I Replied To The “Hi Mum” Scam Just For Fun🤣

The so-called “Hi Mum” scam has been making its rounds recently in Australia. I was targeted as well (which I’ll show you in this video). Apparently, Australians have lost millions of dollars to this scam in recent months, because it’s a scam that preys on our emotions by claiming to be a family member who has lost or forgotten their phone or card. Anyway, here’s my experience with the ‘Hi Mum’ scam. Noting that this took place over about two or three hours.

“Hi mum, I lost my phone. Don’t worry, I got a new one and a new number. You can delete my old number.”

Just noting that I have two young children, both of which do not have a phone. So obviously, I knew from the get-go that this was a scam. The scammers obviously send out hundreds of these messages just waiting to get a bite. But even though it’s a scam, I decided to play along, well, at least in my own sort of amusing way.

“This is Dad😕”
“Oh, sorry dad! I must have mixed up the numbers…”
“That’s okay. BTW, is this Jack or Sophia?”
“Sorry dad, I should have said! It’s Sophia.”
“Hi Sophia, what’s up? (Apart from losing the phone😉)”
“Haha, you’re funny dad😘”, “Actually, I’m okay, but because I changed phone numbers, I’m having problems getting into my bank.”
“Just ring the bank”
“I have! But the bank blocked my online banking for 48 hours due to this new number. I’m a bit stressed because I have an overdue payment…”
“Just ask Steve to pay it”
“Steve’s away on business and I can’t get in contact with him at the moment”
“He still works at Subway, doesn’t he?”
“Yes”
“And he’s away on a business trip?”
“Yes, he recently got promotion”
“Congratulations Steve!”
“Dad, can you please help me out? I don’t know who else to ask😢”
“Okay, I’ll ring you now…”
“Sorry dad, I’m still on phone with insurance company. They make me hold for so long😡”
“Bastards!”
“Yes, they are very big Bastards!😆”, “Dad, can you please help me🥺”
“Ok, ok. What do you need me to do?”
“I just need you to pay my urgent bill for me… then I can pay you back tomorrow or the next day when the bank unlock my account”
“Ok”
“I love you dad💖”
“I love you too Sophia. How much is the bill? What’s it for?”
“It’s $2,762.53. It’s for house insurance. I can send you the payee details now?”
“Can’t you just wait a couple of days till you pay it?”
“No Dad! They said my insurance is already not covered! If I wait any longer and something happens to the house, I’ll lose everything! Please dad😢”
“Why don’t you ask Steve?”
“I told you! Steve is on business trip!”
“With Subway?”
“Yes! He’s new regional manager”
“OK, I’m ringing Steve…”
“Steve changed his number. His new number is: 04** *** ***”
“I just rang Steve’s old number. He’s says he’s at home. Where are you?”
“I told you, I’m on business trip”
“No, you said Steve’s on a business trip!”
“F**K YOU MOM YOU B**CH!”
“Sophia! That’s no way to speak to your father!”
“F**K YOU C**T!”

And that’s my experience with the “Hi Mum” scam.

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Cartoon Bank Heist (Sting) by Doug Maxwell_Media Right Productions
Allégro by Emmit Fenn

[GlasgowCelticBhoy]

The fact that they get so triggered in the end is the most satisfying part.

[clarencesaverimuttu]

I got a similar message and played along and the scammer sent me the banking details - a name bsb and account number. I deposited Aus$0.05 into this account with the description Scam bait and reported it to the bank. The next day I got my Aus$0.05 back into my account with a note "Account thats how I ruined a scammers day.

[schnupsyjen]

Good job! 👍 The more we waste their time the better!

[rebeccadelbridge]

I got this message as well. Luckily, I had heard of this scam, and my 15 year old walked in the door 2 seconds later. There are no lows these scammers won't sink to.

[pauljbusby]

Yes we should all waste there time periodically

[rond]

Nicely done (on your part); fascinating how vicious the scammer becomes, when think ..too much; like you have wasted his/her time. How dare you!?

[blobfishking]

I enjoy wasting their time they get real nasty when they realize you are playing with them

[altonsteel]

They have a AI that will Mimic people's Voices now as well. That call you with this same message is scary.

[AmazingPhilippines]

I have several Aussie friends here in the Philippines and will forward this on to them. Very funny for those not getting scammed!

[MarkSmith-ymtd]

Hahaha. They get a little pissed off when they get scammed. I’ve done something similar with a Bitcoin scam that needed to take over control of my computer. Very satisfying 🤣😂👏

[playlisttarmac]

At the start I this i was really hoping as “dad” that you would say that insurance was too high and have you start ringing around for a better deal.

[RoxanneBarbelo]

Lol that scam would fail here in the states. We all come from dysfunctional families and one of us gets a text from a family member it would result in a polital argument and then the police being called.

[terraflow__bryanburdo]

I once ran around a scammer who claimed to be with the IRS. I told them to just send me the relevant documents to the address they have on file. It went on for a while but I wasted 20 minutes of their "valuable" time

[seanworkman]

Brilliant, I enjoy playing scammers, they get so pissed when they realize you're on to them. I get them, or did, on whats app. when you ask them lots of questions they lose track of their answers, my brother, when he doesn't recognize a number answers with "This is the ATO" they hang up every time.

[llll]

$2700 is such a stupid amount to ask for and the whole "home insurance" thing just makes it more unbelievable, had they been asking for maybe $100 for a phone bill I'm sure they'd get so many more people, that's actually believable and an amount most people wouldn't really think too hard about transferring lol

[graeme]

Gold
I hope Sofia is OK.
Bad luck about Steve's promotion though... lolz

[briangatt]

I laughed at the jail one where they pretend to be your favourite grandson but their voice is different because their nose got broken when they got arrested by the police

[therealblujuice]

Waste more of their time so they cannot scam someone else

[Ace-nsco]

Watch the "Scammer Payback" channel - if you like this, you'll love that! ☺

[princessnicks]

Just received a message and my child is sitting right next to me…. Plus my child’s too young to purchase a phone 😂