I think they’re hoping for coincidences and the higher the numbers the more likely they’ll find one. I got a real letter from the IRS two days before I got the

I think they’re hoping for coincidences and the higher the numbers the more likely they’ll find one. I got a real letter from the IRS two days before I got the scam message on my answering machine. The timing was uncanny and I might easily have fallen for it, had I not already dealt with it. It’s the same for the Chinese language calls, if you speak Chinese it really resonates. There was a scam in the 90s where you’d call a number and they’d give you sports betting advice. They’d do it for free as a promotion trying to sell their service when you won. They’d tell half the callers bet team A and the other half team B. The numbers made it work. “Splitting games 50-50 like that—known in the biz as "double-siding"—is the oldest trick in the handicapper's very thick book. That way he knows he has at least some happy customers coming back. “ https://vault.si.com/vault/1991/11/18/1-900-ripoffs-the-ads-for-call-in-services-that-offer-sure-thing-betting-advice-on-the-big-games-couldnt-be-more-tempting-our-own-hot-tip-dont-touch-that-phone https://vault.si.com/vault/1991/11/18/1-900-ripoffs-the-ads-...