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Sunday, November 03, 2019

A Viewer Writes......Fake calls


Joe,

There is a telemarketer ( toll free number ) that calls your cell phone and leaves a message as noted below.

"your social security number has been compromised, and if don't return the call, you'll be arrested" ...
I'm advising folks these knuckleheads just want you to give them your social security no.

thanks,

local readers 



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15 comments:

TheRealRay said...

Ha ha ha ha ha ha...

Anonymous said...

I get a couple of calls per week

Anonymous said...

Remember when Elizabeth Warren said she was going to stop all the scammers? Typical all talk no action Democrat.

Anonymous said...

Answer those calls with "Special Agent Smith speaking. This line is being recorded." They immediately hang up.

Anonymous said...

This has been going over a year. Same message from lots of different numbers. however I just spoke with them about a hour ago and Patricia kept saying my social of 8675309 was invalid???

Anonymous said...

I just got that message 10 minutes ago on my cell phone. I looked it up. It's from a call center in Pakistan. Wish there was a way to find these people and lock the up!

Anonymous said...

Social Security Administration never calls you.
You have to go to their office and take a number and wait to be seen

Anonymous said...

Just think?! Who falls for a scam like this?! Especially in 2019?? I get them all the time. Delete, delete, delete. Block, block, block. So easy A CAVE MAN CAN DO IT.

Anonymous said...

I appreciate your trying to be a nice person and share this information.

Anonymous said...

I put the phone number in google and will tell you who it is.

Anonymous said...

Answer “this is Morpheus and you are in the matrix.

Trump 2020 said...

Oh thanks 431

love ya brother...

.but, Joe site is a way to relay information to one another...

Some folks just need a casual reminder from time to time...

but, your input is noted brother

Anonymous said...

Other scam calls include "you missed jury duty and pay fee to avoid arrest".."your son/daughter arrested, pay us for bond".."your bank/phone etc. account compromised, give your password/code to verify".. these dirtbags should be publicly shot for scamming people, especially when victim is elderly....a few public executions might stop some of them...

Anonymous said...

Anyone naive enough to fall for these kinds of calls deserve what they get. Use some common sense.

Ruh Roh said...

1012 am.....great point


but Mark Twain once said

"common sense ain't too common "