OLD, OLD Thread!!!
As for scams....the other night, late--it was after 10:30-- the phone rang late (we do have a land-line). Caller ID said Private Number. I did answer though as we have had calls from folks we know that said this. Anyway a female voice said "I'm your neighbor ______, can you please please help me? I'm out of toilet paper and some other things--the husband is gone and I can't get to the store to get them!" I then asked "what is your husband's name?" She gave me one...I told her "I don't have a neighbor with these names!" then hung up on her!! I do have one with the woman's name but her husband's was different PLUS their home was dark (gone to bed, or gone).
I'm thinking somehow they were picking #'s out of the phone-book and perhaps casing homes in the event folks didn't answer! Don't know!!! I maybe could have called the police but what could they do with a phone call like this?? Just be aware...that desperate (lazy) folks will do most anything that's illegal for their own benefit thinking "old" folks can be duped!!!
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