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e-Enoch

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"BIG PHARMA'S MOST RECENT BILLION DOLLAR SCAM 9-14-23 MATT WALSH..."

 

polymoog

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"Crypto: The World's Greatest Scam..."

NFTs are BS, absolutely true, but the crypto and altcoins are not a scam, especially when (1) they have a finite quantity and (2) theyre open source. the tech involved with replace a lot of outdated stuff like the banking SWIFT system, and the blockchain ecosystems will be used to store vast quantities of data.
crypto has a clear future. in my opinion, that is... i dont like crypto, but thats the way it is.
 

Flarepath

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I was very nearly scammed a few years ago when I got a phone call apparently from my internet provider AOL, they said they'd accidentally credited me with a refund, so could I let them have it back, and like an idiot I believed them and started clicking buttons that they were telling me to click, but eventually decided to play it safe and hung up on them.
I also changed the password to my bank account and it seems to have worked..:)
PS- What made me believe them in the first place was that their phone call sounded exactly like the AOL office; the guy had an Indian accent and there was the usual background office noise of other voices, clacking computers, beeps and things, and like a mug I swallowed it, duh...
 

e-Enoch

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I was very nearly scammed a few years ago when I got a phone call apparently from my internet provider AOL, they said they'd accidentally credited me with a refund, so could I let them have it back, and like an idiot I believed them and started clicking buttons that they were telling me to click, but eventually decided to play it safe and hung up on them.
I also changed the password to my bank account and it seems to have worked..:)
PS- What made me believe them in the first place was that their phone call sounded exactly like the AOL office; the guy had an Indian accent and there was the usual background office noise of other voices, clacking computers, beeps and things, and like a mug I swallowed it, duh...
Be careful...they are very "skillful..." lol
 

clammertoe

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My friends of the sub-continent no longer call. I don't miss them.

The rare call I get is for either the Loyal Order of Police Scammers, the Loyal Order of Fire Department "Friends", or the Weeping Sisters of Cancer.
For the Police scammers: "WHEN YOU ALL GONNA COME GET THIS GORILLA OUTTA MY YARD??" Hangs up.
For the "Fire Department": "HURRY UP!!!! I've FALLEN and I CAN'T ... GET ... UP!!!!!!" Hangs up.
For the Sisters of Charity: "Please send me money, Sister....my Cancer is EXPENSIVE!!!!!" Hangs up.

They don't call back. I've got a million of 'em. One gal actually played along with me, getting a laugh out of my routine. I shoulda been a comedian.
 

Flarepath

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Another trick of conmen is to stand near us in public spaces and somehow use a device to scan our debit and credit cards for bank details etc, even if they're in a wallet in our pocket., so I recently bought myself this wallet to thwart them because it blocks their spy devices..:)-

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e-Enoch

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Another trick of conmen is to stand near us in public spaces and somehow use a device to scan our debit and credit cards for bank details etc, even if they're in a wallet in our pocket., so I recently bought myself this wallet to thwart them because it blocks their spy devices..:)-

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Oh yes, RFID wallets are good especially when travelling...considering all those airport scans...lol!
 
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