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Use punter phones avoid the scammmers.
Posted: 2021-08-19 11:39:06
Dear Gentlemen.
Please use punter phones when you punt do not use your own personal phone, by using a punter phone you can switch the phone off when you are not punting which means the scammers can not reach you when they call.
You also should not use your personal number for the reason that from your Rica'd number many other personal details can be obtained which makes it easier for you to be extorted.
When and if you are called by the scammers do not pay them any money, if you want to do anything, go and report it to the police because extortion is a serious offence.
This is not an ESA problem this is a global problem in the industry, don't make it easier for them to extort you.
ESA is an online advertising platform we are not investigators or the police, we do what we can to assist but we can not apply unlimited time or resources to catching the scammers.
Keep safe and punt responsibly.
Please use punter phones when you punt do not use your own personal phone, by using a punter phone you can switch the phone off when you are not punting which means the scammers can not reach you when they call.
You also should not use your personal number for the reason that from your Rica'd number many other personal details can be obtained which makes it easier for you to be extorted.
When and if you are called by the scammers do not pay them any money, if you want to do anything, go and report it to the police because extortion is a serious offence.
This is not an ESA problem this is a global problem in the industry, don't make it easier for them to extort you.
ESA is an online advertising platform we are not investigators or the police, we do what we can to assist but we can not apply unlimited time or resources to catching the scammers.
Keep safe and punt responsibly.
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Re: Use punter phones avoid the scammmers.
Posted: 2021-08-19 12:05:15
Dear ESA
Thank you very much for this helpful post - I am happy that you are taking this threat seriously.
Hopefully if the scammers find that they are not succeeding they will move on to some other scam and leave us alone
Thank you very much for this helpful post - I am happy that you are taking this threat seriously.
Hopefully if the scammers find that they are not succeeding they will move on to some other scam and leave us alone
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Re: Use punter phones avoid the scammmers.
Posted: 2021-08-19 13:32:55
Thanks ESA
We really appreciate the matter of extortion / scammers taken seriously
I think that the ladies have a much harsher time from these guys than we do as punters
Love you lots
Peterb
We really appreciate the matter of extortion / scammers taken seriously
I think that the ladies have a much harsher time from these guys than we do as punters
Love you lots
Peterb
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Re: Use punter phones avoid the scammmers.
Posted: 2021-08-20 14:37:27
Just received a call from them today. First time in all these years.
Contacted two ladies recently for their videos and suspect it is one of them passing on my nr.
Having fun talking with the "cop". Using punter phone with sim not Rica'd under my name so not worried.
At the moment we are negotiating the payoff amount. He seems willing to take a fairly low amount but presume this will only be the start.
Contacted two ladies recently for their videos and suspect it is one of them passing on my nr.
Having fun talking with the "cop". Using punter phone with sim not Rica'd under my name so not worried.
At the moment we are negotiating the payoff amount. He seems willing to take a fairly low amount but presume this will only be the start.
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Re: Use punter phones avoid the scammmers.
Posted: 2021-08-20 14:54:12
Haha how much does he want?
I get random phone calls on my punter phone as well (can only assume it's these shitheads) but it stays on "Do Not Disturb" so they never reach me.
On 2021-08-20 14:37:27 hobbes said:
At the moment we are negotiating the payoff amount. He seems willing to take a fairly low amount but presume this will only be the start.
Haha how much does he want?
I get random phone calls on my punter phone as well (can only assume it's these shitheads) but it stays on "Do Not Disturb" so they never reach me.
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Re: Use punter phones avoid the scammmers.
Posted: 2021-08-20 22:40:48
My low offer was rejected. Want R7500.
I presume my arrest is imminent.
They will never take me alive!
I presume my arrest is imminent.
They will never take me alive!
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Re: Use punter phones avoid the scammmers.
Posted: 2021-08-20 22:52:23
Absolutely brilliant dude.
On 2021-08-20 22:40:48 hobbes said:
My low offer was rejected. Want R7500.
I presume my arrest is imminent.
They will never take me alive!
Absolutely brilliant dude.
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Re: Use punter phones avoid the scammmers.
Posted: 2021-08-20 22:55:55
You don't even need a physical second phone. You just need a pre ricad SIM and if your normal phone supports dual messenger, then you can have a second WhatsApp on your normal phone, connected to the second SIM. Make sure your WhatsApp app is activated by your fingerprint for added security
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Re: Use punter phones avoid the scammmers.
Posted: 2021-08-20 23:15:50
Edited: 2021-08-20 23:17:00
Edited: 2021-08-20 23:17:00
There are some of you,who still haven't collected your sim.bring my r50s lol
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Re: Use punter phones avoid the scammmers.
Posted: 2021-08-20 23:16:15
Ive had so many calls already. Now i just tell them. Dude just tell me what u want ooh they dont like to be called dude. Hahaha. So wjen thet tell me what they gonna do i say eish dude. My gf is a working girl my wife is a mg also in the business. They cut the call lol
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