When Spam isn't a mere Annoyance

It started about two weeks ago, when we received our first phone call from a fellow inquiring about the "free car."

"Eh?  What free car?" I replied.

"The car mentioned in the email promotion... this is 666-867-5309, isn't it?"

"Yep... bu this is a roost, not a car dealership.  Sorry buddy, but I think you've been owned."

The fellow then hung up, leaving me to scratch my head.

Anyways, this scenario's played itself out at least once a day since then, to include 6:30 AM this morning.  Who calls to claim a prize at O'dark thirty?

On a whim, the Hummingbird typed our phone number into Google, and Bam!  There it was... plastered all over the internet as the "winning ticket number for a brand new car!"  (note ticket number, not phone number... but folks call it anyway).

The oldest reference I found was a year old... thus I'm surprised this started just a few weeks ago.  Regardless, if it goes on much longer I might have to change our number, which would really suck pigeons.

What's even more alarming is folks are falling for it.  Shouldn't folks know by now email prizes are quick paths to an empty bank account?

As with my recent post on phishing, the reason such scams still exist is the world is still full of suckers.

Comments

[Metallman]

I've had that shit happen to me, Pigeon. It went on for a good week or so and I had no clue how they got my cell number. The difference though was that it was a "free cleaning service" and I won a free carpet wash. I told them to get lost and they persisted for a good week before they gave up. Would suck if you had to change your number. Glad that I didn't have to. Later!