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   Waldo Jaquith (waldoj@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Jul-2025 07:22:22 JST Waldo Jaquith

   Well here’s an interesting new scam.

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     Waldo Jaquith (waldoj@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Jul-2025 12:59:34 JST Waldo Jaquith

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     • myrmepropagandist

     @futurebird This Mastodon scam was particularly ham-fisted, but the phone call you got is a good reminder that absolutely none of us are un-scammable. The U.S. is a scam culture—we are subjected to constant scams. We can't dodge them all. Eventually I'm gonna get got, and I hope I'll have the nerve to call it up publicly.

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     myrmepropagandist (futurebird@sauropods.win)'s status on Sunday, 13-Jul-2025 12:59:35 JST myrmepropagandist

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     @waldoj

     In related news I got a new scam call this weekend "This is Walmart and we want to verify a $1400 charge." At first I was like "that's not a real charge" then she starts asking my name and other info so I say "I will call the bank back about this."

     "Please stay on the line."

     Calling back to verify the source is good practice the real deal would not object.

     Hung up so damn fast.

     There was no charge of course, but I was traveling and it scared me into almost answering the questions.

     RamenCatholic 🐢 🌈 repeated this.