phone scam

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Messing with a telephone scammer. Am I doomed?

The Horse @TheHorse (238314) • Walnut Creek, California 12 Feb 21

I admire people like JJ, who have the balls to mess with telephone scammers. JJ's video of him, with cigarette in hand, screwing with someone claiming to be from the IRS (if I recall correctly), is a must-see, and hope he posts...

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How can people be this stupid?

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 25 Apr 19

There is a phone scam doing the rounds in the UK at present that really makes me wonder how people can be stupid enough to fall for it. A voice with a strong American accent says that they are from the "BT (i.e. British Telecom)...

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Phone is NOT compromised by a foreign country!

Happy Lady and Freya the Catblog Cat @Jackalyn (7558) • Oxford, England 24 Nov 18

Now, in terms of scammers, I heard it all. My Mum, in her eighties rang to say she just put the phone down on someone saying, "We want to advise you your phone is compromised by a foreign country." She is getting very good at...

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Busted! (No, This is NOT About Dolly Parton)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86713) • United States 10 Apr 17

Americans can sleep easier today. The head of the "This is IRS [sic], we are calling to inform you that you owe money to IRS [sic]. This is final warning [sic]!" scamming phone calls has been busted. Sagar Thakkar was arrested...

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If someone asks, "Can you hear me now?" - don't answer - it's a scam

AbbyGreenhill @AbbyGreenhill (45490) • United States 27 Jan 17

There are so many phone scams it's hard to keep up with them all. But this one caught my eye - or should I say my ear!! You might get a call from a number you don't recognize but its from your own area code...so you answer it,...

can you hear me

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Don't fall for this one

TheRealDawn @dawnald (85137) • Shingle Springs, California 14 Aug 16

On Friday, I had a horrible scare. The worst of my life, probably. I got a phone call on my cell phone. It sounded like Dearra. All I could hear was something like "these guys put me in a van and I don't know what they're...

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It's Scam Season...I Mean, Tax Season

Four Walls @FourWalls (86713) • United States 23 Jan 16

I haven't received my first W2 for doing my 2015 taxes yet, but I have received my first "IRS Scam" phone call. This morning a message was left on my voice mail, completely with grammatically incorrect verbiage ("This is...

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Phone SCAM UPDATE!!!!

ElicBxn @ElicBxn (64169) • United States 2 Dec 09

If you people read my discussion yesterday regarding this subject at: http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/2195203.aspx You will know that she did some research on the phone number. She called the Omaha Police Department...

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Warning - Phone SCAM!!!

ElicBxn @ElicBxn (64169) • United States 1 Dec 09

Some "circulation dept" trying to get hold of the former roommate and getting the roomie. She tells them she doesn't live here anymore, they hang up and call back. She demands a supervisor, they hang up and call back....

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Phone Scam

cheenlly @cheenlly (3476) • Philippines 24 Feb 09

Hi fellow mylotters, I was responding to a discussion about telemarketers earlier which made me remind about a phone scam a year ago. The story is that, I got a phone call one day from someone i didn't know and to my surprised she...

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