Thursday, March 27, 2025

A new (to me) direction in spam

Voicemail, as transcribed by the phone:

“Hey, this is David from Walmart a pre-authorized purchase a PlayStation five with special edition impulse 3-D headset is being ordered from your Walmart account for amount of $919.45 To cancel your order or or to connect with one of our customer support representatives Please press one Hey, this is David from Walmart a pre-authorized purchase a PlayStation five with special edition impulse 3-D headset is being ordered from your Walmart account for amount of $919.45 To cancel your order or or to connect with one of our customer support representatives Please press one Hey, this is David from Walmart,”
and so on, for one minute and three seconds. This scam goes back at least as far as the summer of 2023.

comments: 1

Anonymous said...

I've been getting calls telling me that they think a "iPhone 16 pro max seems to be fraud.' so far the calls have been $10.08 and $87.08 for a phone with no identification of who is calling. I did look up the number and it's well-known for being a scam/phishing call. I think you call them and they ask for your card number and then say oh, it's not you but they now have your card. interesting how it always ends in ".08!"
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