Scammy phone calls

Unfortunately there are many of these scams going about,
I never take part in their suggestions, I always say that
I will call the office, Bank or ISP, they always hang up.
 

You ask why people fall for these scams. Well, Marie5656's husband believes he was given correct credit card information and the correct digits on his SSN. Unfortunately, her husband may have given some of the information himself. It's similar to "cold readings" used by psychics. Such as," I see you have a close relative who has passed on". Who doesn't. He might have unknowingly given much more information than he got. And since they did get information from him is why they kept calling back.
They work off carefully worded scripts. They are pros at what they do.
 
Replying to Marie 5656

Marie5656 said:
Yes it happens, but not in this case. We do not get paper statements, and pay online. Plus I do not put outgoing mail in our box, take it right to post office. Good, thought, Ken, because you have to be careful. With that in mind, though, everyone should consider investing in a shredder, to shred documents and paper with personal info on it.
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I consider a shredder as essential. Not long ago, I foolishly donated to a couple of charities and since then I've been bombarded by other charities wanting money. They think that if they use my name as often as possible in the multi-page solicitation, I'll be greatly pleased and will be generous. Wrong ! I have to go to each of those, cut my name out and put it into the "For Shredding" folder. I've had a shredder for years, but my donation to those charities recently has put it to more use than ever. The charities apparently sell each other a list of names and addresses of donators. If they've found a sucker, they share the good news.
 

Bajabob, I agree about charity mailings, no good deed goes unpunished. I hate those mailings that you have to hunt through 5 or 6 pages looking for your name. I bought a more powerful shredder that can handle the thicker mailings and credit cards. I belonged to a garden club a long time ago. The club sponsored a charity one time and 15 years later after that one donation I'm still getting mailings. Now they are sending mailings wanting to know if I want to opt out of the mailings. Are these charities that stupid that they got one donation in 15 years and don't know when to stop sending out mail??:confused: I only donate to certain charities now and they guard their donor list because they want you to donate to them and not other organizations.
 
I am not sure if this is related to any sort of scam, but over the last few months I have been getting messages from people on facebook who wonder if we share any relations as they have the "same last name" as my married name. Most say that my married name is their maiden name, or a family name. I play a couple games on Facebook so I have many FB friends who are not real life friends. I keep my settings there very secure, have my yahoo address as my go to Facebook email, etc. But interesting. I know my husband has told me that he does not have many relatives on his fathers side. Mostly his mom's. And both only had one or two siblings. Who knows.
 
Thanks for the warning. It seems to be getting more prolific, telephone and email. I tend not to respond to questions or answer emails.
 
If I do recognize the number or if the name under the number we do not know, we do not answer. I have blocked so many calls on my cell phone and I think it is time to get rid of the "Land Line" at home.
 
I get a lot of spam and scam calls on my landline. Just got one of the latest scams a couple of minutes ago, but I didn't pick up. It's the one where they act like they're having trouble with their head set and ask, "Can you hear me now?". When you say yes, they supposedly record your voice and along with the info they have on you, they use it against you to approve things, as if you're giving your authorization.

The number that called me was 720-851-4203. I look up most of the numbers that call on the website 800notes.com, they can tell you if others have had complaints about that number. I don't have call blocking on my phone. I am on the do not call registry and have an unpublished number, but that doesn't seem to matter these days.
 

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