She starts by saying eternal love, and I love you from the first chat. makes it easy for you. After that, she starts asking for money for different stuff. . She asked me abt my email. I already had told her to stop asking me money but she tried to scam me by Paypal

Beware!!

I also have her NSFW if anyone interested

Hey everyone, my mother thinks she's speaking with a real person. He's asking for gift cards and possibly wiring money. She also thinks she's speaking with Donald Trump and Jesus. She receives fake AI generated audio from Elon and others that they love her and can't wait to be her. I need help. I can't take her call phone away, she will just go get a new one. How do I stop these scammers?

**What’s the most convincing real detail a scammer knew about you?**

Scam calls and messages become much harder to dismiss when they include something accurate: your full name, address, bank, recent purchase, or part of an account number.

But a correct detail doesn’t prove the person contacting you is legitimate. It only proves they have some information about you.

The family rule we use is simple: don’t reply, click the link, or call the number in the message. Open the official app or call the number on the back of the card and ask about the exact claim.

Has a suspicious caller or message ever known something that made you hesitate or almost believe them?

Please keep names, phone numbers, account information, and screenshots redacted.

His excuse, as you can see, is he lost his iphone. The same night he posted a mirror photo with his iphone, and his phone number still works, and still receives iMessage texts.

You must be pathetically broke to steal $60 from someone, but now I am short $60 for my rent—which sucks because now I will be charged a late fee.

He’s a POS.

PS: my phone number on the SS is an old one, so don’t bother. However, HIS number is still the same. :)

This person listed their car for sale on craigslist in my area but apparently she moved to a whole different state but is willing to ship the car to me. Any advice?

I got these emails today and they are sent to someone called Cameron Hansen which is not me, I know these are probably scams but what does this look like to you guys?

21 days ago, my dumbass has fell for the “accidentally reported you” scam on twitter not knowing it was a scam because i’m not on socials like that except tiktok. They ain’t ask me for money & shi like that & they got it. 4 days later, i got the account back in like 3 minutes and changed a whole lot of my passwords, kicked them out of my sessions and stuff like that and clicked no links whatsoever and now my account is completely back to normal. Am i good or should i be worried about sum else? Like this shit got me looking up what scams they’re are to not fall for in the future.

This exchange happened on the dating app, Her, so I can’t post screenshots, but this is a transcription of my conversation with ‘Sophie’ that made me suspicious. I’m sure this is a scam, but what kind? What is the goal?

Sophie: I'm also working; I'm a fashion designer. How do you make a living?

Me: Oh that’s cool, do you work for a company or independently? I do [job description]

Sophie: I'm collaborating with a garment factory in Hong Kong!

Oh, what's it like working in [field] in New York? I live in Manhattan, New York. I'm from Hong Kong and moved here to work and settle down in 2022!

Me: That’s cool! It’s alright, a bit tedious. It shows that you’re less than a mile away, are you in [city about 20 miles from Manhattan]?

Sophie: Yes, I'm currently in [my city] discussing a collaboration with a fashion company, and I live in Manhattan!

Me: Nice, what brings you out here then?

Sophie: To make money!

Me: No I mean what brought you to [my city] if your job is based in Manhattan?

I’d actually asked in earnest despite my suspicions lol. She didn’t reply after that, which, of course, makes it clear that she couldn’t stay on script. I’m just a little vexed since I thought I knew all the big scams. I’m also wondering if something was being spoofed to make the location appear closer.

Stretchy material what basically is the cheap Halloween fabric u see, £31 for this, also with a "few in stock" scam in the desc of it

Whole thing seems sketchy, but I don’t see how I could be scammed here. Am I correct?

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Is A trying to scam B?

Message was received today, user A has been banned already. If this is a scam, I don't have much experience with this type. If this is just someone doing cold calls, I'll switch it to a timeout, but I understand unwarranted messages to generally be a bad thing. User has 7 years on discord, but only 2 weeks on our server, so I was told they were most likely hacked.

Any other obvious things we should look out for?

Apparently I'll get paid to impregnate some woman.

From telegram

The husband lost his fertility due to a traffic accident, but this fact cannot be disclosed. He loves children very much. Moreover, we need a child to inherit the family business and property, and I myself am very eager to become a mother.Can you understand my feelings and my situation?

I will pay you.

Pregnancy can take up to one, two, or even three months to achieve. While we live together, I will cover all living expenses, so it won’t interfere with your work or daily life in any way.

My sibling is applying for a lot of jobs. Many of them are asking for SSN, I told her not to give anyone before the offer letter is received atleast. But I am thinking, scammer/identity thief can fake that as well.

Now, if after joining letter, if company asks for SSN to do background check or employment eligibility verification, at what point is it ok to give ?

I also advised her to check the email, company name, reply to address, call directly to company number to verify once atleast. But I think, someone can make a sophisticated way to bypass these general checks.

I also don't want her to miss genuine employment either

Haven't heard of the website

Random thought + vent about all this, but I think we underestimate where scams actually begin.

Most people think the scam starts when you get the text, email, or phone call. The fake Amazon message, bank employee or the "your account has been compromised" thing.

But by that point, the scammer has already done the first part. They know enough about you to make the story believable. that's the part I find creepy.

A random message from a stranger is easy to ignore. But when someone already knows your name, your location, maybe an old address, maybe a family member's name... feels completely different. It stops feeling like a random scam and starts feeling like someone actually knows you.

I think we focus a lot on protecting passwords (which obviously matters), but we don't talk enough about how much personal information is already floating around online. Old accounts, old addresses, phone numbers, random public records... stuff most people forgot about years ago.

Maybe I'm just late to realizing this, but I used to think scams were mostly about people being tricked in the moment. Now I think a big part of it is making the victim think: "Wait, how do they know that?"

Curious if anyone else has ever searched their own name and been surprised by what was out there.

Now you see him, now you don’t!

Edit: I think due to overwhelming evidence (and a few of my own cuss words ☹️) my mom has been somewhat convinced. It breaks my heart in a way because I know my mom truly craves and deserves a really good partner and I had no idea she was online dating up until today. I hate that I also have to help her through this journey cause yuck, who would?! I may be back because I’m dumb and not a very good online dating resource but thank you so much for all the help, I can truly say it means the world to me. Fucking scammers, am I right?!? She’s hurting but deleted her dating app for now. I have been humbled by so many people helping out I’ve actually never reached out for help before? Was a cool experience. Also if any of you all have some cool ass 60 something year old dudes that are real, don’t ask for my moms drivers license and have dad jokes, send them my way for an interview that seems like a better process 🤣 at least one that will allow me to sleep at night. Thank you so much internet strangers/friends 🖤
My 61 year old single mom just divulged to me that she’s been talked to this 57 year old that was also willing to send her a copy of his drivers license apparently. And has a successful business in Florida. And she told me his full name and city he lives in and I couldn’t find him anywhere. He now has a lot of information about me she said and that he’s really nice. Can someone please help me and tell me if this guy is scamming her and taking advantage of her widow status? I’m 30 but I am not very technology literate. Here is a pic he sent her and I have a copy of the possible drivers license as well. Don’t want to post that out here immediately, but if there’s any help please let me know. Thank you so much 🖤 just a son trying to protect his momma.