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Watch out for these new telephone scams to steal your money
Daily Breeze ^
| Aug. 21, 2016
| Larry Altman,
Posted on 08/21/2016 3:27:23 PM PDT by Innovative
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To: Innovative
I got 2 calls from the scammers on Friday afternoon/evening.
It was an 800 number, when called back, just rang and rang.
THE IRS NEVER CALLS OR EMAILS.
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posted on
08/21/2016 4:16:19 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
( Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
To: Innovative
If the IRS were NOT a terrorist organization, these scams wouldn’t work.
To: Innovative
This is Special Agent Roberts, FBI. We have been tracking these calls for two months and have a warrant for you and your team's arrest. A an armed team is on its way to your office right now. Please remain where you are and do not resist when they arrive. If you resist, the team has orders to shoot to kill.
Alternately, if you don't mind getting a visit from the FBI yourself - There is a bomb in your office set to go off in 90 seconds. If you leave now you will survive.
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posted on
08/21/2016 4:26:04 PM PDT
by
Hardastarboard
(This is the legacy of Hillary Clinton: Death, destruction, terrorism and weakness.)
To: SkyDancer
I ask for a number to call them back and then report it to the Kansas Atty Gen
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posted on
08/21/2016 4:26:23 PM PDT
by
Mercat
To: dsc
Not really. If a VOIP gateway looked at incoming addresses, all the perps would have to do is rent a server in the US and relay through that.
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posted on
08/21/2016 4:31:40 PM PDT
by
palmer
(Net "neutrality" = Obama turning the internet over to foreign enemies)
To: SkyDancer
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posted on
08/21/2016 4:34:23 PM PDT
by
walkerk
To: Old Yeller
Ive gotten a call a few times from those jack wagons.Yep, ask them for their return number. I doubt you will get one. 😀
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posted on
08/21/2016 4:35:03 PM PDT
by
Mark17
(The love of God, how rich and pure, how measureless and strong. It shall forevermore endure.)
To: Grams A
So youre telling me that the offer of $900,000 I received today on my email which I will receive - tax free - if I send them my full name, address, date of birth, place of employment and valid credit card # only via Western Union is a SCAM? Surely you jest. /s/Oh, man, I'm sorry to hear that. Next, I'll find out that those emails I've been getting about all of those gorgeous 21 year old Asian women who are anxious to meet me isn't legitimate, either.
To: Innovative
That’s not new, they’ve been calling us for months. I hang up on them, but my husband likes to play with his food.
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posted on
08/21/2016 4:36:17 PM PDT
by
Not A Snowbird
(SandyInPeoria just doesn't sound right... yet here I am.)
To: Innovative
We’ve gotten calls from them before.
I ignore them.
For that matter, I’ve decided against answering the phone at all unless I recognize the number or caller from caller ID.
If I don’t know you, I don’t want to talk to you.
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posted on
08/21/2016 4:39:18 PM PDT
by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
To: fieldmarshaldj
I get almost daily (or more) calls from India claiming to be from Microsoft Windows Technical Support. I tell them my windows are nice and clean and I see out of them just fine. They always get mad and hang up. I must remember that for the next time those jerks call me.
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posted on
08/21/2016 4:39:37 PM PDT
by
Not A Snowbird
(SandyInPeoria just doesn't sound right... yet here I am.)
To: palmer
To: fieldmarshaldj
I get almost daily (or more) calls from India claiming to be from Microsoft Windows Technical Support. I tell them my windows are nice and clean and I see out of them just fine. They always get mad and hang up. They called my cell phone and one day I told them they could not possibly know which computer was mine as they reached my cell phone and it wasn't connected to any computer.
I don't recall getting a call from them since then.
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posted on
08/21/2016 4:43:38 PM PDT
by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
To: GreenHornet
They probably would have had their real pics photoshopped anyway and you could have ended up with someone who looked like Helen Thomas or Hillary Clinton.
Something to be thankful for.
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posted on
08/21/2016 4:44:26 PM PDT
by
Grams A
(The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
To: SandyInSeattle
Be as utterly ruthless and nasty (or mocking) as you have to be. Remember, these are organized gangs of international criminals trying to get control of your computer, downloaded viruses, and demand payment to “fix” it. Frustrating them and wasting their time is paramount. The Indian government really needs to crack down hard on these criminals and give them long prison sentences. It’s giving their country a black eye. Contrast it with Nigeria whose email bank scams are quaint by comparison (and easily deleted).
To: Innovative
I had the IRS scammers call a few times over the last year, they use the same telephone number. Question: Why are they allowed to get away with it? My brother has an explanation; our corrupt government, admirers scammers such as themselves...
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posted on
08/21/2016 4:48:01 PM PDT
by
heights
To: Old Yeller
Or, tell them you are an IRS agent yourself, and want to audit them. See how they react.
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posted on
08/21/2016 4:48:51 PM PDT
by
Mark17
(The love of God, how rich and pure, how measureless and strong. It shall forevermore endure.)
To: Nifster
Why in the hell would anyone use their phone to make any financial payments - especially considering how easily a phone is lost or can be hacked via NFB
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posted on
08/21/2016 4:50:52 PM PDT
by
newfreep
("If Lyin' Ted was an American citizen, he would be a traitor.")
To: Arthur McGowan
GREAT point, Arthur McGowan.
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posted on
08/21/2016 4:53:52 PM PDT
by
Walrus
(Motto of Congress: Hey, there's plenty enough money for all of us, if we just play nice)
To: walkerk
Interesting. You can hear all the chatter in the background as they are trying to scam others.
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posted on
08/21/2016 4:55:20 PM PDT
by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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