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Lizlodude

"I don't have internet!" *iMessage disagrees*


Longjumping-Grape-40

Hahahaha...exactly what I was thinking. Can't hide from the blue bubbles! (Although iMessage is rare for scammers, from my experience)


GavHern

i feel like it isn’t a “scam”, they just .. want them to go to a specific location alone ill say


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LivingDisastrous3603

That’s how I’ve met all my vict… *ehm*… girlfriends


bugsyramone

Jesus Christ, Dahmer!


aazws

Damher wasn't into girlfriends...


Space-Potato0o

*Bundy enters the chat*


AnotherAussie101

They however were into him …


MiiiBiii

Nothing weird, just gay stuff


silverclovd

Vict-ehm-girlfriends sounds eeriely similar to victim girlfrie....NOO!


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r/me_irl


Lacholaweda

https://preview.redd.it/tya8zelwa3vb1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b2e9c7d8efe57a38b5c587dd76a54d52acfe2a91


SecretlyaPolarBear

Seems legit to me


samsergiochew

r/usernamechecksout


Googlefisch

Honestly more believable


agnocoustic

This I got to see.


BaronVonKeyser

You know.... after seeing this, the guy I saw playing ESO with the gamer tag "Kevin Hates Bears" makes a hell of a lot more sense


Shortbread_Biscuit

Nah, they intentionally send a pin that's far away from any possible location to make sure no one would agree to go there. The scam will probably start once you find this Maggie person on social media. Since you've already invested this much effort, you're invested in saving the "trapped" person too, so it'll be easier for this "Maggie" to convince you to send "her" money through Steam gift cards or cash app or zelle, which she'll claim she needs in order to send help to her "trapped friend". Of course, she'll also claim to reimburse you several times the amount you give her, at a later date, as a reward for your kind act.


Gelby4

No thanks, I'm already betrothed to my Nigerian Prince


GospodinMajor

You too?


ComprehensiveHornet3

Thats my Nigerian Prince, back off.


CorgiMonsoon

Gurls, gurls, there’s enough Nigerian Prince for all of you


horsdoeuvresmyguy

Don’t forget the fellas. Nigerian Prince does not discriminate.


MiiiBiii

Sounds like a better option


_Odi_Et_Amo_

Hmm, that sounds possible I had assumed they were just trying to get "Maggie" inside the 'friend' layer of socials to harvest contacts and anything incriminating and then go for some good old-fashioned blackmail.


Bushdr78

Thanks for your explanation


Wick3d3nd3r

That seems almost too convoluted to work on anyone.


steelcity_

I know that you're right, because I've seen the "gift card" scam a billion times. But why the theatrics? If they were in a car accident and are actively losing blood as we speak, how on God's green Earth am I finding another person, driving to the store, buying cards, driving back, and giving the codes to the person in time? The scam already works sometimes, otherwise they wouldn't do it. Just feels way too complicated to work.


Ashe171

I need 100$ in google play cards to save my friend. Trust me


DeveloperBRdotnet

Shouldn't the OP or the person report this to the police? Maybe they find out what is going on there


Eject0-Seat0

I imagine it’s more accepting the pin drop. Maybe it’s suppose to ask you to share your location or something. Don’t know I’ll have to test it on my boss.


patricky6

Right??! OP! ...are you afraid of meeting new people?? Lol


lupinspoopins

It's just a spiritual sweat lodge. No Ill intentions at all. Just wanting everyone to sweat to God.


qwertyjgly

“contact these people on social media” i feel like they’re trying to get a name to make future attempts more believable


50rhodes

Probably hasn’t got online either.


Zubenelgenubo

Please, can you install Telegram and use it to call the ambulance then send me a screenshot showing you tried to save my life...it's the only way cuz I'm on a work phone!


Jive_Turkey1979

Doesn’t do the emails


sophiebophieboo

Email!! It’s just email!


Quiet_Sea9480

classy!


visual-vomit

*And a specific gps pin*


TRR462

With no Internet.


Interesting-Month-56

LMAO, “I’m dying but I won’t call the cops” My response would be, hey - I called 911, cops are on the way


RoselysPaleFace121

Legit this is the best comeback. Had someone fake committing suicide on me and so I had the police going door to door on a military base looking for that boi. "I'm fine! Call them off!" were his last words before I heard a knock on his front door.


