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Floyd R. Turbo

(31,128 posts)
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 02:49 PM 14 hrs ago

Text I just received: "Hi grandpa. I'm okay but a little stunned. I missed a turn and hit the curb then a parked car. My

phone won’t turn on so call me here at xxx xxx xxxx.”

Unless my daughter has been keeping something from me, I don’t have any grandchildren!

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Text I just received: "Hi grandpa. I'm okay but a little stunned. I missed a turn and hit the curb then a parked car. My (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo 14 hrs ago OP
That's an old scam implying your children or grandchildren are involved in an accident Ritabert 13 hrs ago #1
I'm a little short right now from trying to help my friend The Most Royal Prince Mbebinotabi get his multi billion Floyd R. Turbo 13 hrs ago #4
LOL! Ritabert 13 hrs ago #10
Nigerian Prince problems JoseBalow 12 hrs ago #18
It has been updated with AI voices so beware of extra trickiness. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz 13 hrs ago #7
Bastards! 🤬 Floyd R. Turbo 13 hrs ago #11
Thanks for the tip. Ritabert 13 hrs ago #12
Could be a scam, someone after your credit card info -- these are fairly common. eppur_se_muova 13 hrs ago #2
Bastards! 🤬 Floyd R. Turbo 13 hrs ago #5
I got one saying it was my brother and he needed bail money-- viva la 13 hrs ago #3
Bastards! 🤬 Floyd R. Turbo 13 hrs ago #6
Kinda reminds me Oeditpus Rex 13 hrs ago #8
😱 Floyd R. Turbo 13 hrs ago #9
That is kinda a weird feeling. HappyH 13 hrs ago #13
I 'won' 5 million dollars in a text the other day... MiHale 13 hrs ago #14
Bastards!🤬 Floyd R. Turbo 13 hrs ago #16
Thank God your grandchild wasn't hurt! Midnight Writer 13 hrs ago #15
Thing is, I don't have any! Floyd R. Turbo 13 hrs ago #17
Sorry, I gave her your number by mistake. Ptah 11 hrs ago #19
Very shortly you will be visited by an individual with a very particular set of skills. Tell it to him. Floyd R. Turbo 8 hrs ago #20

Ritabert

(1,680 posts)
1. That's an old scam implying your children or grandchildren are involved in an accident
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 02:52 PM
13 hrs ago

Don't answer it and delete it. They usually want a gift card.

Floyd R. Turbo

(31,128 posts)
4. I'm a little short right now from trying to help my friend The Most Royal Prince Mbebinotabi get his multi billion
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 02:56 PM
13 hrs ago

dollar inheritance!

eppur_se_muova

(40,167 posts)
2. Could be a scam, someone after your credit card info -- these are fairly common.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 02:53 PM
13 hrs ago

Most grandparents don't see their grandkids often enough to recognize them for certain, so scammers send messages like "Grandpa help it's an emergency and I can't reach Mom and Dad if I don't put up bail money they're gonna throw me in jail".

They only have to fool one person occasionally to make it pay off.

viva la

(4,324 posts)
3. I got one saying it was my brother and he needed bail money--
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 02:56 PM
13 hrs ago

He'd been arrested in Poland.

LOL. He was pretty surprised to hear that when I called him to check.

Oeditpus Rex

(42,809 posts)
8. Kinda reminds me
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 03:04 PM
13 hrs ago

of when I went to get my first mobile phone about 30 years ago and found out I was dead.

HappyH

(108 posts)
13. That is kinda a weird feeling.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 03:16 PM
13 hrs ago

Some years ago I got a letter from a major insurance company wanting to know if I was dead, and if I was, who should they send the life insurance money to. Turned out that my mom had taken out a policy on me at birth, which was not an uncommon thing back in the 1950s. And thanks Mom, I was able to borrow some money against the policy to help pay for my daughter’s college bills.

MiHale

(12,190 posts)
14. I 'won' 5 million dollars in a text the other day...
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 03:27 PM
13 hrs ago

The yacht company wasn’t impressed…darn!

Ptah

(33,921 posts)
19. Sorry, I gave her your number by mistake.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 04:56 PM
11 hrs ago

Where did she say she is?
I need to help her, again.
She can be a pain.
Again, I'm sorry, Floyd.

Floyd R. Turbo

(31,128 posts)
20. Very shortly you will be visited by an individual with a very particular set of skills. Tell it to him.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 08:48 PM
8 hrs ago
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