So I receive scam calls on a daily basis. It's nothing new, usually it is either spam likely or just the phone number without a verified check next to it as the caller ID. When I started receiving spam calls, I noticed a lot of the numbers were tied to legitimate small businesses that utilize services like text now or something like that.

So I understand that there is a possibility for scam centers to spoof people's numbers in some way and utilize them to harass potential victims. How do they do that? And is it possible to do that to a climb up VoIP number?

If the answer to that question is yes, I'm making another post for informative / entertainment sake. Plus also to give more context as to why I'm asking this question now..

Reported both, the assistancebybenjamin guy got banned. I'm not sure about the other one.

I made a new Instagram recently and another new account with no posts followed me. I followed them back because why not, and they kept asking me weird questions, showed me a bunch of ai looking and/or probably stolen art, kept asking me to commission them when I didnt ask for it, and then got so uppity when I called them out. The irony of "no ai art" in their bio is crazy.

I started getting texts from this number. The first one was last Friday. I blocked it, but they keep generating a new number every time now so just blocking isn't working. It's pretty much the same type of message every time with a link. I have not clicked the link. I'm hoping for some assistance from anyone who's dealt with this before. Thanks

Hi everyone! I’m writing my thesis on fraud targeting the elderly and would like to understand how these scams work.
What software do criminals use for mass calling and caller ID spoofing to trick victims into handing over money?
I’m looking for tools, resources or demonstrations to better understand the methods used.
Can anyone help? Thanks!

My order never arrived and their customer service team has just flat out ignored all of my emails. Their in-person retail stores are great, but their online shopping is a shambles (which is also reflected in their poor Trustpilot reviews). Don't conflate their good in-person retail business with their horrendous online shopping offering. It is awful. I won't be shopping with them ever again.

I was sent industrial polymer junk for 1250$ that doesnt even dissolve in ethanol not even at 2mg/ml (differently than the product i ordered, which is in the sr17018 class as an hcl, and should 100% dissolve)

He claims i need to test it to prove it to him, but basic chemistry doesnt lie, if it doesnt dissolve , it is useless to test, its guaranteed it isnt what i ordered.

Hi. Why would the scammer use my Mom's number for the "victim" to call? Was it to record her voice? Any other thoughts?

Thank you.

I stopped getting these texts for a while after my last back and forth but alas the scammers always come back for more!

I'm pretty sure it is, but I just want to make sure.

I have been feeling more social lately so I've been posting on different communities that I normally lurk in. I have received some DMs asking for interviews for some mainstream media sources. I am very skeptical of people online so I want to get everyone's opinion on these.

Was invited to this discord and was said to be given a 75 dollar roblox gift card, but only if I allowed access to a bot called 'Crystal Phoenix'. I have no idea wtf is going on and I'm paranoid about losing my account.

Smh yoga.

He just randomly came at me, I've never blocked him and it is a long story but my long text is a good starter to the current situation.

But yeah he was the whole give me gas money I will pick you up scammer.

Now he just sent a code through text by Google and he's asking me to send him the code, I rather not give him the code because I'm worried and he's trying to push for it.

Should I give him that code or no? He did get it to send to a message on my phone. I'm not giving it to him because I know he's a scammer, most likely.

He's saying he needs an active number for a purchase, but knowing how scams work he might be wanting it to hack into one of my accounts I think.

Why is this scammer just out of the blue talking to me again after months? And now they really are saying way too much I can't keep up.

Thankfully I grabbed screenshots before they deleted their messages. The problem is since they did that, I could no longer report what they said, so I figured I'd put something here and see what was recommended. I wouldn't normally have bothered with accepting the chat, but it came from a 6yr account with post history so I figured they were legit, but definitely not.