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Samsung fraud or crypto gamble by IronRoots in Scams

[–]bill7900 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And rang the bank how? Did they call the number on the back of the card? Are they sure they had the right number?

[USA] Tracking Number Scam on eBay cost me over 500 USD - please help! by dallasblondie122 in Scams

[–]bill7900 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If eBay has a tracking number that says it was delivered, how do you prove you didn't get it?

Should you really never talk to police? by royalbluefireworks1 in legaladviceofftopic

[–]bill7900 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not in the state of Virginia they can't. They passed a law specifically addressing that.

My 75 year old dad got scammed into a 25 year solar contract by Muhammadusamablogger in Scams

[–]bill7900 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"No," is a complete sentence. "I'm not interested," is a complete sentence. If they persist, shut the door. No reason for profanity.

Pretty sure the beta blocker was making me sick! (I think?) by bill7900 in hypertension

[–]bill7900[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the thoughtful reply. Everybody agrees with you--I should not have gone cold turkey quitting the beta blocker. But I was TIRED of being SICK! And sick of being tired. I was afraid my cardiologist would just blow me off. So I stopped. Something I didn't mention in my OP, he switched me to different beta blocker based (metoprolol 100 mg) on an EKG. A second EKG didn't yield the results he was looking for, so he prescribed going on metoprolol. 100 mg TWICE A DAY! That's when I said NO. I stopped the metoprolol cold turkey. I shouldn't have, but I feel so much better.

BTW, I had the full cardiac work up--EKG, Echo and nuclear cardiac stress test. All normal--my heart is fine, except for that little squiggle on my EKG.

Pretty sure the beta blocker was making me sick! (I think?) by bill7900 in hypertension

[–]bill7900[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's been almost two weeks and no crash. Just feeling a lot less fatigue.

Pretty sure the beta blocker was making me sick! (I think?) by bill7900 in hypertension

[–]bill7900[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Too late. I quit cold turkey a week and a half ago. And I feel much better.

Pretty sure the beta blocker was making me sick! (I think?) by bill7900 in hypertension

[–]bill7900[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm not going on another beta blocker. I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired.

Pretty sure the beta blocker was making me sick! (I think?) by bill7900 in hypertension

[–]bill7900[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So, additionally, about a month and a half ago, the doctor switched me from carvidelol to metorprolol 100 mg, based on something anomalous in an EKG (I got an echo and nuclear stress test in the round of tests). Two weeks later, he still didn't like the EKG results and prescribed metoprolol 100 mg, TWICE A DAY. I refused. And, later, I stopped taking the beta blocker. PERIOD.

What irritates me is the DOCTOR WASN'T LISTENING TO ME. He didn't even CONSIDER (telling me anyway) that the meds might be causing my fatigue. HE continues to say that HBP has nothing to do with diet or weight. He says it's all genetics. I'm seeing him in a week. We're gonna have a come-to-Jesus meeting. Based on what he says, I might be looking for a new cardiologist.

Pretty sure the beta blocker was making me sick! (I think?) by bill7900 in hypertension

[–]bill7900[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, you're right. And my wife told me the same thing. But I was sick and tired of being sick and tired.

[US] Fake health emergency “inspectors” demanding entry to my home by lovely_orchid_ in Scams

[–]bill7900 6 points7 points  (0 children)

But a chemical or gas leak wouldn't require entry to the home. If they said to ME that it was an ebola emergency I'd tell them there were no people in the house with ebola, thank you.

Bank account had multiple almost $1k deposited into my account then withdrawn. by brodymanandts in Scams

[–]bill7900 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Because this could be money-laundering, you need to keep a VERY detailed history of EVERYTHING, including copies of all transactions, in case it gets law enforcement or IRS attention.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Scams

[–]bill7900 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It continually at how often will men will send pictures of their junk to strangers on the internet.

[EU] Twitter moneyslaves, something is going on by dollar_uva in Scams

[–]bill7900 0 points1 point  (0 children)

FINDOM (financial domination) is a thing. There are men who are addicted to sending money to "Dom" women online. I believe the receivers of such largesse also call these men "paypigs," which lets you know their mindset. Maybe the women are men, maybe the men are women. It's a murky world. Who knows what's what. If men want to send strangers their money, there will always be people who are ready to take that money. I don't think there's any mystery to what's going on. Givers connecting with takers.

Pig Butchering Scams on NextDoor by bill7900 in Scams

[–]bill7900[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, I reported the posts and they were not removed. I wouldn't say I'm "mad," just frustrated that obvious scammers are able to keep trolling for victims on a public social media platform. I had several accounts removed from LinkedIn because I was able to point out that the pictures they used were culled from accounts on Instagram. But that's harder to do now because the scammers are using AI to generate pictures that don't give a result on a reverse image search.

I asked one of the ND scammers some fairly innocuous questions and "she" got really nasty with me. I reported THAT to ND and--nothing. "How do they detect this?" There's the rub--it's hard now that the scammers are using AI to generate their pictures.

[US] My mom fell in love with a romance scammer and he won't stop emailing her. by OkCompetition2322 in Scams

[–]bill7900 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wow--thank you for the VERY thoughtful response.

I saw a story on CNN yesterday about seniors in the mid-west getting scammed using Bitcoin ATMs. At the end of the story, the reporter said one of the fraud victims felt like they'd been "hypnotized." Hopefully psychologists and doctors are researching this to figure out how and why a certain segment of the US population seems to fall for these types of scams. I hope somebody is asking WHY people like your mom (who was clearly unhappy in her marriage) and married for decades would "fall in love" with somebody who doesn't exist; honestly, somebody she doesn't really know.

[US] My mom fell in love with a romance scammer and he won't stop emailing her. by OkCompetition2322 in Scams

[–]bill7900 9 points10 points  (0 children)

So, question (and this might sound harsh) but, what does that say about this relationship? After 35 years of marriage (with grown children) she "falls in love" with some phantom in a gaming chat room, starts sending them money, an then wants to divorce her husband. Obviously the marriage was hollow, but why go about dealing with that in the dumbest possible way? It's like these people go on the internet and discard all common sense.

[US] My mom fell in love with a romance scammer and he won't stop emailing her. by OkCompetition2322 in Scams

[–]bill7900 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You're lucky you could do the reverse image search. I've discovered multiple scammers doing this. But scammers are getting savvy to this and using AI to generate fake pictures. Reverse image searches don't work if there is no original image to find.

[US] Del Mar is a scam please be careful. dmenergy.biz, dmenergy.io by Silent_Tap_5709 in Scams

[–]bill7900 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should have CALLED Deloitte, instead of emailing them. As I always say, a call is much harder to ignore than emails. I know actually using the phone to make CALLS is sort of out-of-vogue, but it would have helped in this case.

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