Hilariously Obvious Scam

JayneTay

Just got a call telling me I'd won a holiday.

I thought "okay I'll play along!"

American caller "Hi, you've won a holiday through your holiday points from Halifax Bank"

Already I knew this was a lie as Halifax don't do "holiday points"

American caller "Can you just confirm your expiry date on your card"

Me "Yep" and gave him a false date

American caller "Okay thats great, now I have down here that your card begins with number 4404 - is that correct".

Me "No"

American Caller "Oh, thats strange - can you just confirm the long number on your card"

Me (hysterically laughing) "No, I don't think so"

American Caller 2 "Hi, I'm the supervisor, we only do this promotion once a year because of the oil spills in America - can you confirm whether you have a VISA or a Mastercard"

Me (still hysterically laughing) "I have neither"

Surprising he put the phone down on me

How obvious can a scam be????

oldhand

JayneTay wrote: »

Just got a call telling me I'd won a holiday.

I thought "okay I'll play along!"

American caller "Hi, you've won a holiday through your holiday points from Halifax Bank"

Already I knew this was a lie as Halifax don't do "holiday points"

American caller "Can you just confirm your expiry date on your card"

Me "Yep" and gave him a false date

American caller "Okay thats great, now I have down here that your card begins with number 4404 - is that correct".

Me "No"

American Caller "Oh, thats strange - can you just confirm the long number on your card"

Me (hysterically laughing) "No, I don't think so"

American Caller 2 "Hi, I'm the supervisor, we only do this promotion once a year because of the oil spills in America - can you confirm whether you have a VISA or a Mastercard"

Me (still hysterically laughing) "I have neither"

Surprising he put the phone down on me

How obvious can a scam be????

yes you need to be very careful,however I DO have an excellent opportunity for you.My good friend ahmed in nigeria has £26.5 million he urgently needs to take out of the country and if you forward me your bank account details he will be happy to give you 20% of this sum for your help.please contact me soonest.yours sincerely.........Ima conman.:D:D

ashleypride

JayneTay wrote: »

How obvious can a scam be????

Sadly some people must be fooled by it, otherwise it wouldn't happen.

You could always give them a fake CC number aswell to waste more of their time
http://www.fakenamegenerator.com/

barbiedoll

ashleypride wrote: »

Sadly some people must be fooled by it, otherwise it wouldn't happen.

You could always give them a fake CC number aswell to waste more of their time
http://www.fakenamegenerator.com/

Oooh, I'm not using the fake i.d that they gave me...she's 35kgs heavier than I am! :rotfl::rotfl:


(Excellent idea though!)

paddedjohn

oldhand wrote: »

yes you need to be very careful,however I DO have an excellent opportunity for you.My good friend ahmed in nigeria has £26.5 million he urgently needs to take out of the country and if you forward me your bank account details he will be happy to give you 20% of this sum for your help.please contact me soonest.yours sincerely.........Ima conman.:D:D

lloyds bank
23-14-68 sort code

00986738 account number

Isa Gullible Git
34 Mugwell Rd
Softinthehead City
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look forward to hearing from you soon;);)