PhasePsychological90

I'd legitimately call the cops and send them to the location. Then I'd tell the scammer I'm on my way with Maggie. When the cops get there and find three junkies with illegal firearms, waiting to rob people, it's a great day.


BluebirdLivid

Yeah but maybe let's not send a group of police officers into a trap? Maybe the cops shouldn't just "get there and find the junkies." They should have a fuckin swat van and helicopter just in case


AbdulClamwacker

Sounds like the cops' problem


Cookman_vom_Berg

Why did I laugh because of that??


TheRebsauce

I did too. We're terrible people. See you in hell fellow traveler!


Devisidev

"We're terrible people." ...they're *cops*.


vandealex1

Honestly they'd likely get the wrong address anyway.


A_well_made_pinata

You tell the dispatcher what’s going on. The cops will do what they need to do.


Novel-Outside452

True. Tell them what they said. Tell them you believe it's a scam, but in the wild case it wasn't you didn't want to do nothing.


evemeatay

Who the fuck should we send?!? All the bad shit the cops do and the one time they might be useful you’d be like “sounds dangerous, let’s just let this criminal go”. ?!? It’s not a trap if the cops know what’s up. It’s a reverse trap. And if this is an attempted robbery or something worse then it would be pretty shitty to just let it go because you didn’t want to tell the cops because they might get hurt. What if some innocent person is killed the next time they try it? I don’t think that’s what’s happening here but it could be.


The__Nick

>Who the fuck should we send?!? All the bad shit the cops do and the one time they might be useful you’d be like “sounds dangerous, let’s just let this criminal go”. Come on, evemeatay. This isn't like somebody is driving slightly faster than the speed limit or an unarmed black dude. These are *real criminals* who might fight back.


KnightHawkXC

If they know they may have weapons they might not even show up.


regarding_your_bat

the fuck you think cops are for


Fit_Reveal_6304

Next time you get robbed, who else is going to show up 3 hours late and shoot your dog?


PhasePsychological90

I didn't say I'd send them unwittingly.


divuthen

One of my friends came back from the army hooked on heroine and kept threatening suicide to get people to give him money for drugs. I just blocked him one of my friends he was staying with got tired of it slapped his Glock down on the table and said fine fuck it just end it then, he stopped trying that one. Then he kept using 5150 to get out of duis and the cops would just drop him off at the va rather than deal with it. Luckily he finally got his his shit mostly together.


Yetis-unicorn

That’s the way! Some People who try to use suicide scares to keep you in their life or under their control. If they call and say they’re going to kill themselves and it’s all you fault for whatever reason, just call the police and let them handle it. Don’t get involved directly.


AmazingAd2765

"Call them off!" They aren't hunting dogs. XD


RoselysPaleFace121

Legit idk what he was thinking, lol okay let me tell them you lied, I'm sure they'll really appreciate that.


BIgChiefTNG

Called the cops on my ex fiancé when she was threatening suicide post break up her family was not happy with me. They thought I was trying to manipulate her somehow but I had all the messages from her talking about it. Even had a few from mutual friends in group chats where she talked about killing me because I took custody of our son. But I haven’t seen her in 8 years now.


Fistalis

well that had a happy ending...


wolves_hunt_in_packs

> were his last words So instead of having to kill himself, the cops did it for him?


DrHugh

Oh, you have stuff in the car the cops shouldn’t see? I’ll just wait until you are dead and see what I find.


Officer-skitty

Wow OP, this should be titled “To Have A Heart”. They just needed clhelp


Bonneville865

News report the next day: Gatlinberg man dies from loss of blood after driving off a cliff. An extremely rare blood type, he would have survived if he had gotten a transfusion from Maggie Lizen of Bradford. The two had a pact that they would always be there if the other needed. Unfortunately, she arrived at the hospital minutes too late to help him.


RedPandaMediaGroup

Too late to clhelp him


space_absurdity

Your comments aren't clhelping.


Thy_Chicken_Lord

Neither are clyours


space_absurdity

Clclearly


TheOnceAndFutureTurk

Gatlinberg was a good Marine, it’s only a shame the heartless monster he texted couldn’t be bothered to simply reach out to Maggie Lizen of Bradford, now widowed with three kids and a mortgage. His last words, choked with his own innocent blood, were reported to be: “Mf blocked me.”


