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djean111

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3. I never answer a phone call from a number I don't recognise.

Reply to CatWoman (Original post)

Wed Aug 13, 2014, 12:27 PM

Aug 2014

I let it go to message (almost always no message) and then google the number to see what scam it is.

However, the other night, the phone rang, and the user id said it was ME and my phone number. Googled that. Evidently the scammers can now spoof the user id and phone number that appears.

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(202) 241-2642. I just received a call from this number [View all] CatWoman Aug 2014 OP

Public Service Message - Warrants are served in person, not by a phone call. Yeah, ignore and report pinto Aug 2014 #1

I got one of these awhile ago sharp_stick Aug 2014 #2

they are on a roll this week: CatWoman Aug 2014 #4

Damn too bad you couldn't have record it davidpdx Aug 2014 #17

I never answer a phone call from a number I don't recognise. djean111 Aug 2014 #3

I think I'll play the part of someone who is already in prison for tax evasion. hunter Aug 2014 #5

"Special place in hell" and all that. canoeist52 Aug 2014 #6

yeah i had to block several numbers for this. they are rude and forceful La Lioness Priyanka Aug 2014 #7

Who falls for this crap? Egnever Aug 2014 #8

The elderly A Little Weird Aug 2014 #10

I would think immigrants as well CatWoman Aug 2014 #13

Yes of course A Little Weird Aug 2014 #16

The owning carrier for that number is YMAX Communications Corp (magic jack losers) snooper2 Aug 2014 #9

I received such a call a few months ago, but Lydia Leftcoast Aug 2014 #11

How considerate of the IRS to phone people in advance of arresting them magical thyme Aug 2014 #12

I got a robocall the other day from an Obama impersonator trying to direct me to a website about Erose999 Aug 2014 #14

these idiots kept calling me "Mr. Briggs" CatWoman Aug 2014 #15

That's a D.C. area code. nt kelliekat44 Aug 2014 #18