Subj : Re: The REAL scam
To : Aaron Thomas
From : Ron L.
Date : Sun Jul 20 2025 10:08 am
-=> Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-
AT> There's something fishy about a recent law that was passed (by
AT> Democrats) that makes robo-calls illegal.
Something's certainly rotten in Denmark there (or would that be Sweden?).
Democrats don't do anything to help the people.
AT> I used to get a lot of those
AT> calls, but they stopped after the law was passed.
We need an app for our phones that sends out an air horn-like call, hangs up
then blocks the number.
I never answer my phone if I don't know who is calling. All legitimate callers
will leave a message. Scammers won't (mainly because they aren't dialing the
number - a computer is). After a while, and a few blocked numbers, they stop
calling.
AT> "Dear **Mr Thomas** The interest rate on your loan through **PNC BANK**
AT> will increase in 5 days unless you call the number listed below."
I could see how that would work. It kinds bypasses our "BS detectors". But
it's the same stuff that phishers have been doing for a long time.
AT> Here's what makes me so suspicious about this: Why did the scammers
AT> stop calling people? Just because Democrats passed a law? Who cares
AT> about the law when you're a scammer? It doesn't add up.
Well, it could add up.
Scammers call many, many people, they don't get many "hits". And even fewer of
those will fall for their scam. Then they have to pay for the calls, so they
need to make enough on the scam to make it worth their while. If they get
charged with crime, maybe that puts it over their "worth my time" threshold.
... I think my learning curve has turned into a circle.
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