Just got a call from Medicare.

[multigraincracker]

Sending me a new card and wanted to make sure their records are correct.
I say ok
She asked for my birth date
I ask Nov 7 1907
She says WHAT?
I say way what do you have for it.
Lots of back ground noise then
Click.

Be careful and have fun.

[MiniMe]

1. I got an email recently from Social Security

Medicare and Social Security don't call on the phone or email you.

[Kingofalldems]

10. Medicare emails if you are are online with them.

[MiniMe]

23. That's different

They don't email you out of the blue and ask for info

[Kingofalldems]

24. Correct.

I get calls from the 'medicare department' at least 20 times a week.

They want every red cent I have.

[MiniMe]

25. And some extra just because

In just tell them they aren't getting any orders or money from me, y
they can't hang up fast enough

[Jack Valentino]

32. Social Security will NOW Email you, if they are sending pro-Trump propaganda....

I know because I got one of those.

[boonecreek]

2. Got one of those a few years ago.

The thing was, I was expecting a call from my doctor's office because I was
having my annual Medicare wellness checkup that morning. So anyway, the
phone rings and the woman on the other end asks if I've received my Medicare
card yet so I said yes. She sounded a little surprised and asked me what the
number was. At that point it dawned on me that it was some kind of scam
so I told her I'd have to go get my card and hung up. I later wished I hadn't
just to see how long she would have hung on.

[NBachers]

3. Here's what happened at November November 7, 1907:

On November 7, 1907, Mexican railroad brakeman Jesús García saved the town of Nacozari by driving a burning train loaded with dynamite six kilometers away from the town before it exploded, sacrificing his own life in the process. His heroism is honored as the town was renamed Nacozari de García and November 7 is now celebrated as "Railroad Workers' Day" (Día del Ferrocarrilero) in Mexico.

[littlemissmartypants]

8. Wow!

[multigraincracker]

16. Thanks. Might have been stuck in my subconscious.

A day to remember in my wacky brain.

[Warpy]

4. Yeah, those heartless phishers woke me up the last time they called

and got a real earful of Irish fishwife.

Yeah, it was fun.

Never give out personal information to some to some rando over the phone.

[Nictuku]

28. I used to do that

I would try to shame them, asking if their Father or Mother knew they were trying to rip off elderly. What about your kids? your brothers or sisters, how can they look up to you?

But then... they got revenge on me.

For the next 4 days, we received dozens of phone calls from different services in the US saying I had requested a quote, or for work to be done. They used my phone number and a fake email address to do this.

In the end, it was not worth it to yell/scream or try to shame them.

Now I want to know WHY IS NO ONE IN CONGRESS TALKING ABOUT THIS AT ALL?

Literally Billions of dollars are stolen from us from these scams. These phishing kinds of scams are just the beginning. Don't ever give out any information about yourself to these phone calls. Don't press 1, just hang up.

It is like we have to wear armor to negotiate life. They come at us via email, texts, phone calls, pop-ups, virus scaring tactics. You call the police, there is nothing you can do because either you gave them permission to access your computer/smartphone, or because they are from other countries (India is bigtime into call centers for just this purpose, to steal from us). I tried to tell one person that I actually love India and the people of India, but YOU are giving a bad name to your country. It didn't help.

We have to watch each others backs. Don't get scammed! If you are even a little suspicious of a text, email, phone call, then go to your own documents to find a phone number to call and verify. (You can't even google for a phone number for tech companies any more, the scammers pay for advertisements so you call the scammer and not the actual company)

*sigh* as if we didn't already have enough problems to worry about. Congress? Where The Fuck Are you???

[BaronChocula]

5. I just won some Omaha steaks

Again!

[airplaneman]

21. I get a dozen emails a day like this

Lowe’s Omaha Steaks Home Depot Delta Airlines the list is long. They all claim they are giving me something valuable and all it is in every case they just enter you in a chance to win (like zero chances) if you give them some of your personal information. I am sick of this crap and sick of being lied to. One it said “the Costco team”next link not related to Costco. Again endless lies.

[BaronChocula]

22. Me too

I'm just trying to calmly accept it as the way the world is now.

