On Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 05:19:54AM +, Venkat Mangudi - Silk via Silklist
wrote:
How do you guys protect yourself from getting scammed? Has anyone else
on our list been scammed? I’d love to hear about it.
I haven't had serious attempts, but everybody's threshold is different.
In my case,
Oops that was meant to be “nail us” not “jail us”
On Mon, 22 Apr 2024 at 08:59, Venkatesh H R wrote:
> I guess the point of that piece is that we are all going to get had at
> some point. Intelligence and vigilance can protect us but one day someone
> is going to jail us at a time of
I guess the point of that piece is that we are all going to get had at some
point. Intelligence and vigilance can protect us but one day someone is
going to jail us at a time of vulnerability…
>From that perspective, I have an additional Q. What is the basic one should
do? I’m assuming that one
On 4/22/24 09:19, Venkat Mangudi - Silk via Silklist wrote:
Well, whether it is phishing, SMSishing or spams… everything is getting
better by the day.
How do you guys protect yourself from getting scammed? Has anyone else
on our list been scammed? I’d love to hear about it.
I got nailed a
It is fun when you say you know it’s a scam
You get to hear some choice Hindi then
--srs
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Yeah, I just ask for more information and some time.
I got a call "from customs" saying there was a parcel stuck at customs and
I would be fined 1 lakh or something, and they "transferred the call to a
FedEx guy" and I said, ok give me the tracking number so I can look it up
and get back to you.
The most critical thing is to buy time. I got a very convincing call from a
guy saying my insurance has lapsed and I need to pay Rs 50,000 to revive
it. The language that the guy spoke indicated that he has worked for a few
years in the industry. I refused to pay immediately online and asked for
