John Oliver did a nice explanation
Basically they pretend to have the wrong number, but then start chatting with you, gain your trust over a period of months, and then ask you for money or similar.
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FelixCress@lemmy.world 7 months ago
How does this scam work?
renzev@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Hupf@feddit.org 7 months ago
Man, finding friends as an adult really sucks nowadays.
Anissem@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
No one really likes Joanne so they just pretend to be nice to her to get access to her horses. Oh how the tables have turned
uienia@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Wrong number scam. Which will turn into a romance or pig butchering scam.
Jagger@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
Inetersting, so this is the base for other types of scams.