I follow a few turners on facebook to see what they post. One of the guys I follow is a friend and fellow turner in our club. Normally if we correspond between meetings it's by text but yesterday I got a facebook message at 6am. Here is the following discussion. Keep in mind that I found out today that none of this discussion is from him. What is troubling is that it seems to be from someone who has some woodturning experience because they respond with some of the correct answers. At the end he asks me to check out website but does not provide a link to click on. This is either a real person or someone with A.I. capabilities to carry on a discussion. I can only guess where the scam comes in. If it was to get a referral fee it seems like a lot of effort to get there.
My only reason to post this is that I'm curious if other turners are getting similar messages.
him
Hello, happy new year. How you been. Staying healthy I hope
Me
Doing pretty good Dave, ready for an end to the cold weather. Been turning a little but mainly other indoor projects
him
Glad to hear. I can imagine the cold weather turnings can be quite challenging. Turning projects and staying busy sound like great ways to pass the time
Me
I am hollowing a piece that I gave up on when it was green. Put it back on, trued it up and began hollowing only to find a piece of metal inside that doesn't show from the outside. Tough on tools
him
Sounds like quite a challenge with a hidden piece of metal blah blah blah and then more discussion about the issue
Him a little later
May the good lord continue to shower his blessings upon you. I was wondering if you have heard or gotten an email about the United Nation Care Service assistance (UNCS)
This is were things got really fishy with me and I texted the guy to see if he was messaging me. We all get theses texts, messages and emails that are obviously suspicious but I've never got one who did this good of job interacting.
Anyway, I blocked him and will proceed more cautiously in the future. I'm sure this is all brought to us by the people who think crypto currency and a cashless society is a good idea.
My only reason to post this is that I'm curious if other turners are getting similar messages.
him
Hello, happy new year. How you been. Staying healthy I hope
Me
Doing pretty good Dave, ready for an end to the cold weather. Been turning a little but mainly other indoor projects
him
Glad to hear. I can imagine the cold weather turnings can be quite challenging. Turning projects and staying busy sound like great ways to pass the time
Me
I am hollowing a piece that I gave up on when it was green. Put it back on, trued it up and began hollowing only to find a piece of metal inside that doesn't show from the outside. Tough on tools
him
Sounds like quite a challenge with a hidden piece of metal blah blah blah and then more discussion about the issue
Him a little later
May the good lord continue to shower his blessings upon you. I was wondering if you have heard or gotten an email about the United Nation Care Service assistance (UNCS)
This is were things got really fishy with me and I texted the guy to see if he was messaging me. We all get theses texts, messages and emails that are obviously suspicious but I've never got one who did this good of job interacting.
Anyway, I blocked him and will proceed more cautiously in the future. I'm sure this is all brought to us by the people who think crypto currency and a cashless society is a good idea.