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"I've had that one too recently, my daughter was sat next to me at the time!! But yea its totally believable" I’m usually pretty hot on things like that. It also said my friends phone doesn’t have much charge so I imagine next I was going to get the money request! I’d have picked her up though  | |||
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"I've heard of this one too. I'm at the stage now where I question every call and message from numbers I don't recognise. It's horrible when you need to question something that appears to be from one of your children "It did make me angry I must say! | |||
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"I got something very similar last week. It automatically went into my spam folder though x" Ah this just came through as normal. I imagine if it’s reported a few times it could do that x | |||
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"I got something very similar last week. It automatically went into my spam folder though x Ah this just came through as normal. I imagine if it’s reported a few times it could do that x" The message I got was "hi mum, I'm calling from a new number, add me to your contacts and call me". I knew right away that it was suspicious x | |||
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"They covered this scam story on the Jeromy Vine show on radio 2 a couple of weeks ago." Ah that’s good! | |||
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"I had that two but about my youngest son however he is a Police Officer and was on duty, I replied back saying get (wrong name) to ring me, they answered saying (wrong name) is d*unk. I said this is a scam and I am reporting this to the Police. Must be terrifying to receive as some posters have put! We always left £40.00 out at home for both lads incase they ran out of cash so they could get a taxi home and not worry about it" Yeah I can see how people would fall for it especially as they said there’s hardly any charge on that phone and that they were stuck somewhere and needed money! Scumbags! | |||
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"I would just ring the correct number before sending any money." The child’s number? The message said they’d lost their phone. | |||
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"I would just ring the correct number before sending any money. The child’s number? The message said they’d lost their phone. " The number that you would usually ring to contact your kids. I would assume it would be in your contacts. | |||
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"When I was in primary school, my mum instituted a password after an attempted abduction in my area. "If I can't pick you up from school, don't go with anyone unless they can give you this word". I swear it's time to bring that sort of thing back "Yes my youngest’s school has that. | |||
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"When I was in primary school, my mum instituted a password after an attempted abduction in my area. "If I can't pick you up from school, don't go with anyone unless they can give you this word". I swear it's time to bring that sort of thing back "Oh I misunderstood! She gave you a password?! | |||
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"I would just ring the correct number before sending any money. The child’s number? The message said they’d lost their phone. The number that you would usually ring to contact your kids. I would assume it would be in your contacts." Well yes but the message says “I’ve lost my phone” or apparently in some cases “I’ve smashed my phone” so some may not think of doing that in the spur of the moment. | |||
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"So your telling me she knew about the scam before someone attempted to scam you and didn't mention it "To be fair I’ve been away for 2 months and only just got back so she probably would have! | |||
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"I would just ring the correct number before sending any money. The child’s number? The message said they’d lost their phone. The number that you would usually ring to contact your kids. I would assume it would be in your contacts. Well yes but the message says “I’ve lost my phone” or apparently in some cases “I’ve smashed my phone” so some may not think of doing that in the spur of the moment. " Exactly! You don't automatically question your kids...but now we have to question if it really is them | |||
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"The other scary thing is they knew you had a daughter! It emphasises the fact do not put personal details out there. " Well it didn’t specify gender. I don’t think it’s that. They send it to anyone. A bit like the bank ones people get when they don’t bank with that bank! Some will. | |||
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"The other scary thing is they knew you had a daughter! It emphasises the fact do not put personal details out there. " It doesn't work like that as I have had the same text and don't have a daughter. It's literally just a scam and they are chancing their arm. | |||
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"When I was in primary school, my mum instituted a password after an attempted abduction in my area. "If I can't pick you up from school, don't go with anyone unless they can give you this word". I swear it's time to bring that sort of thing back
Oh I misunderstood! She gave you a password?! "Yes. There was a crime reported in the local paper As a result my mum said, if anyone tries to take you anywhere, and they don't give you this word (it was a cartoon character, as it happens), don't go with them and raise a fuss (There was no school monitoring of before and after school comings and goings - many kids just walked home by themselves, myself included when I was a bit older) But if a relative texted me and said they needed money - I can see having an old school password for that. (not in my case, because if they're texting from a UK number... Lol) | |||
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"Last night at about half 10 I got a text from an unknown number. “Hi mum I’m on my friend’s phone, I’ve lost mine, just wanted to let you know”. My daughter was out at the time so a perfectly believable text. Next thing she walked through the door with her phone intact, wondering what I was going on about when I pointed out she’d found her phone! She knew about the scam and some people have fell for it, transferring money to the “friend”etc for the child to get home. Just wanted to put it out there and make people aware. "My mum got the same one. Luckily she knows I’m a cunt and never txt her | |||
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"The other scary thing is they knew you had a daughter! It emphasises the fact do not put personal details out there. Well it didn’t specify gender. I don’t think it’s that. They send it to anyone. A bit like the bank ones people get when they don’t bank with that bank! Some will. " how did they know you were a mum? Maybe just generic but it might also be targeted.. | |||
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"The other scary thing is they knew you had a daughter! It emphasises the fact do not put personal details out there. Well it didn’t specify gender. I don’t think it’s that. They send it to anyone. A bit like the bank ones people get when they don’t bank with that bank! Some will. how did they know you were a mum? Maybe just generic but it might also be targeted.. " No. They’re chancing it! | |||
