Late Monday morning, a very perplexing text message popped up on my phone from an unknown Missouri phone number.Now, to be clear, no part of me actually thought this was Brian Hartline sending me an unsolicited text from a non-Apple device with a St. Louis area code.
But there's always that 0.01 percent chance it's actually legit. And even if it's not, it's a great story.Ah yes – Brian Hartline needs *me* to drop everything I'm doing and run to the nearest grocery store to purchase him some “physical cards” for a “presentation.”Turns out, the reason he needed my help is because he is “quite busy,” with recruiting the latest five-star teen, I assumed.Turns out, he didn't actually want Apples to Apples.
But Brian wasn't having it, so I had to use my trusty Google skills to get myself a photo that was at least slightly believable. All in all, while this was fun, it's also low-key terrifying that this person obtained my number and knew enough about me to know that I would at least reply if they pretended to be Brian Hartline. These scammers are evolving – stay frosty.
This is fantastic, we’ll done! 🔥
Actually, this made me think of James Veitch and his Ted talk
Does he know Todd Charske?
Berryblast == Buckeye! Stoked
This is awesome. I love trolling scammers, but this is next level.🤣🤣
This made my day!
Kevinish please write more of these!
This is terrific. I thought I was the only one that did this! My wife says I’m evil when I drag these people along, but my strategy is to just waste their time and improve my improv skills. Plus, the more time they spend with me is less time with a real victim. Tweet100
“Do you know Deez?” 😂😂😂😂😂😂
DEEZ 😂😂😂
If they really were good scammers they would have called from a spoofed 330 or 614 number. I’ve had scammers call saying they were from the Board of Pharmacy but they made their numbers look like they were calling from Columbus
Kinda relieved to hear Keith Bajablast is coming to Ohio State. As an early enrollee hopefully...
You’re gonna feel horrible when it turns out brianhartline was using his captor’s phone to relay the ransom demands. We’ll miss you, Coach Hart!
This is the best thing I’ve read in a while 😂
Maybe he knows Nick Bofa?
Omg I’m so disappointed he didn’t answer to deez. 🤣
It’s called “Target” lol
silvs2411
I had a boss go spend 10k in gift cards because the 'CEO' asked her to in an email. She did it for 5 days in a row before someone told her she was being scammed. Hilarious because she was a huge bitch
Hilarious!
Perfect. Love seeing scammers get 🤡.
Great story, but just tell us all what we want to know…..is Keith Bajablast coming to Cbus or not GoBucks
I once got a scammer to send me a check made out to Harry Potter.
Lmaooo hilarious, but it's sad because elderly people fall for this stuff all the time (the group of people who can't afford to fall for it)
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Thank you so much I am laughing out loud in my office. This is so great!!
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