Of course it is If it purports to come from someone you know, their phone contacts may have been hacked, or their email addr book ...
Read the full replyThis sounds like a scam to me:
"Hi, Sorry to bother, Hope you are ok. I'm unable to speak over the phone due to a serious throat pains caused by laryngitis, Just wanted to check in and see if I can ask something from you please?"
If it is followed up by a request to do something concerning store gift cards, then it is surely a scam. Any comments?
It's a scam. Need you ask?
Am 15/04/2024 um 17:25 schrieb Davey:
100% legit. Go ahead and keep us posted.
Of course it is
If it purports to come from someone you know, their phone contacts may have been hacked, or their email addr book ...
Why, is it you?
E-mail address book, surely. I run the local Oil Syndicate, and this is just one of my contacts. If I get any more requests from different people, I will know it is my address book that is hacked. If not, then it must be the recipient of the message.
Send them a picture of your honourable member and the phone numbers of your colleagues? I think that's the official protocol.
The "Hi" without your name means it's a scam. The request to ask you something without actually asking means it's a scam.
Am 15/04/2024 um 17:35 schrieb Davey:
It's one of my "associates".
No, just send a dick pic.
On 15 Apr 2024, Ottavio Caruso wrote
(*snork*)
That's nasty; I like nasty...
It was indeed a scam. No surprise there.
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