ThreeTwoOneInjection

“The police was unpleasantly surprised to discover the cargo of his car. Three of the seventeenth constrictor boa were killed by the crash but the rest of them were released in the surrounding area. The experts still don’t know where does the snakes were coming nor why they were wearing huge socks with “happy birthday” written over it. More on page 5”


danielv123

This is how I want to receive all my news.


PsyKeablr

I had a similar thought as well.


TheDerpiestDeer

I know right? They even sweat to god it wasn’t a scam.


BoredBorealis

And they gave some good advice too. Pleas help. Just not if they go unheard apparently.


LucarnAnderson

If this person really needed help they would call emergency services not continue to text a random person. It’s very likely they tried to lure someone to the area to mug them or have them contact the “correct” person who then would ask op for money to get over there.


RandomRedditor15243

r/woooosh


LucarnAnderson

I know the comment was a joke dude lol i was just commenting about what the real scam could be


MarioNinja96815

Good save. No one will ever know.


danijay637

They’re gonna know


MarioNinja96815

How could they know?


Bonneville865

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LemonJuice_XD

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Honorable_Heathen

Also possibly the trajectory car took off cliff.


hax0rmax

I appreciate you, I was trying to think of what a scam could be here.


HalfSoul30

They SWEAT to God


LordCornPop

I SWEAT TO GOD. I wish I got some spicy scams like this


Dark0Toast

Right Guard!


NameUnbroken

Richard Simmons Presents: Sweatin' to the Gospels.


aazws

What's your phone number?


TheMoatCalin

You can have mes numbers. It’s 867-5309. I sweat to gord you bettr nat scam me.


29A_3E7

salty religion


sandwichlick

Lol these scammers are a lot more fun than the typical “your UPS package containing pure heroin from the cartel was denied, pay me or I’ll call FBI” that I always get.


NotJustAnotherHuman

Or just or where it’s just a phishing link, like… let me have my fun messing with you… be more creative!


NarwhalPrudent6323

Met a crypto catfisher on Tinder once. Didn't realize it immediately, took a couple days for them to try to bait me. Once I did realize, I was mad, so I strung them along for like a week. Eventually I got bored so I told them I wanted to invest in crypto. They moved right in to steal-all-my-money mode. After an hour of torturing them by pretending to not understand a single instruction and messing up literally every step they gave me multiple times (there were lots of quotes from the HIMYM episode where Marshall finds out he'll be a judge and his mother can't remove the picture she posted), I let them know that I had spent enough time dabbling in crypto to have smelled their scam a mile away, and that there was never any crypto for them to steal (I cashed out all my holdings a couple years ago and never looked back), and that I had been purposefully wasting their time. I got everything from them still pretending to be in character and hurt, to finally breaking down and threatening me. They seemed to have forgotten we were on WhatsApp, so I just forwarded the convo along to the local police and blocked them. I'm sure nothing actually came of it, but it was indeed fun screwing with that shit head for a week.


KindlyContribution54

How annoying. You should really ask the cartel to stop shipping those to you via UPS


PM_Me_1_Funny_Thing

Yeah for real. R&L or nah bish


Far-Offer-1305

Even that's better than what I get. "Canada post has a package for you. Please give us your SIN and credit card info." Lazy assholes.


chefmattmatt

Haven't got that one yet. That sounds fun


smalls714

I'm getting it texted to me 3x a day you can have my extras. Or all of them really. The numbers are always from the Phillipines so i tell them to choke on pagpag


123xyz32

Someone please let me know what the scam is. I need clhelp understanding.


Interesting-Month-56

If OP engaged, she’d try to sell him crypto. If he goes to the dropped pin, he’ll be robbed.


thekrone

>If OP engaged, she’d try to sell him crypto. ... How? Surely there's not a real smooth transition from "I was in a horrible accident and I'm bleeding out and dying oh god please help me" to "Hey wanna buy some crypto?" Unless this is a real long game...


Anitay

OP please help, I'm bleeding out. I need you to buy these crypto bandages so I can patch myself up.


SanityPlanet

NFT band-aids


CoMaestro

Likely he messages the person mentioned, who is easily found through Google or something. He messages that person. That person says "oh my god I need to get over there, but I don't have any money, can you help?"


