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You'd be surprised how targeted these scams can be. A friend's mother got an email from her synagogue, with the rabbi's name and everything, asking her to buy

You'd be surprised how targeted these scams can be. A friend's mother got an email from her synagogue, with the rabbi's name and everything, asking her to buy some gift cards to surprise some other (named) officials.

mistrial9 4y ago
except that the scammer was another attendee with a drug problem? before you yell at me, this actually happened to me, contacted via a trusted, long-term social club, and one of the wives (unknown to me) apparently had a full-on painkiller addiction and when it is time, they do anything.. even as far as using the phone list from the trusted social group to arrange for (thinly disguised) payment card purchases "now"
- bombcar 4y ago
  They usually look at your website and find some names - if you have buy-in you can create a fake president or CEO to catch many of these.
charlieyu1 4y ago
From Hong Kong, and I rarely even pick up phone calls from unnamed sources anymore
treeman79 4y ago
The grocery store manager was telling us how scammers have names of all higher ups at her and nearby stores and their schedules. So they know when to call, and what names to mention. All extremely professional sounding over the phone.
fortran77 4y ago
A new secretary at a company I consult for received an email saying she needed to buy gift cards for an employee. Our best guess is scammers look for people posting about their new administrative assistant jobs on LinkedIn, etc....
- bombcar 4y ago
  Many companies leak tons of information on their website; look up the CEO/President's name, find someone on Linked-in that is a new hire, guess their email based on whatever format the company uses (first.last@company, etc) and send a decent looking email or call. It's pretty darn advanced, and can extend to texts, etc. If you don't know 'how your president talks' you can easily be bamboozled (we cover it in onboarding now, and have identified people they can always go to with questions).

mistrial9 4y ago

except that the scammer was another attendee with a drug problem? before you yell at me, this actually happened to me, contacted via a trusted, long-term social club, and one of the wives (unknown to me) apparently had a full-on painkiller addiction and when it is time, they do anything.. even as far as using the phone list from the trusted social group to arrange for (thinly disguised) payment card purchases "now"

bombcar 4y ago
They usually look at your website and find some names - if you have buy-in you can create a fake president or CEO to catch many of these.

charlieyu1 4y ago

From Hong Kong, and I rarely even pick up phone calls from unnamed sources anymore

treeman79 4y ago

The grocery store manager was telling us how scammers have names of all higher ups at her and nearby stores and their schedules. So they know when to call, and what names to mention. All extremely professional sounding over the phone.

fortran77 4y ago

A new secretary at a company I consult for received an email saying she needed to buy gift cards for an employee. Our best guess is scammers look for people posting about their new administrative assistant jobs on LinkedIn, etc....

bombcar 4y ago
Many companies leak tons of information on their website; look up the CEO/President's name, find someone on Linked-in that is a new hire, guess their email based on whatever format the company uses (first.last@company, etc) and send a decent looking email or call. It's pretty darn advanced, and can extend to texts, etc. If you don't know 'how your president talks' you can easily be bamboozled (we cover it in onboarding now, and have identified people they can always go to with questions).