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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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[–] lime@feddit.nl 1 points 1 day ago

Thanks for providing a source!

I just noticed that we have nearly identical usernames, down to the instance 😯 I had to do a double-take when I saw the comment thread. It was not my intention to imitate you. I am simply not creative when it comes to choosing usernames.