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Old 07-10-2022, 07:20 PM
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The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) is warning the public of a phone scam involving calls from a subject claiming to be an SCSO deputy (sometimes automated), who tell victims they have active warrants for their arrest. The caller tells victims they must send money or buy gift cards for a designated amount so the

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Old 07-11-2022, 01:24 PM
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Amazing, that people fall for such a thing. But they must be--else why even try it?
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Old 07-11-2022, 03:29 PM
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Amazing, that people fall for such a thing. But they must be--else why even try it?
Lots of gullible people out there.

I keep getting messages to renew the virus protection account on macafee we have never had as we have anywhere from 18 to 87 viruses on our computer.
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Old 07-12-2022, 04:15 AM
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I had a call from someone who had a lot of information of me, all which can be obtained easily from the computer, or stolen data, who said she was from the Social Security office and that I had a warrant for me in Texas. I started laughing and she hung up.
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Old 07-12-2022, 08:21 AM
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Unfortunately this didn’t happen in TV but I had a scammer supposedly from
a Utility company but I hung up on them, then called them back & then they thanked me for hanging up on them & then told me they never called. So I figured I saved some money, maybe!

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Old 07-12-2022, 08:48 PM
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99% of my calls are scams. Thankfully, Verizon has greatly improved the scam notification. Now the calls come in flagged as "possible spam."
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Old 07-13-2022, 06:33 AM
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These type of people are why my Dad can't have a credit card anymore. Our world are full of bad people.
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