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Chris Harding

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Because so many people are in lockdown and buying items on line, the scammers see a potential bonanza knowing so many will have orders placed through the majors like Amazon. I've had quite a few accounts cancelled that I don't have, and been having issues with orders I haven't placed.
If it's not a number I recognise, I let it go to voice mail - they always hang up without leaving a message.

I haven't heard from Nicole for a while. She must have dumped me.
 

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I've been getting calls and messages for a while now. Sometimes I get them several times a day for a few days then nothing for a week or so then back with the calls and messages. Pisses me off more so as I am a night shift worker so during the day is when I sleep and these ***** wake me with their bullshit calls it fucking annoying.
 

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Yep as others have said, set your phone so it only rings when you have the number saved.
If you answer they know the number is active and you’ll get hammered even more
 

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Yep, phone calls and texts at all hours of the morning every single day now for the past couple of weeks.
 

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they'll expose my porn site usage to my friends...sucks to them as I don't have any.
Well, that’s disappointing.
I guess one will have to look farther afield for an Alaskan Pipeline, Dirty Turkey or Poltergeist :-).
 

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More seriously, I get maybe one dodgy call or text every two or three months. Assume the scammers have been sold lists of numbers obtained from retail mailing lists and similar sources. Same as I have burner email addresses for anything I buy online which conceal my real email, I never leave my mobile number on any website unless it’s a well trusted source and even then if they have to ask more than once it doesn’t seem right. It’s a shame it’s the world we live in but the key in my experience is not to feed the machine…
 

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Deadset even this scammers can’t be bothered at this point
 

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got this today.

Dear Friend.

I have registered your ATM CARD worth of $10.5million with post office
please Contact them with your delivery information such as, Your
Name, Your Address and Your Telephone Number:Post office Express
Delivery service Name of Dr: King Godwin,
Email;(dr.kinggodwin3385@gmail.com)

I have paid for the Insurance & postage fee. The only fee you have to
Pay is their Security fee only. And ask him how much their Security
fee is so that you can pay it to enable them post your parcel direct
to your home address with out any further delay,

Contact them immediately for your parcel do not delay over this your
current address is needed make sure you send them correct address to
avoid wrong delivery okay

Best Regards,
Mrs.Meagan Faulkner,
 

CrittaMagic69

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got this today.

Dear Friend.

I have registered your ATM CARD worth of $10.5million with post office
please Contact them with your delivery information such as, Your
Name, Your Address and Your Telephone Number:Post office Express
Delivery service Name of Dr: King Godwin,
Email;(dr.kinggodwin3385@gmail.com)

I have paid for the Insurance & postage fee. The only fee you have to
Pay is their Security fee only. And ask him how much their Security
fee is so that you can pay it to enable them post your parcel direct
to your home address with out any further delay,

Contact them immediately for your parcel do not delay over this your
current address is needed make sure you send them correct address to
avoid wrong delivery okay

Best Regards,
Mrs.Meagan Faulkner,
Wow you're rich bro
 

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I get phone calls ”from Amazon” about an order for an Iphone 11 on my account and am asked to press 1 to speak to a consultant, which I always do.

Generally the “consultant” is named John Smith or similar and I then introduce myself as Virat Kholi Or Bishan Bedi. If we get past that (sometimes I’m told to get fucked and hung up on at this point), I explain to them I’ve received my IPhone 11, am very happy with it and am speaking to them on it now.

This really fucks them up. Nothing on the script for that.

”Oh… really… how?

Hangup.
 

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I get phone calls ”from Amazon” about an order for an Iphone 11 on my account and am asked to press 1 to speak to a consultant, which I always do.

Generally the “consultant” is named John Smith or similar and I then introduce myself as Virat Kholi Or Bishan Bedi. If we get past that (sometimes I’m told to get fucked and hung up on at this point), I explain to them I’ve received my IPhone 11, am very happy with it and am speaking to them on it now.

This really fucks them up. Nothing on the script for that.

”Oh… really… how?

Hangup.
That’s gold I will now be know as Imran khan
Also thinking about getting some type of on hold music
 
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