What! Good grief!

@ElicBxn (63886)
United States
May 12, 2025 4:18pm CST
So, my phone didn't go off before I got up. Now, I'm kind of expecting a call for a medical thing, so I've put the ringer back on. And I've been answering them, well, when I wasn't in the car or in the doctor's office. So, I got this very scratchy notification that $1000+ had been charged to my card. Press 1 if you did not, press 2 if you did. I hung up. Well... it called me back twice! I hung up the first time and pressed 1 the second time. Some woman answers "Amazon..." and stuff. Then like how can I help you. I said, no joke, "You are a scammer." As you might expect, she hung up. I did go and look at both Amazon and my bank after the first call. I knew I hadn't ordered anything like what would cost that much. And, yeah, it was a scam and both accounts were fine. You ever get those calls? I decided I was tired of the calls so I was going to confront someone just to stop them! (Oh, later I got a call of someone looking for the owner of some property that I don't even know where is at. Told her I'd had this number for over 25 years.)
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4 responses
12 May
Hi. I never get calls\texts like that because my phone will not take calls/texts from anyone or any business or anything at all not on my contacts list. But oh boy do I get a load of scammer emails.
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@ElicBxn (63886)
• United States
13 May
I get lots of those too. I have to have a phone, in fact, when I had a charging issue earlier this month my sister was in a panic because they couldn't reach me.
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@ElicBxn (63886)
• United States
14 May
@Ineeddentures I agree, but I still need my phone
13 May
@ElicBxn At least with emails you don't need to speak to anyone. Just delete and carry on
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@RasmaSandra (85027)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
12 May
I have no phone but I have received bills in my email for large amounts saying they will take the money from my PayPal only things is I never ordered anything and I have no money in my PayPal, When money comes in I always send it right to my account,
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@ElicBxn (63886)
• United States
13 May
I don't have money in my paypal either, and I'm not so busy on here that I'll be lucky if I reach the magic number... I haven't even gotten 1 dollar yet.
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@jstory07 (144044)
• Roseburg, Oregon
13 May
No calls like that but emails that say my pay pal was used to buy something and so much money was taken out. So I go and check my pay pal and my husband's pay pal and no money was taken out. It was a scam.
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@ElicBxn (63886)
• United States
13 May
It almost always is. Now, I did have a scammer get into my account and I called the bank and closed it, well, it will be closed after I get SSI to go into my new account. But no withdrawals can go out of the account. I get those paypal ones too, except I don't have any money in there, so...
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@wolfgirl569 (116121)
• Marion, Ohio
12 May
They try anything and everything
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@ElicBxn (63886)
• United States
13 May
Yeah, they do. I called that gal on the scam and she couldn't get off the phone fast enough!
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