I'm a scam prevention expert and I got scammed

Post by jameshart » Fri, Apr 01, 2022, 2:14 AM UTC

megablast wrote: post #385

jameshart wrote: post #160

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Back in the day, folks would have more than one phone in their house. Someone would call and all the phones would ring (or you might turn off the ringers on some of them so only one main phone actually rings). So someone might pick up the phone in the entrance hall and the caller would ask to speak to Becky, and Becky’s mom would yell up the stairs ‘BECKY PHONE’ and then put the receiver back down while Becky runs in…

> and then put the receiver back down while Becky runs into her big sister’s room to grab the upstairs phone This is dumb though. Just don't put it down until becky picks up.

Post by matheusmoreira » Fri, Apr 01, 2022, 2:21 AM UTC

taylorfinley wrote: post #94

Nextgrid wrote: post #12

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> I was blown away that Amazon would transfer me to a scammer. I contacted Amazon again and let them know what had happened. Hopefully they will figure out how their guy got this scammers phone number and teach him how to find a 3rd party phone number... 1) Amazon is complicit in shady behavior on their platform, whether it's inventory commingling, sketchy sellers repurposing existing, well-reviewed listings for a to…

It’s pretty shocking but most IP cameras can be accessed with nothing more than their serial number. Here’s a somewhat recent DefCon talk about it: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_gKEF76oMM I use Reolink cameras, in the admin interface there’s an option called UID. Turning that off (theoretically) disables the backdoor. I have my cameras and NVR (which is actually just a python script on an old laptop that uses ffmpe…

Post by ineedasername » Fri, Apr 01, 2022, 2:25 AM UTC

klik99 wrote: post #21

There's one easy rule that could have avoided all of this - never give out any info on incoming calls. If I get a call or text about fraudulent transactions, I'll keep them on hold while I log into the bank website. If I get a call about a late payment, I'll thank them for the info and ask them to stay on while I pay online. If I get an inbound call with a more complex request, I'll ask them for their employee info a…

Post by ineedasername » Fri, Apr 01, 2022, 2:27 AM UTC

rcurry wrote: post #258

It gets even weirder when your bank acts like a scammer. A few weeks ago I was trying to help my wife add her USBank credit card to Apple Pay and Apple Pay said I needed to call this number to finish setting up the card. So I call the number and the guy is very friendly and asks me for a bunch of identity verification details, which I provide to him, but then he asks us to send a code back that will be coming over te…

Post by walrus01 » Fri, Apr 01, 2022, 2:29 AM UTC

KMag wrote: post #56

buscoquadnary wrote: post #8

Security theater. I had a situation where I had to buy something online from a company in Europe (owl4thunderbird) I placed the charge and then right after I got a text telling me to call a # for a possible fraud alert. That's a big red flag there. So I try and find the phone # of the fraud dept of Citi because anyone can send a text message. Turns out can't find it anywhere in the official Citi site. So I finally gi…

Side note: if unexpectedly getting a new card, call the support number on your old card. A friend of mine almost got taken about 15 years ago by a scam where someone got his address and bank name, then sent him a fake credit card from that bank with a letter saying something like fraud had been detected and they were sending him a replacement card. When he called the number on the new card's activation sticker, somet…