A warrant has been issued for my arrest.
By The Horse
@TheHorse (205696)
Walnut Creek, California
August 15, 2017 4:08pm CST
I have done many naughty things in my life. As an early teen, I snuck on the IC trains to get from Chicago's South Side to the North Side, where there were cool stereo stores and "Old Town," which was a "hip" place to visit. Even as a 12-year-old, I was bad. I once stole a dollar set of peace stickers from the local Walgreens.
Is my past catching up to me? I just received a phone call saying that a warrant for my arrest had been placed against my "name and my identity," or something like that. What was weird was that there were little gaps in the call, suggesting that it had been poorly edited, and/or that others are getting slightly different phone calls, "cut and pasted" differently.
Have you received any such phone messages lately? I have the IRS after me, I am subject to arrest, and I may have won various lotteries that I didn't enter. We live in strange times.
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@crossbones27 (48417)
• Mojave, California
15 Aug 17
I have been hearing many getting this call. The good news is you get free lodging and food if this is true. The welfare state as many like to claim. 
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@crossbones27 (48417)
• Mojave, California
15 Aug 17
@TheHorse I know, they claim they so hard too, whining over free food with a gourmet chef. 
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@librarygeek1980 (3137)
• United States
15 Aug 17
Hahaha, sounds like the emails I get once in awhile.... I totally dared them to describe what I look like. After 10 emails they just stopped.. 
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@TheHorse (205696)
• Walnut Creek, California
16 Aug 17
@librarygeek1980 Oh, did you follow up on it? I was wondering what the ransom was. I'd like to deliver it by hand, with an FBI agent posing as me.
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@librarygeek1980 (3137)
• United States
16 Aug 17
@TheHorse an outrageous amount of money, like 947.43 to not have the warrant downloaded, stupid crap.
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@celticeagle (158996)
• Boise, Idaho
16 Aug 17
I haven't gotten that one but , was getting one from the IRS and I am retired and don't pay taxes. These black websters and others are finding all different ways to hit us up for money. And they can't even edit their calls any better than that? How funny!
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@celticeagle (158996)
• Boise, Idaho
16 Aug 17
@TheHorse ......I think you are right. Plus they can get away with paying the foreign person less.
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@TheHorse (205696)
• Walnut Creek, California
16 Aug 17
@celticeagle I wonder who the actual lady is who was cut and pasted into my latest scam phone call.
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@LadyDuck (458006)
• Switzerland
16 Aug 17
@TheHorse They surely buy the telephone numbers from the company where you register for services, like where you buy your washer and dryer, or on the internet where you are requested to enter your address and phone when you place an order.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
16 Aug 17
I just get calls saying I've won something because I've stayed at one of their resorts. I've never stayed at a resort.
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@TheHorse (205696)
• Walnut Creek, California
16 Aug 17
@teamfreak16 I assume they're reading something handed to them by someone else.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
16 Aug 17
@TheHorse - It's a very well rehearsed script. Each call begins the exact same way. I just hang up on them.
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@sumofalltears (3988)
• United States
16 Aug 17
I got a call warning me that the FBI was looking for me for some reason. They of course said that money could get me protection. It distresses me to think that people actually think this is going to work.
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@FourWalls (62111)
• United States
16 Aug 17
I think about that episode of M*A*S*H where someone asked Colonel Flagg if he wanted their address and he said, "That's okay, we already have it."
I think you'd better run, you outlaw you:
I think you'd better run, you outlaw you:
J.D. Souther - Run Like A Thief - 1972 album - John David Souther
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@TheHorse (205696)
• Walnut Creek, California
16 Aug 17
Oh, we did stuff like "Is Mel there?" five times, followed by "Hi, this is Mel. Any calls for me?" Responses varied from "F*ck you little b*stards," to "Oh, you naughty children!" from someone who obviously found it amusing, and was happy that we happy 11-year-olds, doing what children do.
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@DianneN (246720)
• United States
16 Aug 17
I was a Miss Goody Two Shoes, so the police are leaving me alone. However, I have won millions and billions of dollars, which must be the reason the IRS is calling me constantly, so I may just disappear on one of the many trips and cruises I have apparently won. Buh bye!
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@DianneN (246720)
• United States
16 Aug 17
@TheHorse Of course you can bring your hot Russian bride on any of my cruises. Quit your job now! Why wait? You know that money will be put into your bank account as soon as you give Mbalo your account number. Excuse me. I must take another call from the IRS. I certainly don't want to get into trouble with them!
@Blushandglow (725)
• India
16 Aug 17
I have won quite a few lotteries myself and a few very kind and rich people have left their fortunes for me to inherit.
There are so many good people on this planet.
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@snowy22315 (169929)
• United States
16 Aug 17
Oh yes...the IRS is after me too! 
It scared me a bit at first because I might owe them a little money, but I am sophisticated enough to realize it was a scam.
It scared me a bit at first because I might owe them a little money, but I am sophisticated enough to realize it was a scam.1 person likes this
@Tina30219 (81540)
• Onaway, Michigan
16 Aug 17
Spam delete if they keep calling turn them in for harassment.
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@CookieMonster46 (13447)
• United States
16 Aug 17
I have only had one call like that and just ignored it,sounded pretty sketchy, when they called.
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@CookieMonster46 (13447)
• United States
16 Aug 17
@TheHorse Oh yes, someone surely falls for it.
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@TheHorse (205696)
• Walnut Creek, California
16 Aug 17
@CookieMonster46 I'd be interested in the percentages. How many such bot-calls are made. And what percentage fall for it.
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
17 Aug 17
I do not receive phone calls from numbers that are not listed in my phone. Any calls from numbers not listed are blocked.
That has caused funny "missed calls" a couple of times! Two of my friends changed phone numbers and tried to call me. Of course, they couldn't get through... Later, they came by and told me my phone hung up on them. I laughed and told them they needed to text message me with their new phone numbers, I would put them into my phone's registry and they could call me after that! SMH!
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
19 Aug 17
@TheHorse Yeah, that doesn't sound like a good way to spend any part of my day, to me.
@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
16 Aug 17
@TheHorse The competition will be hard. Scam artists here are usually Polish. They know German perfectly and call old people telling them that a grandchild of theirs had an accident and needs money *at once* for an operation. The bank accountants are now on alert when an oldie comes in and asks for, say, 10.000 Euro.
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Aug 17
i have US grant waiting on me, just give them my S..S # and they will process. That was last week, I called them back 50 times but they wont answer me back.
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