A scumbag scammer will call you and tell you that you failed to show up for Federal jury duty and failed to call in and tell them why, BUT, go to Wally World and buy a Bit Coin at the kiosk and send it to ? and bring the receipt to the sheriff's office, and "we'll forget about it"!

I got a text the other day saying I didn't pay a toll on the New Jersey turn pike and I need to go to a website and pay it with my credit card. I've never been east of the Mississippi

You’ll be surprised at how many suckers they actually scam

I get a lot of scammer texts and calls, but the most prevalent and annoying texts and calls are from the people wanting to buy my parent's and my house. I had 11 contacts from them in one day recently.

Keith

A local guy here just got scammed out of $55,000 on a phony back hoe deal.

My wife has been getting emails similar. They even followed up with a real letter in the mail with a purchase agreement offer to sign and send back (a rediculously low-ball offer of course).
As Jalstat mentioned, probably a lot of folks, especially the vulnerable elderly , fall for a lot of these scams. Those scammers are the lowest of lows in my book.

I get no calls or emails they know better.

Calls by phone can often be avoided by just letting your answering service record them . Scammers won't leave messages , that I've ever known of. There are those that mimic familiar numbers , like family or friends, to get you to answer ...that would be hard, unless you listened to them begin their message and can then pick up .

Texts would be a pain, I'm sure.

I feel bad for trusting people, such as seniors, that fall for this nonsense. Those cons need to be thrown from a Huey at high altitudes.

"Fly, or Die" works for me too!

best thing one can do is keep these scammers on the hook as long as possible.

Im in the middle of getting random text message for a wrong number, but then afterward they send me a selfie and want to be my new friend. They all look like models, are foreign born, and of course not only now established in the U.S. but also independently wealthy. I don't recall any over about 38 and and they will stay up all night to chat with an ol man like me. Im prolly up to 20 of 25 of them in the past 2 years

Opps- Gotta run the former Miss Hong Kong is send me a video clip- oh boy!

Hoss...it's the cowboy masculine appeal. And a Texan , to boot

I’m getting a lot of notices in my emails saying I have a delivery coming from places I’ve not ordered from ever.

Solution: Mr. Number

And I report every one of them as phishing and then block the sender. I know they can just use another address but it does not take but a couple extra clicks versus just deleting them. And over time, I do not seem to be getting as many as I used to get.

Yahoo's spam filter is pretty strong, so I get few scam emails in my inbox. Some good emails end up in.my spam box, so I have to check it and see the scam emails anyway. I don't answer my phone if I don't know recognise the number. I get far more scam texts than real texts.

We she set up treaties with India, Pakistan, China and Nigeria that let us kill their scammers. Unfortunately, they make to much money off of the scammers to agree to it. A leader of an Indian province owned a huge scam company, that they protected. I posted on it a while ago.

Keith

Just got a notice from the local bank “ that’s not the local bank” asking if I spent $1,500 I called the bank and deleted the message without replying. I don’t even have any accounts there but they had my phone number.

Go to YouTube channels such as Kitbogo and Scammer Payback and watch how they turn the tables on the scammers. Many times they can hack into the scammers systems and show the face of the scammers to themselves. They play with the scammers sounding like old ladies until they are able to get the information they want from the scammers. Many of the scammers are from India and these guys are many times able to show the pictures of the exact locations the scammers are operating out of. The scammers usually explode with foul language once they know they have been conned.

Well, no one in their right mind would pay $55,000 for a back-hoe anyway; sort of makes sense.

That's the advice given by authorities, to let your answer machine pick up suspicious calls or numbers you don't recognize. They will leave a message if it's a legitimate caller. It also leaves the scammer wondering if they called a working number since there was no response to their call.