S.S. scam calls
03-13-2021, 05:42 PM
#22
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Mooresville, NC
Posts: 660
I finally,got,one of those SS calls the other day. It was a recorded one that said my SS number will be blocked forever if I didn’t call them to get it straightened out. Of course I knew it wasn’t true but I decided to just listen for the heck of it. It’s bad enough when a real human makes calls like these but when it’s a robocall - how stupid do they think we “older” people are🥴🥴🥴
Sandy in Mooresville, NC
Sandy in Mooresville, NC
03-13-2021, 08:14 PM
#23
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Chula Vista CA
Posts: 7,343
There was a recent article is AARP Magazine and they found a great number of these calls are coming from prisoners using illegal cel phones. They have quite a routine right down to forwarding calls to supervisors.
03-18-2021, 09:44 AM
#24
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Pacific NW
Posts: 9,406
Originally Posted by IceLeopard
I just channel my granny and let her babble. This is my script for the "Microsoft" callers. I start by not even knowing how to turn the computer on, "Frank! How do you turn the computer on? My grandson usually does that for me but he hasn't been back to help me since the power went out on Tuesday or was that Thursday no it was Wednesday because Thursday was the day that Jenny called me because she was in the emergency room with the baby the poor little thing had fallen and split his ear open on the coffee table and she needed me to help hold him down while they stitched it up did you that the top of your ear is hollow on the inside? "
03-19-2021, 03:47 PM
#26
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Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Southwest Idaho
Posts: 5,999
I have whistle by my phone......works wonderfully.
if you have a few minutes, you tube has some videos of techie people who outsmart scammers. They are hilarious...the ones who claim they are from Microsoft are priceless since the scammer hunters turn the table on them and end up deleting files from scammer’s computer..... scammers have no conscience...
if you have a few minutes, you tube has some videos of techie people who outsmart scammers. They are hilarious...the ones who claim they are from Microsoft are priceless since the scammer hunters turn the table on them and end up deleting files from scammer’s computer..... scammers have no conscience...
