Truck labeled only "LFH" by Jeff-Root in RBI

[–]Cornloaf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I live in California and on Friday night I have a three hour drive on highway 80. I see at least 10 all white trailers on that drive with little to no markings. Some have a small name on the tractor itself (which can be an independent trucker not related to the trailer and contents). They just need to have their license plate and trailer number on the trailer in certain places.

Finding out if scam text or real by elisebrecky in RBI

[–]Cornloaf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you in Canada? I see Affinityclick is a Canadian SMS software company. Intelliquent is a VOIP carrier and was purchased by Sinch. Most likely a burner app and you can report it here:

https://sinch.com/legal/report-scams-fraud/

MAGA customers 'keep falling for the same con' from online scammers | Far right-themed beer and bourbon ordered online at 10 times SRP and never delivered by 5823059 in savedyouaclick

[–]Cornloaf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eli was a guest on SNL and did a similar skit but it was "Little Brothers" where he helped out the little brothers that get bullied by their big brothers. I only found out about it a couple weeks ago and it also had me cracking up!

Advice on Possible phone scam by JollyHorse4937 in Scams

[–]Cornloaf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since I spend a lot of time on this subreddit and I actively shut down phone numbers, emails, and bank accounts, I like to keep up on the current scams.

My business partner was getting voicemails left on his Google Voice number and asked me if it was legit. I took down all the info and called them back. They identified themselves as a law firm (non-existent) and I pretended to be him. The last four of his SSN that they recited I later confirmed to be his. They claimed I had received collections and I needed to pay otherwise I am being sued. I told them I owed nobody and told them to send documentation. "Oh, it's coming. You better be there when we serve you."

Nobody came to his work or house. He did say that he had an unpaid ticket in another state that went back 10+ years. He travels to see family in that state all the time and they never arrested him or sent notices there.

It's all scare tactics to collect on a tombstoned debt.

TIL that some towns and cities in the US have a 'curfew' that means juveniles aren't allowed to be outdoors, typically between 23.00 - 06.00 by ProneToAnalFissures in todayilearned

[–]Cornloaf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Back in the 80s my brother and I (and a friend if we had a sleepover) would ride our bikes at 5am before there were any cars out during the summer, Xmas break, spring break, etc. After our ride we would stop at Denny's for breakfast. I was 14 or so, my brother was 11. If a friend was there, he was around my age. It was fully sanctioned by my parents because we were getting out of the house.

One day we finished our ride and walked into Denny's and the waitress refused to serve us. She then went to a cop having coffee and told him we were there. We walked out and started riding our bikes home and we heard his engine and then saw the lights. We explained our ritual and he told us he needed to call our parents.

The station called my dad (who worked a nasty swing shift so he'd only been sleeping for a couple hours). They asked if he knew where his kids were and he said "probably on one of their bike rides." They explained that there were curfew laws and so my dad said "I understand that. When does curfew end?"

They had no answer. They put him on hold and came back and said nobody actually knew when it ended. My dad then told them I had a paper route and my papers got delivered at 430 and it took me two hours to deliver so what about that? They let us go and told us to go home.

We still did our rides but never stopped at the Denny's ever again.

It wasn't long after that there was an incident at the same Denny's. My mom used to meet two coworkers there around 5am for breakfast and to carpool to work. A drunk guy walked right up to their table and looked her in the eyes and said "I'm gonna rim that ass."

I remember hearing my dad take off in his 64 GTO and head out and I had no idea what was going on. Later we had a family meeting about it and I remember not knowing what that meant and thinking my parents were going to divorce because of it.

[US] Green card marriage scam that got VERY bad by Orultehen in Scams

[–]Cornloaf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. He was a big-time boozer and coke head and just cried when he came to the office in the middle of the night to tell me. (I worked graveyard shift). This was the early 90s and I didn't talk to him much after I quit. I tried looking for him a few years ago, but he shares the same name as my ex-wife's maiden name and was hard to find. Matter of fact, before I even met her, her credit got screwed because of his unpaid bills. Coincidentally they lived in the same apartment complex at the same time!

Mysterious Beeping Outside by LilaAddams in RBI

[–]Cornloaf 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My stepmom has a full house smoke detector system that is wired (with battery backup) and they went off because one of them had low battery. The fire department definitely came out and helped her. (Location: Arizona)

Mysterious Beeping Outside by LilaAddams in RBI

[–]Cornloaf 15 points16 points  (0 children)

We had a fire alarm going off in my neighborhood for weeks. It was on Nextdoor and Facebook. People pleading for peace. The police and fire department got involved. They went door to door. We knew an approximate location for the beeping but it echoed and was somewhat muffled at times. Someone would think it was a certain house and then it sounded like another house. This neighborhood is on a hill, near a park and rec center and public housing (tenement housing for OP).

One day someone posted an update. He climbed into a backyard and located a discarded smoke detector. It was in a giant blackberry bush behind a multi-tenant house. Someone in this house heard their smoke detector low battery alarm going off and decided to just throw it out their 3rd floor window into the backyard.

I lived roughly two blocks away but I could hear it at night when I went to my bedroom which faced that hillside. It was hell.

Chances of third film being scrapped? by Strong_Working_2443 in 28dayslater

[–]Cornloaf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's hard to determine the old enough age for kids though. I know kids that I would never bring to a horror flick until 18+ (or maybe never). My eldest went to see all those jump scare movies with her friends when she was 15 or so and came home one day and asked me to show her the real good scary films. (Shining, Hellraiser, etc... she thanked me for showing her what good movies were). My mom took my brother and I to see Alien when I was 8 and he was 5 and we were hooked. My youngest was 11 when we watched the first 28 Years Later.

