[Pearls Before Swine]

11. “This is the Social Security Office. Your Social Security number has been suspended because of suspicious activity in your account. Please press ‘1’ to speak to a Social Security official.”

I got three calls for this yesterday, from three different 866 exchange numbers (Nothing good ever comes from 866).

After ignoring the first two, I pressed “1”. A human answered, “Social Security, how may I help you?” I replied, “What’s up? You called me?” <Immediate click, since obviously I wasn’t a candidate for phishing for identity fraud.

[moovova]

“This is the Social Security Office. Your Social Security number has been suspended...”

Got the same call. I pulled my Social Security card out and, sure enough, my SS number had disappeared from my card.

[fireman15]

Microsoft technical support with a heavy Indian accent called yesterday. I told him that we had no computers because they were against our religion and then hung up.

[sparklite2]

“Social Security, how may I help you?” I replied, “What’s up? You called me?”

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Heh. I had a weird encounter with the greeter at a Chili’s.
I walked in the door and she says, “Can I help you?”

What else could I say? I said, “I’d like some food.”

She led me to a table.