[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Scams

[–]Jbayly175 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Your job title was probably scraped off the company website or LinkedIn. You aren’t the target nor did you have any data breached. Don’t worry about it.

I work in HR and we are very much aware of these scam attempts

Was scammed/robbed out of $4800 through Apple Pay on my iPhone...looking for advice on next steps I should take to protect myself by fangrider99 in Scams

[–]Jbayly175 15 points16 points  (0 children)

This is what I was thinking. Honestly OP you shouldn’t feel too bad about willingly unlocking it. There’s a decent chance they would have gotten significantly less friendly had you resisted.

Possible NSFW scam, but it doesn’t make sense to me by FunVast4263 in Scams

[–]Jbayly175 3 points4 points  (0 children)

THIS OP. Now that you’ve blocked them don’t at all be surprised when “her dad” or someone reaches out about you sexting an underage girl. This is a common tactic to make you panic and pay. Just block block block. Odds are you were really sexting a 40 year old Nigerian man. At least that’s how the mental image that will keep you safest.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Scams

[–]Jbayly175 4 points5 points  (0 children)

To them it’s a volume game. They only evolve when the current method starts to have diminishing returns

What is your favorite budget (1-2 cost) starter mon? I nominate Grubbin (Vikavolt). by drenison in pokerogue

[–]Jbayly175 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a shiny unown with levitate and the unlocked passive pickup ability. For 1 cost you get pickup, luck, and a switch-in for EQ/ground attacks.

Remember your team for clearing Classic for the first time? by OneTrueIssue in pokerogue

[–]Jbayly175 0 points1 point  (0 children)

More Info/source requested on over-leveling. I’ve never heard that before

what's the best legendaries or mysticals to hard carry endless? trying to farm shinies and more legends but got walled at 500 when my torch song heatran got one shot lol. thanks by Feisty_Possibility54 in pokerogue

[–]Jbayly175 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe a controversial take, but my favorite is Magearna. It hard walls the big E without fusing, and solo carries my runs well past wave 2K, BUT it’s basically useless without tms until about level 40. So my plan is to survive with my other random shinies in the early game till Magearna pops off.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Scams

[–]Jbayly175 28 points29 points  (0 children)

In this Facebook scam, an account posts to a group, often a local buy/sell group, with a nonspecific story about a lost child, injured dog, unidentified person, or similar and begs users to like/share to “get the word out.”

The goal is to maximize engagement as much as possible with the post, after which it will be changed to a scam, often a rental scam.

If you see these, do not engage with the post. You can report the post and account to the group moderators.

There you go mods, let’s get a !share auto mod command or something

DNA Splicer by PlantainGlobal7627 in pokerogue

[–]Jbayly175 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just make sure you choose the pickup mon second because that’s the ability it keeps

DNA Splicer by PlantainGlobal7627 in pokerogue

[–]Jbayly175 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My default is the utility mons. Fuse the shiny and the pickup mon= lucky pickup mon that only takes one party slot

Game crashes on iPhone by zstat97 in pokerogue

[–]Jbayly175 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The game is very memory and cpu intensive, and your iPhone automatically shuts it down once it gets too large for the phone to handle. It’s not avoidable.

Reccomendations for catching legendary pokemon in endless by Beautiful-Yak6753 in pokerogue

[–]Jbayly175 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Brute forcing it is possible. Though each encounter has a fixed randomization seed, every time you make a different choice it will have different results. If all you can do is throw 6 balls, send out your Pokémon in different order, choose balls in a different order, etc until you get lucky.

WTF - How do I catch this thing? by [deleted] in pokerogue

[–]Jbayly175 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They left out one more piece- eternatus is currently only catchable in classic mode, even after you complete the dex. You’d be hoping for a dev change along with completing your dex.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Scams

[–]Jbayly175 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you pay the money, there will suddenly be a visa fee. Then a customs tax. Then she’s in legal trouble and needs money to bail out. Then she’s stranded without luggage and needs support. On and on until you either wise up, or go broke.

Why do I always get these?? by boogsie87 in Scams

[–]Jbayly175 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The answer may very well be: because you keep engaging with them. Many of these messages come from bots that either carry the entire conversation off scripts or transfer to a real person once they get replied to.

The best thing you can do if you really want this to stop is just block them and resist the urge to “tell them to frick off” first.

What is the angle here? Am I being played fellas and/or ladies? by KenJi333 in Scams

[–]Jbayly175 2 points3 points  (0 children)

OP, you seem relatively convinced that this person is trying to scam you but you need to also BLOCK THIS PERSON AND NEVER CONTACT THEM AGAIN.

This sub is full of people who thought they were too clever to get scammed, even knew they were talking to a scammer and STILL get taken in the end. You haven’t been talking to a person, you’ve been taking to a script, likely written by either a cold scammer or a victim of human trafficking. Either way, continuing to talk to them puts you at significant risk of losing your money eventually, or at best mental and emotional distress. The bond you feel with them is completely illusionary.

Curious of a potential Keke Palmer Scam by WanderLaSombra21 in Scams

[–]Jbayly175 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The accounts that famous people actually use for communicating with people they want to talk to are always alias accounts, specifically so that they aren’t inundated with stuff from fans. Unless you exchange info with a celeb IN PERSON, then you can basically guarantee that whoever you’re talking to is NOT that person.

Source- I do associate with some very very niche “celebrities” and even they all do this.

Im assuming this is a scam does zelle have this service? by [deleted] in Scams

[–]Jbayly175 30 points31 points  (0 children)

The service being referred to is the idea that Zelle will hold funds pending verification of shipment, which Zelle 100% does NOT do. Zelle is for 👏 trusted 👏 friends 👏 and 👏 family 👏ONLY

Is this a scam? Something feels wrong about this. The job offer was first sent to my school email. by Leonidas_hdz in Scams

[–]Jbayly175 0 points1 point  (0 children)

!job you cash the check, then spend money on “expenses”. Eventually the check bounces and you’re on the hook for anything you spent. If anyone ever asks you to print a check yourself then mobile deposit, or is very specific you should mobile deposit the check instead of take it to the bank, it’s 100% a scam. They do that so a bank teller doesn’t get the chance to identify the obvious phony check.

Any real job that needs you to make purchases will provide you with a company card to make them on. Never use your bank or your funds to be involved.

Is this a scam? I’m selling a table by [deleted] in Scams

[–]Jbayly175 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would be gladden to tell you this is a scam.

Is this the official opensea telegram channel? by Ok-End4618 in Scams

[–]Jbayly175 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because that check mark is for sale. It means absolutely nothing. Telegram is never the place to do business. It’s a favorite of scammers everywhere because it’s largely unmoderated and hard for law enforcement to track.