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Originally Posted by davem4616
received a phone call today from a very believable and articulate American sounding male voice saying that Amazon security is alerting me to a questionable charge against the credit card I use on my Amazon account to the tune of $1,499.50.
And that if this wasn't anything I had authorized I should press 1 now for more information or press 2 to dispute
so I figured I'd play along and pressed 1
sure enough someone with a heavy accent came on the line asking a series of questions all designed to get me to say the word "Yes"
after a few questions I told her that my toast had just popped up and I needed to go butter them.....
be careful, they're out there and they're getting slicker and more devious every day
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Since I’ve been in The Villages, I’ve had several “scam” calls and have blocked the numbers. Just for the heck of it, I counted the number of calls I blocked. This was two days ago and there were 482 blocked numbers. 3 or 4 since then. There’s a program on my phone that identifies scam calls, so they don’t “ring”, but I get notified they are there. I have to physically “block” them myself. Most are from some company wanting to improve my Medicare, extend the warranty on my car or put solar on my roof for free. They come from all over the country, from California to Maine and Washington to Florida. Some, even say “United States” is the origin.