A New Scam?

@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

4 Nov 19

Yes, my strategy is just to put the phone down, it's the best way.

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DianneN

@DianneN (247186)

• United States

4 Nov 19

I’m sorry they’ve been ganging up on you. I’ve had the Microsoft one our first year in Florida where I had a new MacBook Air. My Microsoft was back in CT. I also received the tax one, but nothing recently. We must be so careful to these new scams. Gorgeous urn of flowers!

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

4 Nov 19

It's amazing what they keep coming up with - they are such a nuisance. Thanks for liking the flowers.

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DianneN

@DianneN (247186)

• United States

4 Nov 19

@jaboUK You’d think they’d use their ‘talents’ in something more legal. You’re welcome! I always adore your flowers.

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (44998)

• Preston, England

5 Nov 19

not had the calls but often get e-mails claiming to be my bank from bank I have no accounts with. I just junk them on sight

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (44998)

• Preston, England

5 Nov 19

@jaboUK the danger is that some people they call will have entered some other lottery and assume the call might be saying they won that one and give their details expecting the money to come in

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

5 Nov 19

You're lucky not to get any calls, they are such a nuisance. I've had letters telling me I've won a lottery which I've never entered.

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

5 Nov 19

@arthurchappell Yes, That could be a real danger for them.

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M.-L.

@MALUSE (69373)

• Germany

4 Nov 19

I haven't had any fishy phone calls for a long time. May it stay this way!

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

4 Nov 19

You're lucky - I also get a lot of calls where there's no-one there - the cold callers ring multiple numbers at once I believe, but can only deal with the first person who answers.

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ARM

@responsiveme (22926)

• India

5 Nov 19

Those are beautiful flowers. I am just about starting my garden and hope to have a mixed border. Today a few marigold seedlings disappeared...Saw a big black caterpillar around....It is hard work making a garden beautiful.... Those scams are new but they seem to come up with newer and newer ones...

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

5 Nov 19

Caterpillars, slugs and snails absolutely love marigolds, they're great pests. I use pellets for them. You're right, they constantly think up new ways to scam us.

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

5 Nov 19

@responsiveme They are pest control. The slugs etc, eat them and die.

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ARM

@responsiveme (22926)

• India

5 Nov 19

@jaboUK what are pellets?

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Simone

@Janet357 (75646)

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4 Nov 19

Wow, people will do.anything just to penetrate your bank account. what a shame! this is so beautiful! One vase with a lot of pretty flowers

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

4 Nov 19

They keep coming up with new scams, we have to be on our guard. Glad you like the flowers, thank you.

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bonnie

@bunnybon7 (50973)

• Holiday, Florida

5 Nov 19

yes ones telling me I have a gift card and some telling me I have a reply to my recent question I did not ask and there is a problem with my order that I did not make.

I wonder if there is a special place in hell for those people I would like to think

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bonnie

@bunnybon7 (50973)

• Holiday, Florida

5 Nov 19

@jaboUK I wonder how they sleep nights not knowing if they took food from someones mouth or the roof over their heads. so cruel.

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

5 Nov 19

There certainly ought to be a place in hell for them. They are robbing vulnerable people.

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divalounger

@divalounger (6117)

• United States

5 Nov 19

scams seem like they are everywhere right now--I got a call from"social security" the other day asking for particulars and warning me of unusual activity that would require them to cancel my account--

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divalounger

@divalounger (6117)

• United States

6 Nov 19

@jaboUK There is always a part of me that wants to pretend I am the police calling them!

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

6 Nov 19

@divalounger

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

5 Nov 19

Several of the commenters on this post have mentioned the social security scam but I haven't come across that one myself.

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Belle Starr (Iz)

@BelleStarr (61102)

• United States

5 Nov 19

No those are new to me, I would not have pushed the button either but I wonder how many people have and gotten taken for a ride.

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Belle Starr (Iz)

@BelleStarr (61102)

• United States

5 Nov 19

@jaboUK, Especially since Amazon Prime, costs over $100!!

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

5 Nov 19

@BelleStarr I didn't know that.

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

5 Nov 19

Yes, no doubt some people fall for these scams.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (471253)

• Switzerland

5 Nov 19

We are lucky, we had not such kind of calls, but the best is to do nothing, hang immediately and go to check your account. The smartphones are easy to be hacked, I am even scared when I have to press a number to select the language when I call our local provider.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (471253)

• Switzerland

5 Nov 19

@jaboUK I also do not possess a smartphone, we are safer, but it is better to hang immediately doing nothing.

