Someone calls and says, “Grandma, i’ve been in an accident …” and so on. Why don’t people ask a few questions? If you’re my grand daughter, what’s my name, when is my birthday, where do I live, what’s my favorite food?
A common factor in most social engineering attacks like this or phishing emails, is a sense of urgency. What I tell people is that any sense of urgency should automatically make you suspicious. If someone is trying to get you to act immediately, they are attempting to short circuit your common sense. Nothing is so urgent that it can’t wait 5-10 minutes for you to verify the facts.
And if it is, they should be calling 911 instead
They force a sense of urgency and have well rehearsed routines to skirt around these type of questions.
Ultimately, if the mark is too sceptical, they’ll realise they’re wasting their time and move on. Plenty of others, it’s not worth trying that hard.
People either accept it or are suspicious right away usually.
People who accept it won’t question it. And suspicious people won’t waste their time asking a program questions.
I do and I try to reverse the conversation or fuck with them
When I’m almost certain it’s a scammer calling, I’ll answer as professionally as I can as if I’m running a business…
“Thank you for calling Ding Dong Double Dildos and Dirty Devices! How would you like to fuck yourself today?”
They usually just hang up and remove the number from the call list LMFAO! 😂🤣
I actually did this for my mom one day, scammers had been calling her left and right. She found it quite hilarious too, and by the next day, more than half the scammers quit calling 👍
Edit: Merry Christmas! This is how you fuck the scammers…
The best option is to waste as much time as possible.
I’ve been answering the phone with “Bob’s dildo repair,Bob speaking” since before cell phones.
Caller ID has made things less interesting though, I still remember the sigh of disappointment when my first wife’s father called me the first time.
Fun fact I found out I’m an Autistic man with Bipolar disorder while in my 40s -50s so that could explain it.
They impart a sense of urgency that makes the victim think that they need to act now to help or something bad will happen.
Don’t ask such generic questions. Most scammers will already have that info. Ask something that’s not easy to find. Like what gift I got you last time. What’s the dish you hated. Etc.
The vulnerable don’t think to ask and want to help.The scammers also cry to disguise their voice in snivels.
They called my mom but she is still sharp. She gave them a good rant about being a loser and they should find a better path in life instead of taking the easy road of preying on old folks.
Good for her
Lol 😂