You'd think scammers would proof read their stuff

[blume357]

Got this one yesterday... same old stupid email saying I've bought something through PayPal... this time bit coins.... Oh, and the jerks email address is: LE NGUYEN BAD THY.
Look at the amount in the text and then the amount on the invoice....

 

[Danjet500]

The amounts are the same?

 

[s4s4u]

 

[fiasconva]

Just be glad they don't or even have a good command of the English language. It sure makes it easy to spot them.:mad:

 

[Captain Slapnuts]

I have noticed the half-ass efforts of the scammers, too. I suspect that they rely on easily getting to millions of people with little effort. Meaning, even if the VAST majority recognize it for the scam it is, a very small percentage will not, and they'll be successful. So, why put effort into the scam, when none will return what they want?

Those prices look the same to me, what about them?

 

[blume357]

Danjet500... you are right! I looked at that thing 3 or 4 times and saw the second amount as $52,151.
Oh well, maybe says more about me than the scammers...

 

[Fox Mike]

My "Pay Pal" was a little different but the same type BS. The real problem is I have never had a Pay PAl account.

 

[Deer Hunter]

Any real account will always address you by your name. Not as "Dear Customer". It doesn't matter how real an invoice or message may look, Dear Customer is your flag.

 

[redhawker]

As always, if you have any suspicions at all, just log in to your account as you normally would (don't ever use any link provided in the suspicious email), and see if there really is a transaction matching the email claim. If there is any problem, there will be a message waiting for you when you log on to your account. 99% of the time, there will be no transaction and no message.

 

[ArizonaTea123]

Scammers specifically target seniors and divorced women.
I know a woman right now that's deeply in love with an Air Force officer on FaceBook and has been wiring him money, thousands of dollars, and she is on social security. She's broke, but this Air Force officer is promising to marry her and buy her a house.
She is a widow and has her Facebook profile set on "public".
This scammer, posing as a known Air Force officer, started sending her private messages.
I proved to her that she was being scammed, but she told me that God told her it was real love, in a dream.
I give up. There are some really naive people in this world.

 

[ArizonaTea123]

Check this out. AI is being used by scammers on unsuspecting older lonely women.

 

[GasGuzzler]

Replying to the title: No I would not.

 

[HooPharted]

i try not to use PP anymore , when i do i add a payment , when the transaction is completed i remove the payment option so they have zero payment methods on file

 

[Teflon97116]

I used to picture scammers as illiterate knuckle-draggers. Or maybe foreigners with limited English skills (missing/poor punctuation, misspellings, dismal grammar, etc.).

Seemed so obvious to me.

Then I read somewhere that potential victims who fail to notice ignorant-looking communications are far more likely to fall for scams. Thus, I believe a certain degree of that is intentional.

 

[Old1215]

Got this one yesterday... same old stupid email saying I've bought something through PayPal... this time bit coins.... Oh, and the jerks email address is: LE NGUYEN BAD THY.
Look at the amount in the text and then the amount on the invoice....

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I always forward to [email protected]
Maybe it helps, idk but the more they know maybe it can slow them down.

 

[neilin]

Got this one yesterday... same old stupid email saying I've bought something through PayPal... this time bit coins.... Oh, and the jerks email address is: LE NGUYEN BAD THY.
Look at the amount in the text and then the amount on the invoice....

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Scammers are after the dumb and gullible who do not think.