Do you know about this scam?
By rebelann1949
@rebelann (112877)
El Paso, Texas
January 8, 2018 7:49am CST
A friend of mine on FB posted a warning that someone is offering free Southwest Airline tickets but if you click on the URL to retrieve them you will be victimized.
Here's the link to the full story.
If it seems too good to be true it usually is.
Southwest Airlines is not giving away free air travel tickets to those who follow online links.
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10 responses
@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
10 Jan 18
@rebelann That is scary, but I don't ever believe things like that, but I hope no one else believes it. Thanks for sharing.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
10 Jan 18
@rebelann My daughter's boyfriend had this happen recently to his grandfather. Someone called him and told him his computer has something wrong, I'm not really sure about the details, but he ended up losing 2,000 dollars.
It's so sad and pathetic how little regard for other humans that some people have.
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@rebelann (112877)
• El Paso, Texas
10 Jan 18
That's so sad @misunderstood_zombie I wish there were a way to catch those jerks but usually they are from foreign countries, I've had a couple of them call me thinking they could trick me only in my case I was able to trick them.
I no longer connect my email to my cell phone which is how they gained access to information about my computer.
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
9 Jan 18
Free Airline tickets, that's not even possible, under any circumstances.
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@rebelann (112877)
• El Paso, Texas
10 Jan 18
Boy is that ever true @kobesbuddy and sadly there seems to be a lot of them.
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
10 Jan 18
@rebelann Scam artists prey on people, who are extremely trusting of anyone:(
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
10 Jan 18
@rebelann Gullible people will believe anything they hear, no matter how obviously false it seems.
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@rebelann (112877)
• El Paso, Texas
8 Jan 18
I didn't read the article but a friend of mine made comments about this on FB and warned all of us about it. I don't fly so I wouldn't have been interested but she does and lots of my other friends do as well so I'm posting this everywhere I have friends.
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. But of course I won't go for any scams - don't want to deal with that!
@rebelann (112877)
• El Paso, Texas
24 Jan 18
Me too. The ones that seem to have slowed down a little are the phone scams but there are still a few that happen and it's always targeted to the elderly.
@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
8 Jan 18
The same scam is running here...WestJet is supposedly giving each person two free tickets. I go by the assumption...if it sounds too good to be true....it is probably a scam...I just move on.
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