I crack me up.
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I had a scam call once about getting a rebate on my electric bill because I was overcharged. I talked to “Kevin Smith,” except “Kevin” sounded like Apu from the Simpsons.
Be careful messing with scammers. People have been swatted and even killed. If they have ANY of your personal information just hang up and walk away.
If you want to mess with scammers check out 419eater.com and do it the right way.
I do not even answere numbers that i cannot identify. And than i block those numbers! It’s fun.
You made a mistake calling them.
Caller ID...I never pick up the phone showing a number I don’t know. Peace of mind that way...
I’m elderly (LOL) so I get two or three calls a week now from Mark or Peggy, etc, from ‘Medicare.’ Click. bzzzzz.
And the next day Microsoft calls to let me know my windows license has expired. Click. bzzzzz.
But the world has gotten a lot crazier. I had a guy go road rage on my because he thought I cut him off or something. So he followed me for miles honking his horn and shaking his fist. Finally I had to pull into a police station for him to go away.
People are crazy!
I enjoy playing with the folks that insist my computer is full of viruses and they will help me fix the problem. I keep them on the line as long as possible. My record is 43 minutes. The lady was totally exasperated when the call ended.
Haha! The last time the “Social Security Administration” threatened to arrest me, I told them, “Come down here and arrest me. I’ve got more time than money.”
Come on y’all, give Mark and Peggy a call at 806.642.4518.
It’s the moral thing to do.
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LOL!! I got a text message a week or so ago, claiming to be from Citibank, that my account was frozen because of questionable activity. There was a phone number for me to call, but I assumed it was BS. I do have a Citibank card, so I went to my account online to see if there were any notices there...nothing, so I contacted them by phone to make sure that my account was still active. It was. I also gave them the number that was in the text message to call. Of course it wasn’t a Citibank number, just another scam.They thanked me for contacting them, and they were sending the number to their fraud department to handle. Having worked in Corrections for 25 years, I don’t trust anything, and always question everything that is sent to me.
I don’t answer any calls unless they are people in my contact list. I don’t have Citibank, or any of my other card companies there. The only financial institute I have in my contacts is the regional bank I do business with. Everyone else is ignored on both my cell phone, and my landline, and when anyone does call who isn’t in my contacts, I do a search online for the number, and if they’re not a legitimate number, I block them...all of them. If a call was from any credible source, they’d leave a voice mail. I get a lot of robocalls calls on both my home phone and cell phone. I turned the ringer off on my landline a long time ago, because that’s about the only calls I get on it these days.
What is your social security number?
My (immigrant) wife once was called at home and the guy said: “First I need to verify your Social Security Number”
She said: “Why it’s 765...
I think I made the 20 feet across the living room in one leap, and that was the end of that phone call.
Obviously the right answer is to thank them for the information, tell them that you have the number already and that you’ll call back.
Bumpity bump.
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Hang up... immediately! Never ever ever ever give them anything, as they WILL use it if they can!