Scammers impersonating DBC staff

[Catrisk]

Apparently their general helpfulness and politeness was their undoing. Someone probably smelt a rat when they were told they could most certainly have a free extra bin and they’d pop it round same day. 

https://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/scamsters-impersonating-town-hall-staff-602171

[Banker]

20 minutes ago, Catrisk said:

Apparently their general helpfulness and politeness was their undoing. Someone probably smelt a rat when they were told they could most certainly have a free extra bin and they’d pop it round same day. 

https://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/scamsters-impersonating-town-hall-staff-602171

Not you is it!

[Sheldon]

22 minutes ago, Catrisk said:

https://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/scamsters-impersonating-town-hall-staff-602171

Scamsters, eh?

[The Phantom]

Are we certain it's not DBC staff impersonating scammers? 

[SuperHans]

13 minutes ago, The Phantom said:

Are we certain it's not DBC staff impersonating scammers? 

Maybe one of the building controllers asked someone to pay their fees in Amazon vouchers, or to the local branch of Western Union Bank? 😂

[Happier diner]

4 hours ago, The Phantom said:

Are we certain it's not DBC staff impersonating scammers? 

Impersonating?

[SuperHans]

22 hours ago, Happier diner said:

Impersonating?

A lot of them seem to be scammers to be fair. 

[2112]

On 3/17/2023 at 3:39 PM, Catrisk said:

Apparently their general helpfulness and politeness was their undoing. Someone probably smelt a rat when they were told they could most certainly have a free extra bin and they’d pop it round same day. 

https://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/scamsters-impersonating-town-hall-staff-602171

As well as Corpy impersonating calls, we have MHKs impersonating MHKs, pretending to be politicians. 

[SuperHans]

1 hour ago, 2112 said:

As well as Corpy impersonating calls, we have MHKs impersonating MHKs, pretending to be politicians. 

That’s the point they’re all pretending to be what they aren’t. 

[2112]

On 3/18/2023 at 9:03 PM, SuperHans said:

That’s the point they’re all pretending to be what they aren’t. 

Sadly the standard of politics has got worse and the standard of politico has reached a point where voters despair. In the past, the national political establishment, whilst they were mocked and ridiculed at times, on the whole they were relatively competent. Over the last two administrations, and the likes of Moorehouse, Glover, and Callister being elected, the political gene pool has really scrapped the bottom of the barrel. There are other MHKs who are either obsessed with their own agendas, furthering their own careers, creating their own little fiefdoms and creating their own little empires. It’s reaching a point where they aren’t acting in the islands interest but their own perceived interests. 

[SuperHans]

5 hours ago, 2112 said:

Over the last two administrations, and the likes of Moorehouse, Glover, and Callister being elected, the political gene pool has really scrapped the bottom of the barrel. There are other MHKs who are either obsessed with their own agendas, furthering their own careers, creating their own little fiefdoms and creating their own little empires. It’s reaching a point where they aren’t acting in the islands interest but their own perceived interests. 

And when you go down to local politics it’s a whole other level. It’s concerning that some of these jokers might be the MHKs in the next 5 years. 

[Andy Onchan]

9 hours ago, 2112 said:

Sadly the standard of politics has got worse and the standard of politico has reached a point where voters despair. In the past, the national political establishment, whilst they were mocked and ridiculed at times, on the whole they were relatively competent. Over the last two administrations, and the likes of Moorehouse, Glover, and Callister being elected, the political gene pool has really scrapped the bottom of the barrel. There are other MHKs who are either obsessed with their own agendas, furthering their own careers, creating their own little fiefdoms and creating their own little empires. It’s reaching a point where they aren’t acting in the islands interest but their own perceived interests. 

Money.... You forgot money. Some are there because of the money.

[Ham_N_Eggs]

10 hours ago, 2112 said:

Sadly the standard of politics has got worse and the standard of politico has reached a point where voters despair. In the past, the national political establishment, whilst they were mocked and ridiculed at times, on the whole they were relatively competent. Over the last two administrations, and the likes of Moorehouse, Glover, and Callister being elected, the political gene pool has really scrapped the bottom of the barrel. There are other MHKs who are either obsessed with their own agendas, furthering their own careers, creating their own little fiefdoms and creating their own little empires. It’s reaching a point where they aren’t acting in the islands interest but their own perceived interests. 

"Relatively competent" really? How many decades are you going back? 

[Stu Peters]

I wonder if there's an equivalent to Moore's Law about how quickly an MF thread can go from (say) 'Do you like sugar on your banana sandwiches' to 'all MHKs are crap'.

You want the truth? You couldn't handle the truth...!

[Passing Time]

2 minutes ago, Stu Peters said:

I wonder if there's an equivalent to Moore's Law about how quickly an MF thread can go from (say) 'Do you like sugar on your banana sandwiches' to 'all MHKs are crap'.

You want the truth? You couldn't handle the truth...!

Quite possibly nanoseconds...