SCAM! SCAM! SCAM!

[willedoo]

On the subject of Facebook, they can't have much, if any, real time moderation. I was reading in the news this morning of a case where a man in Indonesia got arrested for selling his 11 month old son on Facebook. The mother was away working and reported the missing child to police when she returned home to find him gone. The father bought two mobile phones and gambled the money from the sale.

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-18/selling-babies-remains-a-problem-in-indonesia/104480064

Edited October 18 by willedoo

[spacesailor]

That's were the " apprenticeship " began .

The parent was given a cash amount for signing the child to 9 ish years of servitude.  Release date 21 years of age .

spacesailor

[old man emu]

And here we must sympathise with Frederic, the apprenticed pirate of Penzance who was unfortunately born on 29th February and who was apprenticed until his 21st birthday, which he will not reach  until he is in his eighties.

[Bruce Tuncks]

surely the powers that be are not so silly that they would accept a lie such as your true age?

[Bruce Tuncks]

I just  googled the thing up and found that the legal age is as if your birthday was on march 1st.

 

[facthunter]

It would have to be so.  It's the number of years you've lived. No other factor.  Nev

[spacesailor]

But ! .

If the person dies ,' death certificate ' issued .

Does the age restart when said person is revived.

One hour, lots of .

One day , a few .

KAREN Ann  QUINLAN could have been a record if she had awoken.  Nine years after her ventilator was removed .

spacesailor

 

Edited October 19 by spacesailor
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[old man emu]

Getting back to the origin of this thread - scams - this is not actually a scam, but people should be warned of the misdirection.

 

Here is a picture showing two vernier calipers.

The letters ‘CE’ appear on many products traded on the extended Single Market in the European Economic Area (EEA). They signify that products sold in the EEA have been assessed to meet high safety, health, and environmental protection requirements. Basically it means that the caliper carrying those numbers has a degree of proven quality. Enlarge the image and look at the letters C E on each. 

 

You can easily see that the marking on the caliper to the right is different from those on the one on the left. When you compare the two in a scale grid, this is what you see:

Note the difference in spacing between the letters on the left and those on the right. The marking on the left is the official symbol indicating that the caliper meets European quality standards. The marking on the right merely means that the item was made in China for export.

 

Is the European one any better than the Chinese one? Unless you were using the caliper in a situation where tolerances were critical, both are probably equally as accurate as a means of measuring something. However, I have no doubt that the European-made calipers would cost a lot more than the Chinese ones.

 

It's just another example of the Chinese pulling the wool over the eyes of the gullible. Many years ago, the Chinese built a manufacturing city from scratch and called it USA. Products made there were clearly marked "Made in USA". 

 

[spacesailor]

So, one Chinese & one French. 

I'm retired & my three  callipers have never been checked for country of origin. 

I have ( been talked  into ) bought expensive tools that never gave satisfaction.  Including Millwaukee .

And on the other hand , Aldi's drill is performing like 

A Millwaukee .

spacesailor

PS. : I  bought a second battery drill for the wife .

Cheaper than the expensive ' battery ' for that American failure. ( GETS Me a second battery  )

 

[old man emu]

1 hour ago, spacesailor said:

Aldi's drill is performing like A Milwaukee .

Most of my power tools are from ALDI. Still made in China, no doubt, but for occasional use they are great. 

 

My son used to work for Makita. He told me that there are three quality levels for their tools:

Cheapest - for the DIYer

Dearer - for occasional use by tradies

Dearest - for constant use by tradies.

 

Mainly the differences are in the materials used to make the gears, and I suppose nowadays, the storage capacity of the batteries, since most people seem to want cordless everything.

 

Here's something to let you now who's who in the zoo.

 

 

[Marty_d]

My DeWalt rattler is now over 15 years old and can still drive batten screws into old timber.  Original 18v batteries (I have 5 luckily, thanks to a 2nd hand purchase).  Probably used weekly.

Yes the cheap stuff can do the job if you want to drill pine occasionally, but for heavy use plastic gears won't cut it.

