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monsterscallinghome t1_j15406e wrote

Oh, this person chatted me last week. Asking about places to go & visit in Maine. Told them I'm a hardcore fucking homebody, not their personal tour guide, and to check the fucking megathread like every other flatlander.

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timothypjr t1_j15qju3 wrote

Haha. I told them this: "DON'T COME HERE! Lobsters are toxic, the people are frigid, and most of us have syphilis. If you decide to ignore that advice, then definitely go to Lewiston."

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camXmac t1_j16gj9z wrote

Born in Lewiston. I take offense. Not really. 🥲 I did move out around age 7 or so, so I think I’m mostly okay.

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timothypjr t1_j16gmhx wrote

The place went to hell after you left.

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camXmac t1_j16gx33 wrote

It was kind of hell when I was there, I was just too young to realize lol.

There was the apartment complex fire, the sex offender up the road, the their neighbor who stole my game boy, the local tire slasher, the police searching the woods with dogs. All kinds of fun lol.

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bottohm t1_j16pvuk wrote

Idk I'm from Lewiston and it ain't that bad just avoid like 70% of the city... lol.

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weakenedstrain OP t1_j15s628 wrote

Right? My guess is they’re going through lots of local subs looking for easy marks.

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Shakedwn t1_j14uibv wrote

Savage

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weakenedstrain OP t1_j14uzhh wrote

Replied to me with “Did I lie to someone?”

I don’t like people who answe questions with questions. Despite doing the same to them in my own response. Feel justified though, since they were cold-calling me.

Replied with the previous thread.

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Electronic-Stop-1954 t1_j15arpr wrote

I didn’t know people tried to scam on Reddit omg. They messaged me last week asking about the best places to visit in Maine. I responded and said Acadia but it’s pricy and they said thanks and sent me photos of some Asian lady in the tropics. So strange. I didn’t reply. Scammers are friggin strange.

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BurningPage t1_j15bdb9 wrote

Same exact experience. Fuck. We may have sent the scammer to Acadia :(

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vgallant t1_j15qqy4 wrote

We definitely all sent the scammer to Acadia...

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BurningPage t1_j163o16 wrote

Ok let’s all take shifts on the Trenton bridge and when we see the Ukrainian Asian 20 year old with florida plates we can ask her politely to leave. I’ll bring the Allen’s

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thenamewastaken t1_j14xsqm wrote

Wait what's happening? What did I miss?

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Shh-NotUntilMyCoffee t1_j14z2az wrote

You did, we're on ACT II or a three part play;

  • Scammer picks targets out of a small community subreddit
  • Small community subreddit notices and tells eachother
  • Scammer flounders for bit before deleting account and going after different community.
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9wild9 t1_j14zl2s wrote

What’s their end game? Eventually ask for money?

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weakenedstrain OP t1_j1510qb wrote

Most likely this. Some folks said they started sending pics. Next step would be to get compromising pics of OPs. Then blackmail.

Or some variation: sob story, sick grandma, who knows.

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xela293 t1_j15gkgp wrote

Would be pretty funny to just look up some random nudes online and send them to fuck with them when they try to blackmail you.

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weakenedstrain OP t1_j15t9o0 wrote

Right? Like Ron Jeremy or some shit. He’s a douchebag anyways so wouldn’t feel too bad.

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Fabulous-Opposite838 t1_j15c6pr wrote

Yes, I got the exact same. I knew from the moment “friend” was used we weren’t going to be.

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weakenedstrain OP t1_j15stsg wrote

Lol. That’s how I totally greet all my irl friends. Right before I suck out their brains and turn them into pod people

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Lieutenant_Joe t1_j154qn6 wrote

Oh so that’s what that was? I literally just ignored that message cuz I smelled a scam. Glad to get that confirmed

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BurningPage t1_j15b44d wrote

Yeah they started sending me suggestive photos. I don’t think their first language is English, that or they are bad at feigning interest. Kinda smelled like a scammer pretty quickly, so I kept it vague.

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Existing_Bat1939 t1_j158423 wrote

I actually waited a week and then answered their questions (pretty damn nice itinerary I gave them tbh). I didn't give them any personal info of course. Never got to the bikini pics and just blocked them.

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rosatter t1_j15o7lt wrote

You wanna share that itinerary with some of us other, non-scammer folks from away?

I won't even send nudes!

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weakenedstrain OP t1_j15sjwc wrote

Hahaha! The perfect tour guide: itineraries for noodz! Or, depending on the person, itineraries for a guarantee of NO noodz

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Existing_Bat1939 t1_j15sv0j wrote

I can't get the exact text back since I blocked them, but they said they were going to be here a month, so I gave them Maine for Dummies:

First, spend some time in Portland, try the restaurants if you're a foodie, visit the lighthouses and Old Orchard Beach and anything else that strikes your fancy.

Next, Acadia National Park.

From there, take your pick: either head further up Route 1 to the Bold Coast area in Washington County; beautiful and much less crowded than Acadia. Or, head inland to Moosehead Lake or the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument; the latter is mostly unimproved so best be driving a 4x4. If you're up for it, visit Baxter State Park and climb Katahdin.

(I didn't get to the Rangeley area and I honestly wouldn't know what to tell anyone to visit in Aroostook.)

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rosatter t1_j1651t3 wrote

That's great! I appreciate the tips!

I was very briefly in Ogunquit last Thanksgiving and popped into Portland and stopped in Kennebunk and Old Orchard Beach along the way there and back but Portland is as far up the coast we had time for. 😢

We were supposed to move there this Autumn but we had to change plans when my sister got cancer and we landed in Texas, instead.