[BeneteauBum]

6. I always mess with those people

They get false names, addresses, DOB, SSN, credit card numbers…..you name it. I hope they spend a lot of time and money pursuing dead ends with their scam.
Peace ☮️

[littlemissmartypants]

11. I do the same thing if I have time. ...

It's also fun to keep asking them to speak slowly and frequently asking them to repeat themselves
When they repeat their spiel I'll say something like "I didn't understand a word of that. Could you please say it again slowly with longer pauses between the words?" Then I mute the microphone and laugh.

[KS Toronado]

7. You found a scammer alright

When the hospital people ask for my birthday I always say "1/10/1851", only one in a
dozen catches it and says something like "You look good for my age."

[patphil]

9. These telephone scammers always ask you a simple question that they expect you to answer "yes" to.

Never say "yes". That gives them a recording of you saying that.
In fact, don't have a dialog with them, since it could give them enough of a voice sample to create a digital copy of your voice.
What I usually do is just set the phone down and wait for them to hang up. The alternative is to just hang up yourself. Unfortunately, these approaches can result in repeated calls for the same solicitation over a period of weeks.
If I have to speak to them, I change my voice so they can't use it.
Sounds paranoid, but in this electronic age you have to protect your identity.

[Deuxcents]

27. Great advice and I remember hearing that on a show like 60 Minutes or an investigative show some time ago.

[Nictuku]

29. Best Advice!!!!!

[Fil1957]

12. Recently I got a call saying that I won a million dollars, but there was a $100 processing fee to send

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the check. So I said, okay, fine. Just take it out of my million and send me a check for $999,900. The next thing I heard was "click".

[multigraincracker]

18. I got lucky.

Couple of weeks ago I got an email from UPS.
Take a survey and get a free dash cam. I did it and gave my cc number for shipping and handling. I thought oh no. Called the bank to keep an eye on my account.
Dam, it came today.

[Nictuku]

30. You did get lucky!

I would not have responded.

[multigraincracker]

33. Not sure. Looks pretty cheap.

Have to see if I can get it to work.

[IronLionZion]

13. I get like 5-10 calls a day for Medicare scam

these scammers are relentless. I'm nowhere near Medicare age. It's best to not even talk to them just in case you slip and give them any real info.

[multigraincracker]

19. When they ask your age, just say 97.

[aka-chmeee]

35. I'm old enough and my answers to the robot are civil,

although sometimes there is a great effort to get me to say "Yes"; which I will not do.
Once connected to a real person, I release the demon and get in a few seconds of extreme unpleasantness before they hang up.

[Nasruddin]

14. Medicare

Medicare been bery bery good to me

[MineralMan]

15. Medicare does NOT call you. Period.

It sends paper mail or sometimes email directing you to go to your SSA.gov account.

[dsvajda]

17. If I Don't Recognize

the phone number, I don't answer. My voice mail recording tells the caller just that and to leave a message and I'll be sure to call back. Funny, I never get a message.

[multigraincracker]

20. Started do the same. No messages.

[a kennedy]

26. I always loved my husband (now gone), handled phone scammers he say hold on a minute, then he'd put the

radio up to the phone and just blast whatever was on the dial. usually the Brewers, or Packers, or just his country music. I always knew if it was a scam on the phone by what I heard close to the phone.

[yaesu]

31. I don't answer any number I don't recognize. I got a CC locked because a caller claiming to be my CC company with

very bad broken English from India or Pakistan wanted to verify a charge and I refused to play along. Turned out it was the CC fraud company my CU was using. I told them I would not ever use the new card if that was their fraud department.

[multigraincracker]

34. I always call the number on the bsck of the card

to check it out. Works good.

[yaesu]

36. I did too but it just went to the CU office and they were closed, it used to go to the CC company yrs ago but

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its pretty useless now, they went with a new card which didn't help. Don't really need it anyway but was nice while it lasted.

[LudwigPastorius]

37. Yeah, it's amazing how hard all those fired government employees are still working.

I got a call from the "IRS" today.

[Norrrm]

38. Use this. Be generous. Be very slow, methodical, and thorough. Use up their time.

Use this. Be generous. Be very slow, methodical, and thorough. Use up their time.
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