Phone scam

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Shilo

Shilo

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Phone scam

A recorded voice cut into a phone call between my son and me. The voice said I was out of minutes and needed to give them a prepaid phone card number or a credit card number. I have unlimited minutes so I hung up on them. I called the Police they said there was nothing they could do because the calls come from overseas and they change their numbers all the time.
 
I find when I Google these type occurances much info comes up.
My wife has had some imposter IRS agents call her and gave her a hard time saying we owe thousands of dollars and wanted payment etc.. Scared her out of her wits.
 
My mother recently received a phone call:

criminal: Grandma, its your grandson, I'm in trouble and need money wired to me! Hurry!
my mother: Who is this?
criminal: Your grandson, your first.
my mother: What's your name?
criminal: I'm your oldest grandson, grandma, your first.
my mother: You can't tell me your name?
criminal: Don't you recognize me, grandma?
my mother: You don't even know your first name, besides, my oldest grandson doesn't call me grandma, he calls me by a nickname. Nice try.

Way to go, mom! :cool:
 
Shilo said:
Phone scam

A recorded voice cut into a phone call between my son and me. The voice said I was out of minutes and needed to give them a prepaid phone card number or a credit card number. I have unlimited minutes so I hung up on them. I called the Police they said there was nothing they could do because the calls come from overseas and they change their numbers all the time.
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I don't think it was a scam. I get that occasionally. I think it's just a glitch in the system.
 
Utah said:
My mother recently received a phone call:

criminal: Grandma, its your grandson, I'm in trouble and need money wired to me! Hurry!
my mother: Who is this?
criminal: Your grandson, your first.
my mother: What's your name?
criminal: I'm your oldest grandson, grandma, your first.
my mother: You can't tell me your name?
criminal: Don't you recognize me, grandma?
my mother: You don't even know your first name, besides, my oldest grandson doesn't call me grandma, he calls me by a nickname. Nice try.

Way to go, mom! :cool:
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My mother received one of these calls several years ago. Her reply was "I didn't know that they had phones in heaven?" She got silence for a few seconds, and a click.
 
Shilo said:
Phone scam

A recorded voice cut into a phone call between my son and me. The voice said I was out of minutes and needed to give them a prepaid phone card number or a credit card number. I have unlimited minutes so I hung up on them. I called the Police they said there was nothing they could do because the calls come from overseas and they change their numbers all the time.
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HeRoseFromTheDead said:
I don't think it was a scam. I get that occasionally. I think it's just a glitch in the system.
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Was it a woman's voice?
 
The Police knew it to be a scam and no glitch like that has ever happened to me before. The Police also knew that the call came from overseas, so there is some form of a record on this scam.
 
I had a guy call me telling me I was going to be given thousands of dollars for having a clean criminal record and paying my taxes. I told them they had the wrong number because I just got out of prison for murder. For some reason they hung up. Never heard from them again.
 
Utah said:
My mother recently received a phone call:

criminal: Grandma, its your grandson, I'm in trouble and need money wired to me! Hurry!
my mother: Who is this?
criminal: Your grandson, your first.
my mother: What's your name?
criminal: I'm your oldest grandson, grandma, your first.
my mother: You can't tell me your name?
criminal: Don't you recognize me, grandma?
my mother: You don't even know your first name, besides, my oldest grandson doesn't call me grandma, he calls me by a nickname. Nice try.

Way to go, mom! :cool:
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Just looking to prey upon the old and senile. Why did she have to give him such a hard time? :cool:
 
Billyd said:
My mother received one of these calls several years ago. Her reply was "I didn't know that they had phones in heaven?" She got silence for a few seconds, and a click.
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Billy, I hope she was being sly, if not, I'm sorry for her loss and yours.
 
Elizabeth619 said:
I had a guy call me telling me I was going to be given thousands of dollars for having a clean criminal record and paying my taxes. I told them they had the wrong number because I just got out of prison for murder. For some reason they hung up. Never heard from them again.
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ahahahahaha....brilliant sister!
 
Elizabeth619 said:
I had a guy call me telling me I was going to be given thousands of dollars for having a clean criminal record and paying my taxes. I told them they had the wrong number because I just got out of prison for murder. For some reason they hung up. Never heard from them again.
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Did you do your Penance after for lying? lol...uhm, you were lying now rght? right?
 
crossnote said:
I find when I Google these type occurances much info comes up.
My wife has had some imposter IRS agents call her and gave her a hard time saying we owe thousands of dollars and wanted payment etc.. Scared her out of her wits.
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I just got that crazy call a few months ago. But the IRS never contacts people by phone. It's always through the mail, the police told me. But that phone call scared me so bad! I was like, "How in the heck do I owe the IRS $3,000??" Anyhow, while that phony IRS caller and I were talking, I did get to witness to him. So I hope that call benefitted the Lord. :o It didn't benefit the caller cuz he got zilch from me. Unless of course if he repented and asked Jesus into his life. :D
 
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Elizabeth619 said:
I had a guy call me telling me I was going to be given thousands of dollars for having a clean criminal record and paying my taxes. I told them they had the wrong number because I just got out of prison for murder. For some reason they hung up. Never heard from them again.
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ROFL!!!!!!!!!!! :D
 
VioletReigns said:
I just got that crazy call a few months ago. But the IRS never contacts people by phone. It's always through the mail, the police told me. But that phone call scared me so bad! I was like, "How in the heck do I owe the IRS $3,000??" Anyhow, while that phony IRS caller and I were talking, I did get to witness to him. So I hope that call benefitted the Lord. :o
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Or they're at your door hauling you off to prison;)
 
jennymae said:
Or they're at your door hauling you off to prison;)
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I am so glad that guy telephoned me rather than come to my front door. I have PTSD and am a weight trainer with cat-like moves. It would have quickly evolved into a scene similar to Liam Neeson in "Taken"............... :mad:

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