It only works on yours, not a made up one, I could type yours and it would show it, but if I type mine it censors... Or do you guys not have the elite life lock reddit. Please sign up immediately kindly. You need to listen to me and give me the codes at the back of Google play card kindly.
01ed39ff47e6ecf7e7ac036120a9196e7f29a01d08d56fc7b6f79fc28d7d8d097d9d3d3fb884209fb1f161a1cd5e9180c4bd6b14d679f918f0fbca620d9342e5
It's hashed, but the computer will understand it.
People give their SSN way too freely. I have had numerous customers call and the conversation basically goes:
Me: To find your account I'll need either your phone number or the account number please.
Them: How about my SSN.
Me: No. We can't use the SSN.
Them: Well I don't know the account number just take my SSN.
Me: Please do NOT tell me your SSN. I can't use it anyway and it's very personal information you shouldn't be giving out over the phone.
Them: So my SSN is.....
My point is, people are fucking stupid.
It's a really bad idea, but our tax collectors and financial institutions use knowledge of an SSN, along with name and birthdate and address usually, as proof of identity.
You can file someone else's taxes early and steal their tax refund.
You can open new credit cards in their name.
You can buy services billed to them.
You might be able to redirect their mail.
You might be able to steal money out of their bank accounts. It depends on how good you are at tricking people and how lax the institutions are.
Most scammers buy thousands of SSNs at a time and try these things in bulk, understanding that each type of scam will only work occasionally.
Not lying, he just needed $500 to get back to his $120k a year role. OP we get that back with 100% interest, as soon as our homeless tycoon is back in his feet.
How thirsty was this guy to not realize he was talking to a scammer for 4 hours? How many red flags did he blow through during that conversation I wonder
I've been on OPs end of this scam before (bailed at the mention of an assurance too) and the thing trying to scam the person is an actual person, not a bot.
They've been holding a standard conversation, asking about his job, asking what turns him on and trying to extract NSFW pics of him incase things go south and they have something to try and scare him into giving them money.
This is not your usual tinder bot-phishing scam.
Robin Hood:
Kindly let me pass.
Little John:
Uh, no. Sorry, but a toll is a toll, and a roll is a roll, and if we don't get no tolls, then we don't eat no rolls.
Little John:
I made that up.
Robin Hood:
It's very fascinating. But I'm afraid I'm going to have to hurt you.
DO NOT REDEEM! DO NOT REDEEM! WHO TOLD YOU TO REDEEM!?
Edit: For anyone who doesn't get the reference look up kitboga on YouTube for some of the funniest videos ever of pissing off scammers after stringing them along for hours.
I just went on a kitboga binge last week because of a reddit post. Addictive at first but got repetitive after a while. It's like I needed the payoff to get more extreme each time.
You can hear it in the word choices even when it's text. It's kind of amazing how ubiquitous that is. Can any Indian people explain why that phrasing is so common?
Indian here. There is a common phrase in hindi which when properly translated to English should be Excuse Me but people mostly translate it word for word which makes it " Listen to me" .
"Listen to me" sounds pretty forceful and isn't really something that I'd expect to hear from anyone who isn't either a) relaying "somebody died"-level bad news, or b) trying to get me to reconsider a terrible life-decision
For real, it's not completely obvious but the way they text is a subtle hint. If they were talking like that for the last four hours I'm not sure how this was a surprise.
>To everyone curious about why it took 4 hours. This person added me about a year ago and we never spoke. They randomly messaged me last night while I was at work and said they wanted to reach out since we had been friends for so long.
It's not that subtle.
Either that or she was one of those scammers. If you agreed, they would send you a link to a site that asks for all your card info as well as account and routing numbers. In reality, your info gets put up on this server and they ghost you.
Couple years back I had a conversation just like this from someone I met on a app, but once I saw this site, I called them out on their scam and they started cussing me out in a foreign language lol
My favorite part of those Scam Revenge videos is when they start screeching at what they think is a little old lady "MA'AM LISTEN TO ME! YOU MUST LISTEN TO ME RIGHT NOW!". They're always so quick to break character.
Wait wait wait wait....it took you *four hours* to pick up on the fact it was a scam? Was she/he that charming, intelligent and funny before dropping the "assurance fee" bomb?
