It reminds me of a scam they tried with my mom: and old person that apparently cannot read asks you about a lottery ticket, another “random” person comes and checks the lottery results from their phone, and you have a winning ticket for millions in your hand. Old person says it is hard for them to do cash it and asks for help, the random person pulls you in a corner and says you could offer some money to buy the ticket and cash it.
Well, mom was naive enough to believe it but honest enough to reject it.
It flips the who is scamming and who is the scammer around so that you think you are the one getting an advantage, much like here where you would withdraw some money that clearly is not yours. Much less likely to report.
Also makes the scammers feel less guilty when you also tries to scam another person.
Well, mom was naive enough to believe it but honest enough to reject it.
It flips the who is scamming and who is the scammer around so that you think you are the one getting an advantage, much like here where you would withdraw some money that clearly is not yours. Much less likely to report.
Also makes the scammers feel less guilty when you also tries to scam another person.