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"The other scary thing is they knew you had a daughter! It emphasises the fact do not put personal details out there. Well it didn’t specify gender. I don’t think it’s that. They send it to anyone. A bit like the bank ones people get when they don’t bank with that bank! Some will. how did they know you were a mum? Maybe just generic but it might also be targeted.. No. They’re chancing it!" There's loads of scams going on trust no one you don't know! | |||
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"The other scary thing is they knew you had a daughter! It emphasises the fact do not put personal details out there. Well it didn’t specify gender. I don’t think it’s that. They send it to anyone. A bit like the bank ones people get when they don’t bank with that bank! Some will. how did they know you were a mum? Maybe just generic but it might also be targeted.. " They're chancing it. | |||
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"The other scary thing is they knew you had a daughter! It emphasises the fact do not put personal details out there. Well it didn’t specify gender. I don’t think it’s that. They send it to anyone. A bit like the bank ones people get when they don’t bank with that bank! Some will. how did they know you were a mum? Maybe just generic but it might also be targeted.. " They don’t. They send it to loads of numbers and react on the info you give. Loads of people without kids have gotten these messages I’m more interested in where they get the number from. I haven’t had one, but my mum and 1 of my sisters has. Where has their number been that mine hasn’t? Some kinda weird database I’d imagine | |||
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"Wonder how they knew your number if they’d lost their phone? My daughter would message me on messenger as she wouldn’t have my number. It’s worth setting up some sort of password in this case so only your child would know to include it in the message. " It wasn’t my daughter. It was a scam x | |||
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"The other scary thing is they knew you had a daughter! It emphasises the fact do not put personal details out there. Well it didn’t specify gender. I don’t think it’s that. They send it to anyone. A bit like the bank ones people get when they don’t bank with that bank! Some will. how did they know you were a mum? Maybe just generic but it might also be targeted.. No. They’re chancing it!" All scammers are chancers you're right "Ma'am how are you today?" As soon as I hear those words I disconnect the call. I know they're going to tell me my internet is slow and I need to upload software, it's Microsoft and I need to upload software or I've had an accident that wasn't my fault. However not everyone does know that and a lot of people fall for it because they're afraid their computer has something wrong with it or they hope they'll get some money for nothing. Recently I've been approached twice in Facebook by a very handsome army officer in the US and an eminent US surgeon who want to be my friend because I'm very pretty . Of course I'm now in correspondence and helping them with money until their funds come through, they love me you see. | |||
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"The other scary thing is they knew you had a daughter! It emphasises the fact do not put personal details out there. Well it didn’t specify gender. I don’t think it’s that. They send it to anyone. A bit like the bank ones people get when they don’t bank with that bank! Some will. how did they know you were a mum? Maybe just generic but it might also be targeted.. No. They’re chancing it! All scammers are chancers you're right "Ma'am how are you today?" As soon as I hear those words I disconnect the call. I know they're going to tell me my internet is slow and I need to upload software, it's Microsoft and I need to upload software or I've had an accident that wasn't my fault. However not everyone does know that and a lot of people fall for it because they're afraid their computer has something wrong with it or they hope they'll get some money for nothing. Recently I've been approached twice in Facebook by a very handsome army officer in the US and an eminent US surgeon who want to be my friend because I'm very pretty . Of course I'm now in correspondence and helping them with money until their funds come through, they love me you see. ". I often give my bank details to help all these far away people store their money. Not had any yet | |||
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"Wonder how they knew your number if they’d lost their phone? My daughter would message me on messenger as she wouldn’t have my number. It’s worth setting up some sort of password in this case so only your child would know to include it in the message. It wasn’t my daughter. It was a scam x" Yes - but that's what I meant by my password comment as well. If "Scooby Doo" doesn't come in a message, then tell them to pound sand | |||
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"Wonder how they knew your number if they’d lost their phone? My daughter would message me on messenger as she wouldn’t have my number. It’s worth setting up some sort of password in this case so only your child would know to include it in the message. It wasn’t my daughter. It was a scam x Yes - but that's what I meant by my password comment as well. If "Scooby Doo" doesn't come in a message, then tell them to pound sand " | |||
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"The other scary thing is they knew you had a daughter! It emphasises the fact do not put personal details out there. Well it didn’t specify gender. I don’t think it’s that. They send it to anyone. A bit like the bank ones people get when they don’t bank with that bank! Some will. how did they know you were a mum? Maybe just generic but it might also be targeted.. No. They’re chancing it! All scammers are chancers you're right "Ma'am how are you today?" As soon as I hear those words I disconnect the call. I know they're going to tell me my internet is slow and I need to upload software, it's Microsoft and I need to upload software or I've had an accident that wasn't my fault. However not everyone does know that and a lot of people fall for it because they're afraid their computer has something wrong with it or they hope they'll get some money for nothing. Recently I've been approached twice in Facebook by a very handsome army officer in the US and an eminent US surgeon who want to be my friend because I'm very pretty . Of course I'm now in correspondence and helping them with money until their funds come through, they love me you see. "I've had lots of those men contact me. The new ones are US Marine divers and surgeons. | |||
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"The other scary thing is they knew you had a daughter! It emphasises the fact do not put personal details out there. Well it didn’t specify gender. I don’t think it’s that. They send it to anyone. A bit like the bank ones people get when they don’t bank with that bank! Some will. how did they know you were a mum? Maybe just generic but it might also be targeted.. No. They’re chancing it! All scammers are chancers you're right "Ma'am how are you today?" As soon as I hear those words I disconnect the call. I know they're going to tell me my internet is slow and I need to upload software, it's Microsoft and I need to upload software or I've had an accident that wasn't my fault. However not everyone does know that and a lot of people fall for it because they're afraid their computer has something wrong with it or they hope they'll get some money for nothing. Recently I've been approached twice in Facebook by a very handsome army officer in the US and an eminent US surgeon who want to be my friend because I'm very pretty . Of course I'm now in correspondence and helping them with money until their funds come through, they love me you see.
