Two financial crimes in San Jose have defrauded victims out of hundreds of thousands of dollars and they have police urging caution to residents.
With a simple click of a mouse or answer of the phone, residents are getting deceived by criminals who end up stealing tens, even hundreds of thousands of dollars from them.
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They left out the the most important tip: Never ever give up any information to anybody speaking with a Hindu accent. Period.
I could not help laughing.,....
ReplyDeleteStop and talk to a trusted person, like law enforcement, if there is concern.
Who trusts law enforcement of any stripe?
That, and just assume everything is a scam.
ReplyDeleteI get constant spam calls on my cell phone (7-10 per day.) Up until recently, I just ignored them and then blocked the number. That didn't help reduce them at all. Then I started to fight back. Now I answer every one of them but before they have a chance to say the first word, I say (with a large dose of anger in my voice,) "Who are you? Why are you calling me and why are you violating the 'Do Not Call' list?" I then say, "Go ahead, start talking." After about 2 seconds of silence, I say, "Hey jackass, it's called English, do you speak it?" They will invariably hang up almost immediately. I then block the number. While this method hasn't eliminated the calls, it has roughly cut them in half.
ReplyDeleteVenting your spleen is always a healthy exercise. Years ago I set up a computer on my landline which would answer with "Hello, is this the person to whom I am speaking" in an Indian accent. Just for fun. Of course, a h/t to Lily Tomlin.
DeleteOne ringy-dingy, two ringy-dingy - Mr. Millhouse? Are you there?
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I usually start out with 'How's things in Bangladesh, Hodji ?? ( Hodji was the Indian kid on the 'Johnny Quest' cartoon show). If he protests that his name is not Hodji, I starting with Abdullah ? Mohammed ? Goat-f&cker ? Sheep-raper ? Sodomite ? Pederast ? Stop me when I hit your real name, you piece of excrement
ReplyDeleteI got targeted with a "failure to appear" scam, for not showing up for jury duty. I went along with it, all the way to the CoinStar machine, which they swore up and down was a special station to accept court fines - as if the courts accept Ethereum cryptocurrency, and don't have a banner declaring them official find-accepting machines. I laughed my ass off afterward.
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