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LibDemAlways

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44. It's easy to laugh about this crap, but it's

Fri Oct 5, 2018, 10:19 AM

Oct 2018

annoying as hell and the powers that be don't think it's important enough to do anything meaningful about it. My brother works out of the house he shares with my 95-year-old mother. He has resorted to takng her landline off the hook during the day in order to avoid constant interruptions by these would be scammers. Every time her phone would ring, practically every hour, she'd ask him who it was and, of course, it was some con artist. She insists on keeping the line because she has a few people she likes to call occasionally. It's a goddamn shame that this shit persists and there doesn't seem to be any way to curb it.

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OMG! Linda from the I.G.'s office just left me a final voicemail warning. [View all] Mme. Defarge Oct 2018 OP

Don't forget to have your credit card ready zipplewrath Oct 2018 #1

lol Demovictory9 Oct 2018 #25

The IRS called me wryter2000 Oct 2018 #2

And a warrant has been issued!!! Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2018 #3

I'm so scared wryter2000 Oct 2018 #5

Technology fails again........... MyOwnPeace Oct 2018 #7

lol wryter2000 Oct 2018 #8

Yes! That's the unkindest cut of all, Mme. Defarge Oct 2018 #10

Are you sure it was Linda? It might have been "Peggy". woodsprite Oct 2018 #4

LOL! Emergency! Emergency! MineralMan Oct 2018 #6

Wow. I suggest Turbineguy Oct 2018 #9

Oh what to do, What to do!? wundermaus Oct 2018 #11

Happened to my elder mother in law Separation Oct 2018 #12

I feel sorry for the people who are scammed but I don't understand how they've succeeded in life in2herbs Oct 2018 #21

Think elderly Separation Oct 2018 #22

My mother-in-law DownriverDem Oct 2018 #28

Good for her Separation Oct 2018 #35

The article alluded to use of a telephone for scamming, not the internet. And, please, stop jumping in2herbs Oct 2018 #43

What part of "they target the elderly" don't you get? Hekate Oct 2018 #23

Thank you Separation Oct 2018 #36

I got those calls and I screen so I called them back. BigmanPigman Oct 2018 #32

My mom almost sent money to bail my 15-year-old son out of jail in Mexico... deurbano Oct 2018 #39

Local cops told me scammers like that get all their info from grandma's FaceBook posts... Hekate Oct 2018 #40

Still waiting on my "documents issued coming in the mail" peacebuzzard Oct 2018 #13

Scan the front and back of your credit card and LuckyCharms Oct 2018 #14

Great! Mme. Defarge Oct 2018 #15

You Forgot To Ask For The Canceled Check That's Required ProfessorGAC Oct 2018 #16

Don't worry! Rachel will call because she has you approved for a $250,000 line of credit eleny Oct 2018 #17

I had a call like that once. iscooterliberally Oct 2018 #18

PS - They've switched over to using Target Gift Cards and Bitcoin as currency Oneironaut Oct 2018 #19

Watch out! The Local Cops are coming for you. Danmel Oct 2018 #20

In the last month I've gotten five or six warning that my Bank of America account has been... George II Oct 2018 #24

I had the fake unpaid power bill scam call come into my business oswaldactedalone Oct 2018 #26

buy a coach's whistle, keep it next to the phone, use as needed jg10003 Oct 2018 #27

Good suggestion! Mme. Defarge Oct 2018 #31

Air horn works well too. mac56 Oct 2018 #37

I have the Lewis Black bobblehead gratuitous Oct 2018 #48

I have clients calling with these scams all the time and it's scary how many call Pepsidog Oct 2018 #29

I got a call from 347-338-0901 ooky Oct 2018 #30

sadly some people fall for this. An immigrant recently handed over $30K. Even after her neighbor Demovictory9 Oct 2018 #41

She's a sister to Brenda from Microsoft. KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2018 #33

email extortion CloudWatcher Oct 2018 #34

I had this oswaldactedalone Oct 2018 #38

Here's part of the email I received yesterday claiming they had hacked my email Bayard Oct 2018 #42

It's easy to laugh about this crap, but it's LibDemAlways Oct 2018 #44

Yes, I posted this for laughs, Mme. Defarge Oct 2018 #47

I had five calls from a 760 area code from the IRS concerning arrest warrant Gothmog Oct 2018 #45

Blue Cross, blue shield called me. lindysalsagal Oct 2018 #46

Oh yeah, well I just found out my Nigerian Uncle just died and left me a fortune. Saboburns Oct 2018 #49