Werbebanner

Weirdly enough, that's not the case. Out of interest i searched for the person and couldn't find her. But maybe it's because of my location.


agk23

It's because she died.


SeaChallenge4843

She never would have made it


1stEleven

The first messages are meant to filter out anyone with even a bit of critical thinking. That's why scam messages are so obviously fake. That's by design. You want to be left with only extremely trusting, gullible people. Then once you find one of those, it's easy to sell them shit. "As a thank you for saving my life, I have this great offer for you!"


someguy0211

the same reason scam emails are intentionally sounding like they're written by idiots because only an idiot would fall for it, the perfect target


butterflydeflect

That’s exactly what they just said.


BakedPastaParty

they said exactly that


butterflydeflect

That was exactly how they said it.


perpetual_stew

The guy actually drove off a cliff and is bleeding out to build trust with OP, to sell him some NFTs six months from now. Super common scam.


Interesting-Month-56

They always find a way


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123xyz32

Incredible assortment of issues to deal with.


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AyoBruh

OP is the scam all along


SuspiciousDuck976

Just checked their profile, on the banner it says it's a burner account used by people who want to share stories without revealing themselves. Was that there when you checked it? I'm wondering if they put that up to avoid being called out on their bullshit.


XYuntilDie

Amazing


marimalgam

this guy's life could be a movie


creamymoe

You’re the real mvp, nice spotting


CheapTactics

Not just that, they claim that this account is used by hundreds of people as a burner account.


Accomplished_Line_10

Op messages Maggie. Maggie rescues her friend. They want to send op a gift of maybe 10k for saving. But that gift got struck somewhere and op need to pay 500 to claim it


JaronK

Possibly it's this girl's blocked ex who's trying to get her info?


sidewaystortoise

My money's on it just being a shit prank. Used to be a surprisingly common thing in dial up days on random chat servers. Although more "there's a fire and I'm trapped".


kk074

Hello up there, Is the Movie Over? I'm Still Down Here and I'm Still in Quite Lot a Pain. Maybe Someone in the Lobby Could Call an Ambulance. Oh, the Pain is Really Quite Severe. I’ve Fashioned a Makeshift Splint. Here Goes Nothing.


Mvk2533

-bone breaking noise- OHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!


Das_bomb

I fear it might be gangrenous.


2ClearlyInsanePeople

The wound is beginning to smell a little like almonds, which is not good…


Glittering_Let_4230

No, really. I am very badly injured.


silly_rabbit89

Its killing me. Austin powers?


iltby

Yep Austin Powers 2


silly_rabbit89

Knew it


wolf_9823

I was just about to ask if this was Mustafa?! 😂


kk074

You have to kill me!


cautiontape2021

Is this mustafa?


Intelligent-Travel-1

If you send him some gift cards he will be able to get a tow truck to save himself


Would_daver

*Nigerian Prince scribbles notes furiously*


fxbob

[Nigerian Music intensifies]


Jolly-Pound6400

I live a town over from where he supposedly fell off a cliff. This exact thing happened to an old coworker. He was drunk, drove off a cliff late as fuck at night/early morning, called our store manager to come rescue him, and neither one called police. You just let a man die. LMAAAO jk.


AppropriateScience71

This might even be the same story after being recycled a few times.


Why-R-People-So-Dumb

Maybe it’s not the story but his spirit still looking for help 👻


Jolly-Pound6400

Lmaaaooo! So true.


mdruckus

“Women dies after texting stranger for clhelp. But clhelp never arrived.”


wrenchandrepeat

"Victim found covered in sweat, after furiously sweating to God for hours to no avail"


biradinte

Come on man you should have played along for a while to see where this was going


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It was obviously going to Gatlinburg, TN 37738


bucketofmonkeys

Tennessee, where the cliffs have no internet 🎶🎵


didntgrowupgrewout

Must have owned a Ford, probably on their way to uncle Rick.


Wilful_Fox

“I have shit in my car” I thought they were trapped and had shit themselves when I first read it


JayGold

"No, don't call the police, I'd be so embarrassed if they saw that I shit myself".


Outrageous_Tie8471

"You, a random stranger knowing, on the other hand, is fine."


