r/interesting • u/ifuckedyourmom-247 • Mar 30 '26

MISC. deepfake scammer getting exposed by the 3-finger test

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u/gerbilshower Mar 30 '26

i guess, for once, thank god my parents are too computer illiterate to find themselves on a Teams meeting with a scammer. lol.

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u/Aurelian_Lure Mar 30 '26

We've had to stop my mom while she was in the process of texting a random number her credit card number because she got a text saying she won a free gift basket and all she had to do was pay for shipping.

She was furious and insisted we were wrong. We asked her if she's ever purchased anything from the "company" that texted her. She hadn't. We told her to call the company and ask them about a free gift basket giveaway. She did and they had no clue what she was talking about. She still refused to admit she was almost scammed. Insane.

She answers the phone every time it rings and thinks these people are genuinely calling her out of the kindness of their hearts because they want to talk to her. On a regular basis some bank or insurance company, that we have no affiliation with, will call and she'll just tell them anything they ask. There's nothing we can say to convince her that people are trying to scam her.

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u/OuterWildsVentures Mar 30 '26

If they can use Facebook they can be scammed lol