There’s been some fraud

While waiting for a passenger to come out of their house, I got a call from “Uber Research.”

He told me they needed to do a “mobile authorization” on my phone. You should know at this point I love these calls because I love to goof on scammers.

He said he needed to authorize my account to “make sure it was me” because there’s “been some fraud.”

I asked if he was in LA and he said yes. I checked his number and it was definitely not LA.

So I knew I had a live one.I said, “Look, I completely understand. The best way to verify if I am really me is to quiz me on who won the 1975 Super Bowl. I can tell you the answer without looking it up and you’ll know I am me.”

“No sir, that won’t work.”

“OK, how about baseball? I can tell you right now who the MVP of the 1960 World Series is without looking. No fraudster can do that.”

“SIR, that won’t work. I need your information!”

“OK, let’s try hockey. Bro, I can name all the teams Gordie Howe played for in both the NHL and WHA! No scammer can do that!”

“Sir, I am in charge here, NOT YOU! I need your information! Someone has made a complaint on you!”

Well, first it was “mobile authorization,” now it’s “someone made a complaint on you.” Which is it?

“OK, I understand. I want to cooperate. That’s why I suggest asking me who won the 1999 Cricket World Cup! Australia played Pakistan. I know the winner off the top of my head!”

“NO, I NEED YOUR INFORMATION! I WILL HAVE YOU DEACTIVATED IF YOU DON’T FOLLOW MY INSTRUCTIONS!”

I started shouting excitedly, “AUSTRALIA BEAT PAKISTAN! AUSTRALIA BEAT PAKISTAN BY EIGHT WICKETS! DO YOU HEAR ME?” “THEY WON BY EIGHT WICKETS! WOW! THAT’S CRAZY!!!…..”

He hung up.

Dirty scammers.