Transit Police report a man who let a stranger at JFK/UMass uses his phone yesterday afternoon discovered after the guy gave him his phone back that the guy had used it to send $100 via Cash App to an unknown account.
Unfortunately for the phone owner, he didn't realize this until after he had already gotten on a Red Line train and he got a notification about the money transfer, police say.
Police described the Cashapper as white, 30 to 35 and about 5'9".
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'Tis the season.
By anon
Thu, 12/22/2022 - 3:08pm
'Tis the season.
Magoo sez
By MisterMagooForYoo
Thu, 12/22/2022 - 3:14pm
Magoo can think of an other reason Magoo should not lend anyone Magoo’s phone. For example the concept of stranger danger informs Magoo that a stranger might have a stink palm and if Magoo lends Magoo’s phone to the stranger, the stink would get on Magoo’s phone. A stink palm is when one rubs one’s palm between one’s bummy cheeks and bummy crack. stink then gets on the palm and then can be transferred to other surfaces, such as Magoo’s phone in the above hypothetical. When Magoo refers to “stink” Magoo actually means poopoo bits or dingleberries that might be lodged in the bummy hair. Magoo.
I think I’d rather loan my
By anon
Thu, 12/22/2022 - 3:47pm
I think I’d rather loan my phone to a stranger than to Magoo.
Adam, get rid of this guy
By lbb
Thu, 12/22/2022 - 4:09pm
Nobody wants to read this disturbed individual's descriptions of smearing his feces on himself. He doesn't need attention, he needs an intervention.
Someone never saw Mallrats...
By anon
Thu, 12/22/2022 - 4:45pm
Someone never saw Mallrats...
The Magoo posts are fun for some of us
By Boston_res
Thu, 12/22/2022 - 5:20pm
I'd much rather Adam add in an ignore feature, than try and banish site community members. There are a good number of posters on the site that I am turned off by, but ignore them. An ignore button is something that think is better. I've been on this site for several years, but rarely post due to the combative stance that several responders like to take. I also almost never reply to posts to my posts.
I'm one of the rare people that actually give the "thumbs up" to Magoo posts.
Agreed
By robo
Thu, 12/22/2022 - 5:50pm
I’d rather a magoo post than a bike brigade poster, even though magoo is super annoying. Ignore is the solution in this situation.
Yes.
By Homer Bedloe
Thu, 12/22/2022 - 5:54pm
Yes.
Yes, yes.
Yes, yes, & yes.
Would love to never see
By Whit
Thu, 12/22/2022 - 6:16pm
Would love to never see another Magoo response, so I hustle on by them.
Bike fights
By Michael
Fri, 12/23/2022 - 8:59am
At least you can make an informed guess which threads will erupt into a bike fight, whereas Magoo could be in any thread, hiding around any corner, waiting to throw a bag of shit into the works
i miss the blue guy
By schneidz
Thu, 12/22/2022 - 6:58pm
that used to post about blue line breakdowns like:
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i'm blue da ba dee da ba daa
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i'm blue da ba dee da ba daa
By schneidz
Thu, 12/22/2022 - 6:58pm
i'm blue da ba dee da ba daa
da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa
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Like Magoo, Don't Like Blue
By anon
Thu, 12/22/2022 - 9:16pm
Never got that da be do, ba ba boo, shoo be doo old 90s song reference. Dated.
I really miss the Turkey Liberation Front
By mg
Thu, 12/22/2022 - 11:29pm
and think of them every time Adam makes a turkey post. Gone but not forgotten.
that's "fun" for you?
By anon
Thu, 12/22/2022 - 7:29pm
..
okay.
If only there was some way
By Waquiot
Thu, 12/22/2022 - 8:22pm
To not read what Magoo posts.
If only…
There used to be a Gmail extension for that.
By jmeltzer
Fri, 12/23/2022 - 7:09am
It doesn't work anymore.
Lol!
By Lee
Fri, 12/23/2022 - 7:39am
True.
If I read one, I only blame myself.
Magoo is harmless...and often entertaining.
By RMM
Fri, 12/23/2022 - 8:00am
If Magoo is what is getting your Huggies in a bunch I suggest that you chill out and reflect real hard on resilience. Is Magoo really the most noxious commenter on here?
That's why they have passcode
By dd808
Thu, 12/22/2022 - 6:56pm
That's why they have passcode security options.
Some people set their phones to stay unlocked...
By CopleyScott17
Thu, 12/22/2022 - 8:24pm
...as long as they're in close physical proximity to their owner's smartwatch or earbuds or some other Bluetooth device. Gotta be careful.
C'mon...this day and age; How DUMB to you have to share cell???
By Mark McDonald
Thu, 12/22/2022 - 9:51pm
Idiots!!!!
I'd never...
By Don't Panic
Thu, 12/22/2022 - 11:59pm
...lend a stranger on a T platform my cellphone. I wouldn't be worrying he/she could transfer cash I'd be worrying they might just run away with it.
re-authorize before completing transaction
By Kokernutz
Fri, 12/23/2022 - 6:27am
If available, make sure that your cash/finance apps (re-)require a password/biometric confirmation to complete the transaction.
part of android security...
By schneidz
Fri, 12/23/2022 - 7:10am
it doesnt mention fone brand but most android devices have a feature where one presses the back and app-overlay buttons for 3 seconds so that the current running app is the only app that can run until the owner unlocks it (kids mode).
my brother has a $100 tablet from wecool (never heard of them) that he bot online. he uses it as a kiosk for his business for paypal and thats how he prevents his customers from looking up porn on chrome.
Guess it offsets all the
By anon
Fri, 12/23/2022 - 11:23am
Guess it offsets all the malware from the unregulated AppStore.
I don’t lend my phone to strangers.
By Lee
Fri, 12/23/2022 - 7:41am
But I have made phone calls for them. Some requests are legit.
App sign in?
By merlinmurph
Fri, 12/23/2022 - 9:08am
Don't know Cash App, but I assume it has a sign-in?
And if the user lets the phone save his signin info, well, that's on him.
Exactly right
By ralphie
Fri, 12/23/2022 - 11:28am
There are certain apps and accounts you should NEVER let your password manager save the log-in information for, such as anything banking or financial related.
There''s something
By anon
Fri, 12/23/2022 - 9:20am
There''s something particularly sad seeing people take advantage of the kindness of strangers. I've gotten in jams where strangers have gone out of their way and vice versa. It's shameful to violate that trust.
To quote Red Forman, "dumbass
By anon
Fri, 12/23/2022 - 3:12pm
To quote Red Forman, "dumbass."
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