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To: BipolarBob
I am not a smart man. And I have no idea who this Marco Williams dude is. Sorry to disappoint you.

Sorry if my attempt at parodying typical bot "come-ons" fell flat.

One occasionally encounters comments like that in public message boards - someone agreeing with you, flattering you, and then referencing some online trader with whom they have great success. The dead give-away is that, suddenly, lots of other bots will then post additional comments agreeing with the initial bot. Pretty obvious to me that it's a "set-up," but I guess that it must work with some people.

I once read, long ago, a comment about how paper-thin (read: easy to spot) these scams are - but someone then explained that they are intentionally obvious, because the scammers are targeting the absolutely stupidest (and/or greediest) people they can possibly find. If the potential mark starts by asking probing question, and expressing doubts, then the scammers will immediately drop them. The scammers want people who are "true believers" (i.e., unquestioning fools). By intentionally including, e.g., blatant misspellings early on in their "come-ons," they immediately filter out people with better than eighth-grade educations.

Regards,

19 posted on 07/10/2022 6:26:31 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: alexander_busek; Engedi

Okay, now I get it. Thanks for the explanation. True story here. Yesterday I got a letter in the mail saying my vehicle warranty was getting ready to be voided. As long as I keep my scheduled maintenance, this should not be. I was mad. I furiously looked through my records and I am in compliance. This looks to be from my dealer that I bought it from and who services my vehicle. It’s got their name all over it. CLOSER looking, it’s really from one of those telescammers wanting to sell me an extended warranty. Pretty deceptive. I figured it out while I was on hold from calling them back. Then I hung up. Scammers never sleep.


22 posted on 07/10/2022 6:38:11 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Noah was called a conspiracy theorist by CNN . . . and then it rained.)
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