Recommendation for a good burner phone?
[QUOTE=YayaGogo;3712441]Just to let you all know, some scammers have recently tried to target me with the underage girl scam. Don't fall for it!
Here's how it worked: An over 18 account is set up on SA which they then use to message you and move it on to text. While texting they try to get a pic from you and your name. The girl eventually sends private pics unsolicited, at which point I asked her to confirm her age. She says she's almost 17 but really into older guys yada yada. I say not interested, report her account and block her number. The next day I get a text from her 'dad' from another number saying he's going to get me arrested for child porn and to call him immediately. I'm aware of the scam and I ignore him. Later in the day I get a voicemail from a 'sheriff' in another state saying they're starting the arrest process and I should call him back immediately (to a number not matching the caller I'd) to tell my side of the story and to settle this. I googled the number on the caller I'd which was spoofed from an actual LE office in another state to make it look official, so I call back at the official number (not at the alternate number left in the VM) I ask to speak to the sheriff by name and it's a different guy that has no idea what I'm talking about. He tells me it's a very common scam on internet dating sites and such. The 'father' then texts me later on in the day saying his daughter got suspended from school and I'll be arrested if I don't speak with him, at which point I tell him I'm aware it's a scam and that LE is very interested in meeting with him and his 'daughter'. Never heard back after that but it occurred to me that some of you might be also targets of this scam and might not know what to do.
Remember:
- Use either a burner phone, GV, or both for SA communications. Scammers will cross reference your number with social media apps to find out all about you.
- Don't use your real name for SA if you can avoid it.
- Even if the age of consent in your state is 16 or 17, it's still illegal to send / receive nude pics from minors and you will be prosecuted if the complaint is legitimate.
- If someone is trying to scam you for money, don't engage them and they'll eventually go away.
- No LE will ever encourage you to 'settle' a crime for money.
- 18 should be young enough for anyone on this board. Going younger will permanently alter your entire life as you know it.[/QUOTE]Recommendations for burner phone would be appreciated Thanks CM.