• ug01x@lemmy.world
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    28 days ago

    This really is the computer virus equivalent of those scammer calls where the only way for someone to avoid jail time, or something else bad, is for you to go and buy hundreds of dollars worth of gift cards and send the codes.

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      27 days ago

      My BiL actually fell for one of those. He’s profoundly naive, and it’s probably good that he’s in the military, since they make many of life’s choices for him.