gero driver's licence. Something twigged inside and I made up a story and told them that my brother was on the way back from Exmouth and that he would be able to pick up the tickets and give them cash the following day and that's when the excuses started about not being around that day and only happy to do the transaction via bank account etc. Certainly dodged a bullet.
Officially off the Pies bandwagon
dodgy
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Date Joined: 01/02/10
Luke Combs tickets seem the
Luke Combs tickets seem the flavour of the month. Seeing heaps falling for that one.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
pelagicyachts
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when talking about scams you
when talking about scams your "forum name" is not an advantage! :-) :-)
dodgy
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Haha. Full credit there for
Haha. Full credit there for that one.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
piscetor
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dodgy
When the minutes turn to hours-- god is in the pub getting pissed and telling everyone about the big one that got away.
Filletmaster
woody
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A really common one is
A really common one is advertising a heap of gear reasonably cheap on a local buy sell page on FB, turning the comments off and when people message via messenger the seller asks for a deposit to hold it via bank transfer. I just love winding these pieces of shit up and playing along to waste their time.
eziliving
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Hahaha yep I do the same.
Hahaha yep I do the same. All their photos show their gear is near new condition and selling for less than half price.
Get busy living, or get busy dying!
Jackfrost80
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Bwahaha, I thought it was
Bwahaha, I thought it was just me. I strung one along when selling a kayak for a good 5 days.... even created a fake Western Union transfer receipt to get their hopes up the scam had worked and savoured the meltdown when they realised.
Officially off the Pies bandwagon
davewillo
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That shows real commitment
That shows real commitment Frosty! I love it and the bastards deserve anything we can throw at them.
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