Subj : Do they actually expect me to believe this?
To : Charles Pierson
From : August Abolins
Date : Thu Feb 04 2021 04:39 pm
Hello Charles!
** On Thursday 04.02.21 - 13:21, Charles Pierson wrote to Richard Menedetter:
RM>> What I do not understand is why you copy that spam here,
RM>> to be honest.
CP> It struck me as an exceptionally idiotic scam attempt, and
CP> I thought I would share it with my friends.
It's good to broadcast experiences like that. It could be a
heads-up of a new scam or an old scam that has regained a new
life.
For years, I'd get a phone call what sounded like a fundraiser
for "children in your area" and they'd name a local camp in a
local town where that camp is located. It is designed to sound
familiar because they cite a real camp and a real town. Yet they
expect me to fork over a donation via credit card over the
phone. They start with $25 per child.. "Can you make 4 children
happy?" If I say I can't manage this year, then they suggest
$25 for one child. BS. In this day and age, it is impossible
to verify their claims over the phone. So, that is basically
what I tell them. And they usually hang up before I do.
Another one is "This is your local branch of the OPP (Ontario
Provincial Police) calling..." asking to place an ad in their
inter-family newsletter "and all funds go to a local charity".
Again.. I tell them "as exciting as all that sounds, first of
all, I can't be certain that you are the police, or even if that
newsletter is legit, or the claim for funds directed to charity
is legit". And.. "besides, I can't be certain that your
families would even bother to interested in my business".
They seem to hang up before I do.
CP> Then I remembered that I actually don't have any friends.
CP> The people I know here in the BBS community are what I've
CP> got.
I don't know how to respond to that. With a large family like
yours, you must certainly have many "connections" of people.
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