Instant messenger scam. It tricked me!

[dan filipi]

Speaking of scams, I got a REALLY good one last night on a chat line.
It was on AOL Instant messenger (AIM)

This one fooled me up until the last part!

My son and I send each other messages sometimes and often just out of the blue, most times simple stuff like "Hi" or "hey Dad check out this video" stuff like that.
The chat I had with him, I later found out was not him, someone had hijacked his account!

Here's the actual chat:

hobohelper11 7:07 pm
hey

dan filipi 7:07 pm
hey bub

hobohelper11 7:08 pm
haha I just scored 82 on this IQ test

dan filipi 7:08 pm
what?

hobohelper11 7:08 pm
https:// (Link removed) Can u take it plz and tell me what u get?

dan filipi 7:08 pm
after dinner

hobohelper11 7:08 pm
this one is supposed to be pretty accurate and I wanna see if I'm smart plus I know u wont beat me!! LOL

hobohelper11 is available 8:00 pm
lol.

hobohelper11 8:00 pm
yo.

hobohelper11 is idle 7:03 am
lol.

So later I took the IQ test all the way through but then at the end the score would be texted to you so enter your cell phone number.
I immediately thought "oh shxx, did he put his cell phone number in!" After asking him he said he never sent the chat!
When I showed it to him we saw in very fine print the cell number would be charged $9.99!

Scum!

 

[slabghost]

Gotta love the lazy morons and their get rich schemes. :Awe:

 

[scdmarx]

Wish I was smart enough to know how to make money. :headscratch: :doh: :doh: :doh:

 

[dan filipi]

Your smart enough to be honest and know the difference.

Those guys are just sleezebags looking for a free ride!

 

[AApple]

Why get a real job when you can sit on yer butt all day doin stuff like that, and get paid? :rant:

 

[jdegase]

makes me wish for a "*******" button....

heres my idea .
you have this button. and when you run across something like this and confirm its actually a scam you can just hit the ******* button and it will trigger a small satellite in space to target the offenders computer first with a message that simply says *******, then with a short laser blast that frys there computer right through the heart.

heres the problem with my idea.
these ********* would be doing this just for fun and to watch the laser blowup the computer....

 

[rock42]

i get those from time to time it has my daughters name on it and when you open the folder they want your cell number. that is when i close and delete.

 

[detdrbuzzard]

i haven't used im in years