Is this a scam?
By ElicBxn
@ElicBxn (63394)
United States
July 26, 2024 12:58pm CST
I think it is.
So, I get this phone call from this guy - name omitted. He asks if I had ordered this thing that he claims was ordered in my name from Amazon - I'm not saying this is actually Amazon. Now, this object is about what I earn from my retirement in a month, so... obviously I didn't order it.
He asks if I have accounts in certain banks, one of which I do have an account in. He then asks about addresses, one of which is my address.
Then he wants to transfer me to the Social Security office.
No.
I tell him I can't do it right now, I will contact them myself later.
He pushes back. He really wants to transfer me to Social Security.
And, that's when I called scam in my brain. Okay, I was already calling scam, but if I kept him on my phone, he wasn't contacting anyone else - right?
Now, the Medicare calls I just tell them to take me off their list. Yeah, they are also a scam, in the end, but this one was way more dangerous. I mean, everything else was bad enough, but offering to send you over to Social Security...
This stuff can eff up your life!
Has anyone else here, this would be for my U.S. friends, had this happen?
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@kaylachan (65344)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
26 Jul
No. I catch it long before it gets that far. I'm smarter than that.
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@kaylachan (65344)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
26 Jul
@ElicBxn Is it to another discussion? Or an unmonitizzed youtube video? You can post those links. But, yeah. Most of the time they hang up on me so I've only wasted a few seconds. Most scammers are hoping to fool people, but the truth is, they aren't trying to hide it.
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@ElicBxn (63394)
• United States
26 Jul
@kaylachan it is another discussion. The title is " OMG "
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@LeaPea2417 (37339)
• Toccoa, Georgia
26 Jul
That's not happened to me, yes it is a definite scam.
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@Deepizzaguy (99643)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
26 Jul
I have a few phone calls from certain government agencies who are phonies asking me for money to pay back taxes that I do not owe at all. I turned them down as false alarms.
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@Deepizzaguy (99643)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
27 Jul
@ElicBxn I know what you mean.
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@ElicBxn (63394)
• United States
26 Jul
Yeah... on the whole, except for a few things, like 'Healthcare' the cell phone doesn't include names unless you put them into your contacts. So, I do get 'Unknown' for things I want, but mostly not. And, all my doctor contacts are under "D" because I find it easier. Heck, I call my vet's office "Dr. Vet." I used to have it under a different name, but when that vet retired I just took that name out and put in 'Vet.'
