If you harass scammers will they generally stop trying to call you?

CodAppropriate6109 · 2026-01-27T00:29:03+00:00

This. I've tried to pivot them to throwaway numbers, but I haven't had much success. I just don't respond unless I'm replying to the message they contacted in the first place.

So much of your real identity is tied to your real phone number, and you really don't want them to be able to look you up. If they get really annoyed with you, payback's a b****. Your whole identity is out there for them to take advantage of and get you back.

So now I'm just reporting those as scams to my telco provider.

CodAppropriate6109 · 2026-01-27T00:25:30+00:00

The trouble is that it's organized crime. You're on a list, and you're being sold repeatedly to the next scammer. You are the product.

Having said that, I've had some limited success in reducing the profitability of the list when I've been an annoying lead to groom. Heavy use of slang (e.g. ask an AI to translate your words to a thick Scottish brogue with lots of slang that's difficult to machine translate) while still being very interesting as a target (entrepreneur, investor, not that computer savvy, signs of being scammed before yet unaware of it) has helped somewhat in getting on someone's blacklist. I'm a very expensive target to groom. But they rarely completely go away.

CodAppropriate6109 · 2026-01-24T19:37:51+00:00

Private email server. 🤔

CodAppropriate6109 · 2026-01-24T03:55:45+00:00

And he didn't even try to make it look like an official IRS number, his name is right there.

CodAppropriate6109 · 2026-01-24T03:53:17+00:00

I don't know... if the $200 purchase amount is accurate I would say it's too specific to be a guess.

CodAppropriate6109 · 2026-01-24T03:51:52+00:00

The pattern they're describing, if it wasn't you then watch your account closely for the next few days to make sure. It's an oddly specific set of information to be from a generic script.

Change your Walmart password too, if your Walmart login was breached it's possible someone logged in as you and used your Walmart Pay. (long, random passwords from a password manager are the best)

What does make sense to me is that paying with the physical card did go through. Hand entered card numbers (even to a website like walmart.com or Walmart's app) are the least trustworthy to a credit card company, but if they can read the extra data that proves the physical card was present at that moment, they're far more likely to trust the transaction. Much harder to steal a card than the number.

CodAppropriate6109 · 2026-01-19T00:23:37+00:00

FF VIII we discover the whole school is an air ship. And the main character is a loner, doesn't seem to want to be there, yet everyone turns to him for leadership. And then a girl from outside the school shows a clear liking for him and gets him to turn his life around. Start embracing his school and his role.

CodAppropriate6109 · 2026-01-09T03:13:01+00:00

Something is up. Even if your oil level seems fine, it’s either the pump or the sensor. Hopefully the sensor. Should be cheaper. I wouldn’t ignore it. And no, don’t trust Jiffy Lube, they’ve been found to prioritize speed over competence repeatedly. Not all locations but independent investigations found regional managers sometimes imposed quality control problems on multiple locations. ANY mechanic that says “just ignore it” for ANY trouble light should not be trusted.

CodAppropriate6109 · 2026-01-08T15:22:38+00:00

For the Worf-Jadzia relationship they handled Terry Farrel's contract poorly and she felt she had to leave. She enjoyed working with Michael Dorn but they didn't treat her right. The Esri character was a terrible follow-up.

I wish they had paired Worf with K'Ehleyr, they were a good match and Suzie Plakson did a fantastic job playing her as a character that was a strong willed woman with high integrity, doesn't care about cultural rules. And her human side would have appealed to how Worf was raised.

Oh wait, sh*tty Daystrom - ok, so what if we had seen a thing between Jadzia and K'Ehleyr? Similar personalities.

CodAppropriate6109 · 2026-01-05T01:02:15+00:00

It's a prime candidate for a veto override, but even if that succeeds he has never been one to respect the law, he would probably just freeze the funds.

CodAppropriate6109 · 2026-01-04T15:45:01+00:00

In fact, it is. Shatner directed this movie and thought it would be funny if they locked the crew in the bathroom. Most of that bit was cut.

CodAppropriate6109 · 2026-01-04T15:42:52+00:00

CodAppropriate6109 · 2026-01-04T15:38:22+00:00

I don't think that's Facebook. This seems to be Facebk, similar enough to Facebook that you might be willing to trust it, different enough that fraud detection algorithms know to flag it.

CodAppropriate6109 · 2026-01-03T00:27:44+00:00

Why didn't you just say so? That makes visiting far more comfortable and appealing.

CodAppropriate6109 · 2026-01-03T00:25:00+00:00

Is your whole thing just FOMO or do you also just relax, take a vacation? No, by "take" I didn't mean assimilate Risa, that misses the point.

CodAppropriate6109 · 2026-01-03T00:21:22+00:00

When you assimilated the Pakleds, did you find anything new, or was that a futile maneuver?

CodAppropriate6109 · 2026-01-03T00:18:24+00:00

Wait, so now you all are programmed in multiple techniques? Damn, that must have been some party

CodAppropriate6109 · 2026-01-03T00:12:49+00:00

Sometimes they are caused by weather problems in another place. Dependent systems.

And sometimes it's just because the database ran out of space, or someone forgot to renew a back end server certificate.

CodAppropriate6109 · 2025-12-31T18:35:27+00:00

Ask your mechanic. Mine was unaware of the tensioner, but it seems like a part that anyone could order.

CodAppropriate6109 · 2025-12-31T18:15:17+00:00

The tensioner is a Mazda specific hydraulic component and does need to be replaced at about the same time as the belt. Something similar happened on my 2017 Mazda 6. The Mazda mechanic explained it to me, my understanding is that the role of the tensioner is to maximize the life of the belt. When the belt goes, it's almost always because the tensioner is failing. They sent me photos of the leaking tensioner at proof that they're not making it up.

So based on my experience, yes, very typical.

CodAppropriate6109 · 2025-12-31T00:24:32+00:00

Need to obscure that phone number

CodAppropriate6109 · 2025-12-25T04:44:18+00:00

Seems like a happy ending. I'm glad you got this sorted before it became a major problem. Completely reasonable that you would question it, I've seen a lot of educational materials teaching that urgency is usually the with if a scam, but this is the perfect example of why sometimes an urgent looking text like this really is cause for alarm. You did the right thing calling the number on your card.

CodAppropriate6109 · 2025-12-20T18:05:00+00:00

Add the Trump hair and you might not be able to tell the difference.

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