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NutmegCT said:
When I was a kid (!), home phone rang one night. Dad picked it up, caller asked for Elvira. Dad said you have the wrong number. Caller demanded to speak with Elvira. Dad sighed, and said "Well - she's here, but she's flat on the floor drunk".

Yep - back around 1956. Remember these?

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Probably too long ago for this Elvira:
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NutmegCT said:
When I was a kid (!), home phone rang one night. Dad picked it up, caller asked for Elvira. Dad said you have the wrong number. Caller demanded to speak with Elvira. Dad sighed, and said "Well - she's here, but she's flat on the floor drunk".

Yep - back around 1956. Remember these?

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Remember? I actually have pretty much that exact same phone at home (although a but more worn-looking). Still works too but the bells have stopped ringing....
 
Basil said:
Or start speaking in some made up language. "Abby doo wash booclook abba dabba doo!"
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You mean like this?? :D


Ubbi dubbi is a language game spoken with the English language. It was popularized by the 1972–1978 PBS children's show Zoom.[1][2] When Zoom was revived in 1999 on PBS, Ubbi dubbi was again a feature of the show.[3][4]

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Ubbi dubbi works by adding -ub- /ʌb/ before each vowel sound in a syllable[5] (or, as a linguist might put it, "insert [ˈʌb] after each syllable onset").[6] The stress falls on the "ub" of the syllable that is stressed in the original word. In the word "hello" for example, which is stressed on the "-lo" syllable, the stress falls on the "lub" in "hubellubo".

The method of adding "ub" before each vowel sound has been described as "iterative infixation".[7][8]
 
You have to go back further if you want to confuse…..

 
CaptRandy said:
Got an email today from EZDrive MA Your vehicle has an unpaid toll invoice and wants me to open his site and a bunch of other gobblygook crap to reply. and his phone number is 63 947 357 1858
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That's a Philippine mobile number.
 
Got this just now. Can't even make it halfway believable.

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Hello Jordan ,
As you instructed 70.3 BITCOIN was paid into your wallet. Your information remains the same.

Kointotal com (Human verification is needed you have to remove the space in-between website)

Customer ID: 49597351
Password: 42237G973W

Have a nice day.


Regards,

Hibah .D


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PENTING

"Email ini (termasuk seluruh lampirannya, bila ada) hanya ditujukan kepada penerima sebagaimana dimaksud pada tujuan email ini. Email ini dapat berisi informasi atau hal-hal yang secara hukum bersifat rahasia Jika terdapat kesalahan pengiriman (Anda bukan penerima yang dituju), maka Anda tidak diperkenankan untuk memanfaatkan, menyebarkan, mendistribusikan, atau menggandakan email ini beserta seluruh lampirannya. Mohon kerja samanya untuk segera menghapus email ini beserta seluruh lampirannya (di mana Anda bukan penerima yang dituju). Semua pendapat yang ada dalam email ini merupakan pendapat pribadi dari pengirim yang bersangkutan dan tidak serta merta mencerminkan pandangan Kementerian Keuangan, kecuali telah terdapat kesepakatan antara pengirim dan penerima bahwa email ini termasuk salah satu bentuk komunikasi kedinasan yang dapat diterima oleh kedua pihak".
 
I get that sort of stuff from all these "let us buy your house" solicitations. I get text messages, emails, cold calls. And the nonsense that i "can stay as long as I want before moving out". They had one last year round here where buried in his lengthy contract long as you want was defined as no more than 90 days where they showed up, tossed his stuff out and took over. May not technically be a scam, but sure feels like it.
 
Basil said:
Maybe I'm just being paranoid.

Today I got an email from a member (I'll call him Fred...not his real name) who hasn't been on my forum for over 10 years.
In the email he tells me he slipped and broke his leg and it required surgery.
I had no idea why this person would be emailing me out of the blue about this, but against my better judgement, I replied that I was sorry and that I hoped he gets well soon, etc.
A little while late I get a reply back from "Fred" thanking me for my concern, but then asking me if I order from Amazon?
This is when my red flag went up. Why would someone member who hasn't been in the site in ten years ask me if I order from Amazon? Sounds like a scam to me. I replied "No." and think I will not reply to any further emails.
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Basil said:
Maybe I'm just being paranoid.

Today I got an email from a member (I'll call him Fred...not his real name) who hasn't been on my forum for over 10 years.
In the email he tells me he slipped and broke his leg and it required surgery.
I had no idea why this person would be emailing me out of the blue about this, but against my better judgement, I replied that I was sorry and that I hoped he gets well soon, etc.
A little while late I get a reply back from "Fred" thanking me for my concern, but then asking me if I order from Amazon?
This is when my red flag went up. Why would someone member who hasn't been in the site in ten years ask me if I order from Amazon? Sounds like a scam to me. I replied "No." and think I will not reply to any further emails.
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No good deed goes unpunished
 
Silverghost said:
You mean like this?? :D


Ubbi dubbi is a language game spoken with the English language. It was popularized by the 1972–1978 PBS children's show Zoom.[1][2] When Zoom was revived in 1999 on PBS, Ubbi dubbi was again a feature of the show.[3][4]

Rules​

[edit]
Ubbi dubbi works by adding -ub- /ʌb/ before each vowel sound in a syllable[5] (or, as a linguist might put it, "insert [ˈʌb] after each syllable onset").[6] The stress falls on the "ub" of the syllable that is stressed in the original word. In the word "hello" for example, which is stressed on the "-lo" syllable, the stress falls on the "lub" in "hubellubo".

The method of adding "ub" before each vowel sound has been described as "iterative infixation".[7][8]
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That reminds me of CCR's song "Oobie Doobie" on the "Cosmo's Factory" album.
 
Got this text today. It’s been years since the last time I was on any toll road.

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I just got today 3 emails claiming to be from PayPal, 2 of them were identical claiming that I had purchased exactly $412.45 from Coinbase and this was an unauthorized transaction. The 3rd one claimed the shipping address for a new Macbook M4 was recently changed. I don't suppose it occured to them to check to see if I even had a PayPal account (which I don't) first. Very amatuer-ish of them....I don't know how they even graduated from scammer academy with that kind of 1st-year shoddiness.
 
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