14_New_Vertix_Gereration scam (Whatsapp)

The BBQ Pit
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For godsakes.

Whatsap spammers have me on their list, somehow.

My typical resolution is to be extremely abusive and insulting to these people, which normally gets me banned and so no longer get spam.

Which from my point of view is a positive.

This “guy” not only cannot spell (I assume “gereration” is a typo. I hope so. If only for their future job prospects, because they really need a new job).

I use a gmail accont, so I have little to fear from the scammers, gmail’s 2FA makes it hard and I have a fifteen char password (I use Android, so i need a really strong Google password, my phone is my life)

But goddamit, Whatsapp. These fuckwits offering me unimaginable sums of money for no effort, what do you think they are doing? Perhaps, yanno, perhaps you could fucking prevent this kind of spam? It is trivial. “Opt-in” ferchrissakes.

Sure, I can and do block these fuckers but that is also relaying a useful message: “that number is active”, and it gets sold down the line.

So I Instead rely on my horrifyingly encyclopedic knowledge of early '90s “shock sites”. Tubgirl, Cake Farts, Dinosaur Girl etc (do not search if you do not know what to expect). There are worse, too, but not as well used. I respond with the most disgusting, horrifying porn in existence.

Thank you for reading my rant. Please forward to your friends and scammers.

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There is no such thing as personal privacy these days. Our information is readily available to anyone who wants to contact us via phone, email, or text and spam us.

Never answer calls that aren’t from people you know. If it’s a legit call they will leave a voicemail. Never respond to a spam text or spam email. Once they confirm you are a live human being they will never stop hounding you and they will sell your information to anyone at any price.

One way AI could actually help us is by filtering calls, texts, and emails before we ever see them.

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I disagree. My friend was getting spammed by an Indian (Asian India) shoe supplier, and they would not stop.

Until I suggested he respond with a short movie clip involving a gentlemen involved in coitus with a cow.

That suitably offended the spammers, and he has not heard back.

You, obviously, need to know your targets here.

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That doesn’t mean they didn’t sell his information to 100 other spammers.

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I agree, but he is now on the “difficult” list.

I rarely get spam, because I am trying to get into the top ten on the “difficult” lists.

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Gereration - ( Jerry-ation ) Noun. Old Long Island.

  1. The act of putting on a wig and effecting the mannerisms of Jerry Sienfeld.
    ( ex. “Who Aaaaaaaaahhh These People…?” )

  2. To become Jerry Seinfeld.
    “Million to One shot, Doc. Million to one.”

  3. The act of stealing a marbled rye from Schnitzer’s Bakery while Bald
    (See Larry David.)

  4. The act of raw-dogging Elaine Benes while she is dancing off her second plate of “Beef-a-reeno”.

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Whatever works. I don’t respond, ever, and they go away after about a month of trying. I haven’t had a single spam email, call, or text in the past 6 months. I used to get them a few times a week at least.

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I mean, really, and this is boasting. I rarely get spam.

I put it down to my no-holds-barred approach to spam, though, of course I will never know if I am right.

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Not a fan of Seinfeld, and I had to look her up (and the reference to “raw-dogging”, with which I am unfamliar)

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A bright sunny day doesn’t mean that the old man yelling at clouds is getting the job done.

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So I am old, but I don’t yell at clouds. I yell at the source.

I work in IT so I have a slight advantage over most people, in that I know some of the law in this area. I have the tools and knowledge to identify the source of the spam, and then locate the person whose domain is sending it, even if it is a little hidden.

I had a spammer guy call me, threatening to break my legs. Not sure how he got my phone number, he’s obviously as good as I am about finding info online, and as bad as me about hiding it. I lied, and told him the conversation was recorded, in a message to him CCing the directors of the company for whom he was contacted.

I strongly suspect… though I will never know… that company terminated his services very quickly after that. Something about section 45.b of the South African Electronic & Communications Act (25 of 2003), of which I can quote verbatim ad hoc

We are lucky in that we have the aforementioned SACT Act and another, the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA)

I’ve not received any spam from his diverse portfolio since.

ETA, and this is full on: my friend kept getting spam from India trying to sell him shoes(?!). My advice was to respond with a video, found on one of the less pleasant websites, of a gentleman having sexual congress with a cow. Being mostly a Hindu nation, this solved the problem immediately.