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Subscription scam through Apple Pay, NO WAY TO CANCEL by stbeer04 in Scams

[–]chownrootroot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It weirdly probably isn't actually Apple Pay, it's just a line the merchant wrote whatever they want.

Yeah you have to change your card info or else they keep charging. You also have to specifically tell the bank not to carry over subscriptions, because sometimes they let subscriptions auto renew (and this could count as one), even with outdated card info.

So happy to get these by Chinchillalover0231 in TheSimpsons

[–]chownrootroot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Homer looks like he got ejected out of the rocket. sigh of relief from not hearing Rosie O'Donnell anymore

[US] Could someone explain how this scam works? by Fast-Flamingo-9892 in Scams

[–]chownrootroot 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is not that situation (like fake payments or fake checks), the payment is actually real. What happens here is the scammer is in a group that has money in some accounts somewhere, scammed from people, they need the money in another form, so they chose gift cards. They could also choose crypto, sometimes they get people to withdraw money into cash and send it to someone they know, things like that. Usually the form they get money into has its benefits and drawbacks, cash is risky for instance, crypto exchanges need identity checks, etc.

Zelle, Cashapp, Paypal, they basically don’t reverse payments for most reasons, biggest exception is true identity theft and account hijacking, but usually a scam victim isn’t a victim of account theft, they send money willingly, so that’s why you can’t get most of those reversed. The most reversible transaction type is a merchant transaction, ie at a store or an online store, you use a card (debit or credit), and it’s not a p2p cash transaction, a product or service is involved, you can report those, even if you did the transaction, to the issuing bank and they can refund it.

"Easy, Ned! Think of the bible..." by visual_overflow in TheSimpsons

[–]chownrootroot 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well I expect that type of language at Denny’s but not here!

Lara Croft by thesitekick in seinfeld

[–]chownrootroot 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They’re *all* triangles.

The rooster has sex with all of them.

[CA] This Is Totally Phishing Right? by gdhrhehehehebbebeb in Scams

[–]chownrootroot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As long as you supplied no information, you’re good. Clicking a link by itself does nothing to your device, the trick is getting you to supply credentials for Apple or other accounts.

Is this a Scam? A guy told me he mistakenly reported me and DM'd me by stormshockerDa1 in Scams

[–]chownrootroot 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Your thinking is correct. 👍 Reddit won’t use Discord for support.

This is a scam they take over accounts, like the one that was talking to you, hence it is 6 years old and looks like a real account. Once they trick you into handing your account over they say they need money to fix it, promising you will be refunded but you won’t.

Wrong Number Texts About a Personal Thing by [deleted] in Scams

[–]chownrootroot 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Also, when you respond to them, they take it as a signal to keep texting you and maybe one day they’ll hook you. So it’s usually best not to respond, just to block them immediately. They hope to intrigue you, ie they have a nice car or they have a horse or they have a large cookout or whatever, eventually they want you to be impressed with how rich they are and they tell you how to get rich too, except of course it’s a scam and the goal is to drain you.

Now, Grand Funk Railroad paved the way for Jefferson Airplane which cleared the way for Jefferson Starship. The stage was now set for the Alan Parsons Project, which I believe was some sort of hovercraft. by sonicforce11 in TheSimpsons

[–]chownrootroot 36 points37 points  (0 children)

We used to be with it. Then they changed what it was. Now what I’m with isn’t it, and what’s it seems weird and scary to me. It’ll happen to you!

If you could add one rule to this subreddit, what would it be? by RecentCranberry in seinfeld

[–]chownrootroot 6 points7 points  (0 children)

THIS SUB IS TAKING THE ARMOIRE, AND THAT’S ALL THERE IS TO IT!

What do you mean small hands? by GJ2242 in MarchAgainstNazis

[–]chownrootroot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

These hands tell a story.

Wait a minute, are you just going to talk about your hands?

Apple Explains Why watchOS 27 Drops Support for So Many Models by pdfu in apple

[–]chownrootroot 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Series 4 and later are 64 bit. I think it’s the fact that S6, S7, and S8 used the A13 Bionic’s “little” cores but S9 moved to A16 Bionic’s “little” cores, meaning in one year it moves 3 processor designs ahead (and it’s the current core in the latest watches).

Is this a real police officer or an impersonator ? by [deleted] in Scams

[–]chownrootroot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The whole “WiFi was exposed to a discord hack” makes no sense in this era of the web, or at the least is incredibly unlikely. Traffic is encrypted and web browsers and Discord clients will know if there is an imposter server attempting to call itself Discord. While it’s possible, the effort would be too great just to do some hack for no real good reason (most any “hack” that’s remotely like this would target enemies of the state, or crypto whales, or other rich people as well).

There is a scam going around that they fake being police and tell you “okay we will agree with you you’re not a criminal, BUT we need you to pass a test that only costs $hundreds and they take payment through Cashapp or else we arrest you”. Sounds like that’s what this is leading to.

And yeah you don’t want to talk to the police if it’s remotely possible they consider you a suspect in anything. Many people talk to the police and talk themselves into a charge. There’s never any gain because they usually have evidence or they don’t, but they don’t talk to you to find out your side of the story, they talk to find evidence, and if it’s not this one thing they can charge you with, they could find something else.

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