phone scam
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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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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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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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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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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,...
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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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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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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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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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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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