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Typical Boomers... (lemmy.bleh.au)

submitted 9 months ago by iKill101@lemmy.bleh.au to c/simpsonsshitposting@sh.itjust.works

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For my non-Aussie friends, the ATO = Australian Taxation Office.

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[–] Fosheze@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The annoying thing is they also get really insistent that it is a scam even when it's not. My grandma (an old lady) always buys a mountain of giftcards every year for christmas just because it's a big family and that makes for easy christmas gifts. Every year she has to argue with someone that, no she isn't getting scammed and they are actually for christmas gifts. You would think stores would be a little more lax on that around the holidays but aparently not.

[–] isildun@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago

Often this is part of the scam. Once the scammers have you convinced that they're official, they tell you to say it's for holidays or a birthday or something like that so you don't get stopped when buying gift cards.

Of course, this makes it really annoying to actually try to buy gift cards for gifts, because now when you defend yourself it sounds like you're getting scammed...

[–] CoolGirl586@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Being more lax during the holidays would just make scamming easier.