Sunday, May 4, 2025

I know! There is actually a warning on the Breeze Airways site about this. You can only initiate a discussion via chat on their website or app. They will call you if necessary. But people post the numbers as Breeze Airways telephone numbers so they show up on a google search.

It is sad. Many years ago now some friends of my parents got scammed out of a lot of money with a supposed grandchild calling from a foreign country and in jail and needing money to return home. It was a big scam back in the day!

It still is apparently! Except now they can spoof their voice so it sounds completely real: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/12/19/call-scammer s-using-ai/77075605007/

Crazy!!!!

My parents got one of those calls, Grandma, Grandma, I need help. My Mom said it does make your heart jump, but then she reassured herself she knew where both grandsons were and she asked a couple of questions that the "grandson" couldn't answer and he hung up.

She was smart! Our neighbor was so panicked she could have believed him but I think the fact that he was difficult to understand made her pause even though call centers are often in other countries. Also the amount of money didn't sound right. If he had said an amount close to what it really costs and not in round numbers she might have given him her credit card information. Like $437.15 instead of $1000.