jon f mn
Well-known Member
I'm sitting at a dock yesterday waiting to get loaded and I get a text. No name and a number I don't recognize. It said "time to renew your loan, send me your taxes, insurance info and social security number".
Now I may have been born yesterday, but I've been awake all night, so there is no way I sending my info to an obvious scam. But I had nothing to do, so I decided to have a little fun rather than just ignore it. I fugured a little morning internet arguement was just what I needed to pass the time while I waited. So I replied, "I think I just won't pay that loan", figuring this would bring a quick response something along the lines of "Why don't you want to pay your debts"? I figured I could give a long list of reasons why.
Sadly my plan went awry when about 30 seconds after I sent my reply my phone rings, same number. Now I'm thinking this guy is really determined, til I hear his voice and recognize him. It was Larry, the guy who holds the contract on our house, and he is unhappy and wants to know why we don't want our house anymore. It appears that time flies and it is time to renew the loan on our house as per the contract. Ooops!
After I quickly explained that I lost my phone a while back and most of my contacts with it so his name didn't come up and I thought it was a scam to steal my identity, we had a good laugh about it. Guess I'll be a little more careful about who I try to have fun with from now on!
Now I may have been born yesterday, but I've been awake all night, so there is no way I sending my info to an obvious scam. But I had nothing to do, so I decided to have a little fun rather than just ignore it. I fugured a little morning internet arguement was just what I needed to pass the time while I waited. So I replied, "I think I just won't pay that loan", figuring this would bring a quick response something along the lines of "Why don't you want to pay your debts"? I figured I could give a long list of reasons why.
Sadly my plan went awry when about 30 seconds after I sent my reply my phone rings, same number. Now I'm thinking this guy is really determined, til I hear his voice and recognize him. It was Larry, the guy who holds the contract on our house, and he is unhappy and wants to know why we don't want our house anymore. It appears that time flies and it is time to renew the loan on our house as per the contract. Ooops!
After I quickly explained that I lost my phone a while back and most of my contacts with it so his name didn't come up and I thought it was a scam to steal my identity, we had a good laugh about it. Guess I'll be a little more careful about who I try to have fun with from now on!