Demitri_C Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 What i want to know is how do they get peoples numbers for these scams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted September 20, 2022 Administrator Share Posted September 20, 2022 19 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: What i want to know is how do they get peoples numbers for these scams Buying lists but mainly at random. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 21 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: What i want to know is how do they get peoples numbers for these scams Online retailers sell them (and email addresses) in bulk to scammers. Also when big businesses get hacked, this is the kind of data they steal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted September 21, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted September 21, 2022 11 hours ago, Demitri_C said: What i want to know is how do they get peoples numbers for these scams Your personal details (name, email, phone number etc) have probably been involved in multiple data breaches and are freely available on the dark web. Hackers can then merge these databases together to try and build larger pictures of people. Try inputting your email address or most regularly used passwords on this site and it'll show your vulnerabilities. https://haveibeenpwned.com/ Alternatively, several antivirus tools perform this function too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ciggiesnbeer Posted September 21, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 21, 2022 Thanks for the heads up. My advice, dont feel bad about yourself. I fell for a police charity scam here in the USA years ago. It was "only" like $100 but I felt like a fool afterwards for years. Then I realized I was doubly hurting myself for feeling stupid. So I decided to forgive myself for being a good person who trusted someone for a fake good cause. It was the crooks who should feel guilty about it, not me. So dont you or your missus be too hard on yourself. You are just decent people who wanted to do the right thing. Its the crooks who should feel bad. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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