BamboozledAttorney
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Yesterday I received a strange phone call which I realised was a scam/spam along the way.
It involved this guy who somehow got my info (I know it happens a lot, but still) and saw I was trading on a trading website.
Now I'll be honest, the phone call was annoying and loud, and the person was speaking loud to phish some information off of me.
They caught my attention because:
That was where the scam/spam label got stapled because...
The other side told they have been monitoring me and saw I was struggling to trade and make profit (in reality the last time I traded was in 2017. I still look at the buy/sell prices from time to time on a whim). I told them straight up the last I was trading properly was many years ago and I stopped caring.
Without missing a beat they said that is because I was not making profit (in reality I was a student and just did not waste money gambling on trading).
Then their modus operandi showed their face... they wanted to sell me this software that they say can "help" me trade correctly and profit is guaranteed. In their defence they said it was trial only; but from my knowledge, I am only on one trading service that I have legitimately EFT'd money through and I know my amount on that service is nowhere near $250. And it has been proven that many trading software (not all) will never stop deducing money from your account.
When they told me the software is $100 (about ZAR1750), I just ended the call. They did not call back.
Today however, a different caller called me and when they mentioned 'trading', I straight up told them that I was not interested, and ended the call. Inspecting the number calling me, it appeared to be a cell number weirdly (maybe it is cheaper for the telemarketers to use cellphone instead of the usual alternative.)
Anyway, if you have received a call from this number (+27762906515) or a caller wanting to sell you something similar, feel free to comment.
It involved this guy who somehow got my info (I know it happens a lot, but still) and saw I was trading on a trading website.
Now I'll be honest, the phone call was annoying and loud, and the person was speaking loud to phish some information off of me.
They caught my attention because:
- They knew who I was,
- and they knew I had a trading account.
That was where the scam/spam label got stapled because...
- The trading company I have invested money in (to my knowledge) is South African based (and they trade in ZAR).
- Even doing the exchange rate calculation, the amount in ZAR is not even close to $250 (it was about R200 in cryptocurrency).
The other side told they have been monitoring me and saw I was struggling to trade and make profit (in reality the last time I traded was in 2017. I still look at the buy/sell prices from time to time on a whim). I told them straight up the last I was trading properly was many years ago and I stopped caring.
Without missing a beat they said that is because I was not making profit (in reality I was a student and just did not waste money gambling on trading).
Then their modus operandi showed their face... they wanted to sell me this software that they say can "help" me trade correctly and profit is guaranteed. In their defence they said it was trial only; but from my knowledge, I am only on one trading service that I have legitimately EFT'd money through and I know my amount on that service is nowhere near $250. And it has been proven that many trading software (not all) will never stop deducing money from your account.
When they told me the software is $100 (about ZAR1750), I just ended the call. They did not call back.
Today however, a different caller called me and when they mentioned 'trading', I straight up told them that I was not interested, and ended the call. Inspecting the number calling me, it appeared to be a cell number weirdly (maybe it is cheaper for the telemarketers to use cellphone instead of the usual alternative.)
Anyway, if you have received a call from this number (+27762906515) or a caller wanting to sell you something similar, feel free to comment.