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Why don't people ask scammers a few questions? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by Kintarian@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Someone calls and says, “Grandma, i’ve been in an accident …” and so on. Why don’t people ask a few questions? If you’re my grand daughter, what’s my name, when is my birthday, where do I live, what’s my favorite food?

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[–] 1D10@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I've been answering the phone with "Bob's dildo repair,Bob speaking" since before cell phones.

Caller ID has made things less interesting though, I still remember the sigh of disappointment when my first wife's father called me the first time.

Fun fact I found out I'm an Autistic man with Bipolar disorder while in my 40s -50s so that could explain it.