AlphaOmega

joined 2 years ago

eBay users are getting back at graphics card scalping bots by listing pictures of the RTX 5090 for $2000, occasionally framed in c/[email protected]

[–] AlphaOmega 9 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Money laundering?

Dr Disrespect’s Midnight Society studio shuts down before releasing its first game in c/[email protected]

[–] AlphaOmega 12 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

He's got the Midas touch, if Midas turned stuff to shit instead of gold

'Dragon Age isn't dead because it's yours now,' former BioWare writer reassures fans: 'EA/BioWare owns the IP but you can't own an idea' in c/[email protected]

[–] AlphaOmega 9 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

EA has been doing this crap since '98 and still people keep buying it

US-born teenager murdered by father in Pakistan over TikTok content in c/world

[–] AlphaOmega 19 points 2 days ago

Most religions don't even mention tiktok.

How come modern multiplayer games don't show ping/latency? in c/[email protected]

[–] AlphaOmega 2 points 1 week ago

I hear you. It's worth a play, but there are 30ish heroes all with some what unique abilities and counters. It can be overwhelming..

How come modern multiplayer games don't show ping/latency? in c/[email protected]

[–] AlphaOmega 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Good games do. Playing Marvel rivals, it has ping, network meter, etc

Good afternoon I'm here to make a parches of a slic. in c/lemmyshitpost

[–] AlphaOmega 2 points 2 weeks ago

At first I thought it was the dead giveaway guy, but it just appears to be some random black guy with cotton candy.

House Republican threatens to withhold disaster aid from California amid deadly wildfires in c/politics

[–] AlphaOmega 5 points 2 weeks ago

Terrorist

WTF do you mean "poop sandwich"???? in c/aboringdystopia

[–] AlphaOmega 33 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So he shit in some bread, then drove or carried it around to give to a homeless guy to throw away? Dudes mentally unstable

McDonald's shareholders won't be happy about this (Video of the California wildfires by @stuartpalley) in c/aboringdystopia

[–] AlphaOmega 1 points 3 weeks ago

Reminds me of "This is the End."

We overpaid you and need you to pay back $.23 in c/mildlyinfuriating

[–] AlphaOmega 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Exactly

EDIT: It's a known scam usually through some guise of computer repair or a trusted company, but Occam's Razor would dictate that this is not a scam simply because who would bother would 23 cents?
Or maybe that's the scam? It's such a low ball amount that 10k+ clients wouldn't even question it.

We overpaid you and need you to pay back $.23 in c/mildlyinfuriating

[–] AlphaOmega 42 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

This is a typical scam, convince the victim you refunded them too much, and ask for the difference back. Only thing is they never refunded you in the first place. They just use the inspect tool to edit your balance client side

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The stupidest FB Marketplace that I deal with Weekly. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by AlphaOmega to c/[email protected]

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FB Marketplace Scam. There's a second where they get your phone number and send you a "confirmation" link which apparently will confirm you are changing an account over to them. Not sure what account, as my phone provider auto blocks these scam links.

This one is pretty stupid. Instead of venmo'ing the cash to their "relative" who is coming to my place to pick up the item. They expect me to accept the Venmo on my end, then wait 1-3 business days before actually being able to get the cash for the product. At which point there is no cash. They continually try the scam even when I say it's cash only.

Also if you inspect these profiles they are generally one image and zero information. These are all from fake accounts which they delete /get banned periodically.