[old man emu]

21 minutes ago, Marty_d said:

the cheap stuff can do the job if you want to drill pine occasionally, but for heavy use plastic gears won't cut it.

Horses for courses. Choose the tool for the job at hand. 

[facthunter]

I have a SHER  drill I bought 65 years ago. Nev.

[Marty_d]

Was it chere, at the time?

[facthunter]

 Not exactly Bon Marche but nothing good is. Nev

[facthunter]

 I still use it for  honing cylinders. It's 2 speed.  Nev

[willedoo]

3 hours ago, old man emu said:

My son used to work for Makita. He told me that there are three quality levels for their tools:

Cheapest - for the DIYer

Dearer - for occasional use by tradies

Dearest - for constant use by tradies.

 

Mainly the differences are in the materials used to make the gears, and I suppose nowadays, the storage capacity of the batteries, since most people seem to want cordless everything.

I'd vouch for that. I've got a tradie quality Makita drill and also a green cheap range one. The cheap one growled like a 20 year old drill when it was fresh out of the box. The gear quality sounds like it's streets apart.

[spacesailor]

I have ( still have it ) a Wolf drill & stand . Heading for 55  years since new , in the UK . Hardly see's daylight now, but , it fits onto the little lathe. I sometime use for making wood & plastic formers , dies .

So a cheap oldie there .

spacesailor

[facthunter]

I have a couple of Wolf Valve refacing machines.  There was also a Wolf motorcycle in the 30s.  Made in Germany I think. Nev

[spacesailor]

They tell me .

No wolves in England.  They ate them in the old days

Anyone for " Hake " ,  before it eats you .

spacesailor

[facthunter]

Dog gone.  Nev

[Jerry_Atrick]

Had my first ever scamming caller to my landline today. An Indina sounding woman with an urgent tone explained to me that payments for my phone servicec were behind and I was about to be cut off.

 

Smelling a rat, I asked which company she was from. She got that right. Next question - who are you speaking to? "You don't understand sir, our systems are minutes away fron cutting off your phone unless you make a payment now..."

 

"OK, I understand that.. but to be sure you have the correct customer, what is my name?"

 

*click* and she was gone.

Edited November 15 by Jerry_Atrick

[nomadpete]

3 hours ago, Jerry_Atrick said:

Had my first ever scamming caller to my landline today

She was a beginner.

The smarter ones don't make the call until they have at least three identity facts about you.

 

I'd love to know how a scammer got my whole name and correct rego number and phone number.

 

Luckily my mobile phone identifies most odd phone numbers and alerts me of suspect frauds while it still rings. But it is only a matter of time before they start spoofing better caller id.

[facthunter]

WE are  fighting a losing battle against invasion of privacy and data mining.  Nev

[onetrack]

Russian criminal gangs have been scamming people with fake tractor sales. They are exceptionally good at it, and operate a professional website with people you can call and speak to, and they use a very similar company name and ABN, as a registered Australian company name and ABN, who ARE trading. But the Australian company doesn't sell tractors.

 

The scammers show superb photos of nice low-hour tractors at very reasonable prices and the suckers pay the money into a Bendigo Bank account. However, the funds are transferred out of the Bendigo Bank account within minutes of being paid and used to purchase cryptocurrencies that can't be traced or recovered. 

 

Part of the problem appears to be idiots here who are "renting" their local bank account for the scammers to use. 

 

The scammers use photos stolen from U.S. tractor websites, and this should be enough warning if you're perceptive.

 

Two things that I do, that has never failed me, is to look at the vegetation and surroundings in the photos to determine if the scenery is American or Australian (Australian shrubbery and scenery is distinctive as compared to the U.S.

Then I go looking for similar photos in U.S. or Australian sites, using Google image search. Google image search is so powerful, it will pick up virtually anything that has ever been photographed.

 

I regularly pick up the scammers on the aviation ads by using this technique.

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-15/tractor-scam-fleecing-australian-farmers-out-of-thousands/104586900