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By *ung-Rob OP Man 6 weeks ago
Rickmansworth |
I have someone who is trying to get money from me using some xx pictures of me. He’s used something called truecaller and says he has all my contacts. Unless I buy a Steam Card with £4000 on, he will send these xx pictures to all of my contacts.
I’ve told the police and all of the online advice says not to pay so I’m keeping the conversation going, saying I will pay him but that I can’t get a card right now.
Anything else I could be doing? |
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By *glyBettyTV/TS 6 weeks ago
About 3 feet away from the fence |
"Anything else I could be doing?"
Not posting it here. If this person is someone you contacted through this website, and you've been told to keep them talking, if they find your thread on here they might stop talking.
And you should be screenshotting the conversation as evidence to present to the police. |
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"I have someone who is trying to get money from me using some xx pictures of me. He’s used something called truecaller and says he has all my contacts. Unless I buy a Steam Card with £4000 on, he will send these xx pictures to all of my contacts.
I’ve told the police and all of the online advice says not to pay so I’m keeping the conversation going, saying I will pay him but that I can’t get a card right now.
Anything else I could be doing?"
Truecaller can't access you data on you phone just your contacts.
Just ignore him,vor tell him to release the so called pictures, call his bluff and shut him down |
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Tell them to sod off, it is likely to be a scam anyway. The worst comes to the worst they will send the pics which may be a little embarrassing for a while but who cares, everyone has things in the closet so they shouldn’t judge |
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By *ung-Rob OP Man 6 weeks ago
Rickmansworth |
Thanks for the advice. I’m not going to pay, just keep him talking until he hopefully gets bored. Got to know truecaller doesn’t give him more access than my contacts…which is bad enough.
It’s not off here but an app.
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"Thanks for the advice. I’m not going to pay, just keep him talking until he hopefully gets bored. Got to know truecaller doesn’t give him more access than my contacts…which is bad enough.
It’s not off here but an app.
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Why keep feeding them though? The more you converse with them the more likely they may get actual information out of you inadvertently. Just tell them to piss off, and block them |
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By (user no longer on site) 6 weeks ago
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If it was me and I’d already reported it to the police, I would stop engaging with them.
These scammers more often than not don’t have the information they claim. |
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"I have someone who is trying to get money from me using some xx pictures of me. He’s used something called truecaller and says he has all my contacts. Unless I buy a Steam Card with £4000 on, he will send these xx pictures to all of my contacts.
I’ve told the police and all of the online advice says not to pay so I’m keeping the conversation going, saying I will pay him but that I can’t get a card right now.
Anything else I could be doing?
Truecaller can't access you data on you phone just your contacts.
Just ignore him,vor tell him to release the so called pictures, call his bluff and shut him down"
This … Truecaller blocks scam calls! Call their bluff |
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"I have someone who is trying to get money from me using some xx pictures of me. He’s used something called truecaller and says he has all my contacts. Unless I buy a Steam Card with £4000 on, he will send these xx pictures to all of my contacts.
I’ve told the police and all of the online advice says not to pay so I’m keeping the conversation going, saying I will pay him but that I can’t get a card right now.
Anything else I could be doing?"
I doubt they have anything worth £4000 I would block them. |
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By *og-ManMan 6 weeks ago
somewhere |
I'd imagine they found you on FB and whatsapp if you gave your photo number
Hide your profile on FB and make everything private
Unlink your mobile from FB
They'll get fed up with you once you don't pay so don't pay
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"I blocked an initial number and they were back in 30 seconds on a 2nd number. Both US numbers. He’s sent me screenshots of what he’s got and I’d much prefer them not to be distributed. "
They always do that! I had the same thing happen! I engaged them blocked and nothing happened!
Keep the police in the loop! If you pay I can promise you there will be another demand, then another!
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If you pay them they'll just ask for more, then release them once you draw a line or run out of money. Your best course of action is to make peace with it, as best you can, and change your number so that at least they can't torment you. Giving in to them is always going to turn out worse.
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"I have someone who is trying to get money from me using some xx pictures of me. He’s used something called truecaller and says he has all my contacts. Unless I buy a Steam Card with £4000 on, he will send these xx pictures to all of my contacts.
I’ve told the police and all of the online advice says not to pay so I’m keeping the conversation going, saying I will pay him but that I can’t get a card right now.
Anything else I could be doing?"
I had something like this I told them I worked for the cid internet crime and I was tracking there ip address never heard from them again but it could have gone the other way |
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By *glyBettyTV/TS 6 weeks ago
About 3 feet away from the fence |
"So they can’t see my contacts? I’ve been searching and can’t get a definitive answer "
Theres a possibility they can get your number if you've previously called them, but there's no way they can access your contacts via that app. It's just a caller ID app that decodes witheld numbers |
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By *ucka39Man 6 weeks ago
Newcastle |
"So they can’t see my contacts? I’ve been searching and can’t get a definitive answer "
Hiya
There are features which you can accept given permission for your contacts, most of those Truecaller apps are dangerous as they can steal personal information including details of your contacts and leading to your contacts receiving similar
If you have the app unload it and clear the files and history |
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Tell them you have contacted the police and tell them that this is a crime that is taken seriously. Tell them to stop contacting you and then block them.
