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[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

Got threatened by the FBI a few nights ago. Had to pay them in BitCoins or I would be "under the rest".

 

[tvguy]

our household immediately reccognizes a scam when it's addressed to dh or my kids using the hyphenated version of my last name that I used professionally years ago. it's even more clear when they flip flop the 2 last names so dh and the kids end up with stuff using my maiden name as their last name

I am assuming it is AI that is used to link people with a common association to addresses they never lived at. I got mail for my DILs father at my address. He lives 400 miles away. My DIL has never lived at my address. She and my son have been married over 10 years. My son has not lived at my address in 14 years. It was a solicitation from a law firm that is settling a class action lawsuit against a local hospital. A hospital that my DIL's father has never done business with.

 

[barkley]

I am assuming it is AI that is used to link people with a common association to addresses they never lived at. I got mail for my DILs father at my address. He lives 400 miles away. My DIL has never lived at my address. She and my son have been married over 10 years. My son has not lived at my address in 14 years. It was a solicitation from a law firm that is settling a class action lawsuit against a local hospital. A hospital that my DIL's father has never done business with.

we get stuff for late mil and fil at our address that they were never associated with (we used a p.o. box for forwarding when we had to deal with estate stuff). funniest was to fil a full 15 years AFTER his passing from a company selling step-up senior housing ('from active to assisted to attentive 24 nursing care') with the tagline 'IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO START PLANNING'. ummmmmmmm yeah, when someone has been housed in their urn for 15 years it IS too late .

 

[tvguy]

we get stuff for late mil and fil at our address that they were never associated with (we used a p.o. box for forwarding when we had to deal with estate stuff). funniest was to fil a full 15 years AFTER his passing from a company selling step-up senior housing ('from active to assisted to attentive 24 nursing care') with the tagline 'IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO START PLANNING'. ummmmmmmm yeah, when someone has been housed in their urn for 15 years it IS too late .

Yeah, we started getting mail for my MIL after she passed, but we did forward her mail to our house after we sold her house. And Trader Joes some how started sending us their little ad newsletter addressed to her late husband.

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

My favourite scam was:

"Hi. I'm from the Internet. I can tell by your screen that you have the malariaware virus. To fix it, simply forward your credit card details to me."

Yeah, right.

 

[barkley]

My favourite scam was:

"Hi. I'm from the Internet. I can tell by your screen that you have the malariaware virus. To fix it, simply forward your credit card details to me."

Yeah, right.

nah-just fix your screen a nice gin and tonic, it will be just fine(and stop letting it associate with mosquitos!)