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

5 Nov 19

You're right about hanging up immediately, that's what I do. I don't possess a smartphone, most of these calls come via my landline, a few on the mobile.

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Lena Kovadlo

@lovebuglena (44504)

• Staten Island, New York

5 Nov 19

Wow! Did not have anything like that happen to me aside from the IRS thing.

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

5 Nov 19

Perhaps the others are only on my side of the Atlantic.

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Lena Kovadlo

@lovebuglena (44504)

• Staten Island, New York

5 Nov 19

@jaboUK Or maybe I just got lucky. My dad has gotten calls regarding Windows.

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Hanni Harel

@Hannihar (130218)

• Israel

5 Nov 19

@jaboUK I hate when they do things like that when you do not even have an account with them. Scams and viruses make me sick. I get things like that in my e-mail.

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

5 Nov 19

I don't get too much in my email, it's mostly on the phone.

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Hanni Harel

@Hannihar (130218)

• Israel

5 Nov 19

@jaboUK I have gotten it in my e-mail before.

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Merryjoy

@resukill22 (25050)

• Las Pinas City, Philippines

5 Nov 19

I already experience that, here they messages me saying thay my number is won 500 dollars, and the number who messages me is unknown

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

5 Nov 19

I've heard of that one but so far haven't had it myself on the phone. I've had letters saying I've won a lot of money in lotteries I never entered.

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Merryjoy

@resukill22 (25050)

• Las Pinas City, Philippines

5 Nov 19

@jaboUK I don't know why other people doing that

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Clint Perry

@cperry2 (5608)

• Newport, Oregon

5 Nov 19

About a month ago I attended a seminar on the current scams going around targeting seniors. This one is new to me, but your are right to be suspicious. The scammers are ever evolving, changing their routines... One of the things they will do is contact you about some trivial thing, then a few days later contact you again with something else, and again a few days later. what they are doing is build a data base of your information. The questions singularly seem okay if maybe a bit weird. But after a few calls they will have amassed enough info to steal your identity. If you do not know the caller, don't accept the call, let it go to voice mail. If they leave a message that info can be given to the police.

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

5 Nov 19

Thank you for all that info, I will be extra vigilant.

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Clint Perry

@cperry2 (5608)

• Newport, Oregon

6 Nov 19

@jaboUK Good luck. Sucks to find yourself a target.

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maezee

@maezee (41988)

• United States

5 Nov 19

I haven’t heard of it but maybe you could check in with your credit card company just to be sure?

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

5 Nov 19

I checked it straight away by going to my bank account and there was nothing there that I hadn't authorised, certainly no £600. . If there had been I would definitely been on to the credit card company..

rebelann1949

@rebelann (112770)

• El Paso, Texas

5 Nov 19

I have had a few calls from entities like Social Security informing me that they had vital information about my account and to call some number or another. I didn't call because they never contact people over the phone, they write letters. I've also had some fool call telling me that I qualified for 0% APR and all I need to do is give them my account numbers. I hate to think how many people fall tor that BS.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (112770)

• El Paso, Texas

5 Nov 19

It's usually an elderly person .... oh good grief, as if I'm not elderly .... who has no knowledge of these things @jaboUK

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

5 Nov 19

I've not had either of those two, but sadly someone will fall for them.

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NJ Chicaa

@NJChicaa (119512)

• United States

4 Nov 19

I don't answer calls from unknown numbers

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

4 Nov 19

I let rooms out so I have to answer just in case it's from a potential guest. As soon as I realise it's a scam I put the phone down.

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NJ Chicaa

@NJChicaa (119512)

• United States

4 Nov 19

@jaboUK I get it

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Manuela Lopes

@nela13 (58585)

• Portugal

4 Nov 19

It is worrying and it is happening here as well.

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

4 Nov 19

Yes I'm afraid there are scammers worldwide.

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Manuela Lopes

@nela13 (58585)

• Portugal

5 Nov 19

@jaboUK we are never too careful online.

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

4 Nov 19

There are so many you have to be so careful. Lovely flowers from your garden.

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Christina Kathy Terrylynn Armstrong

@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

4 Nov 19

Yes, we can't be too vigilante Carol. Unfortunately I expect there are people who are fooled.

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

4 Nov 19

@jaboUK They are every day sadly.

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@VoiceofTruth7 (1199)

• United States

5 Nov 19

The only scam I have run into is the Facebook lottery scam they said I was a winner my name was on some list then I said who do I need too speak to about this they said I could not speak too anyone then they said I need too send two hundred dollars through western union before the money could be sent I did not send anything and blocked the person.

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