I learned something new. I had a woman start DMing me out of the blue. It’s obviously the start of a scam, so I’m messing with the person. And then she types “Alaye” in the chat. I looked it up and it’s a word scammers use to identify each other. So if they say “Alaye,” and you say it back, it means “OK, we’re both scammers. We can stop wasting time and try to scam someone else.”
How crazy is that?
@alicemcalicepants @TheBreadmonkey @LoganFive
This genuinely made me LOL. I'm a simple soul.
@TwoClownsEating @alicemcalicepants @TheBreadmonkey We have to help our musical heroes!
*grabs credit card*
@TwoClownsEating @alicemcalicepants @TheBreadmonkey @LoganFive it was the "hee hee" for me
@mark @TwoClownsEating @alicemcalicepants @TheBreadmonkey
I wish the ones I got were this good.
@LoganFive @mark @TwoClownsEating @TheBreadmonkey I feel like I should add this is an example that did the rounds on Reddit etc a while ago, though I wish it had been me who received it
@TwoClownsEating
Hey, it made me LOL too and I'm not all that simple, let me tell you But I still have a bit of Laughing Tear in my left eye
@alicemcalicepants @TheBreadmonkey @LoganFive The sad part is that there are people out there so addled that these messages work. We have no protections for them.
@dan613 @alicemcalicepants @TheBreadmonkey @LoganFive Yeah, many of those folks are elderly and/or experiencing dementia.
@alicemcalicepants @TheBreadmonkey @LoganFive I hope you didn't hesitate.
@TheBreadmonkey @LoganFive you’re in there mate!!
@TheBreadmonkey Alaye back at ya.