Subj : Do they actually expect me to believe this?
To   : Charles Pierson
From : August Abolins
Date : Thu Feb 04 2021 16:39:00

Hello Charles!

** On Thursday 04.02.21 - 13:21, Charles Pierson wrote to Richard Menedetter:

 RM>> What I do not understand is why you copy that spam here,
 RM>> to be honest.

 CP> It struck me as an exceptionally idiotic scam attempt, and
 CP> I thought I would share it with my friends.

It's good to broadcast experiences like that. It could be a  
heads-up of a new scam or an old scam that has regained a new  
life.

For years, I'd get a phone call what sounded like a fundraiser  
for "children in your area" and they'd name a local camp in a  
local town where that camp is located.  It is designed to sound  
familiar because they cite a real camp and a real town. Yet they  
expect me to fork over a donation via credit card over the  
phone.  They start with $25 per child.. "Can you make 4 children  
happy?"  If I say I can't manage this year, then they suggest  
$25 for one child.  BS.  In this day and age, it is impossible  
to verify their claims over the phone. So, that is basically  
what I tell them. And they usually hang up before I do.

Another one is "This is your local branch of the OPP (Ontario  
Provincial Police) calling..." asking to place an ad in their  
inter-family newsletter "and all funds go to a local charity".

Again.. I tell them "as exciting as all that sounds, first of  
all, I can't be certain that you are the police, or even if that  
newsletter is legit, or the claim for funds directed to charity  
is legit".  And.. "besides, I can't be certain that your  
families would even bother to interested in my business".

They seem to hang up before I do.

 CP> Then I remembered that I actually don't have any friends.
 CP> The people I know here in the BBS community are what I've
 CP> got.

I don't know how to respond to that. With a large family like  
yours, you must certainly have many "connections" of people.

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