Originally Posted by Bass Thumper
Originally Posted by musiclover
What is a bit scary is the scammers can sample a few seconds of the voice of a family member, then call you with a sob story, seemingly from that family member.
I've seen the reports on the nightly news on people being scammed by this. And what has baffled me is why not simply call the person who is having the "crisis" to verify weather the sob story is true?

If the message is "his phone is destroyed", OK, somebody drive to his house and ring the doorbell.

Exactly, verification is very important.

Whenever I get something stuck in the back of my throat, I dislodge it by drinking a beer.
It's called the Heineken Maneuver.

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