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Monday, September 30, 2024

Here's how you can avoid financial scams, according to San Jose police

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.

7 comments:

  1. I could not help laughing.,....

    Stop and talk to a trusted person, like law enforcement, if there is concern.

    Who trusts law enforcement of any stripe?

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  2. That, and just assume everything is a scam.

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  3. I 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.

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    1. Venting 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.

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    2. One ringy-dingy, two ringy-dingy - Mr. Millhouse? Are you there?

      Kurt

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  4. 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

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  5. I 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.

    Kurt

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