LOL!! Thanks for a good laugh!
Lois Weinberg Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 5, 2020, at 1:06 PM, Michael Sitar
<michaelasitar@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:michaelasitar@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
My recent favorite call was from United States customs agency, Commanding that
they make prompt payment on duties ....or I would be arrested... I could hear
the phone bank murmur behind the person's accent...
I hung up and called back and actually got someone in the same operation as I
could hear the sound in the background and told them that I was inspector
Clueso with Interpol and they were surrounded and must come out immediately.
He hung up on me. :)
On Sat, Dec 5, 2020, 12:59 PM Redacted sender lrsapin for DMARC
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
I just got a call from "Social Security" that my SS# would be "suspended
permanently" if I didn't act immediately. When they said I'd be forwarded to
the "Concern Department" I knew it was a scam since there aren't enough people
at Social Security concerned about us to comprise a department...
-----Original Message-----
From: Milford Sprecher
<milford.sprecher@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:milford.sprecher@xxxxxxxxx>>
To: north-takoma@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:north-takoma@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sat, Dec 5, 2020 9:29 am
Subject: [north-takoma] Scam message re: Amazon
FYI: I had a message on my land line about a potential charge from Amazon.
The message was cut off, but the question was whether I had made a charge of a
certain amount. If I had, ignore the call, but if not, call them back and they
gave a number to call. As the message was cut off, I thought I would call.
When I called, I spoke to a man with broken English. He answered the phone as
Amazon, but there was a lot of noise in the background. I asked about this and
he said that there was no noise. I smelled a rat, so I asked where he was
located? He said Washington, DC and gave an unintelligible address. I asked
again and still could not understand the address. That all sounded very
suspicious to me and I asked for his name, at which point he hung up.
I then called Amazon customer support to see what they would say? I was told
that they do not call when there is a question like this, but send an e-mail
message. They have a department that looks into these things, so I gave them
the number that I was told to call and the number that was registered in my VM
as the call the number came from.
The likelihood that anyone else in the neighborhood got a call like this is
slim, but I thought I would share my experience. I will call the Takoma Park
Police and report this, as well.
Milford
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Milford H. Sprecher
525 Albany Ave.
Takoma Park, MD 20912
301-830-2198
