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Re:The immediate victims of the con would rather act as if t... by injeolmi_love on Sunday January 07, 2024 @06:50PM (#38906465)
I’ve received so many of these scam calls from fake authorities that I used to just hang up (now I don’t answer calls ever). One time I didn’t hang up because something felt weird. Turned out it was legit and I owed a $20 traffic ticket from years ago. I’m pretty certain it wasn’t a scam, maybe it was.
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Re:The immediate victims of the con would rather act as if t... by sokoloff on Sunday January 07, 2024 @07:32PM (#38906764)
I would guess any traffic ticket that was only $20 was a great number of years ago…
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Re:The immediate victims of the con would rather act as if t... by injeolmi_love on Sunday January 07, 2024 @08:14PM (#38907066)
It was smaller than that, some kind of bridge toll, then got multiplied by late payment up to that number
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