TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A46   
   MSGID: 1:106/127 2317ea04   
   TZUTC: -0600   
   On 04 Feb 2021, August Abolins said the following...   
    AA>  CP> It struck me as an exceptionally idiotic scam attempt, and   
    AA>  CP> I thought I would share it with my friends.   
    AA>    
    AA> It's good to broadcast experiences like that. It could be a     
    AA> heads-up of a new scam or an old scam that has regained a new     
    AA> life.   
    AA>    
    AA> For years, I'd get a phone call what sounded like a fundraiser     
    AA> for "children in your area" and they'd name a local camp in a     
    AA> local town where that camp is located.  It is designed to sound     
    AA> familiar because they cite a real camp and a real town. Yet they     
    AA> expect me to fork over a donation via credit card over the     
    AA> phone.  They start with $25 per child.. "Can you make 4 children     
    AA> happy?"  If I say I can't manage this year, then they suggest     
    AA> $25 for one child.  BS.  In this day and age, it is impossible     
    AA> to verify their claims over the phone. So, that is basically     
    AA> what I tell them. And they usually hang up before I do.   
      
   The scam calls keep coming, but I'm answering less of them.  My mobile   
   service has something that seems to identify them and a message sonething   
   like "suspectex spam caller" on the ID. so I just ignore those.   
      
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