Thread:Whyisthissohard1/@comment-44798646-20200121005952

I just got called by my own phone 📲!!! It sounded just like AT&T. Had the right jingle and everything! The guy had my name and phone number and insisted that our account had been locked because it had been hacked online from being attempted to get in with wrong password too many times. He said he needed to text me a code and have me give it to him so he could unlock the account.

Ok: my phone shouldn’t have called me if it was AT&T, he was very nervous, the text was from Assurion, AT&T insurance company, I know because I had to replace my phone...so I said, how do I know you’re not a scammer?, to see what he’d say because my spidey senses were tingling and I thought it wasn’t right...he just kept calling me miss and trying really hard to reassure me and get that code. He said he had my phone number, my email, knew how many phones on my account, everything...so I said, ok...you know how many phones on my account, how many? He said 1. I said, ok, like, no problem, what’s my email. He babbled off some incoherent mumbling (like my messages😁) that ended with @at&t.com Well, I knew that wasn’t right either. So I said I needed to check with my husband. He got pushy and I said. You don’t have the right information. I’m not giving you anything! and I hung up.

Well, I checked with my dear dear hubby just to be sure, he didn’t lock it from trying to guess the pw. Then my son got the call, then I did again!

So, I called AT&T. The lady checked my account and made sure it was secure. She said they were getting really good at copying them. It sounded just like their little sound, it sounded legit. If it hadn’t called my phone, said assurion, and him been nervous and had the wrong info...I’d be in a pickle right now!😱😰😬🤬

So, I wanted you, my friends, to know exactly what it sounded like so you could be aware because it’s worldwide. If they get 1 piece of info, they can use it like a door to get into other, more important. So...be vigilant. Phew!😰that kind of freaked me out but it also makes me mad! If I, who am normally really on top of stuff like that but tonight I’ve been up for over 24 hours...if I almost fell for it, how many more vulnerable population do fall for it and never know until it’s too late?!

Scammers caught my uncle for his life savings and the stress caused a massive stroke which cost his life. My aunt went 3 days later. They were devastated! Money isn’t everything of course but they prided themselves on taking care of family and they did, their entire lives. They helped every member of a HUGE extended family because they had no children. Anyone had a need, they were there and they planned to secure a safety net for the next ones. The scammers took almost a million dollars!

My uncle and aunt were very independent and lived alone, far away from the rest. We’re scattered all around the world. We didn’t know he was having mini strokes. That brilliant man never would have fallen for such otherwise. 😪 The cost to our family is immeasurable beyond dollars and cents...they cost us our aunt and uncle. Ill spare the awful details but it’s tantamount to murder, indirectly. Their actions caused the loss of 2 precious people 😪💖they are greatly missed...

So...I have NO PATIENCE or tolerance for that bs! I can’t just be quiet and not tell what I know in any way I can...

😍L. 