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mikeysnot

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5. Phone scams are very common

Reply to kelliekat44 (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2015, 10:05 AM

Mar 2015

and come in many variants, as a rule I never answer a number I don't recognize, let it go to VM, scammers rarely leave a message.

I always put the number in google and it 100% of the time is a spam number.

If you do answer by accident and a recorded message tells you to press a number, don't, never press any numbers, just hang 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