Posted by MarkB_MI on December 20, 2019 at 03:46:37 from (174.230.17.206):
In Reply to: Re: SCAMMER ALERT posted by Ultradog MN on December 19, 2019 at 17:53:14:
> He then told me he was deaf and this was his only way.
Well, he was the one in a thousand who is legit. Back before text messaging became popular, most deaf folks communicated over the phone using a "relay operator" via a teletype device. With the advent of the internet, this service was made available to anyone with an internet connection. Overseas scammers quickly realized this was an easy way to pose as someone in the US, and this abuse became so common that the majority of relay calls were actually scammers.
It happens that one of my wife's friends is profoundly deaf. A few years ago she got scammed by a guy who claimed to also be deaf; I think she met him on a site for deaf people. She lost about five grand, which was pretty much all her savings.
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