Stolen IG model photos used to set up credit card fraud - I got scammed

[mandrill]

PSA - One of the local lingerie models I follow on IG messaged me and invited me to her Fansly page for a "free 30-day explicit content" membership offer. I visited the page and bit. It looked sketchy, as it was a wix DiY page, but I had never visited Fansly before. The "registration procedure" involved entering my credit card info. Weird, but I had done it for OF. And I was directed to pcnghw.com , an unfamiliar credit card service. Entered the info on my ultra low max internet c/c. And pcnghw.com refused the transaction. Weirder and sketchier.

A few hours later - I was already wondering if I had been scammed - I get a bank text alert that a suspicious transaction had been flagged and my card suspended. Totally unfamiliar transaction, so I messaged the bank to kill the credit card. The IG model also posted on her page that scammers had set up a fake page on IG in her name and she had gotten IG to take the page down.

So I responded to the text and killed the card. No damage done because of my bank's prompt action.

Be careful out there, guys! This is a new twist on the scam theme.

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

And here I was thinking the sex industry was such an ethical business

 

[mandrill]

And here I was thinking the sex industry was such an ethical business

It wasn't the girl. Scammers had stolen her name and a few of her photos and had set up a clone IG page and used it to link and invite punters to a fake Fansly page with a fake (scam) credit card processor.

I had heard of girls' names and photos being used, but had assumed that the scammer just stole photos and re sold them. I didn't realize that it was a phishing expedition for credit card info.

 

[LTO_3]

....I had heard of girls' names and photos being used, but had assumed that the scammer just stole photos and re sold them. I didn't realize that it was a phishing expedition for credit card info.

That's a lot more common than you may think. Best thing to do when receiving such a message would be to contact the person to verify that it's legit. Otherwise AVOID!

LTO_3

 

[mandrill]

That's a lot more common than you may think. Best thing to do when receiving such a message would be to contact the person to verify that it's legit. Otherwise AVOID!
LTO_3

Yes, I'm now thinking exactly the same thing!!

 

[Drakarys]

You'd think guys would get wiser with age, but once little head takes over, it's rooky mistakes all over

 

[onomatopoeia]

Something along similar lines: Abigail Ratchford:



is a well-known Instagram model. In 2017, a now defunct site named whathappensinvegas dot com, advertising porn star escorts, used photos from her Instagram account, with the name "Isabella", and a Los Angeles telephone number. I'm ALMOST 100% certain that this was a bait & switch scam, but it wouldn't surprise me if Ms. Ratchford does some play for pay to finance the vacations to exotic locations in which she has been photographed.

I have a screen cap of the page, but it's from a computer that was damaged beyond repair. The data files have been recovered, but I haven't gotten them back yet. I'll post the cap as soon as I can, to prove that THIS post isn't bullshit.

 

[IM469]

You'd think guys would get wiser with age, but once little head takes over, it's rooky mistakes all over

Too true. I'm more aware of the internet traps but if a beautiful girl rubs the magic lamp in my pants three times, look me in the eye and says 'can I borrow your credit card - the bubblegum machine only takes Visa - my goose is cooked.

 

[danmand]

Too true. I'm more aware of the internet traps but if a beautiful girl rubs the magic lamp in my pants three times, look me in the eye and says 'can I borrow your credit card - the bubblegum machine only takes Visa - my goose is cooked.

I think I might be vulnerable also, but sofar II have only been contacted by Nigerians and Russians.

 

[HEYHEY]

PSA - One of the local lingerie models I follow on IG messaged me and invited me to her Fansly page for a "free 30-day explicit content" membership offer. I visited the page and bit. It looked sketchy, as it was a wix DiY page, but I had never visited Fansly before. The "registration procedure" involved entering my credit card info. Weird, but I had done it for OF. And I was directed to pcnghw.com , an unfamiliar credit card service. Entered the info on my ultra low max internet c/c. And pcnghw.com refused the transaction. Weirder and sketchier.

A few hours later - I was already wondering if I had been scammed - I get a bank text alert that a suspicious transaction had been flagged and my card suspended. Totally unfamiliar transaction, so I messaged the bank to kill the credit card. The IG model also posted on her page that scammers had set up a fake page on IG in her name and she had gotten IG to take the page down.

So I responded to the text and killed the card. No damage done because of my bank's prompt action.

Be careful out there, guys! This is a new twist on the scam theme.

You failed the IQ test

 

[onomatopoeia]

I'm always suspicious of any site that offers a free trial period, but also insists on receiving credit card information for the subscription after the trial period ends.

I'm also suspicious of the ebay items that have a cost of $5, plus $78 for postage and handling.

 

[mandrill]

You failed the IQ test

You know, I guessed that some people would jeer at me for the above incident, but I decided to write about it anyway because I thought it possible that I could save others on the board from making the same mistake and possibly losing 100's if not thousands of $$$$$.

Have a nice day, guys.

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

I'm always suspicious of any site that offers a free trial period, but also insists on receiving credit card information for the subscription after the trial period ends.

I'm also suspicious of the ebay items that have a cost of $5, plus $78 for postage and handling

I read somewhere that at least a quarter percent of all goods on eBay is stolen merchandise.

Not sure if thats true though

 

[poker]

You know, I guessed that some people would jeer at me for the above incident, but I decided to write about it anyway because I thought it possible that I could save others on the board from making the same mistake and possibly losing 100's if not thousands of $$$$$.

Have a nice day, guys.

You did the right thing passing it along.

 

[poker]

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[NotADcotor]

A broheim was telling me that a common one they were dealing with is people getting your name and birthday from your facebook and using that to claim to be you. I know from sad personal experience that phone monkeys are not exactly the most dilligent folks in the working world.

 

[y2kmark]

Thanks for sharing that, unpleasant though that might have been. It's the "bad reviews" that make TERB the valuable resource that it is (at least sometimes)...

 

[mandrill]

A broheim was telling me that a common one they were dealing with is people getting your name and birthday from your facebook and using that to claim to be you. I know from sad personal experience that phone monkeys are not exactly the most dilligent folks in the working world.

Yup - and your pet's name (that you use as your password), or kid's name or hometown and favourite sports team, etc.

Don't answer that crap!

 

[Robert Mugabe]

Years ago, an SP on craigslist asked me to identify myself as not being a cop by sending her $1.00 with my bank information, which she would refund once I had proven I wasn't a cop. What could go wrong there? No I didn't.

 

[poker]

Yup - and your pet's name (that you use as your password), or kid's name or hometown and favourite sports team, etc.

Don't answer that crap!

A friend of mine used to do that to people…. He would be talking to someone about his kids, then ask if they have kids. They would open up about how many kids, there names, ages. He’s rattle something off about them being as messy as pets…. “Oh, you have a dog too?” Finally, it was, “you seem familiar , where did you go to school?”

Then he would try to crack their email passwords once he got home for shits and giggles. He got a few of them.