I'm used to spam calls, hearing a bit of music then some lady speaking mandarin, whatever. This is new though, 1 a spam WhatsApp message and 2 the content. Has anyone else gotten anything like this? I'm hoping this is random and not targeted

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[–] TrudeauCastroson@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I get the Mandarin ones.

I also get "hi this is definitely FedEx, your package is held up at a port, press 1 for English, 2 for Mandarin"

Living in Canada, I should be allowed to file a claim that they're not respecting a minority language by not having an option to be scammed in French.

[–] newmou@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So you get calls where you pick up and they just start speaking Mandarin at you? What in the world

[–] TrudeauCastroson@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

Pretty much. There's a bunch of people who got scammed into paying nonexistent fines relating to immigration when called in Chinese. Or fake banks lying about fees for transferring money from China/Hong-Kong or wherever (I can't tell the difference between Mandarin and Cantonese, but both happen).

Immigrants who don't understand exactly how stuff works are a good demo to scam, which is why they're not even bothering to scam in English.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/scam-calls-demand-money-personal-information-1.4639899