Hi, Karen,
I also wish there was a way these people could be tracked down and put on a
chain gang somewhere. I guess they figure they have nothing better to do with
too much time on their hands.
Rosie
From: Karen Delzer
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 1:20 PM
To: ourplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ourplace] Re: Don't fall for this scam!
Oh, yah, and that's only the tip of the iceberg. We probably get 10-20 calls a
week from some scammer or other. I wish there were a way to track these people
down and put them on a chain gang somewhere because they obviously have far too
much free time. It's like they're walking into our homes without permission
when they call us like that, you know.
Karen
on 01:07 PM 2/17/2016, Connie Mohney said:
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 dont 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 dont you tell me how Im supposed to get all this
money I dont 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 dont 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.