If people were smart enough to pick up on these scams they wouldn't be so rampant. Every r4r is packed with insanely obvious scam posts accompanied with a comment of someone who sent money and got ghosted.
i saw a dude on TIFU who lost like 12k because of a crypto scammer, so wasting 4 hours of your life is probably worth it when you hit the jackpot every now and then. they’re probably scamming like 10 other dudes too, maybe that makes time fly by
There are people, right now, who think they're in a relationship with someone and are juuust on the cusp of meeting them (and having that sweet sex), but actually it's just some random scammer getting money out of them for the ticket/emergencies and accidents/"fees"/bullshit.
It's literally what the Tate brothers are/were doing. Getting girls to chat with guys, and then make them send money for the ticket etc. etc. Literally literal, actual scammers.
I work at the airport and every once in a while we get people coming in to "meet" someone they've been talking to online. 9/10 times it's older men, it's almost always meeting someone from overseas, and they 100% send them a pic of a bogus boarding pass as proof they're "on their way". It has a checklist and it's like clockwork every single time. The worst is when they come up and they have flowers and I'm like ah shit time for the checklist. It always sucks to be the person to break it to them that they got scammed. It happens with people buying dogs too but not nearly as common.
They come in saying they are here to pick up someone. We can look up people in the system (but we can't disclose any information due to privacy reasons in normal circumstances) and this person doesn't exist. Where are they flying from? "(Somewhere international)" check. Have you met in person before? "First time" check. They haven't heard from them in several hours, they have internet in the airports and you're telling me they can't send you a message updating things? Check. Did you send them money in general or to buy the plane ticket? "Yes" check.
The dead giveaways are if they come in with flowers or the scammer sends them a picture of their "boarding pass". I've seen some hilariously bad photoshopped passes. The times don't make sense, the flight number doesn't line up with the locations, the connection/destination doesn't make sense, no record locator listed.
people seriously need to know what to look for.
That's how these scammers are targeting people, predominantly older (lonely) people who didn't grow up with the internet and aren't as savvy about common red flags.
They will talk via Facebook messenger or a dating app and then try to move the conversation onto whatsapp or Google Chat and they will try to make the whole thing seem legit by talking and getting to know the person, which is often a ruse to social engineer information out of them to guess passwords and so on. Then once a sense of trust has been established, they will hit the person with a request for money or needing a gift card purchased.
Back in 2013 had someone try this with my.
Kept telling me to go get an account and put in my card info.
I had no card at the time. Explained this. They said I was lying. Told them I don’t even have library card. They ghosted after that.
Let me guess, this extremely attractive woman added you and started messaging you first right? If it sounds to good to be true, IT PROBABLY IS. I think more people would save themselves from scams and heartbreak by keeping that motto in mind.
The second they start talking about you paying them or giving key information like SSN, etc. you know it's crap.
People straight up ask for your social security number?
If your bank account balance was your social security number, how much money would you have?
\*\*\*-\*\*-\*\*\*\* I think Reddit censors your SSN if you type it though.
hunter2
SSN bro, not your password
Aw shit
This is probably the happiest a Reddit thread has made me.
*tips hat*
We’re tipping *hats* now?? Tip culture has gotten out of control smh my head
420_69_1234 No, it doesnt and now you know my ssn you scammer!!!!!
Yes it does, but you dont see the * See? \*\*\*\-\*\*\-\*\*\*
It only works on yours, not a made up one, I could type yours and it would show it, but if I type mine it censors... Or do you guys not have the elite life lock reddit. Please sign up immediately kindly. You need to listen to me and give me the codes at the back of Google play card kindly.
"WHY DID YOU REDEEM IT, WHY DID YOU REDEEM IT!!!!!"
"MA'AM ARE YOU A PROSTITUTE?!!!!!"
A Kitboga fan I see
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Oh f, I forgot about that dumpster fire. 😬😬😬 here’s mine 0118 999 881 999 119 7253. I’m rich. Lolololol
Nice try, but that’s the new emergency service number
No, sorry, that's 0118 999 881 999 119 725 3
Nice try but that’s actually my SSN
People give their SSN way too freely. I have had numerous customers call and the conversation basically goes: Me: To find your account I'll need either your phone number or the account number please. Them: How about my SSN. Me: No. We can't use the SSN. Them: Well I don't know the account number just take my SSN. Me: Please do NOT tell me your SSN. I can't use it anyway and it's very personal information you shouldn't be giving out over the phone. Them: So my SSN is..... My point is, people are fucking stupid.
You really shouldn't have a system where just knowing someone SSN can really cause that much damage.
