15208276828 phone number scam

A friend of mine got a voice mail which has been transcribe below. I went ahead and looked up the number online. This was a dead give away on how to phish someones number and possibly get them to give sensitive information.

My theory is when the person calls to the number, it will give the phone numbers name if it is listed which is how they are able to say they have you on file.

The message starts off with a name called stacy grant who is an investigator but never makes reference which company or organization she works for.

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From	: Superior AZ (15208276828)

Urber Scam Beware

I thought this was an interesting one but apparently if you plan to use an Uber service beware.

Seems that some Uber drivers are trying to make a few hundred by claiming that the client had one to many drinks and puked in their car. The driver sends the photos to Uber and Uber intern docks 100 dollars for cleanup.

So the lesson here is if you plan to use an Uber service, take pictures before you leave as evidence you did not leave a mess in the car or you may have to try to prove to Uber that the puke was not yours.

How not to sell tickets online

I had posted an example a week ago on a ticket sold online and low and behold it had the information all for people to see. Now I understand that the users intention was to validate that the ticket was real but when you buy a ticket via online, you can invalidate that ticket.

What I mean by this is that anyone can use the bar code of the ticket and re-purpose it to resell. What happens is you get a duplicate ticket which is not good if your an honest person trying to get rid of tickets he or she couldn't use.

For an example of what the ticket looked like visit Things you should never buy on facebook.

Things you should never buy from a facebook group.

First and for most, if your going to buy anything from a facebook fleamarket or from craigslist, go to a safe location. Some cities will allow you to go to your local police department to make your transaction.

1) Don't buy tickets from facebook or craigslist groups. The reason I strongly suggest against it is that there really is not a way to check if the tickets were purchased legally or if they are just fakes.

(Another tip, don't place the ticket number online. This will easily be ripped off by having someone print it because the bar code is right there.) I took the user name and bar code of but just to give you of idea how it can easily be taken online.

2) Electronics should not be purchased unless you test the dam thing. What could be worst is going home only to find out the electronic you purchased didnt work.

3) Cell phone. This one is the worst you can buy online. You take a real crap shot if you but one from an online group. Sometimes these are stolen phones which are locked and you end up with a brick for a phone that does not work.

How to remove AVG from your computer.

A while back I ran out of my antivirus subscription and I downloaded avg in the meantime while I got sometime to research a better one.

I finally got around to one and decided to remove avg. The problem I faced is that the program froze and was never able to complete the uninstall process for avg.

Here is how to remove avg if you need it off your computer.

You will need to go to the avg website and look for avg utility. Program works like a dream and cleared the software from my computer with no problems.

The link is below to remove the avg antivirus software.

http://www.avg.com/us-en/utilities

Craigslist check in the mail scam( how it works)

Craigslist a good place to sell products but with any selling free platform it can come with a price if you don't protect yourself when you sell your items.

When you meet someone on craiglist to sell a product make sure to keep these things in mind.

First make sure your listing is clear that you want cash up front. The reason you want to take cash and nothing else is that checks can easily look and feel like they have the cash to back what you are about to sell.

I have seen this with a friend of mine who sold cakes online and when she cashed the check it bounced. She was lucky enough to file a claim on the check to get that money back. It took my friend about 2 months to get her money from the courts.

So if your selling a service do this instead.

A clear read flag is when a potential customer will contact you and say they are out of town or out of the country and they will send you a check to cover the cost of the item you are selling.

Here is where it gets sketchy is where the check will be for more then what the item is worth and will say something like.

" For your inconvenience I would like to send you an additional 100 dollars. If you can wire me money 50 dollars to cover my cost for the transaction" or something like this. Most scams have this in there somewhere.

What happens is you wire the money. The check bounces and you end up paying for the fraud. It can even be bad if the bank does not get their money back from if you if you spent it.

My last tip when for craigslisters is never bring the potential customer into your house to see the item. This is an easy way for a potential robber to case your place to see what items you have to steal.

Be safe and sell sell sell. :-)