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Teens Face Utah Bureau Of Investigations For Cell Phone Prank

Started by sbspalding · 1 year ago

Take two teens, add text messaging, remove common sense and stir it together with just enough cleverness to make the mix dangerous and you have this story out of Salt Lake City, Utah.
A Scam By Any Other Name
After some sleuthing, the two 14 year old pranksters managed to obtain the cell phone number, along […]




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5 comments

  • Maggy Young

    1 year ago

    Had a call on mobile from company saying they could reclaim all my bank interest paid over last five years - (under new laws which are coming out, but not with us yet). So you say sounds good & they say so just give us all your bank account details so we can go ahead. And you think uh what, but the person sounds nice so you say maybe you call back later. Genuine or otherwise, I wonder how many people respond to phone calls like this ?
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  • sbspalding

    1 year ago

    Unfortunately, the answer to that question is too many.
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  • Matt Wolf

    1 year ago

    Those silly kids. They do need to be punished, but it shouldn't be as big as they are making it, especially if the gentleman isn't pressing charges. But what do you do? Not text I suppose.

    Cheer.s
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  • Mike

    1 year ago

    Well I believe they are just the product of the society we live in these days..they are guilty to live in it
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  • Speeding Ticket

    10 months ago

    Its hard fro some of us to believe that people are still duped. It's like we forget how 'bill collectors' and 'lotteries' really work. Of course youll never win an African lottery without even entering - but people still get duped. The advice I give is this:

    Once you realize what the email/text is about ("you win", "we have a banking proposition" etc etc) then stop reading immediately and ask yourself:

    Have I ever won, received or done a transaction regarding money with anyone ever in this medium (email/text)?

    The answer is obviously no, delete the email. If its truly important you will be notified in other ways.
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