We have Maine in our sights but we've spent so much moving, supporting my sister & her treatment, we're looking at potentially another year before we can move out there, so we'll just have to make do with visiting.

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Existing_Bat1939 t1_j16n3df wrote

I'm very sorry about your sister; I hope things go well for her.

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rosatter t1_j16ndfz wrote

Me too. She's supposed to be getting surgery soon but we have to wait a bit for insurance to approve and scheduling etc.

But it's hopeful! 2022 has been a stupid year.

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costabius t1_j151ugn wrote

I got one too, reported as spam and blocked

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weakenedstrain OP t1_j15s0sq wrote

I couldn’t resist. Hopefully they realize the word is out. Now they’ll need to buy a new account.

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Vertigo103 t1_j15ehha wrote

I live in Uranus

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dedoubt t1_j15hnn9 wrote

I feel so special, I think I was one of the first at the beginning of the month. 🥰

I reported them for a phishing scam and got the response that they didn't break any reddit rules.

This was part of the conversation, ha ha:

https://preview.redd.it/nrezll5lrc7a1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0cff4f9fb0dd5807500415f1d2a7c1501074285e

Edit-typo

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weakenedstrain OP t1_j15tfio wrote

Huh, different account, too. It’s almost like nobody is safe on the interwebs.

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Llilbuddha422 t1_j158fpj wrote

LMAO they hit me up asking bout fun places to travel and then never got back, just like dnded with "nice"

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16F4 t1_j15cdwu wrote

Happened to me a couple days ago. Politely declined to converse. I didn’t realize it was a scam, but I had a similar query on another subreddit last week.

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weakenedstrain OP t1_j15szpp wrote

Hopefully Reddit is a bit harder to catch marks than Facebook. Hopefully they’ll go away

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bump909 t1_j15l17l wrote

Same thought it was a little weird but harmless..

https://preview.redd.it/3ehrcdljvc7a1.png?width=1125&format=png&auto=webp&s=95ade0335d4eb37edda3db5996859f000c7b61b4

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weakenedstrain OP t1_j15tzhg wrote

Huh. Looks like you didn’t get the notypics. Maybe next time!

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IamSauerKraut t1_j16hc8p wrote

Yannooooo... a couple months ago that account asked those questions in the public sub. Then disappeared, but now wants to chat with everyone?

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DidDunMegasploded t1_j15t7gw wrote

Clearly I don't matter because I haven't gotten this message yet.

Or maybe I'm too stupid to get scammed. Nyehehe...

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thememelord5 t1_j16mz2s wrote

Who's this and why do we hate them

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weakenedstrain OP t1_j18cgjj wrote

I don’t hate them. Read the comments here, and you’ll see what’s going on.

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raynedanser t1_j14v4ul wrote

One of us ....

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weakenedstrain OP t1_j14vdbp wrote

No way, bub. Not this guy.

Although, since I actually have a relative who uses “Bub” instead of his given name, it’s gonna be a hard case to argue…

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raynedanser t1_j14wk6x wrote

Lol I just didn't respond. Now i wish I'd messed with them

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MaineJackalope t1_j15kxrx wrote

huh, I got messaged by them and was asked where to visit, I gave some suggestions and that was basically it, wonder what the scam was supposed to be

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metalandmeeples t1_j15q8ya wrote

I gave this person a bunch of one-word answers until I decided to block them.

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mainegreenerep t1_j15wkp2 wrote

Such a weird account. Two years old and only some recent cooking bullshit.

Clearly a scammer.

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weakenedstrain OP t1_j1652qe wrote

My guess is account was purchased, cleansed, and now being used

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TonyClifton86 t1_j16hqs7 wrote

Explain more. I have never heard of this. Please enlighten me. Truly interested.

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weakenedstrain OP t1_j16mh8k wrote

Buy stolen credentials online. Snipe account. Clean messages and posts you don’t like. Now have two year old account to look legitimate and do dirty deeds

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TonyClifton86 t1_j16mmq8 wrote

Wow. People have so much talent but use it for such baloney. Crazy.

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Metal_Worldly t1_j163d2o wrote

Whag I wasn't the only one they reached out to. I feel so betrayed.

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Natprk t1_j16hxxs wrote

Got that same message today. I don’t tend to message people on Reddit. I do that on other social media. I’m not here to make friends.

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ImpressionNo9470 t1_j16qpnt wrote

She had good looking cakes tho… Gahd dammit I knew I shouldn’t have given her my SS#…

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weakenedstrain OP t1_j18co1e wrote

It’s ok! You didn’t give your DOB and mothers maiden name, so you should be fine! /s

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UseThisOne2 t1_j16spt5 wrote

Damn. I just ignored and deleted. Now I feel left out.

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maaltajiik t1_j16vf79 wrote

I don’t even live in Maine and I got this

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feigndeaf t1_j16z09q wrote

They also messaged me. They were trying to get whatsapp info.

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Oniriggers t1_j1766h8 wrote

I got one of those too, just realized it, scam? Right

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tehmightyengineer t1_j17gojb wrote

Ahahahah, I fucking knew it. This person messaged me, asking about what to do on a trip to Maine. I said that really depends and basically spammed them some tourist links since I got better shit to do. They then replied with something that look copy-pasted. I asked if they were a bot and they said ".... no" and then never replied. Was fishy as fuck, hope they didn't scam anyone on here.

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VegUltraGirl t1_j18bucx wrote

Wait…people open and read their messages on Reddit? Lol

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coastalgirl207 t1_j18p3ib wrote

Oh shit I got messages from this one too. I had no idea this was spam or a common occurrence for others in this group

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