oh this one is just too funny! The address, the failure to fill in the (adjust) , priceless.
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I received the same one, although I think it was from a different women’s first name. But the “company” was the same (Adjust).
gotta love the “buttradderz”
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“A four-day paid trial period” – so you pay them to be trained for four days. Yeah, that makes sense. 
It does - if a person is gullible enough to fall for this, they can probably be milked for more. “To start your paid trial period, please provide your bank account number, your passwords, and your mother’s maiden name. Also, please remember to shut off all two-factor verification options for your bank account, since that interferes with our ability to transfer your salary to your bank account. If you wish to earn even more money, we will personally introduce you to a Nigerian Prince”.
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Just got an email from allegedly PayPal with a Docusign link. I especially like the transaction date of August 2025, and the example of available hours. And the “to”:
Hi ,
We noticed a recent cryptocurrency purchase on your PayPal account:
Amount: $679.77 (Bank Transfer)
Merchant: Cryptocurrency Exchange, 452 Elm Street, San Jose, CA 95113
Date: [Transaction Date 08/04/2025]
Not your transaction? Please call us immediately at (866) 483-8573 to secure your account. Our team is available [include hours, e.g., “24/7”] to assist.
Note: Replies to this email aren’t monitored. For help, please call the number above.
Thank you,
Richard Truelock
PayPal Fraud Prevention
(866) 483-8573
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I’m so tired of calls from people who want to send me a new plastic “Medicare” card, funeral services, new windows, or solar. I have been successful in blocking most of these callers from my iPhone, but we must get 4-5 per day on our VoiP line (I keep it because it’s easier to answer than my iPhone, which I’ve usually misplaced.) I’ve called my provider (Spectrum–only choice in my area) and while I have Noborobo set to the highest level, I still get these calls. I don’t answer, but the callers will often spoof the caller ID. For example, yesterday, the caller ID number was that of my neighbor, so I answered. I’ve read that people should report these but I don’t think it does any good. My H loves to mess with these callers and pretend that he wants whatever they are offering. The callers usually hang up on him. Yesterday, he said to one of the callers, “Does your mother know you lie for a living?” The guy hung up immediately. Any suggestions?
We get the calls on our work line. Sometimes it says Spam Risk so I pick up the receiver and slam it down. Otherwise, I answer and say hello, and if I don’t get a response immediately, I hang up. That takes care of almost all the spam calls - it seems like there’s always a pause before they speak.
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There’s a certain type of dialing system that calls number after number until someone actually answers. When the answerer finally says Hello, the caller is supposed to immediately say Hello back, but because the pick-ups are rare, the caller is usually a second or two behind. I hang up when that happens to me.
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And in the rare instances where a spammer does start talking, I still hang up. I feel no compulsion to be polite.
Call screening? Is that still a thing? I still have a landline and an answering machine, and my message says basically this line isn’t monitored in real time, but leave a message if you need to reach us. Legitimate callers do, so I can pick up or call back. Even if you don’t have a physical answering machine, you have voicemail, right? So no need to pick up if you don’t know who’s calling.
Similar situation on my iPhone. I have the option turned on that sends calls direct to voicemail if they’re not in my contacts. Also there’s a “shortcut” that lets me turn that off with one or two taps if I’m expecting a callback from someone who’s not in my contacts.
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A variant of the Docusign scam by email.
I assume a “comstract” is a contract covering some construction work. 
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Not trying to defend your scammers, but I suspect they’re from a country where 08/04 means the 8th day of the 4th month. If that helps narrow anything down, lol.
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Oh, right! Of course. Just for fun I Google mapped the address, and it’s in a residential neighborhood. Not that one couldn’t run a bitcoin business out of one’s basement.
A friend who is applying for social security just dodged a scam email claiming they needed additional information in order to process her application…after spending three hours (!) waiting for her call to the local office to be picked up.
Clues: different phone number than the officially listed one, instructions to “ask for anyone” when calling, time stamp on email after normal business hours. But it was a close one!
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Be careful never to say “yes” . They often record the call and say something like “can you hear me” and then record it to claim you agreed to something.
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Whenever I see the name of a town on caller ID (such as “Augusta, ME”), it’s almost always spam. But two days in a row, I saw “Laurel Ridge, IN.” I picked up the second time, and it was a legitimate call, from someone in CT. Not sure why IN showed up. Maybe from a previous user of that phone number? Weird.
Could be that the exchange of their cell phone is from another state? My cell number comes up on other phones with the name of a city that is a good 1.5 hrs from where I live–they were using that exchange when my cell number was given to me years ago.
ADDENDUM— 2 of my kids have cell phone numbers from the state where they grew up, but now live in other states. They’ve had the same numbers since HS.
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I’m in the middle of a scam on eBay. I bought an item, fortunately not too expensive (around $20) and got an email that it was shipped, then a day later the tracking data shows “delivered”. But I didn’t get anything. Turns out they used a courier service called “Aquiline” which an online search shows is a scam courier.
So I’ve requested a refund from the seller, then I’ll have to ask eBay for help since I expect the “seller” to ignore the email. I’m not hopeful, people on reddit and elsewhere who have been victims of Aquiline shipping say that eBay just trusts the tracking and denies claims.
Not sure how I could have avoided this.
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Ugh - my love got a call today “from Medicare” - the caller stated “we sent you a new Medicare card with a gold chip on it, did you receive it?” My love, “I did not” - caller “ok, all I need is your social security number, and your address and I will send it out again” my love, “that’s all? Give you all my personal information?” Caller “yes” my love, “yeah, that’s not gonna happen” Caller “ok” my love just started laughing.
But you just know people are falling for this crap all day, every day! 
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