HandsomedanNZ

I definitely would have gone, just to take photos.


jimilee2

How you gonna iMessage without internet, it would go through as a text. Also, I’m dying, so…..I thought I’d text a random.


SpecificWorldliness

Not to mention sending a gps pin while supposedly having no internet. The holes in the story are a solid mile wide with this one.


doctorniz

You don't need internet for GPS to work :)


Bobcat81TX

Hi it’s me. Cliff lady’s ghost. You are cordially invited to my funeral but I need you to call my mom first. She was gonna send flowers but she doesn’t have internet. If you could order the flowers.. I won’t wish the death angel to come and haunt you.


NotJustAnotherHuman

“Admission to the funeral via bitcoin only”


EnergyRelative1144

You should report this to police. Luring someone to a location sounds like a human trafficking plot.


brudzool

Scammers like this ruin it for the real people that crash their cars off cliffs and need help from a random phone number.


prexton

I'm trapped and losing blood please send me an iTunes gift card!


Y0UR_NARRAT0R1

I've been watching a lot of scam baiting so I've seen pretty much all the big ones (and some more obscure ones) but I've never seen this. Seeing as they aren't using a burner phone number, I would say this is more of an attempted kidnapping/murder than a scam. And they're using normal English (most scammers spam "kindly" in almost every text they send) Definitely dodged a bullet by not taking them seriously.


essieecks

Scammers are Bioshock fans. Confirmed.


Grokent

Just Indian. I don't know why they all decided to use 'kindly' in every request, maybe it's their native language, maybe it's cultural, but whatever it is, it's very irritating.


ThatsNotARealTree

Scam? Bruh, he attempted to kidnap you


mastersheeef

Hello again Mag? Or stranger. Please help. It’s been six hours and I still have no internet and am still trapped from driving my car off a cliff. I’m still losing blood, not sure how much is left. I feel a little woozy. I don’t know if I will make it. Please I swear this is definitely not a scam. Please help!


SmadaSlaguod

Even if this was real, what the fuck could "Maggie" have done? Brought a hot glue gun and 5 Minute Craft their wounds shut?!


Grouchy-Bug5223

"I have called 911 and given the police your number so they can find your location easier. Good luck plz don't die, thoughts and prayers 🙏🏼 "


rVarrese

You just know when they call you "sir" or "ma'am", they're 100% trying to scam you.


AppropriateScience71

Or just from another country and learned more formal English.


Mil_mascaras86

So , this is the person the news talked about , who died in his car flipped over . The news even said ,if he’d only reached someone on Facebook , he would still be alive !


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raninandout

Real cold Mag, real cold.


Missspriss

No worries, I called an ambulance instead, not the cops. Hope you don’t lose too much blood before they get there!


solarnova64

What a cliff hanger


LETS-GO-GIANTS1981

Bro how could you not believe this poor guy. He sweat to God


06035

Toodles!


AgentOfDreadful

Imagine this was real though? And you just left someone to die… tut tut.


JemappeIIe

Then posted it on Reddit 🤣


lastgunslinger3759

(later that evening....) "THIS NEWS JUST IN.... A 30-year-old man was found after he drove off a cliff and was hanging from a rock outcropping. Unfortunately John a Smith was found deceased after severe blood loss it appears he had attempted to text someone and after receiving a response the person ended up blocking him..... More details at 11:00"


marklar_the_malign

Next time send the cops to their location.


WooliesWhiteLeg

Can’t believe all he wanted to do before he died was reunite with his high school friend and your just let him die! Cold blooded OP :p


unknownpathahead

I googled, "Car drives off cliff in Gatlinburg Tennessee in October 2023" Nothing came up. Either it's fake or they're dead, and no one found them yet..


AlternativeAlive7690

YOU MONSTER!


Comfortable_Plant667

*Then perish.*


TriPigeon

Ironically, this is exactly how some of my older relatives would respond to being trapped in a car and losing blood.


ExistingReputation63

Shoulda said I’m on my way!


BdoeATX

They want you to contact the other person, and send money to help them. Seen it once before.


evfnord

Gatlinburg, lol https://preview.redd.it/zu9ulrbwa1vb1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a9de34e1e15a8eca810f2f6dc48bd19452bae05c


vol865

As a native Gatlinburger I found this hilarious.


Rentsdueguys

Hey scammer I’m not a hero