Someone Tried to Catfish Me

[scottmandue]

Joke is on you guys... As soon a the Nigerian prince gets back to me we will be having a huge BBQ a my Malibu beach house.��

[herr_oberst]

It happened to me fairly recently - it took about 4 lines of text before my "wrong number" wrote that I seemed nice and "she" was new in town and did I want to get a drink. >delete/block<

And, boom like that, thanks to my new friend, I will never, ever respond to an unknown number ever again. They get ruthlessly deleted and blocked and it's too damn bad if it's a message that would benefit me...

[wdfifteen]

My first response, text or call, is usually "Who is this?"
The other day I was distracted. Got a call, "Is Patrick there?"
I said, "Yes."

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[MikeSid]

Originally Posted by cstreit

I used to amuse myself by responding to these but then realized later they are almost all bots. …so now I just immediatly block them.

All of PPOT is comprised of bots. There's only one real human among us. And you know what they say at the poker table, if you can't spot the human, it's you.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Capt. Carrera

There must be a lot of lonely guys out there, cause it must work often enough.

With me it unfolds like this.
(518) 555-5555
“ I’m coming out there, so fire up the barbecue.”

(941) 867-5309 (me)
*Block*

Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner.

I think there's a setting on most phones where you can say "block any calls that aren't from a contact." That's too far for me since it could be someone from work, a Dr office, the mechanic that's got the car, etc.... There are so many random calls that could be real, that I can't block ALL calls/texts. But I don't answer calls that I don't recognize if I'm not expecting a call or text. If they don't leave a VM, they get blocked. If their text is BS, they get blocked.

[cstreit]

Originally Posted by cgarr

I have no friends, I wish someone would call me, even a wrong number would make my day!

I was seconds from sending you a "What are you wearing?" text and realized it might not be your current number.

[RNajarian]

Understand many of us use our cell phones as a business phone. Potential clients, customers or colleagues may call to begin the professional relationship. So we need to vet some of the incoming calls.

Example,

This is Dr Najarian, would you please have Dr. Smith call me at his earliest convenience about a mutual patient.

I may not recognize Dr. Smith’s phone number when he calls.

That’s why I answer my phone.


“

[dad911]

I never answer if I don't know the number.

Answering that text, now they know you are a valid number and you will get repeat attacks.

[MBAtarga]

Blocking a phone spammer's "number" is worthless. They are faking the number they are calling from just like their fake stories they make up.

Just delete it and move on.

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by Capt. Carrera

There must be a lot of lonely guys out there, cause it must work often enough.

With me it unfolds like this.
(518) 555-5555
“ I’m coming out there, so fire up the barbecue.”

(941) 867-5309 (me)
*Block*

So that is why I never heard from you.

[Bill Douglas]

I'd be flattered. No one ever bothers to catfish me.

Come to think of it. Half a lifetime ago some nutty chick used to phone me at 3:00am and say in a slow drawn out voice "Hello Dickhead, how are you?" I tried to get her talking but she never really said much. After I said "Please don't hang up, you're my best friend..." I think she thought I was more of a nutter than she was and never called again LOL

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by MBAtarga

Blocking a phone spammer's "number" is worthless. They are faking the number they are calling from just like their fake stories they make up.

Just delete it and move on.

Yep ... just ignore, delete, and move on....

The only numbers I do block are legit. Naw.... I don't want to sell my houses or land and I will NEVER buy insurance (or anything else) from a phone call ....

Even those are non-stop .... calls, texts, and US mail.

I reckon it works for some .... but an instant "turn off" and will never work on me.

[sc_rufctr]

Originally Posted by Bill Douglas

I'd be flattered. No one ever bothers to catfish me.

Come to think of it. Half a lifetime ago some nutty chick used to phone me at 3:00am and say in a slow drawn out voice "Hello Dickhead, how are you?" I tried to get her talking but she never really said much. After I said "Please don't hang up, you're my best friend..." I think she thought I was more of a nutter than she was and never called again LOL

Lol...

[GH85Carrera]

I get texts from some supposed company offering me business loans of 1/4 million or so. Yea, right.

Some total stranger is just going to loan me a large hunk of money. Those are deleted and reported as spam. #1, I don't need a business loan. #2, I only do banking with a local owned bank that I can walk into some bankers office and talk face to face. #3 if I did I would expect to meet the banker face to face, and sign papers in the office after a through credit check and I only give that info to real banks that follow the FDIC laws.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by KC911

Yep ... just ignore, delete, and move on....

The only numbers I do block are legit. Naw.... I don't want to sell my houses or land and I will NEVER buy insurance (or anything else) from a phone call ....

Even those are non-stop .... calls, texts, and US mail.

I reckon it works for some .... but an instant "turn off" and will never work on me.

Since we bought our place in the country, I've started getting texts from folks that want to buy our property that they think has no buildings and is not lived on. I think they are all "legit" in that they are businesses that want to buy property, although I think they would try to low ball us and we're not interested in selling right now, so I just always block them.

[David Inc.]

I get these every so often. I generally try to get them to engage in some sort of illegal behavior. One time they got big mad because I was accusing them of not paying up their share of the coke I was buying for the party.

It's hard to tell if they're actual bots or sometimes people, the reactions I got out of that one didn't seem in line with what a bot would produce, especially all of the swearing and threats.

[Zeke]

There's a guy that does old radio and TV repair videos that is just as well known for his quips as he is at repairs. I know this guy and he's been around L.A. for a long time and is really hip. He came to be in the Hollywood scene more or less after the Laurel Canyon years. More like the Madonna years, so he's been there.

You can hear the hipness if you've been there. Anyway, he takes calls while working and just says one thing over and over, "Where's my money?"

All kinds of responses as it disrupts the script. Gets plenty of FU's too which he enjoys because he knows he wasted their time and got their goat too.

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by Zeke

There's a guy that does old radio and TV repair videos that is just as well known for his quips as he is at repairs. I know this guy and he's been around L.A. for a long time and is really hip. He came to be in the Hollywood scene more or less after the Laurel Canyon years. More like the Madonna years, so he's been there.

You can hear the hipness if you've been there. Anyway, he takes calls while working and just says one thing over and over, "Where's my money?"

All kinds of responses as it disrupts the script. Gets plenty of FU's too which he enjoys because he knows he wasted their time and got their goat too.

LOL! Funny coincidence. I just got a "grandpa" scam caller..."Where's my money?" worked like a charm...

Scammer: "Hello Grandpa..."

Me, angry voice: "Where's my money!?!?!"

click.

[Steve Carlton]

Originally Posted by Bill Douglas

I'd be flattered. No one ever bothers to catfish me.

Come to think of it. Half a lifetime ago some nutty chick used to phone me at 3:00am and say in a slow drawn out voice "Hello Dickhead, how are you?" I tried to get her talking but she never really said much. After I said "Please don't hang up, you're my best friend..." I think she thought I was more of a nutter than she was and never called again LOL

You freaked me out.

[RobFrost]

Originally Posted by David Inc.

I get these every so often. I generally try to get them to engage in some sort of illegal behavior. One time they got big mad because I was accusing them of not paying up their share of the coke I was buying for the party.

It's hard to tell if they're actual bots or sometimes people, the reactions I got out of that one didn't seem in line with what a bot would produce, especially all of the swearing and threats.

It's possible it starts out as a bot then a real person pays the bot company to take over the conversations that reply.

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