I've had lots of those men contact me. The new ones are US Marine divers and surgeons.
"My FB is locked down so nobody can contact me however I made the mistake of commenting on a the page of a museum I'd visited with a picture of me (looking very pretty according to them both ). The awful thing is I reported both to Facebook who told me they were legitimate. Of course they were all US surgeons have profiles based in Nigeria  | |||
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"If they asked for money I already have my daughters bank account set up for transfer on my account. Or I’d just say I’d come and pick her up" I do too but it’s not much good if they’ve lost their phone. I don’t use my phone to pay for stuff but she does and I think a lot of people do these days. | |||
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"One of the most dangerous attitudes to have towards scams is believing you could never be scammed. " 100%. It can happen to anyone, no matter how savvy you think you are | |||
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"One of the most dangerous attitudes to have towards scams is believing you could never be scammed. " Exactly. I posted this more for people to be aware as it’s obviously worked on some. Not for everyone to say well I wouldn’t do this, I wouldn’t do that. I don’t think anyone can say what they would do in certain situations x | |||
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"One of the most dangerous attitudes to have towards scams is believing you could never be scammed. Exactly. I posted this more for people to be aware as it’s obviously worked on some. Not for everyone to say well I wouldn’t do this, I wouldn’t do that. I don’t think anyone can say what they would do in certain situations x" Nope. I've mentioned this before. My mum was scammed twice by the same scam. She also 'voluntarily' signed up for various subscriptions to things that she really didn't need because she was too proud to admit she was deaf and couldn't hear properly so just said yes and was making early dementia. Scammers are aware of vulnerabilities, identify them and exploit them. | |||
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"So is it better to ignore or go along with some time-wasting with these scams? What do people think?" Never Engage even if you think it will be fun to waste their time because you will then go on a sucker's list and get a lot more scams. | |||
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"So is it better to ignore or go along with some time-wasting with these scams? What do people think?" Ignore. Time wasting isn't achieving much in the wider picture | |||
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"One of the most dangerous attitudes to have towards scams is believing you could never be scammed. Exactly. I posted this more for people to be aware as it’s obviously worked on some. Not for everyone to say well I wouldn’t do this, I wouldn’t do that. I don’t think anyone can say what they would do in certain situations x Nope. I've mentioned this before. My mum was scammed twice by the same scam. She also 'voluntarily' signed up for various subscriptions to things that she really didn't need because she was too proud to admit she was deaf and couldn't hear properly so just said yes and was making early dementia. Scammers are aware of vulnerabilities, identify them and exploit them." *Masking not making | |||
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"One of the most dangerous attitudes to have towards scams is believing you could never be scammed. Exactly. I posted this more for people to be aware as it’s obviously worked on some. Not for everyone to say well I wouldn’t do this, I wouldn’t do that. I don’t think anyone can say what they would do in certain situations x Nope. I've mentioned this before. My mum was scammed twice by the same scam. She also 'voluntarily' signed up for various subscriptions to things that she really didn't need because she was too proud to admit she was deaf and couldn't hear properly so just said yes and was making early dementia. Scammers are aware of vulnerabilities, identify them and exploit them." I know people who I would never have thought in a million years would fall for a scam but they have. I think that about myself too! | |||
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"I had that two but about my youngest son however he is a Police Officer and was on duty, I replied back saying get (wrong name) to ring me, they answered saying (wrong name) is d*unk. I said this is a scam and I am reporting this to the Police. Must be terrifying to receive as some posters have put! We always left £40.00 out at home for both lads incase they ran out of cash so they could get a taxi home and not worry about it"
Always give false details. If the person is really who they say they are, they will question the information.
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"So is it better to ignore or go along with some time-wasting with these scams? What do people think? Never Engage even if you think it will be fun to waste their time because you will then go on a sucker's list and get a lot more scams. " | |||
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