Post by kas on Sept 2, 2018 22:32:37 GMT -5
If you are TOLD to BUY iTunes card then you are being SCAMMED!
I can't believe personally how easily people believe so many variants of the scams but here is one:
windsor.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1477220#1473585
The lady Googled Apple phone number and called the number that to me was so obvious wasn't Apple as the link was to a WIX site. Anyone can build a free site at WIX. Yet I can understand in her mind she was thinking she did the smart thing and Googled the number and the legit one should show up first right?
She then calls that number and is told the charge on her account was because someone hacked her account and she has to go buy an iTunes card to fix it .. AND SHE DOES! She stays on the phone with the scammer as she gets the $15 card and then is told she has to get the $100 card and then told she has to get 3 more $100 cards. It was obvious the scammer knew he hit the jackpot with this lady so he hurried to get as much out of her as possible before she caught on. She gave him the codes but for the last one the cashier said are you buying this for yourself or is someone telling you to buy it. Then when she said the answer the cashier took the phone and hung up on the scammer.
I can't believe personally how easily people believe so many variants of the scams but here is one:
windsor.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1477220#1473585
The lady Googled Apple phone number and called the number that to me was so obvious wasn't Apple as the link was to a WIX site. Anyone can build a free site at WIX. Yet I can understand in her mind she was thinking she did the smart thing and Googled the number and the legit one should show up first right?
She then calls that number and is told the charge on her account was because someone hacked her account and she has to go buy an iTunes card to fix it .. AND SHE DOES! She stays on the phone with the scammer as she gets the $15 card and then is told she has to get the $100 card and then told she has to get 3 more $100 cards. It was obvious the scammer knew he hit the jackpot with this lady so he hurried to get as much out of her as possible before she caught on. She gave him the codes but for the last one the cashier said are you buying this for yourself or is someone telling you to buy it. Then when she said the answer the cashier took the phone and hung up on the scammer.
