Yet another kind of scam
 

I just got a telephone call. The caller ID said Century Link so i picked up. A female voice said "You have a call from Albert Murphy, an inmate at Sumter County Jail." I hung up.
What kind of scam is this?

Good Grief. Hugs to you. That is danged creepy.

Maybe they dialed the wrong number? :shrug:

It does sound creepy.

There are supposedly a lot of phone scams going on. I would notify the police and Century Link just in case someone is using your number for long distance calls. I don't know how one would do that, but I've heard something about this on the news.

More than likely, the jail inmate told the operator the wrong number. As I understand it, the jails do not have direct dial phones and all must go through an operator as a collect call.

You definitely did the right thing in hanging up.

Poor Albert.
He only got one phone call.
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Good thing jails here are required to announce when a prisoner is calling. I think I'd be pretty creeped out if I got a call from an inmate, especially someone totally unknown to me.

But maybe not a scam -- it's quite possible that the jails have CenturyLink phone lines and, thus, a collect call would show the company name since there is no individual calling, per se.

That is funny.

jblum315, I bet they dialed the wrong number from the jail. It would be creepy though.

Cisco Kid...thanks for the chuckle! We all needed it!

You get my vote for funniest post of 2012. :girlneener:

Dialed the wrong number and got hung up on. :smiley:

BTW - I wonder how long he has to wait before he can make another call.

My curiosity might have gotten the best of me. I would have, at least, asked who they were calling, but, on the other hand, if it was some scam, best to hang up as quickly as possible.

I got one of those forwarded emails today about another scam. Supposedly, you get a call from the county regarding your failure to appear for jury duty. When you tell them you never got a summons, they ask for details, such as your social security number, so they can figure out what happened. No idea if this is actually happening....like I said, one of those (hated) emails, but doesn't hurt to be cautious.