Post AwCydFoIB1MYEPYEZE by tomwilescx@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #Aw4ooGAOMcQzmNiCdE by waldoj@mastodon.social
2025-07-12T20:05:56Z
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Well here’s an interesting new scam.
(DIR) Post #Aw4ooHNXrCY9XSsDlw by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-07-13T02:32:43Z
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@waldoj This is a direct result of bluesky doing age verification, the scammers are using it for cover. I hope they have little success, I can't think of a harder group of people to scam than fedi people (although it is not impossible, and we should all talk about it!)
(DIR) Post #Aw4ooL9rnzz9GCVM0W by waldoj@mastodon.social
2025-07-12T20:16:18Z
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It turns out to be a pathetic scam. The URL leads you to a form that demands your credit card info, without any explanation as to what you’d be paying for or how much.
(DIR) Post #Aw4ouLvvptT7OzqzZY by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-07-13T02:33:47Z
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@waldoj In related news I got a new scam call this weekend "This is Walmart and we want to verify a $1400 charge." At first I was like "that's not a real charge" then she starts asking my name and other info so I say "I will call the bank back about this.""Please stay on the line."Calling back to verify the source is good practice the real deal would not object.Hung up so damn fast.There was no charge of course, but I was traveling and it scared me into almost answering the questions.
(DIR) Post #Aw4pG4eokT8uBzCqPI by waldoj@mastodon.social
2025-07-13T02:37:44Z
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@futurebird This Mastodon scam was particularly ham-fisted, but the phone call you got is a good reminder that absolutely none of us are un-scammable. The U.S. is a scam culture—we are subjected to constant scams. We can't dodge them all. Eventually I'm gonna get got, and I hope I'll have the nerve to call it up publicly.
(DIR) Post #Aw4pLINf9Xw4CbfieO by NickGates@friendsofdesoto.social
2025-07-13T02:38:40Z
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@futurebird @waldoj getting you scared is their main strategy. I see so much of this at work (or did, when I worked in ops
(DIR) Post #Aw4sLBppmzQJlQUS8G by EverydayMoggie@sfba.social
2025-07-13T03:12:16Z
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I've just set my phone to reject calls from anyone who isn't in my contact list. If someone else really wants to talk to me they can leave voice mail.@futurebird @waldoj
(DIR) Post #Aw4tLZhPAAyjjOIL0S by baloo@sfba.social
2025-07-13T03:23:31Z
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@futurebird @waldoj in the same vein, it infuriates me when a legit business calls me and starts asking identity questions (before delivering the message) when they are the ones calling me, and I have no way to identify them first.I worked in the phone industry, you cannot trust caller id.Businesses need to stop coding scam-like behavior in the procedures their operators have to follow.
(DIR) Post #Aw4v8O0PWmDPbm1WQS by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-07-13T03:43:36Z
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@EverydayMoggie @waldoj You see normally I do that, but because I was traveling I had that turned off.
(DIR) Post #Aw5KfI5L3hEBel7DM0 by hanktank61@NerdJoy.social
2025-07-13T08:29:37Z
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@futurebird @EverydayMoggie @waldoj Same in Europe. We try to avoid ordering online, but too many specialised shops are closing. Sometimes you have to , for tiny little things. Using different shops, from a good protected Linux- device. Within a week always getting average 3 calls mentioned here.After that it dies out. Who is peeking in it somewhere?
(DIR) Post #Aw5iV8HT3PUnFjTg8W by peterbrown@mastodon.scot
2025-07-13T06:43:27Z
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@glitzersachen @FiddleSix @futurebird @waldoj the only other point to make is to call the bank on a different phone, or switch the phone off and on before making the call to ensure that the original call has dropped and the scammers are not still on the line.
(DIR) Post #Aw5iV9kvZMefpOGih6 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-07-13T12:56:42Z
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@peterbrown @glitzersachen @FiddleSix @waldoj I don't know about switching phones, but looking up the number from a trusted source is key, eg, from a mailing or by navigating to the website from scratch. Is it possible to hijack all outgoing calls? That is, is this something this level of scammer can do? I would have thought that would be beyond them. Tthen this is why it's good to have other ways to check the information eg. use the app, or the website. Or heck, go to the bank in person.
(DIR) Post #Aw5jSWlvdhdqIS2zo0 by nicholas@aklp.club
2025-07-13T13:07:31.412884Z
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Is it possible to hijack all outgoing calls?It is not possible for an ordinary scammer to reroute your outbound calls, though someone at the phone company or with root-level access to your phone's OS could probably accomplish this.But one thing ordinary scammers can and do do is buy google ads to promote their numbers as legit business numbers, so it's important to not just google "[bank]'s phone number", but to actually go to the bank's website and look up their number on their contact us page, or use another trusted source like the number printed on the card itself.
(DIR) Post #Aw5mIRBXr8Hpw5uRrk by BenAveling@mastodon.ie
2025-07-13T13:39:13Z
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> Is it possible to hijack all outgoing calls? It used to be possible with landlines. But that was a long time ago.I guess, if you have malware on your mobile phone, many things become possible.@futurebird @peterbrown @glitzersachen @FiddleSix @waldoj
(DIR) Post #Aw5y1LlzvK3vg5Zvgu by burnitdown@beige.party
2025-07-13T15:50:37Z
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@futurebird @waldoj i like to waste their time. lie to them, and be completely obvious about it. they get angry and it's funny.
(DIR) Post #Aw64JMsp8ORw3fkJzk by mason@partychickens.net
2025-07-13T17:01:05Z
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@futurebird The best answer the is to boycott Wal-Mart. Then you'll never wonder again, and you'll be making the world a better place as a side-effect.This is what started off my Wal-Mart boycott. I hadn't thought about how long it's been. This particular boycott is old enough to drink now!https://web.archive.org/web/20170303115337/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/18/us/workers-assail-night-lock-ins-by-wal-mart.html?_r=0Amazon is another good one to boycott. That boycott is about to turn ten.#boycott #walmart
(DIR) Post #Aw6XqxSh3RJnjPtQhs by timmc@better.boston
2025-07-13T22:32:06Z
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@futurebird @peterbrown @glitzersachen I'm fairly sure the actual risk here is the scammer *pretending to hang up*, making it sound like you can now make a new outbound call.If you hang up, there's no such risk. (Unless someone else in the house was secretly listening on another handset, heh.)
(DIR) Post #Aw7jA9tl6FRxrrJA24 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-07-14T03:16:29Z
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@JizzelEtBass @glitzersachen @waldoj I'm glad you got it back. That must have been really stressful.
(DIR) Post #AwCydFoIB1MYEPYEZE by tomwilescx@mastodon.social
2025-07-17T01:00:22Z
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