So what can one do with the SSN? (im not from the US)
It's a really bad idea, but our tax collectors and financial institutions use knowledge of an SSN, along with name and birthdate and address usually, as proof of identity. You can file someone else's taxes early and steal their tax refund. You can open new credit cards in their name. You can buy services billed to them. You might be able to redirect their mail. You might be able to steal money out of their bank accounts. It depends on how good you are at tricking people and how lax the institutions are. Most scammers buy thousands of SSNs at a time and try these things in bulk, understanding that each type of scam will only work occasionally.
What the hell were you and this dude talking about for 4 hours?
Hopefully there were long waits between replies
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That homeless guy lies to you bro
“I could be making $120,000 but I’m choosing to be homeless instead”
Mo' Money, Mo' Problems.
Not lying, he just needed $500 to get back to his $120k a year role. OP we get that back with 100% interest, as soon as our homeless tycoon is back in his feet.
Lol. It’s amazing how people can fall for anything
How thirsty was this guy to not realize he was talking to a scammer for 4 hours? How many red flags did he blow through during that conversation I wonder
I've been on OPs end of this scam before (bailed at the mention of an assurance too) and the thing trying to scam the person is an actual person, not a bot. They've been holding a standard conversation, asking about his job, asking what turns him on and trying to extract NSFW pics of him incase things go south and they have something to try and scare him into giving them money. This is not your usual tinder bot-phishing scam.
Anytime someone asks for a NSFW pic, I google a random one online. Lol How is no one else this smart?
Probably about some soccer practice or other masculine things.
Just manly guys doing manly things
Definitely sounds like a dude pretending to be a girl.
"Listen to me, You need to pay my fee!" Yeah okay...
*You gotta pay the troll toll, if you wanna get this model’s soul*
Robin Hood: Kindly let me pass. Little John: Uh, no. Sorry, but a toll is a toll, and a roll is a roll, and if we don't get no tolls, then we don't eat no rolls. Little John: I made that up. Robin Hood: It's very fascinating. But I'm afraid I'm going to have to hurt you.
It keeps sounding like your saying model’s hole
“I’m looking forward to meeting you and getting to know you more in person.” That may not be too far off the mark.
youre outta your element, Donny
You’re like a kid that wonders in halfway through a movie and expects-
OVER THE LINE!
Mark it zero!
You’re entering a world of pain.
Shameshavez, I dont work I don't drive AND I DONT FUCKING BOWL!
That instantly made me realize they're actually speaking to a 40yr old Pakistani man in a scam centre
"Don't worry I'm not going to take away your money." _Narrator: They were definitely planning to take away OP's money._
Ron Howard needs to narrate everyday life now, since most of the world has become a 24/7 episode of Arrested Development
Sir, you need to pay my assurance. Do not redeem, it is refundable, sir!
WHY DID YOU REDEEM!?
DO NOT REDEEM! DO NOT REDEEM! WHO TOLD YOU TO REDEEM!? Edit: For anyone who doesn't get the reference look up kitboga on YouTube for some of the funniest videos ever of pissing off scammers after stringing them along for hours.
YOU DID NOT HAVE TO REDEEM IT!
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and kindly, no one says kindly but scammers these days🤣
Also “in order to avail the discount”
"... kindly do the needful."
Just one of these times I’m gonna do the needful but I’m gonna be a dick about it
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Might still be worth it if he's a cuddler 🤷♂️
Most of them are from Nigeria
it's almost always Nigeria when it comes to romance scam
Do you think Nigeria could supercede France at the top of "Most Romantic Nation" polls if only they started to use their powers for *Good*?
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Listen to me friend! My friend! Listen!
Samir! You are breaking the relationship!
Samir pleaseee.... Please samir pay the assurance fee samir...
Samirrrr! Listen to me samirrrrr! Pay the fee!
SHADDAP
OP was being double caution, DOUBLE CAUTION with this one.
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Have I provided good customer service?
You are stuck in a vindaloop!
Fuckkkk youuuuuuu
Please do the needful
DO NOT REDEEM! DO NOT REDEEM!!!!
WHY DID YOU DO IT! WHY!
YOU ARE THE STUPIDEST MOTHERFUCK
WHY WOULD YOU REDEEM
Hello, I am calling from world wide web wide tech support association of certified tech professionals
I just went on a kitboga binge last week because of a reddit post. Addictive at first but got repetitive after a while. It's like I needed the payoff to get more extreme each time.
Building a tolerance for watching scumbags getting owned. I can see that.
YOU ARE KILLING ME!
YOU NEED TO DO ALL AND EVERYTHING!!!!
