Oh no! My social security number has been suspended!

@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Jul 19

I'd be satisfied with another of his amusing videos, where he smokes a cig and "messes" with the perps.

Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382107)

• Rockingham, Australia

27 Jul 19

Our latest calls have been recorded messages so it's pointless to even swear at them.

It has really spoilt the game.

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@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Jul 19

Most or all of mine are recorded messages.

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@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Jul 19

Or bots that can't hear me if I call them bad names.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382107)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Jul 19

@TheHorse How do you know if they are bots?

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Michelle

@infatuatedbby (94909)

• United States

27 Jul 19

I received two miss calls from a number I did not know. Luckily no one can leave me voice messages because I don't have my voice message set up.

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Michelle

@infatuatedbby (94909)

• United States

27 Jul 19

@TheHorse Sounds good :)

@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Jul 19

I need voice mail for job-related stuff.

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@akalinus (44366)

• United States

29 Jul 19

Now that's smart thinking. Sometimes I turn off my answer for a few days. Get so tired of all the garbage. Sometimes I get an important call from an unknown number, that is what my message thing is supposed to catch. I don't have it for scammers to leave messages but so I don't miss real people or businesses.

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

26 Jul 19

Did they tell you to go buy gift cards and you could get it back! All of my calls go to voicemail.

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@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Jul 19

Heh heh. The bot didn't get that far...

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Michelle Renee Kidwell

@Michellekidwell (29953)

• Sonora, California

27 Jul 19

I’ve had People try to Scam Me plenty of times, thankfully I’m generally aware when it’s a scam!

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@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Jul 19

What makes you aware that it's a scam?

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@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Jul 19

@Michellekidwell Scammers will try anything, even if their efforts seem silly to the average person.

Michelle Renee Kidwell

@Michellekidwell (29953)

• Sonora, California

27 Jul 19

@TheHorse Generally it sounds too good to be true, and Social Security will never make those calls, I’ve had a few give me false info all red flags for me!

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sophie a

@sophie09 (34230)

• Indonesia

27 Jul 19

i once recieved a scam email. glad i never got them again

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@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Jul 19

You've received...one? How have you avoided receiving more?

Shavkat

@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

27 Jul 19

I am receiving them lots in my emails. I tagged them scam.

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

28 Jul 19

@TheHorse It wasn't serious scams, my friend.

@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Jul 19

I just do the same when I get them by email. Who are yours supposedly coming from? What is your equivalent of our Internal Revenue Service?

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Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (40029)

• Toccoa, Georgia

27 Jul 19

Wow, what a tacky scam! For a couple of months, I will notice in my junk mail of my email a headline from a fake Microsoft saying something like "We will deactivate your email like you requested". I know that is totally fake and don't touch it. I automatically delete it with all the other junk mail.

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Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (40029)

• Toccoa, Georgia

27 Jul 19

@TheHorse I agree, everyday it is something different.

@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Jul 19

It's incredible how much garbage is out there.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502481)

• Italy

27 Jul 19

I am glad that I do not receive this kind of calls.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502481)

• Italy

27 Jul 19

@TheHorse I think that Switzerland is a lot better to protect the privacy, I cannot see how people could get our phone number if I did not give personally to them.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502481)

• Italy

28 Jul 19

@TheHorse Both our landline number and our two cellphones number are private. Only someone who dial a wrong number could dial them, but I do not reply if I do not know who is calling.

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@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Jul 19

@LadyDuck Would that that were the case here.

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@akalinus (44366)

• United States

27 Jul 19

I got the exact same calls three times also. So boring. The phone rings all day with all kinds of good news. I let it all go to message and delete most of them.

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@akalinus (44366)

• United States

29 Jul 19

@TheHorse I think they are going bankrupt or just plain quitting the electric business. California is one hot mess.

@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Jul 19

That's pretty much what I do. Today, I actually did complete a phone survey about PG&E, the naughty folks behind a lot of our wildfires.

Jeff Moffitt

@moffittjc (128835)

• Gainesville, Florida

27 Jul 19

I also received three calls yesterday about my social security number being suspended due to fraudulent activity. I'm still trying to figure out how one "suspends" a social security number. I hope to have the answer soon. I also received a fourth call yesterday, but that one was in Chinese, so I'm not sure what they wanted to tell me. I'm not quite sure how one can correctly run a scam if the language isn't even the correct language.

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@akalinus (44366)

• United States

29 Jul 19

The Chinese one means they are out to kill you. Be afraid, very afraid.

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Jeff Moffitt

@moffittjc (128835)

• Gainesville, Florida

27 Jul 19

@TheHorse How's the Chinese scam business working out for you?

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@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Jul 19

We have many Chinese-speaking people here in the Bay Area. I don't know if Mandarin is the most prominent (spoken) language, but I always speak Mandarin when targeting Chinese for my scams. (This is my new job, you know.)

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Lena Kovadlo

@lovebuglena (52144)

• Staten Island, New York

26 Aug 19

I am wondering in reality can your SSN be cancelled and what the hell would that mean?

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@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

26 Aug 19

It doesn't make much sense.

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DEBJANI BASAK

@debjani1 (7202)

•

27 Jul 19

I never faced such problems.

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@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Jul 19

I wonder why not. Where do you live?

relcap23

@florelway (23339)

• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines

28 Jul 19

Lot of emails informing me of parcel delivery, which obviously are scammers. I never bothered opening those mails I just delete them.

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@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

29 Jul 19

I do that too.

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@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

30 Jul 19

@florelway Sometimes I wish I had the nerve to "mess" with the telephone scammers. But I don't.

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relcap23

@florelway (23339)

• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines

30 Jul 19

@TheHorse

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scarlet_woman

@scarlet_woman (23463)

• United States

27 Jul 19

i usually don't get those.i get more spam email.

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@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Jul 19

I get more spam email than phone calls. But I still get a scam phone call or two a day, even though I'm on some kind of "no call" list. I think.

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Four Walls

@FourWalls (86698)

• United States

27 Jul 19

I had a guy calling me about my Windows software, and he told me to go to my computer. I kept telling him it was on, and finally he said, “What does it say?” I replied, “It says APPLE, you fraud!”

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@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Jul 19

Heh heh.

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (98005)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

27 Jul 19

I have not received any scam calls but then I never answer my phone unless the number shows the name of who is calling and I only have a handful of people who could call me. About the Social Security scam, I can tell you that is certainly a lot of baloney. If my SS number is still active after 20 years in Latvia then were is no way anything like this could be real. I wonder what good it is for them to scam like this.

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@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Jul 19

Someone must fall for it or they wouldn't keep doing it.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (323168)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

27 Jul 19

I'm sorry your Social Security number has been canceled. I hope it won't jeopardize your future payments from Social Security when you retire.

I think referring them to your attorney is a good idea. They might leave you alone.

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@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Jul 19

I didn't dare "pretend to be interested."

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paigea

@paigea (36143)

• Canada

27 Jul 19

I have been getting calls that my computer service company has gone out of business and I am eligible for a refund. I want to press 1 also. At least now I know why my computer is so glitchy.

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@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Jul 19

When I heard that Microsoft had gone out of business, I was a tad suspicious.

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MrsJ

@SophiaMorros (5044)

• Belews Creek, North Carolina

27 Jul 19

The sad part is that people STILL fall for the scams!

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