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(not so) serious scam warning

razil
razil Posts: 15,041
edited January 2022 in Fun, Jokes & Captions
I'm not usually one for posting warnings about potential scams but I had
a close miss today.






I walked into B&Q at lunchtime and some old guy dressed in orange asked
me if I wanted decking.



Fortunately, I got the first punch in and that
was the end of that.


Those less suspecting might not be so lucky

Comments

  • WSS
    WSS Posts: 25,070
    1992 called, they want their joke back

    ;-)
  • razil
    razil Posts: 15,041
    ha ha, roll on the titanic/whoooosh/milkfloat, I hadn't heard it before now..
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,820
    poor fella, its not like you needed much....

    http://www.charltonlife.com/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=2511&page=1

    :-)
  • Dave2l
    Dave2l Posts: 8,862
    There's a bunch of c*nts imitating Google and it's a very detailed scam.

    The 1st thought when seeing it is...it must be bullshit, but it is reasonably detailed and can easily be fallen for.

    Whoever it is...is good at imitating. It knew what phone I've got and what network I use. Has access to that data somehow.

    Obviously, it is pretty clear what's going on when it asks for bank details.

    I closed it off and found the warnings. 

    My phone has never been in a vulnerable state like that before. It was surprising and very alarming. I was simply just on a golf manufacturing website.
    It wasn't a pop up via filth or a gambling site etc.
    Just normal stuff.




  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,453
    When a shit joke's just too good for the jokes thread
  • Dave2l
    Dave2l Posts: 8,862
    carly burn said:
    When a shit joke's just too good for the jokes thread

    I didn't see that.

    Maybe alter it to "fun, jokes plus a Dave's warning"
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,030
    Dave2l said:
    There's a bunch of c*nts imitating Google and it's a very detailed scam.

    The 1st thought when seeing it is...it must be bullshit, but it is reasonably detailed and can easily be fallen for.

    Whoever it is...is good at imitating. It knew what phone I've got and what network I use. Has access to that data somehow.

    Obviously, it is pretty clear what's going on when it asks for bank details.

    I closed it off and found the warnings. 

    My phone has never been in a vulnerable state like that before. It was surprising and very alarming. I was simply just on a golf manufacturing website.
    It wasn't a pop up via filth or a gambling site etc.
    Just normal stuff.




    I don’t get it
  • Dave2l
    Dave2l Posts: 8,862
    se9addick said:
    Dave2l said:
    There's a bunch of c*nts imitating Google and it's a very detailed scam.

    The 1st thought when seeing it is...it must be bullshit, but it is reasonably detailed and can easily be fallen for.

    Whoever it is...is good at imitating. It knew what phone I've got and what network I use. Has access to that data somehow.

    Obviously, it is pretty clear what's going on when it asks for bank details.

    I closed it off and found the warnings. 

    My phone has never been in a vulnerable state like that before. It was surprising and very alarming. I was simply just on a golf manufacturing website.
    It wasn't a pop up via filth or a gambling site etc.
    Just normal stuff.




    I don’t get it

    Good for you, you probably won't get scammed 😉

    (I hope you get this response as it's hilarious)

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