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prawn on Sept 16, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Scammed out of $130K via fake Google call, spoofed...

“never answering my phone when someone calls unless I'm expecting a call”

Friend’s mother got scammed. She’d contacted tech support and they said they’d call back. Then a scammer just happened to call her within that next hour…

everybodyknows on Sept 17, 2025 [–]

Call center worker with a sideline business?

prawn on Sept 18, 2025 | [–]

Tech support scam calls are common enough that I'd believe it just being coincidental timing.

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