Consider a change of number too if need be.
They won't be able to access your contacts
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By *RP-007Man 6 weeks ago
Aldershot |
"There’s no app on my phone. All I’ve had is a text message with a 6 digit code. I don’t know how he would’ve seen the text message though"
It would say "verification code sent to mobile number blah". Don't ever give anyone a code that you weren't expecting yourself.
Ignore and delete any messages. It will come to nothing. |
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By *ucka39Man 6 weeks ago
Newcastle |
At this time of year will be loads of random text, emails flying around from scammers, that will look similar to what you actually use. just ignore them as they aren't important and report and block them |
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"I have someone who is trying to get money from me using some xx pictures of me. He’s used something called truecaller and says he has all my contacts. Unless I buy a Steam Card with £4000 on, he will send these xx pictures to all of my contacts.
I’ve told the police and all of the online advice says not to pay so I’m keeping the conversation going, saying I will pay him but that I can’t get a card right now.
Anything else I could be doing?"
Tell them too send you some, if the don't just block and move on. |
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The problem with this kind of scam is that the offenders are usually in a different country. Local police can not really do anything with it. They will likely refer you to Action Fraud.
My advice. Do not interact. Block, and do not answer a call from an unknown number. |
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By *ung-Rob OP Man 6 weeks ago
Rickmansworth |
"The problem with this kind of scam is that the offenders are usually in a different country. Local police can not really do anything with it. They will likely refer you to Action Fraud.
My advice. Do not interact. Block, and do not answer a call from an unknown number."
Thanks for the advice |
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Just don’t pay because once you pay, they will come back for more.
As much of you think how bad it is if they follow through it really won’t be that bad and will be forgotten and they are highly unlikely to follow through because it puts them up more risk from being caught.
Somebody I know who is HIV positive, got done for £50,000, within weeks he got done again for the same amount |
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My advice. Do not interact. Block, and do not answer a call from an unknown number."
Agreed, I don’t see any benefit from interacting or keeping the conversation going. The only reason I would keep a conversation like that going is so I can tell them that I’m hunting them and what I’m gonna do to them when I find them. |
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By *ung-Rob OP Man 6 weeks ago
Rickmansworth |
"Just don’t pay because once you pay, they will come back for more.
As much of you think how bad it is if they follow through it really won’t be that bad and will be forgotten and they are highly unlikely to follow through because it puts them up more risk from being caught.
Somebody I know who is HIV positive, got done for £50,000, within weeks he got done again for the same amount"
Scary! I don’t have £50k to give away not even £5k, but, yes I’m not giving him a penny. |
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By *ung-Rob OP Man 6 weeks ago
Rickmansworth |
"I can provide you with my bank account if you feel like giving away money. More than happy to accept half the amount they are asking for  "
Sorry, mate, no one’s getting a penny, even when they ask nicely!! |
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I am surprised with everything you’ve written that your profile is still available to view here either videos and photos
I would like to have thought that the police may have advised to temporarily hide all social media to lessen the risk
Just my thoughts |
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"I am surprised with everything you’ve written that your profile is still available to view here either videos and photos
I would like to have thought that the police may have advised to temporarily hide all social media to lessen the risk
Just my thoughts "
The police advise not to hide. Talking from experience. |
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"I am surprised with everything you’ve written that your profile is still available to view here either videos and photos
I would like to have thought that the police may have advised to temporarily hide all social media to lessen the risk
Just my thoughts
The police advise not to hide. Talking from experience. "
Ah then I stand corrected. Thank you 🙏 |
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"I am surprised with everything you’ve written that your profile is still available to view here either videos and photos
I would like to have thought that the police may have advised to temporarily hide all social media to lessen the risk
Just my thoughts
The police advise not to hide. Talking from experience.
Ah then I stand corrected. Thank you 🙏 "
I know it’s counter intuitive. The advice I had ( wasn’t black mail but hate mail, long story) was hiding is a reaction and both makes it worse for you (feeling of shame when you shouldn’t feel that way) and signals that the threat is having an effect. |
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I see a thing about this the other day, the reporter even managed to have a conversation with an online troll and he said he knows it wrong but he has to survive, people have genuinely ended their own lives because of this scam just be careful OP and ignore everything |
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I am really sorry to hear that you are going through this.
Scamers, whoever their target is will play on peoples insecurities and feelings of safety.
You have done the right thing by going to the police. Now ignore and block everything else from the scammers and new scammers.
They do not have any power over you.x |
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By *ung-Rob OP Man 6 weeks ago
Rickmansworth |
"having thought about h reckons being black mailed is not very politically correct
must be a better name for it surely "
I know - it’s actually one word but on here, it gets blocked so you have to write it as two words |
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