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The Internet is a perfect way for many scammers to try to trick their victims into obtaining their private data, account numbers or passwords. It is always advisable to play the mistrust card and check well the officiality of the messages received to avoid falling into one of these frauds.
Although the most common is to receive this type of message by e-mail or SMS, it is not so rare that they contact us by WhatsApp or other instant messaging apps. This is what happened to this Twitter user who realized the sender’s intentions in time and decided to go with the flow to see where he wanted to go with the conversation.
At first, Mateo receives a message from a foreign number that said: “Hello, good morning, how are you, I hope you are fine, a greeting from a distance and blessings.” At first it sounds strange, but Mateo decides to ask who it is. Instead of responding directly, this person begins to tell you that he was a relative from the United States and that he can guess who he is.
At that moment, he realizes that it is not clean wheat and decides to go along with it by asking if it is his aunt. The other person tells him if he can tell him his name to see if he has guessed it and Mateo asks if it is his aunt Juana. Although everything is an invention to see where he wants to go, this stranger confirms that it is his aunt Juana and that he asks how his family is.
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⚠️ They’re trying to scam me. But I have noticed it and the scammer has not.
What else could I tell you? pic.twitter.com/1iuUqoHu0a
– Pau Mateo (@fateuser) November 11, 2021
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After a strange conversation in which he pretended to worry about family matters, the stranger begins to say that he has a surprise for himself and his family but that he needs their help. As he explains, he is planning a surprise trip to Spain and brings them a gift, he would make a flight with a stopover in Bolivia and would arrive in Spain that same afternoon.
Everything remains that he would notify him when he arrived, but barely an hour later he wrote to him again. He explains that they have gotten him off the plane because his PCR test has already expired, however, this message is sent to him from another number. When you ask her about it, the answer is that her cell phone has been taken from her and she is worried about her luggage.
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Has changed number. They have left the poor girl on the ground. pic.twitter.com/KaTFF1bLBD
– Pau Mateo (@fateuser) November 11, 2021
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“Here at the window they are asking me for two requirements please if you can help me …”, writes the stranger. When he asks where he is, he replies that he is still at the Los Angeles airport and quickly re-insists that he needs his help. The requirements that it asks for are a telephone number and photographs of your ID on both sides so that your luggage can be sent to Spain.
Mateo tries to turn the tables and asks him if he would mind lending him money, since he too is worried about his situation. His attempt does not work and the stranger insists again, telling him the flight number and the code of his luggage, something strange considering that he gives him a number of only three digits.
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That flight number seems a bit short no, @controllers? pic.twitter.com/kjiGsuWW8b
– Pau Mateo (@fateuser) November 11, 2021
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A third number comes into play and he writes him on behalf of “Avianca Airlines” because his aunt has supposedly left them her phone number. They try to call him but Mateo tries to evade the calls and replies that he is in the bathroom and would like to continue the conversation by messages.
The strange thing is that this last number, supposedly from the Los Angeles airport, is a number with a Bolivian prefix. He asks about it, but they do not answer him and they ask again if he knows anything about lost luggage and about Flight 277. When the supposed “lost luggage attendant” tries to introduce himself, he sends him a photograph of his card with the airline logo , your name, your photo and your title.
Mateo tries to improvise and pretends to know him. “Wait, were you born on 07/23/1977 ?? LUISFE! I can not believe it! I am Mateo! In from Colombia in 2002! Hahaha what a coincidence !!! Do you remember? ”, Simulates the Twitter user. You receive a new call and explain again that you cannot pick it up at that moment and the scammer ends up giving up and blocking you on the three phone numbers with which they have spoken.
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