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TangoDown
Master Baiter
Joined: 07 Feb 2012
Posts: 118
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Tue Mar 06, 2012 12:13 am |
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Got a text just a few minutes ago telling me I'd won a $500 gift card from Amazon. My wife likes to sign up for a lot of stuff like this so the first thing I do is call her and ask if she knows anything about it. She didn't. So I did a little googling and came up with this site:
http://www.callercenter.com/
Found out I'm not the only one to get one of these texts. So I reported it.
Now what I'm wondering is if this is a scam, or if the link sent to me is some kind of virusy type thing or something else just as devious. I know someone around here has to know what's going on here. |
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Zombifreak
Hello I'm New here!
Joined: 13 Oct 2011
Posts: 2
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Tue Mar 06, 2012 1:30 am |
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Although I don't know this specific I know the type, it could either give you virus or it could ask you for your info like SSID, Bank account, etc. Luckily you used your common sense and did not fall for it. It is definitely a scam and you should just ignore it and report it also. |
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TangoDown
Master Baiter
Joined: 07 Feb 2012
Posts: 118
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Tue Mar 06, 2012 1:34 am |
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Thanks Zombi. Other than reporting the number, which has already been done, is there anything in my power to make these jerks life a little more miserable? |
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next victim
Baiting Guru
Joined: 27 Mar 2011
Posts: 21158
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Thu Apr 05, 2012 2:01 pm |
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I saw a story about this in my area a few days ago. It has been turned in to the Attorney General here and the reporter actually followed the directions. It was CC phishing. One of them has a link to a website but I didn't see the link details. |
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lakeside77
A chaff in the USA
Joined: 11 Jul 2008
Posts: 2700
Location: Out there in the cold, getting lonely, getting old
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Mon Apr 09, 2012 4:32 am |
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Here is a story in today's news that explains this latest scourge. |
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skyshots99
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Joined: 31 Aug 2011
Posts: 14
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Mon Apr 09, 2012 11:40 pm |
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It sounds like one of those sales pitches where as YOU have to sign up for a bunch of other offers then you will be " rewarded " LOL,,, with the gift card.
I get them all the time and it is a pretty deceitful way to get you to buy something |
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