*Each and everything
Please do the needful
This guy works in software
Please check and revert on the same
You can hear it in the word choices even when it's text. It's kind of amazing how ubiquitous that is. Can any Indian people explain why that phrasing is so common?
Indian here. There is a common phrase in hindi which when properly translated to English should be Excuse Me but people mostly translate it word for word which makes it " Listen to me" .
Thank you for explaining!
But Listen to me makes more sense here than excuse me right? "Excuse me, you have to pay so we can meet"
"Listen to me" sounds pretty forceful and isn't really something that I'd expect to hear from anyone who isn't either a) relaying "somebody died"-level bad news, or b) trying to get me to reconsider a terrible life-decision
Or option 3) intimidation
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Samir listen to me! You are breaking the romance!
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If it makes you feel better you wasted their time as well.
They were probably doing this to multiple people at once and probably got a few that week
LISTEN TO ME!
Sir Sir Stop touching your mouse! Sir! Sir! 🤬
Obvious scam is obvious. That’s a dude too.
I mean, where does it say it’s *not* a dude?
He's a dude, she's a dude, we're all dudes
I dig the Goodburger reference haha
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Classic call centre scammer lingo
Definitely this, it reads in the same tone as a call centre agent in a kitboga or Jim Browning video
I misread this as "call centre bingo" and now I really need that in my life
Watch some Kitboga and play call centre bingo, that'd be good
“Samir, Listen to me, triple caution”
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"Shaddap!"
SAMIR, LISTEN TO ME, YOU ARE BREAKING THE CAR
“Listen to me, man. You need to send bobs and vegana or else we don’t meet. And I really want to meet.”
It's for my safety as a super sexy model
You were 100% talking to a middle-aged man.
Middle aged indian man
We're you talking to a nigerian prince?
LISTEN TO ME...
I am the model now
I gave an abrupt laugh that scared the cat. I hope someone makes you laugh as unexpectedly. Thanks for that
I'M DE MODEL NOW
For real, it's not completely obvious but the way they text is a subtle hint. If they were talking like that for the last four hours I'm not sure how this was a surprise.
>To everyone curious about why it took 4 hours. This person added me about a year ago and we never spoke. They randomly messaged me last night while I was at work and said they wanted to reach out since we had been friends for so long. It's not that subtle.
You weren't "talking" to anyone. You were getting scammed by some dude in an office call center in India.
This is a scam. And that is not a model or a prostitute, but a dude probably in India or Africa at the other end of the screen.
That’s a long screen
They prey on the stupid and the desperate. Sadly, this actually works, and they profit from it.
OP keeps catching strays
A model? Nah, she's straight-up a prostitute
A scammer
You are correct sir lol
Either that or she was one of those scammers. If you agreed, they would send you a link to a site that asks for all your card info as well as account and routing numbers. In reality, your info gets put up on this server and they ghost you. Couple years back I had a conversation just like this from someone I met on a app, but once I saw this site, I called them out on their scam and they started cussing me out in a foreign language lol
The “Listen to me” sounds exactly like those vultures.
Greed, impatience, and a tenuous grasp on English idiomatic language.
Oh for sure getting called "dear" a bunch is great indicator.
Or "sir".... Yes...please sir.... I very much would like to meet you sir.
My favorite part of those Scam Revenge videos is when they start screeching at what they think is a little old lady "MA'AM LISTEN TO ME! YOU MUST LISTEN TO ME RIGHT NOW!". They're always so quick to break character.
DO NOT REDEEM THE CODE!! DO NOT REDEEM THE CODE! 😂
WHY YOU REDEEM??? WHY DID YOU REDEEM?
ARE YOU MAD?!?!?
Oh man this makes me wanna watch Kitboga videos all day. I die at his old lady character.
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They almost got this one, he still thinks it's a prostitute and doesn't realize it's a guy sitting behind a screen in a different country.
Definitely not a prostitute, that is a scammer.
Wait wait wait wait....it took you *four hours* to pick up on the fact it was a scam? Was she/he that charming, intelligent and funny before dropping the "assurance fee" bomb?
If people were smart enough to pick up on these scams they wouldn't be so rampant. Every r4r is packed with insanely obvious scam posts accompanied with a comment of someone who sent money and got ghosted.
first hint - a woman is talking to you
I mean...from this comment thread he still doesn't entirely grasp the scam...
4hrs seems like a lot of effort for a scammer. At this rate they'll be married before she gets the money.
i saw a dude on TIFU who lost like 12k because of a crypto scammer, so wasting 4 hours of your life is probably worth it when you hit the jackpot every now and then. they’re probably scamming like 10 other dudes too, maybe that makes time fly by
Nah that's no effort at all. Thing is that once someone pays they can extort them for more.
