# New low in spam attempts

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-low-in-spam-attempts/1020639>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 8, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-low-in-spam-attempts/1020639 "2025-07-08T20:25:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-low-in-spam-attempts/1020639/21 "2025-07-10T00:06:05Z")

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I was sure this thread was going to be about spam from the Social Security Administration, which I and millions of others received last week.

> **[‘Blatant misinformation’: Social Security Administration email praising...](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/05/social-security-administration-email-trump-tax-bill)**
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> Previously apolitical agency lauds Trump’s spending bill with false statements about federal taxes, experts say

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**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-low-in-spam-attempts/1020639/22 "2025-07-10T01:37:39Z")

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> [@Andy\_L](#):
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> I’m so glad my late mother-in-law never that call. It would have upset her greatly

The first time I got such a call, I was actually half convinced and blurted out, “Keenan” and of course it was. But they gave me the name of a purported lawyer in Ottawa that I was supposed to read the number on the gift card to. Since I was still suspicious, I looked up the name on some Ottawa lawyer online list and it wasn’t there, so I did nothing. They called me back and wanted to know why I hadn’t acted. I told them and they hung up.

The second time is when I asked which one. When the guessed a name, I whispered to my wife that I was going to have some fun with these guys. They must have heard that because they hung up. I was planning to tell my grandson to spend a night in jail; it will be a good lesson for you and see how they responded. There has never been a third such call. Maybe I will try blurting out “George” and going on from there.

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