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Post by 1dave on Jul 6, 2022 12:29:12 GMT -5
I answer "Grundle, so glad to hear from you! How's Alaska?"
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Post by rockjunquie on Jul 6, 2022 13:01:37 GMT -5
I take it you have a grandson in Alaska? Don't you love it when they call you?
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Post by 1dave on Jul 6, 2022 13:09:05 GMT -5
I have a lot of fake grand children in desperate trouble needing money. Luckily I have lots of running our of my ears.
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Tommy
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Post by Tommy on Jul 6, 2022 15:20:57 GMT -5
I have a lot of fake grand children in desperate trouble needing money. Luckily I have lots of running our of my ears. Grampa Dave can you PM me your phone number please???
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Post by 1dave on Jul 6, 2022 16:02:26 GMT -5
I have a lot of fake grand children in desperate trouble needing money. Luckily I have lots of running our of my ears. Grampa Dave can you PM me your phone number please??? How much do you need ?
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Post by Tommy on Jul 6, 2022 16:18:26 GMT -5
Grampa Dave can you PM me your phone number please??? How much do you need ? Not much, maybe just what's coming out of the left ear?
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Post by 1dave on Jul 6, 2022 17:15:57 GMT -5
No matter which ear I check, the other is always left.
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Post by jasoninsd on Jul 6, 2022 17:40:29 GMT -5
I think the phone at my folks house starts ringing around 7am and goes off every 10-15 minutes with every single scam type call there is...EVERY FREAKIN' DAY! My mom swears they're on the "no call" registry, but that doesn't stop these type of calls...
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Post by stefan on Jul 11, 2022 11:03:07 GMT -5
My dad almost fell for it when my daughter was in college. He got a call. Grandpa I need bail money please and don't tell mom or dad. Sounded a lot like my daughter. He told her to calm down and he would see what he could do He texted me if she was alright. I said yeah she's sleeping right now why (she was home for the weekend). He told me about the caller. I said NOPE SCAM HANG UP. THe kid called back and he got a number to call her back on. TUrned it over to the police but nothing came of it and he never got called again. We still laugh about it as the closest my daughter ever came to being arrested was being pulled over for having a headlight out. Heck they never even gave her a ticket just a warning.
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Post by perkins17 on Jul 11, 2022 11:44:57 GMT -5
Scammers are annoying, but they're kinda fun to mess with too. I called one back just after my lunch break, as I was heading back to work. I was greeted with,"hello sir, thank you for calling back. Before we get started, do you have quality insurance?" Me,"nope, bye! My dad got a wrong number text in the middle of COVID telling hime the location for a fairly large birthday party at a bar that includes a couple names. He replied with something along the lines of,"I'd love to stop by, but I heard dave (one of the names in the text) got COVID on Tuesday." The now panicked wrong number responded,"Dave??? I just saw him yesterday!" Then the texts stopped. I think they realized someone was messing with them by then. Yeah, my dad is pretty sharp. -Nicholas
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