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If you like watching watch repair videos on YouTube, be careful of scammers.  I was contacted by someone saying that they were Marshall from the Wristwatch Revival channel and noticed a comment of mine about my grandfather's watch.  He offered to use my grandfather's watch for one of his servicing videos.  I would need to send him my watch and $250 to cover the servicing and parts.  Fortunately, that got my scam meter pegging high.  I tried to get a hold of Marshall myself, but was unsuccessful.  I passed on that offer.

Marshall mentioned in a couple of his recent videos about a couple of his other viewers that fell for the scam.  Fortunately, they were able to get their watches back.  He didn't say if they lost money in the process, but I suspect so.

So be wary of anyone contacting you out of the blue (not just from Marshall's channel).  If they are asking for money, be very wary.  Confirm that they are who they say they are.

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The grifter class is now a permanent part of society. They are everywhere now.

On 12/12/2023 at 8:36 AM, oldhippy said:

It is unbelievable the amount of phone calls I get all from scammers. I lead them a merry dance then tell them to *uck off. Half the time you can't understand what the bugger say.  

These scammers pay for our personal data from some corporation and will relentlessly harass you until they find an opening. The corporations pretend the data "leaked" through a third party or they pretend that they got hacked and cry wolf. They make like $1 per head (per scammer company). This is how they can afford to give big first time discounts when you sign up for something.

I know people who get crypto scam mails daily till today (1 year+) due to the Gemini leak: https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-users-claim-gemini-email-leak-occurred-much-earlier-than-first-reported

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