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[Gare]

I have gotten a few calls lately claiming there from Medicare. They wanted me to VERify what card and number i was using. DO NOT TAKE A CALL and GIVE out your MEDICARE OR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS to ANYONE . THEY WILL NOT CALL YOU TO VERIFY !!!

 

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[traveller777]

I have gotten a few calls lately claiming there from Medicare. They wanted me to VERify what card and number i was using. DO NOT TAKE A CALL and GIVE out your MEDICARE OR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS to ANYONE . THEY WILL NOT CALL YOU TO VERIFY !!!

They will try anything.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Social Security, IRS, and courts do not make calls to you, SS and IRS send registered mail, courts send the police.

Watch out for scam emails saying they are from amazon and are verifying a $1000 charge to your account, it is another scam.

 

[NJearthman]

We get 30 calls a day from these SCUMBAGS . Every call is a different disguised number. I’m closing in on 1000 calls on my call blocker and it just never ends.

 

[Gare]

I just wanted to make people aware The social Security and MedicRE WILL NIOT CALL you asking for INFORMATION. PLEASE all stay safe 111

 

[traveller777]

I just wanted to make people aware The social Security and MedicRE WILL NIOT CALL you asking for INFORMATION. PLEASE all stay safe 111

Thanks Gare. I have received the same or similar call.

 

[traveller777]

I just wanted to make people aware The social Security and MedicRE WILL NIOT CALL you asking for INFORMATION. PLEASE all stay safe 111

Sorry i got off on other scam issues. I will delete. Sorry.

 

[Sam moser]

All good advice. I get 3- 4 calls every day all have very foreign accents. Mostly asking about Medicare or health care. Sometimes I'll say something to them. I don't think they ever understand what I say. Normally I don't say anything and hang up.

 

[RGINN]

Good reminder Gare. Haven't got very many of those lately. Best one was when the wife got a call sayin her SSN had been compromised and frozen. She doesn't have one, she has an ITIN.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Sorry i got off on other scam issues. I will delete. Sorry.

traveller, you are fine.

 

[traveller777]

traveller, you are fine.

Thank you, TH.

 

[SD51]

Just one time, let me know when these bozos are caught! I will provide the baseball bats!

 

[Ocean7]

we've done Security Freeze at all 3 Credit Bureaus. Stops any new loans or mortgages being taken out. Save the PIN # they give you to temporarily unlock credit report checks when you need a new credit card, getting a loan, or mortgage. Just find out who they use and only unlock that Credit Bureau report. Temporarily unlocks can be done by days 1-whatever.

• Equifax — 1-800-349-9960
• Experian — 1‑888‑397‑3742
• TransUnion — 1-888-909-8872

Our identities were stolen at local hospital, Wawa breach etc. We immediately signed up for Experian Protect My ID for 3 years and keep it active. Also, they have free monitoring on website.

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[Chilli]

We here in Australia are getting scam calls and sms messages every day. Majority of the sms tell you that you have a delivery waiting and provide a link, if you click on them they download malicious malware im told, as iv never clicked on one. The mongrel thing too is the calls and messages are being sent on the back of legit phone numbers, the actual owner having no idea its happening. They do it so people are more inclined to answer or click the links.
A couple of times iv let it ring out then call the number back. Every time the person answering is bewildered when I ask why they rang. Today I called one back and the guy was in the middle if his job laying bricks.
Iv had mine used the same way with someone calling me asking what the link I gave them about a delivery was all about.
I get at least 3 sms a day and a call every second day. My misses gets them too. Its unrelenting.

 

[pepperj]

Good to hear you didn't fall for the scam Gare.
Most calls are voice activated-so we lift the receiver and say nothing-10 seconds later it disconnects-we know it was a computer bot doing random dial ups.

Though I received a message saying I had receive $219.34 yesterday from a # in PEI.
I knew for a fact that nobody owes me squat.
The message had been blocked and reported as spam this morning.

Thing looked pretty legit, had all the right things, all the banking icons to do the link.
Only one problem the amount expired on Feb.10-the very same day.
All the ETFs are good for a 10-14 day period.

I'm waiting for the day they tell me some grandson/nephew has been arrested and the courts need the $$$ ASAP to release them from custody.
They'll send a person around to collect-I'll be waiting to give them the justified payment. 🏌️‍♂️

 

[Gare]

PepperJ I have been getting spam calls for over 20 years. There methods of getting secret information keeps changing. Some times as we get older we fall for new traps. My whole purpose in this thread was TO WARN OTHERS that might fall for there crap.
DO NOT GIVE ANY INFORMATION TO ANYONE THAT CALLS YOU !!!
.

 

[ticndig]

and this is how I got off the scammers calling list's , the robo calls and scammers recognize this and hang up. after a month or so I got VERY few calls as in maybe two a month. also stop picking up the phone from unknown numbers . you can then google the number to see who it is.

 

[Gare]

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ALLOY_II : I REALLY thank you for your INPUT !! How do we sign up for the VOIP plan? I am a SPECTRUM user

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[DaveVanP]

I have gotten a few calls lately claiming there from Medicare. They wanted me to VERify what card and number i was using. DO NOT TAKE A CALL and GIVE out your MEDICARE OR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS to ANYONE . THEY WILL NOT CALL YOU TO VERIFY !!!

My wife gets those calls at least 20 times a day, sometimes another comes in as soon as she hangs up, from a different number and a different voice. This has been going on for over two years now. You can't block the number, because the call comes from a different number every time - even MY OWN phone number. Anymore we simply "Reject" any call that comes up as "Unknown", "Tool Free", or any 800 or 888 area code on the Caller ID.

 

[Gare]

The DO NOT CALL LIST that the government is supposed to monitor is a joke 11