If I don’t recognize the phone number of a caller, I don’t even waste my time
picking up the phone anymore.
Linda G.
From: ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On ;
Behalf Of Vickie
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 2:21 PM
To: ourplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ourplace] Re: Don't fall for this scam!
I’ve gotten all those same scams, Connie. Except, the U.S. Treasury one, wants
me to go to a Wal-Mart and get a $300 Western Union Gram. They offer you a
grant for $7,500, so it sounds really attractive. Then they unload the money
you have to pay. I also hang up. And, the computer place even says they are
contracted with Microsoft and are a legitimate business. Sometimes my computer
isn’t even on. So, like you, I just tell them not to call me any more and hang
up. I tried to block their number, but they just call from another one.
Vickie
From: Connie Mohney <mailto:cmohney1961@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 2:07 PM
To: ourplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ourplace] Re: Don't fall for this scam!
How awful. I know of two other scams going on. Someone will call you and say
they are from the US department of treasury. They will say because you have
paid your bills on time you are eligible for a loan you don’t have to pay back.
At that point,I knew there was something up because it sounded to good to be
true. So, I said, why don’t you tell me how I’m supposed to get all this money
I don’t have to pay back. At which point, they said if you give us your bank
account information the money will be deposited. I said I don’t think so and
hung up.
Another scam is someone will call you and say your computer is sending out lots
of error signals. So I said yeah so? They said eventually the error signals
will make it crash. So I said How am I supposed to fix it. They said if you
allow us to go into your computer we will help you fix it. I hung up on that
one too. I called a reputable repair store my employer uses to have their
computers fixed and told them what happened and they asked if I gave them
access to my computer They were glad when I said no. Hope this helps someone.
Connie
From: ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On ;
Behalf Of Nancy Lynn
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 3:41 PM
To: nfbmo list; NFBC List
Subject: [ourplace] Don't fall for this scam!
I got this from another list and thought others should see it as well.
I want to urge all of you not to fall for a particularly vicious and despicable
phone scam that seems to be going on now and that may be targeted toward the
elderly. I have experienced this myself and, although i knew it was a scam, I
still found it a little frightening and it made me very angry. You get a phone
call informing you that you are being sued by the IRS and must take immediate
action to avoid being arrested or having legal actions taken against you. This
is a scam. Don't fall for it! The IRS would not make such calls. Information to
taxpayers would be mailed and would not involve threats. I received three
recorded phone calls on my iPhone. the message informed me that I was being
sued by the IRS and that this was my final warning. i was further told to call
a number at "our department" to get the details of the suit against me. Each
time the number to call was different. I knew this was a scam so i ignored the
calls and they stopped. but I hear from news reports that people are falling
for this and sending money to stop the legal action. People are naturally
scared when they get threatening calls supposed to be from the government so
they fall for this trick. don't be a victim of this. I suspect that most of you
are smart enough not to be tricked by these calls but please share this
information with friends or family members who you think might be vulnerable
to this scam. I wasn't sure who to report the calls to so I did nothing but I
wish now I had done some follow-up. This was also talked about on KMOX news
this week. So ignore the calls if you get them and just hang up.