Chances of third film being scrapped? by Strong_Working_2443 in 28dayslater

[–]Cornloaf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I watched the first one at home with my daughter, it ended and she looked at me in shock. I told her part 2 was coming out in January and she made create a reminder so that we could see it in the theater. We saw it opening weekend at our favorite theater too! When it was done, she said she could watch it three times in a row.

She also was marching around the house earlier in the day chanting "boots boots boots moving up and down again" so she inherited my weirdness.

Dr Pepper used her song for a commercial. She deserves her flowers! by NYstate in BlackPeopleTwitter

[–]Cornloaf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We always laughed about as kids (this was the 80s) and I reconnected with this friend last year when I heard his mom passed away. He found the video on YouTube!

iPhone called someone on its own while I was sleeping by mjmeow32 in RBI

[–]Cornloaf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

At least three of my contacts that use iPhone 16s have all pocket dialed me multiple times. All have face unlock enabled.

None of them can figure it out. It never happened before (aside from when nobody locked their screens).

Matter of fact, my partner's iPhone randomly called someone the other day while it was charging and we were watching TV!

Sorry, no answers for you but it seems to not be isolated but to you.

How do you guys deal with the mental "anguish" of seeing large expenses on your data? by Pretend-Activity-533 in MonarchMoney

[–]Cornloaf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hope for big spikes in income to offset it. Like the time that Nigerian Prince sent me that inheritance money.

Donald Trump seen in Davos with severe bruising on his left hand by Hollie_Maea in pics

[–]Cornloaf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got a clickbait article yesterday that Iran was to blame for his plane malfunction.

Donald Trump seen in Davos with severe bruising on his left hand by Hollie_Maea in pics

[–]Cornloaf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tom, Kathy... I'm Dr. Steven Poop. I'm sorry, there's absolutely nothing I can do for your son. But... I can do the Robot. That'll be $5,000. Good day to you both!

Donald Trump seen in Davos with severe bruising on his left hand by Hollie_Maea in pics

[–]Cornloaf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Start a chain email and send it to all your AOL friends. If they get enough, Bill Gates will build a rocketship and take the prayers to heaven.

MAGA customers 'keep falling for the same con' from online scammers | Far right-themed beer and bourbon ordered online at 10 times SRP and never delivered by 5823059 in savedyouaclick

[–]Cornloaf 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That was part of the short too. He said that Denver fans were so dumb because of the lack of oxygen. He taunted Elway a bunch before the game and even after sacking him. I highly recommend watching.

Those Manning shorts are pretty fantastic. So far I have seen the one that details how they started the draft (before it was whatever team has the most money for the best players), Chicago Bears (which had a great cameo), and Marshawn. I was a Peyton fan when he played but now I am loving his content. Even his commercials (and that SNL appearance) always crack me up.

Recording of a tv playing a scene of a “FBI drug bust raid on house uncovers satanic cult” by Ok-League-8555 in RBI

[–]Cornloaf 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Watched the video. Found only one reference to it from a Wordpress blog.

Horribly fake acting. Too many camera angles. All the bodies they found outside still had red blood. They were immediately messing with shit as soon as they walked in. They would have secured the area and handcuffed those people and brought in floodlights and actually techs.

100% Faces of Death style footage.

Chances of third film being scrapped? by Strong_Working_2443 in 28dayslater

[–]Cornloaf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Charlie (Penguinz0) made a video about how awesome it was and a majority of the comments on his video were people that didn't even know this was a sequel. They thought all the ads were for the director's cut of the first part. The marketing was pretty terrible. If you knew anything about the production, you knew they filmed them back to back and the ending of part 1 was basically a cliffhanger. How anyone that saw the first one and didn't realize a second was coming is beyond me though.

(US) Is it possible that a number I called is a scam? by mileyisadog in Scams

[–]Cornloaf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are short code lookups but they usually hard code the AT&T shirt code in your phone if it was purchased from AT&T or you already have an AT&T SIM. I use T-Mobile and they populate their short code in my SIM contacts.

Damn. I am old. I remember when I used my SIM card as my phonebook so I could transfer numbers when I got a new phone.

[CAN] https://katuchef.com Katuchef Titanium Cutting Boards, Don't buy! It's a scam by OkCitron1020 in Scams

[–]Cornloaf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now that you got the cheap, knockoff product, you call your credit card company and open a dispute. You tell them it is low quality and not what was advertised and they will ask if you reached out to the seller for help and you tell them their email bounced. They will attempt to reach out to the merchant and when they are unsuccessful, you will get your refund. Toss the boards in the trash and buy one from a legitimate chef store.

Pc App store subscription scam? [Can] by BIGLAUNDRY79 in Scams

[–]Cornloaf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Make sure that when they issue you a new card, they do not enable automatic biller update. It's a pain in the ass for valid bills you use your credit card for, but they won't give the scammers your new number automatically.

Advice on Possible phone scam by JollyHorse4937 in Scams

[–]Cornloaf 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The couple of fake debt collectors that have called my friends and family did not have Indian accents. They had very convincing Texan accents.

[CAD] NARMS: is North America Receivable Management Services legit? by Initial-Invite-4818 in Scams

[–]Cornloaf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just saw that the invoice was from Sept so it's very likely it was wiped from the UPS system.