Is this a scam of some sort?

[Bevo 13655]

A guy I know who helped me build a pool some years ago sent me the following message on Messenger:

I need you help me with some confirmation code please my Facebook is acting up so they said they will refer some codes to my friends so they will send them to me and I'll put it back please you will receive the code

Is this a scam or should I help him out? I don't get the scam, if it is one.

[UnivTex34 1763]

Yup. I'd go and change the password to your account as well. This is a pretty well known scam where they claim it is a code for their account, when in reality, it's for yours. Then they change your password, and send the same thing to your friends list, getting more folks to give them access. There was a doc on one of the streaming services es about this. Hulu or Netflix I think.

Edited March 6, 2023 by UnivTex34

[bernorange 8377]

Your friend's account has likely been hacked.  If you can communicate with him outside of Facebook, let him know he needs to change his password(s).

[Bevo 13655]

24 minutes ago, UnivTex34 said:

Yup. I'd go and change the password to your account as well. This is a pretty well known scam where they claim it is a code for their account, when in reality, it's for yours. Then they change your password, and send the same thing to your friends list, getting more folks to give them access. There was a doc on one of the streaming services es about this. Hulu or Netflix I think.

Thanks. It was one of those things where I figured that it was a scam, but I couldn't figure out how it worked.

[Gil Bang 26101]

respond to the scammer with a pic of Home Solo's snatch

[deadshank 24653]

1 hour ago, Gil Bang said:

respond to the scammer with a pic of Home Solo's snatch

I still haven’t seen Hope Solo’s.  

[atomheartbevo 90116]

5 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

respond to the scammer with a pic of Home Solo's snatch

[Bevo 13655]

I can't tell if this thread looks promising or is the precursor to the Scream. Too scared to google.

[Deej 77235]

5 hours ago, deadshank said:

I still haven’t seen Hope Solo’s.  

 

[Sandman 3420]

This recently happened to me. My buddy had told me he got suspended from facebook (again) and he was dealing with getting reinstated, or whatever the fuck they do. I told him to just...not use it and go live his life but whatever. But then a couple of days later, he sent me a message (on FB messenger) that he needed some code and coud I send it to him. We're always busting each other's chops but he wasn't really saying much. I sent him the code and then I texted him on the phone and asked him about it and he said he hadn't sent me anything. I immediately changed my password and nothing came of it. I then got a message from the hackers, asking for gift cards. I said I would do it if he sent nude pics of his wife. So far, no pics but I'll share them if I get any.

[Nice Guy Eddie 13558]

CNN story about modern day slavery where educated tech workers are trafficked to Myanmar via Thailand to live in a city sized compound. Said to be run by Chinese criminals. They're effectively enslaved. They're the ones sending fake text messages that I assume many receive. Crazy story if true.

https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/12/asia/chinese-scam-operations-american-victims-intl-hnk-dst/

Satellite image of the scam center.

 

[gsoda3 3311]

CNN story about modern day slavery where educated tech workers are trafficked to Myanmar via Thailand to live in a city sized compound. Said to be run by Chinese criminals. They're effectively enslaved. They're the ones sending fake text messages that I assume many receive. Crazy story if true.
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/12/asia/chinese-scam-operations-american-victims-intl-hnk-dst/
Satellite image of the scam center.
 

It's a crazy racket and pretty well known about in the Asian community. Same with kidnapped youth laborors going to the Middle East and Africa.

[YGIFS 19453]

Necrobump.  We all get lots of robo-calls/scam likely throughout the day.

Has anybody gotten this kind recently where it says "I have the receipts" and texts you a screenshot of supposed mixed calls/voicemails to their number from yours.  Comes from a google landline that surprise, comes up as the Feed Foundation.  I laughed it off since he couldn't spell my name right but I don't want my wife to start getting them or my daughters to read them on my phone, as some of the messages have a threatening tone.  They sent a download of these supposed voicemails which of course I didn't do.  But I don't want my daughters hitting the down arrow to put that shit onto my phone or see whatever the fuck pops up.  What's their play when they attempt this shit?  

[bernorange 8377]

The simple solution is to take away your wife's and daughters' phones.

[twosheds 374]

We get calls from the “Feed Foundation” all day long at work. Some are local numbers. Others are out of state. We usually just ignore them at this point.

[YGIFS 19453]

1 hour ago, bernorange said:

The simple solution is to take away your wife's and daughters' phones.

Daughter doesn't have a phone yet.  Thankfully.  

1 hour ago, twosheds said:

We get calls from the “Feed Foundation” all day long at work. Some are local numbers. Others are out of state. We usually just ignore them at this point.

Yeah, I get 'em all the time too.  Lauren Bush Lauren had to release a statement admitting to how they got hacked and are now like the Top 5 phone center to filter through foreign scam calls.  I ignore them.  Been getting 'em for years.  But this was the first time I got this "intimidating" version in a text format.  Was always calls or emails that my kids couldn't see.  

Almost makes you miss the old days when your father, divorced from your mother, calls the house to tell you both that there may be some suspicious cars coming by to kidnap you.  

[RDCanecutter 26562]

On 6/4/2024 at 9:19 AM, bernorange said:

The simple solution is to take away your wife's and daughters' phones.

How would they be able to drive then?