eBay drama
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Couldn't you out-scam the scammer? Tell him that you'd be happy to send the gift card, but sadly there's a processing fee of $20 that he needs to pay via Western Union to release the gift card. Or something.
@Klaus said in eBay drama:
Couldn't you out-scam the scammer? Tell him that you'd be happy to send the gift card, but sadly there's a processing fee of $20 that he needs to pay via Western Union to release the gift card. Or something.
I could trade my time for his. But it's not worth it.
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My bet is Jon doesn’t respond but is just curious at this point.
For me the lesson for the kids is that it’s the Wild West out there. I think with improvements in social engineering it will get increasingly hard to know who’s legit especially with all the partial attention we give to everything.
Just last night I had to remind someone very close to me again to not click on that legitimate looking link but rather go to the website itself to follow up on an issue that was presented.
It’s so easy to get people these days, we get the best of the best at work all the time by enticing them to click. I know one person who has been subjected to three education sessions as a result of falling for stuff we do and it’s not even work related.
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On another note I received a letter from Fortiva Retail Credit that my application was rejected after they pinged Equifax.
My credit is way above their average client and that might have been their cue but I did not apply and I can’t see so far that there was a query from the stuff I get from Experian.
Point is all your data is out there and lots of people are trying to get at you all day long and the days of the Nigerian are long gone.
My wife’s outlook account has attempted logins from all over the world happening multiple times a day. I googled it and it’s a thing and with dual authentication they can’t get at it and the message is don’t worry. If you reuse passwords it’s only a matter of time before you get hacked and it will be awful and inconvenient AF. All those apps you have are getting breached all the time and passwords for some reason VP am still be scraped.
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On another note I received a letter from Fortiva Retail Credit that my application was rejected after they pinged Equifax.
My credit is way above their average client and that might have been their cue but I did not apply and I can’t see so far that there was a query from the stuff I get from Experian.
Point is all your data is out there and lots of people are trying to get at you all day long and the days of the Nigerian are long gone.
My wife’s outlook account has attempted logins from all over the world happening multiple times a day. I googled it and it’s a thing and with dual authentication they can’t get at it and the message is don’t worry. If you reuse passwords it’s only a matter of time before you get hacked and it will be awful and inconvenient AF. All those apps you have are getting breached all the time and passwords for some reason VP am still be scraped.
@Loki said in eBay drama:
If you reuse passwords it’s only a matter of time before you get hacked
Jon had a great suggestion on easy-to-remember and unique passwords. I'm transitioning as quickly as possible.
No, not THAT kid of transitioning, you perverts.
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A while ago my wife’s Uber account was hacked. The Uber guy called and said where are you at 10 at night. I looked out the front window and said where are you and he said Alburquerque. I never was able to get to a live person at Uber to address, they don’t give AF about your problems and have no idea why. I was able to change the password.
I’m sure many of her passwords are for sale on the dark web. Hackers just try them on all the social media accounts. Dual authentication really helps although the industrious can work around that. Thankfully there are still tons of soft targets.
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Ugh @jon-nyc stay away from this bidder. Can only lead to bad things. Yes a learning experience for the boy...that scammers are out there!
@89th said in eBay drama:
scammers are out there
You have no idea.
I'm in a couple of FB groups related to Maine Coon cats. People will pay hundreds, sometimes thousands, of dollars for a cat that is advertised. The scammers require Western Union, or some other non-refundable method of payment. Once the deposit (or full payment) is sent...they disappear.
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On the flip side. There’s hours of entertainment on YouTube watching folks scam the scammers.
@89th I have seen some of those. They are pretty funny. Lol
There is also a website called “419eater” which does the same thing, but more via emails, etc.
There is a very good story in there about a guy would convinced a Nigeria scammer to take this trip across the continent of Africa
