Robisten8
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That's just a very little bit of the info. I could reveal. Go to a site called familytreenow.com and put your info into a search. People will know your mom, dad, aunts uncles, brothers sisters, phone numbers, email in a lot of cases.Just never believed the hype I suppose, creepy lol.
So let me tell you how turds are using the information by telling you just one case I worked where an old man was victim of a $13000 fraud/theft. Old man gets a phone call from a Puerto Rico phone number (caller ID even said that). He answers and a guy identifies himself as a Mexico Police Officer and says "Your grandson, Stephen, is in jail in Mexico and needs $7500 to get out". Being up in years and not knowing much about scams, but knows Mexico jail is bad, he wires the money Western Union as instructed. Gets another phone call from a different Puerto Rican number, but this time the guy says "I need $5500 more money to free Stephen's passport and pay for attorney fees to release him to the US embassy". The elderly individual, somewhat concerned, asked if Stephens mother has been contacted at which point they say her name, which they were able to get off either a familytreenow.com type site or his Facebook page. BTW, Stephen posted photos of his Mexico trip on Facebook, told his entire family he was going, but had already returned from Mexico the day prior and was safe and sound in his own home. Unfortunately scams like this happen daily and elderly people are targeted the most, but all it took for him to realize his mistake was a direct phone call to Stephen before driving to send $13K via Western Union.
BTW, local authorities can't investigate this and feds won't touch something so minimal. These criminals are making easy money. Anytime I get the extended warranty calls or someone just authorized $299 on your amazon or apple account I answer it and have all sorts of fun with those pieces of shit!
Moral to the story, BLUR YOUR PLATES!
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