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05-03-2019, 02:33 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2013
Location: ..., New Mexico
Trailer: 2013 Esc19/'14 Silvrado
Posts: 4,193
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Senior Alert
As a member of the senior class although I do not own a Grand Torino I do have plans to duplicate Clint Eastwood’s achievement. He’s now 88 years old and can still tell when something doesn’t smell right. Since a lot of us trailer folk are seniors, or close to it, a call I got today might be useful.
No, it wasn’t about a too good to be true deal on a used Escape. A young man claiming to be my nephew and sounding sadly in trouble told me a story how he was in Ohio, was attending his best friend’s wedding, and needed help. He had me right there. First he said I had to keep it a secret because he didn’t want his folks to know about his broken nose from an auto accident and how he failed a breathalyzer test, and, wait for it…. Needed ten thousand dollars bail money.
I said, which town in Ohio are you at? After a pause, he said Toronto. (I didn’t think there was a Toronto in Ohio but later checked and there is, a few miles north of Steubenville. ) But his answer suddenly raised my otherwise nose-blind sensors. These guys are good, yes, they use your kicked in sympathetic instincts to reel you in.
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Myron
"A billion here, a billion there...add it all up and before you know it you're talking real money." Everett Dirkson
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05-03-2019, 02:41 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Olympia wa, Washington
Trailer: 5.0TA 2017
Posts: 2,255
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my mom gets those a lot they even use my sons name
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05-03-2019, 04:27 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Emerson, Manitoba
Trailer: 2016 Escape 5.0TA, 2022 F150 2.7EB
Posts: 1,848
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MyronL
I said, which town in Ohio are you at? After a pause, he said Toronto. (I didn’t think there was a Toronto in Ohio but later checked and there is, a few miles north of Steubenville. ) But his answer suddenly raised my otherwise nose-blind sensors. These guys are good, yes, they use your kicked in sympathetic instincts to reel you in.
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He probably was in Toronto ON. The pause was while he was trying to think of any town in Ohio, but couldn't.
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Adrian (and Beth)
We are all travellers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.
Robert Louis Stevenson
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05-03-2019, 04:45 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: Where I park, Texas
Trailer: Winnebego Micro-Mini 2106 FBS
Posts: 20
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Flashback.....I received an email once telling me my SIL was on vacation and was in an accident and needed 10,000 for urgent medical care. Included were instructions on where to send the money. I sent a copy of the email to my brother and the FBI internet fraud site.
Amazing what people will do.
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“Oh, the places you'll go.”....Dr. Seuss
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05-03-2019, 05:12 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
Trailer: Escape#5 2022 E19
Posts: 26,268
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I won the Publishers Clearing House contest and in order to receive my $5,000/week for life, I had to set up a wire account for them to wire my money into my bank account. NOT.....Nowadays I just answer the phone with "IRS" or "FBI" and they hang up....
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Jim
Sometime life gets in the way of living.......
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05-03-2019, 05:18 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2009 Escape 17B 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE
Posts: 17,136
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Not that many years ago I got a letter from a Nigerian prince.
It was a real envelope, with a hand-written letter and there was a real stamp on the letter.
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What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
- Bertolt Brecht
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05-03-2019, 08:45 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: WI, Wisconsin
Trailer: 2018 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 465
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gbaglo
Not that many years ago I got a letter from a Nigerian prince.
It was a real envelope, with a hand-written letter and there was a real stamp on the letter.
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So he does exist!!!!!! Now I gotta reply to his email!
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05-03-2019, 08:49 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2009 Escape 17B 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE
Posts: 17,136
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I was amazed because email scams were already prevalent. Cost him an envelope and the postage. He should have enclosed a self addressed stamped envelope.
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What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
- Bertolt Brecht
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05-03-2019, 09:33 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Hellertown, Pennsylvania
Trailer: Scamp 16, TV Rav4 V6
Posts: 100
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Happened to me to. Got a call, i answered the phone, A young man said POP, i said yeah , i can't hear you, speak up, i said. He said, i can't talk right, i broke my nose in a car accident in NYC. They have me in jail, i need 12000$ bail money, please get me out of here please i just want to go home. Gave the phone to my wife and i called our son. I said you are going to have to drive me to NY cause i am to upset to do it. He told me that my grandson was on the sofa watching the race on TV stuffing is face with chips. I have been had, very easy.
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05-03-2019, 09:49 PM
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#10
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Benton County, Iowa
Trailer: 2013 Escape 21 Classic Number 6, pulled by 2018 Toyota Highlander
Posts: 8,260
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My real blunt side kicks in on these sympathy deals,
The “you owe the IRS deals”. The outstanding warrant deals. Etc etc etc. Makes me feel good to bully them and hear them hang up. I have no fear of reprisal. Know your enemy.
Iowa Dave
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Dave
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05-03-2019, 09:54 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2009 Escape 17B 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE
Posts: 17,136
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I just put the phone down as silently as I can. They continue to babble on. Ten minutes later the phone is going buzz buzz to tell me they have finally hung up.
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What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
- Bertolt Brecht
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05-03-2019, 10:03 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: DFW, Texas
Trailer: 2018 21 Sept 7 2018
Posts: 1,073
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Air horns and whistles work good too
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05-04-2019, 01:15 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Mid Left Coast, California
Trailer: 2014 Escape 21
Posts: 5,155
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Oldtimer
Air horns and whistles work good too
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telephones have a very narrow dynamic range, and compress the heck out of audio. while the horn/whistle is undoubtedly annoying, its not *that* loud on the other side.
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05-04-2019, 08:50 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Trailer: 2012 E19
Posts: 1,756
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In the past 36 hours my wife's cell has gotten at least 3 calls from Sierra Leone. News says it's a scam; they want you to think you missed a call that might be important, and return the call. They keep you on the line as long as possible. You end up getting hit with huge international call fees.
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05-04-2019, 09:01 AM
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#15
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Tucson, AZ, Arizona
Trailer: gone, 19 and 21 & 17B with 5.0 now. gone
Posts: 790
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alert
When I got a call from a nephew, before he could ask for money I reminded him of the loan I had made to him and insisted he pay me back. I don't understand why he would hang up on me.
Jack
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05-04-2019, 11:14 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Ventura County, California
Trailer: 2013 19 Escape
Posts: 7,204
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Quote:
Originally Posted by John in Santa Cruz
telephones have a very narrow dynamic range, and compress the heck out of audio. while the horn/whistle is undoubtedly annoying, its not *that* loud on the other side.
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Never knew that so I guess I'll give that up . Pat
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05-04-2019, 12:51 PM
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#17
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
Trailer: Escape#5 2022 E19
Posts: 26,268
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Do not tell Becker that....
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Jim
Sometime life gets in the way of living.......
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