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Happydaz 08-25-2025 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by golfing eagles (Post 2456533)
No, but it makes you slow. Bad analogy

“No, but it makes you slow.”

Jhrath7@gmail.com 08-26-2025 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 2456224)
I hate to say it, but you need to be pretty stupid to fall for that scam. It is almost like you are asking someone to steal your money.

You have no idea who they target

Bill14564 08-26-2025 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Jhrath7@gmail.com (Post 2456755)
You have no idea who they target

*They* have no idea who they target. Too much time and effort involved with narrowing down a list. Cheapest/fastest way is to spam everyone and hope someone takes the bait. Most won't bite but it costs the same to send one email as it does to send 100,000 and if just one out of every ten thousand does then the scammer wins.

golfing eagles 08-26-2025 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Happydaz (Post 2456481)
.....Can you at 80 run as fast as you did at 18? Does that make you stupid?

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Originally Posted by golfing eagles (Post 2456533)
No, but it makes you slow. Bad analogy

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Originally Posted by Happydaz (Post 2456647)
“No, but it makes you slow.”

Exactly. 80-year-olds run slower than 18-year-olds, glad you agree.

But the really slow people are those that try to take little snippets out of context, especially when they are glaringly obvious.

PugMom 08-26-2025 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by CarlR33 (Post 2456220)
This scam is simpler. Trust no one!
Scams impersonating loved ones in trouble are surging, with criminals using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to clone the voices of family members from social media or other recordings. This "AI voice cloning scam," a variation of the traditional grandparent scam, creates a sense of urgency and emotional manipulation by claiming a loved one is in a dire, secret emergency, demanding immediate payment via wire transfer or gift cards. To protect yourself, do not send money or personal information. Instead, hang up and call your loved one directly using a known phone number to verify their identity

somebody pulled this scam on my father-in-law some years back. we got a call from him late @ night, very concerned about about our daughter. i told him she was asleep in her bed, i'm so glad he didn't give out any info but he was very upset none the less, not knowing this scam existed

Happydaz 08-26-2025 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by golfing eagles (Post 2456793)
Exactly. 80-year-olds run slower than 18-year-olds, glad you agree.

But the really slow people are those that try to take little snippets out of context, especially when they are glaringly obvious.

You are so smart! You are brilliant! You are not slow! I am very, very impressed by your certainty on all subjects. By the way are you a doctor? Wow! That makes you are an expert on everything. Keep posting away!

golfing eagles 08-26-2025 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Happydaz (Post 2456812)
You are so smart! You are brilliant! You are not slow! I am very, very impressed by your certainty on all subjects. By the way are you a doctor? Wow! That makes you are an expert on everything. Keep posting away!

Great! I see you understand now. Thank you.

Happydaz 08-26-2025 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by golfing eagles (Post 2456842)
Great! I see you understand now. Thank you.

“The man who knows, doesn’t know; the man who doesn’t know, knows.”

golfing eagles 08-26-2025 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Happydaz (Post 2456850)
“The man who knows, doesn’t know; the man who doesn’t know, knows.”

What about the man that knows nothing? No offense.


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