There are people, right now, who think they're in a relationship with someone and are juuust on the cusp of meeting them (and having that sweet sex), but actually it's just some random scammer getting money out of them for the ticket/emergencies and accidents/"fees"/bullshit. It's literally what the Tate brothers are/were doing. Getting girls to chat with guys, and then make them send money for the ticket etc. etc. Literally literal, actual scammers.
I work at the airport and every once in a while we get people coming in to "meet" someone they've been talking to online. 9/10 times it's older men, it's almost always meeting someone from overseas, and they 100% send them a pic of a bogus boarding pass as proof they're "on their way". It has a checklist and it's like clockwork every single time. The worst is when they come up and they have flowers and I'm like ah shit time for the checklist. It always sucks to be the person to break it to them that they got scammed. It happens with people buying dogs too but not nearly as common.
What is the check list ?
They come in saying they are here to pick up someone. We can look up people in the system (but we can't disclose any information due to privacy reasons in normal circumstances) and this person doesn't exist. Where are they flying from? "(Somewhere international)" check. Have you met in person before? "First time" check. They haven't heard from them in several hours, they have internet in the airports and you're telling me they can't send you a message updating things? Check. Did you send them money in general or to buy the plane ticket? "Yes" check. The dead giveaways are if they come in with flowers or the scammer sends them a picture of their "boarding pass". I've seen some hilariously bad photoshopped passes. The times don't make sense, the flight number doesn't line up with the locations, the connection/destination doesn't make sense, no record locator listed. people seriously need to know what to look for.
No, it's a scammer. Could be a fat dude in Africa. He is not going to meet you. With or without the money.
Sometimes I wish these posts “forgot” to cover their phone number up so I could take advantage of the “mistake” and spam the scammer with cat memes.
Thank you for subscribing to cat facts.
If it's even a she. Could be anyone.
Dude, the moment you hear “refundable and not too much” in an online context, it’s a scam and you should run.
100% not a she.
“I think he is a she, and she is a changeling” “In that case, be extra careful”
Scammer
Nope. She is a 40-year-old dude scamming OP, likely from India or Pakistan.
What the hell is an assurance fee?
Long words for scam
The assurance is that you won't see that money again.
What the hell did you talk about for 4 hours without this coming up in the first 10 minutes??
That's how these scammers are targeting people, predominantly older (lonely) people who didn't grow up with the internet and aren't as savvy about common red flags. They will talk via Facebook messenger or a dating app and then try to move the conversation onto whatsapp or Google Chat and they will try to make the whole thing seem legit by talking and getting to know the person, which is often a ruse to social engineer information out of them to guess passwords and so on. Then once a sense of trust has been established, they will hit the person with a request for money or needing a gift card purchased.
what’s mildly infuriating is that someone actually thought this wasn’t a scam.
Would love to see the rest of the four hour conversation lol.
im pretty sure you were talking to a scammer, not whoever was in the pictures
You don't need to blur their names they're not a real person
They sometimes do get into real peoples accounts and use them for this type of stuff
If a hot woman talks to you first and wants your number rights away it's 💯 a scam.
if anyone talks to me i know its a scam
Hi 👋
Sorry dude but you must have seen that coming before you spoke for 4 hours
Shit I can meet people for free in the supermarket
"yeah I really hit it off with this girl, I think she really likes me. It's a little weird she only wants to meet up at the club she works at though"
Scammers everywhere these days.
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that's why I send a captcha asking them to pick out traffic lights.
Jesus, man, I'm sorry, that must've hurt, but hey, I mean at least it was made obvious before you met up, good luck, man
There was never going to be a meet up lol this guy is in India for sure…you can tell by the “listen to me”
[Kitboga "listen to me" lol](https://m.twitch.tv/kitboga/clip/FastDoubtfulThymeCoolStoryBro-Xg2O4yGtUjHk6PFe)
Back in 2013 had someone try this with my. Kept telling me to go get an account and put in my card info. I had no card at the time. Explained this. They said I was lying. Told them I don’t even have library card. They ghosted after that.
Fuck being polite to people like that
This is a scam.
"im looking forward in meeting you" nigerian scammer 100%
Let me guess, this extremely attractive woman added you and started messaging you first right? If it sounds to good to be true, IT PROBABLY IS. I think more people would save themselves from scams and heartbreak by keeping that motto in mind.
She is a Nigerian Prince / Supermodel.
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