• Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
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    3 months ago

    This turned out ok, but this kind of text looks a lot like the “pig butchering scam” that’s getting coverage recently

    Pig-Butchering starts with a seemingly innocent text message, and once the scammers catch a victim, they convince them to start investing in crypto. They have the victim set up an account on a fake crypto exchange, and over the course of months, they steal more and more of the victim’s money.

    • partial_accumen@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      they convince them to start investing in crypto.

      The first time someone mentions crypto to me and they seriously consider it an investment I automatically judge them as foolhardy with their money. This doubles if they try to convince me to put money in crypto. My internal thoughtis “that’s nice honey. After you finish your milk and cookie, you can go play with your friends.”

  • Matriks404@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I remember texting random dude on IM that I am <Insert name here>, so he asked me if I was some specific person with that name and we were chatting for like 10 minutes, before I decided that it’s a bit asshole-ish to pretend I am some other guy, lol.

  • wjrii@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    There was a woman from the town across the lake who was absolutely convinced my Google voice number was her pastor’s and she needed to pick him up from the airport. She reached out at least three times over two years. TBF, the three-digit “exchange” would have been from that town back in the landline days. I always explained very calmly that I’m sure Pastor Jeff would be very happy to hear from her but she was going to need to figure out his phone number herself.

    • littleblue✨@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Plot twist: Pastor Jeff’s been dead and gone for years, but every time Ethel’s dementia clears off, the smell of the flowers she had in her window that day returns to her mind so vividly that she’s transported back to a gentler time…