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this post was submitted on 17 Mar 2024
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got a phone call that I owed money on some loan that I had taken out like 10 years earlier. they had enough information correct to make me actually believe I might have done it (I'm a former junkie, and did a lot of dumb fucking things to get money, plus decent sized holes in my memory).
I was planning on doing research before sending money, but as soon as I explained exactly how the conversation had gone to a friend of mine, they were like "that's a scam". and as soon as they set it, it was so fucking obvious too.
I'm a lot less inclined to make fun of people who get phished or social engineered