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MANative

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3. I've received one from Chase and Wells Fargo. We have no accounts with either bank.

Reply to kelliekat44 (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2015, 09:56 AM

Mar 2015

These crooks are getting more brazen and invasive by the day.

Had a friend get the "IRS" call last week, and she almost fell for it. She was cautious enough to ask that they send their documentation via the mail, and the scammers hung up.

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Latest scam and dangerous. ALERT [View all] kelliekat44 Mar 2015 OP

K & R...for exposure...nt Wounded Bear Mar 2015 #1

Thanks for this marym625 Mar 2015 #2

I've received one from Chase and Wells Fargo. We have no accounts with either bank. MANative Mar 2015 #3

I received two EMAILS yesterday and I'm in NJ JustAnotherGen Mar 2015 #4

Phone scams are very common mikeysnot Mar 2015 #5

Never respond to emails from "your" bank or financial institution. Fla Dem Mar 2015 #6

These schemes are a dime a dozen. Ms. Toad Mar 2015 #7

My wife got one last week about our nonexistent B of A account. progressoid Mar 2015 #8

This is as old as the hills. pangaia Mar 2015 #9

I got a text from Chase last week PasadenaTrudy Mar 2015 #10

Chase has pretty good fraud protection programming, IMO. Ilsa Mar 2015 #11

Yet another reason to stop doing business with Big Banksters. 99Forever Mar 2015 #12

These have been going around for almost 20 years. padfun Mar 2015 #13

I got a phone call from IRS packman Mar 2015 #14

Those things are as obvious as the Nigerian prince emails. nt valerief Mar 2015 #15

May not be obvious to working class folks who from time to time have returned checks. kelliekat44 Mar 2015 #16

Except we working class folks have all been trained, from penis ads to Nigerian prince scams valerief Mar 2015 #17